The Catalog 2020-21 Containing general information and courses of study for the 2020/2021 session.

Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation reserves the right, through its established procedures, to modify the requirements for admission and graduation and to change other rules, regulations, and provisions, including those stated in this catalog and other publications, and to refuse admission to any student, or to require the withdrawal of a student if it is determined to be in the interest of the student or the university. All students, , who are enrolled in DIDI courses are subject to the same policies. Policies concerning noncurricular matters can be found in the Student Handbook.

NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT In compliance with federal law, Law No. 2 of 2015 against Discrimination and Hatred (the “Law”), the UAE has introduced federal legislation which specifically prohibits all forms of discrimination on the basis of religion, belief, sect, faith, creed, race, color or ethnic origin (each being a “Protected Characteristic”). The Law is drafted in broad terms to ensure that it encompasses all discriminatory conduct regardless of how it is expressed (e.g. through speech, writing, drawing, photography, singing, acting or miming) and irrespective of the means/channels through which it is expressed (e.g. online, by phone or video, and whether written or oral).

Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of their race, sex, gender identity, religion, color, origin, age or disability in its administration of educational policies, programs, or activities; admissions policies; scholarship programs; or employment. Requests for information, inquiries, or complaints should be directed to the HR office and Student Discrimination, to Student Services. Table of Contents

Academic Calendar About DIDI The DIDI Statement Our Vision 1 Our Mission 1 Our Values 1 Licensure and Accreditation 1 DIDI Organizational Structure DIDI Organizational Structure 2 Resources and Facilities The Fab Lab 3 The Fashion Studio 3 The Learning Space 4 Campus Accessibility 4 The BDes Program Study Plan at DIDI 5 Declaration of Cross-Concentration 5 Cross-Concentration Changes 6 Educational Methodologies 6 Learning Outcomes 6 Program Layout 7 Qualifications Requirements English Language Requirements 8 DIDI Admissions terms and condition: 8 Transfer of Credits 9 Equivalency 9 General attachments required in all cases: 9 Curriculum based requirement 9 Equalizing the High School Diploma (American Curriculum) 9 Secondary certificate equivalence requirements (British Curriculum) 10 Secondary certificate equivalence requirements (International Baccalaureate - Swiss Diploma) 10 Secondary certificate equivalence (Canadian Curriculum) 10 Secondary certificate equivalence (Australian Curriculum) 10 Secondary certificate equivalence (French Baccalaureate) 10 Secondary certificate equivalence (Russian curriculum) 10 Secondary certificate equivalence (Indian and Pakistani Curriculum) 10 Secondary certificate equivalence (Iranian Curriculum) 10 Visa Processing and Medical Fitness Assessment 10 Registration Policies Academic Terminology 11 Definition of Grades at DIDI: 11 Academic Progress 12 Academic Standing 12 Dean’s List 12 Study Load 12 Academic Probation, Suspension and Dismissal 12 Repeating Course(s) and Grade Forgiveness 13 Attendance and Absence 13 Makeup Policy 13 Add/Drop Week 14 Course Withdrawal 14 Leave of Absence and Institutional Withdrawal 14 Financial Policies Tuition and Funding 15 Program/Tuition Fees 15 Scholarship 15 Method of Payment 16 Program/Tuition Fees Refunds 16 Student Services Campus Timings 16 Student Services Department 16 Academic Orientation 17 Student ID Cards 17 Lockers 17 Learning Support 17 Personal Counseling 17 Career Development Services 18 Recreational Services 18 Residential Facilities: 18 Dining Services 18 Printing Service 18 Fab Lab & Fashion Studio 18 Fab Lab Staff 19 Honor Code 19 Student responsibility 19 Library Policies Opening Hours 19 Library Services 20 Library Website 20 Library Resources 20 Circulation Policies 20 Plagiarism 20 External Visitors 21

Library Management System 21 Health and Safety Health Services & Medical Insurance 21 Fab Lab Orientation 21 Fab Lab Rules: 21 Safety guidelines 22 Academic Integrity Code of Conduct 23 Types of Academic Misconduct 23 Reporting Misconduct 23 Student Grade Access and Appeal 25 DIDI Curriculum Sequence DIDI Curriculum Sequence per Cross-Concentration 26 Course Description Foundation 27 Product Design 29 Multimedia Design 31 Fashion Design 33 Strategic Design Management 35 General Education 37 Thesis 38 The Academic The Dean and the faculty 39 The Staff The Staff 42 The Leadership Team The Board of Directors and the President 43 Appendix A - DIDI Fee Structure 46

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About DIDI

The Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (DIDI) will be a private not-for-profit educational institution, accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education, providing a Bachelor of Design degree. DIDI is built around the aspirations of internationally competitive design talents, those devoted to embrace the progress of our world. Our curriculum and research will help create a new generation of skilled individuals in the region. By using design as the language of change, DIDI will help shape the future, and contribute positively to societal change, and the happiness of society. Design has the ability to transform the way we live. It is the catalyst for positive change and human progress bringing innovative and efficient solutions to societies and industries. Design can improve our connectivity with the world, our health, our environment, our education and our economies, and improve our everyday life.

DIDI is a university with a vision to be a premier provider of design-focused higher education in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia (MENSA). DIDI strives to enroll full-time students from diverse backgrounds who intend to become professionals in art and design. Through its policies and practices, DIDI supports excellence in teaching and fosters the aesthetic, intellectual, professional, personal, and social development of its students. Academic programs and advising, career services, and an extensive co-curricular student life program prepare students for a design profession or when appropriate, for continued studies at the graduate level.

At DIDI we believe that the future of design education is experimental, transformative, disruptive and cross disciplinary. For this reason, DIDI intends to become the school of choice for the next generation of change makers who will conceive and create sustainable design solutions for today’s problems for the benefit of tomorrow’s society. By using design as the language of change, DIDI will help shape the future, and contribute positively to societal change, and the happiness of society.

Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation prepares students to effectively respond to a rapidly changing world with transferable skills that are cross disciplinary and problem solving by design. The institution will support emerging design talent across the region through an open source and collaborative approach that values cooperation and partnership. DIDI is fortunate in its geographic location in the heart of the Dubai Design District, will support creatives to operate efficiently and effectively through active engagement, and the nurturing of talent

Excellence in Collaboration

The Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation has collaborated with two of the world’s leading universities: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Parsons School of Design.

DIDI has invested in integrated curricular innovation and technological experimentation and its curriculum has been developed in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Parsons School of Design, two of the world’s leading universities for design innovation, teaching and research. Our ambitious University curriculum places students at the forefront of innovative design education, allowing students to map their own degree paths.

The DIDI Statement

Our Vision

DIDI will be the design university of choice in the UAE that contributes to the advancement of humanity by making everyday living better.

Our Mission

DIDI will provide a world-class design education in an international learning environment to advance knowledge, research and innovation opportunities for the next generation of designers.

Our Values

In support of the institutional mission, we value: • Design as essential in the culture and intellectual life of a society, • Rich and varied arts education that engages innovation and tradition, • Providing equal opportunities for learning and excelling, • Motivating members for lifelong learning, • Respecting diversity, plurality & the opinions of others, • Encouraging teamwork and collaboration, • Treasuring creativity and achievements

Licensure and Accreditation

Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation, located in the Emirate of Dubai, is officially Licensed from 21 May 2017 to 20 May 2020 by the Ministry of Education of the United Arab Emirates to award degrees/qualifications in higher education.

DIDI is a private non-profit educational institution. The BDes program at DIDI is accredited by the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA), UAE’s Ministry of Education since 2017. The program meets the QF Emirates Generic Qualifications Profile for a bachelor’s degree, providing a Bachelor of Design degree that provides, students, with the tools needed to tackle complex problems facing society and to pursue a flexible career pathway.

DIDI is licensed and permitted by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA).

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Resources and Facilities

Dubai Design District, d3, was developed to provide a creative ecosystem that surpasses the expectations of a typical creative neighborhood. It has its own beating heart, its own spirit and its own personal style. This is a place where creatives can live, work and play. Where aspiring designers like our students can cut their teeth and learn their trade; where local talent can work alongside international design, art and fashion houses. It is, at its heart, a place where creative minds can come together to realize their dreams. The establishment of DIDI was a natural next step following the launch of d3, which is now a regional hub for innovation and a preferred destination for the world’s leading fashion designers and artists. Students will be able to benefit from this unique location at the heart of the Creative Community at d3, which will provide them with the inspiration they need to innovate and create. In 2018 DIDI moved to its current campus located in Building 4 in the Design Quadrant.

DIDI currently occupies space in the Ground floor and Mezzanine floor of Building 4 in Dubai Design District. The ground floor is used to accommodate administration the Mezzanine floor accommodates a part of the Learning space with the Fab Lab in in5 contributing towards the hands on workshop space for the BDes Program.

The Fab Lab

With regards to learning facilities the DIDI Fab Lab is a learning environment for all DIDI Students and is an application of the global Fab Lab concept developed in MIT. The space and the machines are owned by in5 Design that provides support and maintenance through proper contracts with the suppliers and specialized companies. In the Fab Lab students are helped to learn digital manufacturing through trial and error and it is the center of manufacturing and hands-on learning for students and staff of DIDI community. In addition, the Fab lab organizes open days and workshops for the public.

The Fab Lab is built as a container like structure, on two levels. • The ground floor is roughly 26 meters long and 14 meters wide (364 square meters) and it is currently an open space. The floor currently hosts some machinery and 7 tables 2.5 x 0.8m that the students use during their stay in the lab for lessons and workshops. The current assortment of the ground floor allows the students to fabricate their designs with the following machines or materials: o Wood and Foam o Laser cutting for plastics, fabrics and wood: • The first level is reachable through stairs and is made of two separate wings. One is 26 x 4.5m (117 square meters) and the other is 26 x 2.3m (60 square meters). The bigger wing on the first level hosts tables with computers and one section is devoted to 3D Printing machines. On the first level we have: o 3D Printing: o Design: • The other wing is currently the office of DIDI Fab lab staff and in5 Specialist.

All the current equipment is at level with the digital and manual fabrication laboratories of many universities and address the needs of the students related to the curriculum. To address the needs of the students, the new equipment is to be added in the coming years which would add the following capabilities: • Metal working • Large format milling of wood, resin and foam • Large format CNC for wood and other sheet materials • Thermoforming • Mid-sized 3D printing

Each time before using the FabLab, students are required to show their student/staff ID card to prove access rights to the FabLab and its machines.

The Fashion Studio

Fashion students are usually based in DIDI’s dedicated fashion studios, designed to mirror the collaborative working environment in the fashion industry. At DIDI, students find the freedom to cultivate their own fashion and design philosophy. Located on the Mezzanine floor of Building 4, the Fashion Studio provides full-semester academic programs for students during the Fall and Spring terms.

The studio is an interactive and multi-disciplinary space, which allows the students to work on practical and theoretical lessons. Most of the classes for the Fashion courses (Studios, Workshops and Lectures) are conducted in the studio to ensure student research and body of work can be developed with direct and ongoing feedback from both faculty and peers. The well-lit and well-equipped space is where students work independently with guidance from knowledgeable faculty and technical staff. Students in the fashion course,

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will spend time in the studio working on a mixture of individual and group projects. This will then be supported by: • Practical workshops and demonstrations • Lectures and smaller group seminars • One-to-one tutorials • Group critiques.

The facility is equipped with industrial machinery, large pattern cutting tables, mannequins, a fabric stockroom, finishing presses, flatbed machines as well as a wide variety of specialist sewing machinery, for both apparel and footwear.

Currently the various machines allow our students to construct their designs to an industry standard by using the same quality of machinery. They also ensure the students are familiar with machines used in fashion studios where they may later be employed.

The Learning Space

The mezzanine floor in building 4 currently provides - A General Studio, Fashion Studio/Workshop, Classrooms Multimedia Lab, Faculty Suit and meeting areas for faculty and guests.

All learning spaces will be equipped with the necessary IT requirements to enable the effective teaching and learning. Technological systems include projectors, smart boards, screens, white boards and internet connection.

Campus Accessibility

DIDI will admit men and women, persons with disabilities, individuals of any race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, gender identity, or gender expression in compliance with all appropriate UAE legislation. DIDI takes this into consideration and provides facilities for the disabled. The following is in place which complies with the above requirement: • Ramps/Lifts for wheelchairs are provided throughout d3. Handrails are also provided at various location. • Parking Bays are clearly demarcated as being intended for the use of disabled persons as shown in the architectural plan below. A vertical sign incorporating the international symbol for access by disable people shall identify parking spaces. • Disabled toilets are also provided on every floor. These toilets are the only toilet facilities that operate as “dual sex” toilets. • There are clearly marked separate men’s and women’s prayer rooms available in building for students, faculty, staff and anyone who wants to use them.

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The BDes Program

Study Plan at DIDI Year 1) on condition they have 15 credits in progress (which will result in the completion DIDI has a single degree, the Bachelor of Design. In of the Studio and Workshop of the place of a single major, students have the foundation year). opportunity to combine two design disciplines, 3. Students will be required to complete a from four, and create their own unique ‘cross- Cross-Concentration form by the ninth (9) concentration’ study path. week of the spring semester of year 1. 4. Students who do not declare a concentration All first-year University students share the by the stipulated deadline will be placed in common ‘Exploring Design’ coursework, providing concentrations with available space. a broad and in-depth foundation. Year-long core 5. The Dean’s office submits the approved studios, workshops and lectures provide a concentration choices with the individual rigorous grounding in design thinking that declaration of Cross-Concentration form to encourages cross-disciplinary work at an the Registrar for student coding and to open advanced level. registration with their assigned study plan.

In the second, third and final years of the Bachelor of Design program, students curate their own degree path by pairing two of the four disciplines offered. DIDI offers four disciplines: Product Design, Multimedia Design, Fashion Design and Strategic Design Management. Our design degree program encourages students to explore their interest through innovative design pathways and across design disciplines, while gaining real-world experience through a design internship.

The four disciplines at DIDI are Product Design at DIDI is defined The various cross-concentrations at DIDI are: as the creation and development Learning skills in of ideas through processes that communicating data and lead to new products for human storytelling using interactive

application and use. media with the ability to design Multimedia Design at DIDI is new products for human use. defined as the communication of Learning art and design data and storytelling expressed principles applied to clothing through visual design, and accessories with skills in

presentation, and interaction. designing new products for Fashion Design at DIDI is defined human use. as the art and application of Applying design principles to design principles applied to clothing and accessories with clothing and accessories and studies in communication of ranging from conceptual to data and storytelling expressed practical. through interactive media. Strategic Design Management at Learning skills in DIDI is defined as the application communicating data and of human-centered design to storytelling using interactive strengthen branding, product media using design thinking development, and corporate methods and research to identity. analyze strategic processes. Learning design thinking Declaration of Cross-Concentration methods and research to analyze strategic processes 1. Information on the cross-concentrations will applied to clothing and be delivered to students during the first year accessory design. of study prior to the deadline for submitting Learning how to design new their choice of concentrations. products for human use with 2. Students who have completed at least 15 studies in strategic design credits may declare their cross- thinking and management. concentration in their second semester (of 5

Cross-Concentration Changes and group critique’s, where students display their work, and the faculty discusses the work with the 1. A change of cross-concentration can only be class. Juries and panels comprised of faculty and requested once and within the academic year industry professionals are also utilized for the cross-concentrations were approved. critiques and review. Studios are the ideal 2. Students are not permitted to request cross- environment for visual learners, as students learn concentration change after earning more by doing and working in the same space as their than 30 credits toward the cross- peers. A typical studio has one to three projects concentration requirements. per semester, with multiple critiques or juries, a 3. Students may change one of the midterm and a final. Each faculty develops their concentrations by filing out the Change of own approach and timing for project assessment. Cross-Concentration form to the Registrar after consulting with both, their academic Workshop Instruction: Students learn the basic advisor and the Dean before filing the Change techniques of design from direct hands-on of Cross-Concentration form. The signed experience in the workshop. Faculty assign short form should be submitted to the Deans projects to introduce students to the relevant office. techniques in each discipline. Workshops can be 4. A change of concentration involves an coordinated with studios so that the learned adjustment wherein the workshop, studio and techniques can be directly applied to a student’s lectures in the concentration being changed individual project. Faculty assess workshop will substitute the elective courses in Year 4, projects based on demonstration of the acquired which will minimize the need to take extra skills and its application. courses towards the degree requirement. Concentration courses can only be Lecture Instruction: Theoretical courses follow the transferred where a ‘C’ grade or better has traditional classroom lecture format with lectures been earned. and assigned readings. Student comprehension is assessed through exercises, journals, class Whichever study path chosen, students will have discussions, reflective learning, quizzes and the opportunity to develop their critical thinking, exams. Lectures can be subdivided into 2 or 3 refine their research skills, challenge their modules spread across a week, intellect, and expand their cultural horizons. To graduate from DIDI, students enrolled in the Learning Outcomes undergraduate programs must: • Complete 120 Credits according to the Learning outcomes are aligned with the UAE academic plan and satisfy the below Qualification framework for a Level 7, Bachelor’s requirements: degree, and as noted in Annexure E of The - Foundation courses – 30 Credits National Qualifications Authority ‘Qualification - General Education courses – 18 Credits Framework Emirates Handbook’ page 117. DIDI’s first year of study is designed to develop - Discipline 1 – 24 Credits basic competencies, as well as cultivate a greater - Discipline 2 – 24 Credits understanding and appreciation for the cross- - Electives Courses – 9 Credits concentration options. Competencies include the - Thesis + Thesis prep – 12 Credits development of technical skills, work ethics, and - Internship – 3 Credits interpersonal skills, each of which help to • Maintain a cumulative GPA of not less than structure the students’ education as they 2.00. acclimatize to the Institute environment. • Satisfy the residency requirement that majority Expectations include students developing a of the final thirty (30) credit hours will be reflective practice of learning. completed at DIDI. • The curriculum in the first year provides methodology that serve each of the Educational Methodologies concentrations offered. • The integrative framework supports students Studio Instruction: The primary learning method in as they negotiate the cross-concentration design is the studio. The studio method is based structure. on an instructor assigning design problems that • Writing skills are an integral component of the each student works at resolving through project first year of study. work. A typical design problem is addressed • Skills are organized to support and connect to through research, articulating the problem, and upper-level coursework. sketching solutions. Solutions are then developed • Coursework will be taught at the appropriate through drawings, prototypes and models. level for entering freshman. Students present their work in three primary ways: one-on-one discussions with the faculty,

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• User-centered methodology is emphasized cross-concentrations declared students can select from the start of the program so skill sets can the courses they wish to register for. Here are be built upon in the concentrations. three main reasons for cross-concentration • The curriculum prepares students to innovate courses: in the forward-thinking environment of Dubai. • Diversity is good. The emphasis is on the heightened role of art • Innovation is guaranteed. Cross-disciplinary and design as a means of affecting positive courses encourages innovation. The DIDI DNA change. encourages cross-pollination of skills and • The curriculum is grounded in a regional ideas. The curriculum is designed to encourage experience while mediating regionalism within cross-disciplinary learning. a global context. • Passion postponed. Taking all courses in a • The first-year curriculum will prepare students single discipline, will have students to wait an with a variety of different learning styles to entire year before they are able to take engage in a problem-based design education. another course in another discipline. Mix it up.

The 3 final years hone the necessary design skills, The below rules are taken in the best interest of critical thinking and specialized techniques to the student for a balanced cross-concentration prepare the students to practice in a related (XC) education and to maximize learning at DIDI. design field or be fully prepared for higher education. These include, along the lines of the • Rule 1: All first-year student should go through UAE Qualifications framework: the first year Foundation in Design before • A good command of the knowledge, history enrolling into any cross-concentration courses. and theory of design. They should have completed both the studios • The ability to apply conceptual thinking, critical and workshops from the Foundation year in analysis and different approaches to problem order to declare their cross-concentration. An solving, and ‘design thinking’. exception is only provided to Transfer students • The development of creative, technical and upon approval of the Dean. critical skills using the tools and methods • Rule 2: Students who declared their cross- taught to solve design problems, address user- concentrations at DIDI are strongly encouraged centered needs, engage new materials, and to take a studio and workshop from two explore sustainable solutions in design. different disciplines. In other words, the studio • Conduct user-centered field research to and the workshop cannot be from the same observe problems, evaluate methods, discipline. Thus, a maximum of two courses in understand user needs, and imagine with the same discipline (Studio + Lecture or innovative strategies. Workshop + Lecture) and the third/ fourth lecture course from another general education • Manage the process of design from concept to implementation, working with the tools and or other disciplines. methods taught to develop conceptual • Rule 3: Students can enroll into a course thinking, presentation skills, and mastering the provided they meet the pre-requisite/co- skill sets required to craft and produce a requisite requirement. designed object, in a variety of situations and contexts. • Developing the skills to evaluate, critique and describe design projects, while providing articulate verbal critique, visual skills, and constructive feedback for peer evaluation, and a reflective practice. • Contribute to professional development through internships and other professional interface opportunities. • Understand and implement professional ethical standards that incorporate academic integrity and professional training.

Program Layout

Each element of the curriculum has been designed to allow students to study the topics they choose, and graduate with a Bachelor of Design degree. The below chart shows the curriculum sequence for all cross-concentrations at DIDI. Based on the

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place to study at DIDI will receive an acceptance Qualifications letter detailing the terms and conditions of the offer. Requirements - In order to receive a conditional offer, applicants must fulfill all of the admissions DIDI welcomes applications from students criteria, with the exception of the original copy achieving excellence in a wide range of of the diploma (or equivalent) award and the qualifications. The admissions staff are responsible English language proficiency certificate. for determining the qualifications and/or subjects - Applicants applying from high school must that are appropriate for admission. provide up to date transcripts. - Upon receipt and review of the final award, DIDI As per DIDI Admissions policy, admission will confirm an applicant’s acceptance where requirements depend on the applicant’s school they have met the minimum condition attached curriculum and certificate. Grades and test scores to their provisional offer. are important factors in our admission, but along - If one or more conditions are not met, the with GPA, the rigor of the applicant’s high school admissions office reserves the right to revoke curriculum is also an important element of your an acceptance offer. application. DIDI acknowledges that occasionally the standard procedure for assessing applications English Language Requirements may not provide the admissions staff with an accurate understanding of an applicant's At DIDI the teaching, assessment and student suitability. In such cases applicants may be asked support are given in English. Applicants must to provide additional evidence to support their demonstrate proficiency in written and spoken applications. English to the general standard required as part of their application. The minimum acceptable level of The general application requirements include a proficiency score for admission is: completed online application form submitted with (1) International English Language Testing the below mandatory documents: Academic (IELTS - Academic) - 5.5 overall. (1) High School Transcripts or Exam certificates (2) Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet from last three years of their High School Based Test (TOEFL iBT) - 66. (where available). (3) Test of English as a Foreign Language (2) Recognized English language qualification Computer Based Test (TOEFL CBT) - 187. passed at the required level as indicated in (4) Test of English as a Foreign Language English Language Requirements below. Institutional Testing Program (TOEFL ITP) - 517. (3) A personal statement of not more than 500 (5) Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE-A) - 46. words describing applicant’s academic (6) Cambridge English: Advanced Test score of 47 interests, motivation for studying design, any (7) EmSAT examination on the English language previous design experience, interests outside of portion - 1400. the classroom and career aspirations. All applicants who cannot provide valid official In addition to the above, and as part of the passing scores for English language proficiency admissions process: will result in withdrawal from the program and - Applicants are required to submit a certified university. or attested original secondary education certificate and grade reports. - Applicants would also need to obtain a DIDI Admissions terms and condition: certificate of equivalency for your secondary education certificate from the Ministry of The following states the terms and conditions of Education. use of the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (DIDI) Application Portal: Uncertified scans will be accepted to start the - Applicant must ensure that the information application process. However, applicants will be entered within the Applicant Portal is in required to show certified original documents in English and uses English characters only. person before registering for classes at DIDI. - Applicants acknowledge and agree that by Please note that the original certified documents applying through the Applicant Portal, they are must also be submitted along with the certified responsible for the completeness and copies for final verification by the Admissions accuracy of the information within it. Any Office. The original certified documents will be incorrect information may result in a rejection returned upon verification. of your application at the discretion of DIDI Admissions office. Acceptance: DIDI application decisions will be - By entering information into the Applicant communicated within 3 to 4 weeks from receiving Portal, the applicant gives the administering a complete application. All applicants offered a body of your application (DIDI Admissions

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Office) permission to access that information - Advanced Standing and recognition of prior prior to the submission of their application for learning is not granted at DIDI. the purpose of progressing your application. - DIDI does not permit credits to be assigned for - By applying, the applicant acknowledge that the same course twice even when they are they must provide DIDI with the supporting taken at different institutions. documentation of their application, as identified, via the Applicant Portal or email. DIDI considers transfer credits for courses from Failure to do say may result in a rejection of accredited Institutions, aligned to the courses on their application. offer at DIDI. Transfer of credit will be subject to - DIDI collects, maintains and uses personal DIDI academic rules and regulations. data relating to applicants for the processing of applications, registration, to administer Equivalency

courses and to provide facilities for students. - As part of the new mandate (Ministry Decision - Data collected during the admissions and Number (199) For the Year of 2019) issued by registration processes will be used for the the Ministry of Education, every student purposes of maintaining student records, applying to UAE accredited universities must managing processes in relation to academic obtain and provide equivalency of their high progress, providing personal and academic school degree as part of the admissions - advice and support, providing access to the requirement to the university. Library and other facilities. - Certificate equivalency is the process by which - Applicant data is analyzed for the purpose of the Ministry of Education officially endorse a market research, planning and teaching and diploma/degree and declare the document to learning, in order to ensure fair and effective be equal to UAE standard. processes. All documentation will be kept - Required Documents: Meeting the requirement confidential. of equalizing the general education certificate is shown in detail below: Transfer of Credits • General attachments required in all cases:

Applicants enrolled in other universities, colleges - Copy of the Emirates ID of the customer or any institution of higher education prior to - Copy of Passport of the customer submitting their application are regarded as - Copy of UAE Visa for non-GCC nationals transfer applicants. In addition to the DIDI - Attest all mentioned certificates. admissions process students who wish to transfer - Legal translation for the certificates issued from other universities are required to follow the in any language other than Arabic or process below. English and attest them from the - Submission of official university transcripts accredited entities. along with course descriptions for credit(s) to - Original certificates for the last 3 years of be considered for transfer. Students are study required to be in good academic standing, i.e., - Arabic Subject is required for Arabic not on probation or dismissed from the speakers only, and Islamic Subject is institution from which they are transferring. required for Muslims only in all private - Transfer of credits will only be evaluated once schools in the UAE for grades (10+11+12). you receive and accept the acceptance offer • Curriculum based requirement made to you along with the payment of non- Equalizing the High School Diploma (American refundable enrollment deposit. Curriculum): - Once transfer credits are approved, they will - Original graduation diploma be posted to the student’s academic record by - Original transcript of marks for grades the Registrar. (9,10,11,12) - Transfer credits submitted by a student - Student should pass in 5 subjects currently enrolled will be reviewed, evaluated successfully (Arabic & Islamic not and assigned within three weeks of included) submission to the Registrar. - Emirati Students only: Pass the eMSAT - Transfer credit notification will be in writing, tests with a minimum grade of 600 in and the student’s record amended to reflect Mathematics and a minimum grade of the transfer credits, and the course 1400 in English Language. equivalency. - Non-Emirati Students: Pass the SAT with a - Official transcripts must include the minimum grade of 450 in mathematics Institutions’ seal to be eligible for and a minimum required score in English consideration. as mentioned in Section 20.2 Language - A grade of ‘C’ or higher (or equivalent) must Requirement. be earned for approval of transfer credit.

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• Secondary certificate equivalence - To obtain the graduation diploma in the requirements (British Curriculum): higher secondary level - The student is required to successfully - The final graduation diploma must be complete Grade 12/Year 13 issued from the territory or the state the - Original certificates for the last 3 years of recognizes the school study (10+11+12) • Secondary certificate equivalence (French - Successfully complete five Ordinary Level, Baccalaureate): GCSE or IGCSE subjects with a grade of - The curriculum and study plan of the (A*, A, B, C, D or E) school’s educational system must be - Successfully complete two Advanced applied Subsidiary Level subjects or one Advanced • Russian curriculum and curriculums related to Level subject with a grade of (A*, A, B, C countries following it: or D) - Original graduation certificate and • Secondary certificate equivalence transcript of marks for the last 3 years of requirements (International Baccalaureate - study ( 9+10+11) Swiss Diploma): • Indian and Pakistani Curriculum: - Successfully complete grade 12 or its - Original graduation certificate of grades equivalent in either of the two following (10+12) tracks: - list of school transcript of grades (10+12) § First Track: Obtaining the Ib Diploma - Islamic Subject marks of grades without counting the Islamic Studies (10+11+12) for Muslims students subject as one of the required subjects to • obtain the diploma Iranian Curriculum:

§ Second Track: Student must pass 6 - Original graduation certificate + list of marks for the last 3 years of study. subjects from the Ib subjects (IB Subject Certificate) excluding the Islamic Studies - Certificates issued by a system outside as one of the required subjects and Khushur (Ryan Kashiha + Saba) by an according the following conditions: Iranian educational center outside the - Minimum grade for each subject is 3. issuing country will not recognized by - Minimum overall grade required is 21. MOE, if they were not accredited by the - To pass the core subjects (English, issuing body in the issuing country. Mathematics and a science subject) *Certificates following the distance learning within the 6 required subjects in the mode, open school or any academic study not High Level (HL) or Standard level (SL) associated with the educational system in UAE - The subjects must be within the will not be equalized. approved lists of the Ib Organization. - Final Certificate + school marks + IB Visa Processing and Medical Fitness with stamp of Ministry of Education and Assessment Ib certification in Switzerland. • Secondary certificate equivalence (Canadian 1. If the applicant is an international, non- Curriculum): resident looking to study at DIDI, they will need - The school must be recognized by the a visa in order to reside and study in the UAE. department of education in one of the DIDI is able to provide applicants with visa territories in Canada sponsorship once they have accepted an - The student must pass grades 10, 11 & 12 unconditional offer and paid all fees due as per according to the curriculum and the study the acceptance letter. plan of the territory 2. Please note that visa processing times vary, - To obtain the graduation diploma in the and applicants should submit their higher secondary level documentation at least 8 weeks prior to the - The final graduation diploma must be start of semester to ensure that applications issued from the territory that recognizes can be handled in good time. the school 3. Further information about Visa Processing, Medical insurance coverage, Housing and other • Secondary certificate equivalence (Australian non-academic concerns should be referred to Curriculum): the Student Services Manager. - The school must be recognized by the 4. Students who apply late (after the deadline) for department of education in one of the the student VISA must be informed that there territories or states in Australia will be a delay in processing, all academic - The student must pass grades 10, 11 & 12 policies apply from the first day of the according to the curriculum and study semester. plan of the Australian state or the territory

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Grade Grade Mark Description Registration Policies value A 90% - 100% 4.00 Outstanding Academic Terminology A- 85% - 89.99% 3.70 Excellent

Course or Module: Regularly scheduled class B+ 80% - 84.99% 3.30 Very Good sessions of a predetermined number of hours per B 75% - 79.99% 3.00 Good week during a semester. A degree program is made B- 70% - 74.99% 2.70 Highly Satisfactory up of a specified number of required and elective C+ 65% - 69.99% 2.30 Satisfactory courses and varies from institution to institution. A course consists of a number of instructional C 60% - 64.99% 2.00 Pass activities over a prescribed period of time. It is C- 55% - 59.99% 1.70 Minimal Pass commonly described by title, number, credits, and D 50% - 54.99% 1.00 Poor expected learning outcomes. F 0% - 49.99% 0.00 Fail Semester A semester is a period of time, typically 15 weeks, during which an institution offers Grade Definition courses. Audit – Attendance in a course with no U associated credit points. Credit: Units use to record the completion of Incomplete – In the event that a courses (with passing grades) that are required for student is unable to complete a course an academic degree. they are registered for, the faculty has the authority to assign an Incomplete Credit Hour: Credit value is the numerical value (“I”) grade. Students are entitled to an relating to the number of hours assigned to a ‘I’ grade if and only if they have credit. Defined by the QF Emirates, a notional value I completed all the course work assigned of 15 hours (with additional study hours) equates to by the faculty (up to the final one (1) credit value. The CAA uses a notional value assessment – Final Exam or Final of 1 credit = 15 hours of classroom instruction (with Project). The submission of incomplete an additional expected study-load of 30 hours). In work in the following semester is other words, one credit hour equals approximately entirely the responsibility of the three hours of work per week. One in class hour student, NOT the faculty. should be equal to two hours of out of class work in Withdrawal – Is an official course preparation and homework. withdrawal. It has no associated credits, W A contact hour represents the measure of does not affect the GPA and is recorded scheduled instruction given to students. Contact on a student’s record. hours should be calculated on a per week basis. Transfer Credit - Transfer credits are Studio-based courses allocate credit as follows; 1 only accepted for General Education credit = 1.5 hours of classroom instruction and 3 (for grades of “C” and above) and only hours of out of class work. Therefore a 6-credit T from accredited institutions of higher studio meets for 9 hours per week for 15 weeks. education. Grades from transfer courses are not used in the calculation of Grade Point Average (GPA). Credit Contact Prep. & Total Class Type Value Hours Homework Hours In Progress – Indicates the course Lecture & IP currently in progress and not yet Workshop 1 1 2 3 completed. Repeat - Repeated courses will be * Studio 1 1.5 3 4.5 identified by an ‘*’. Failure for Non-Attendance - Indicates Grades: The measure of student performance in an that a student has failed a course due individual course and based on a faculty evaluation FA to non-attendance. It is calculated as of a student's achievement that is represented by a an ‘F’ in the student’s grade point letter. average. Pass - Satisfactory achievement in a Definition of Grades at DIDI: Student’s performance P course where a percentage grade is in a course is graded using a letter system, which inappropriate. corresponds to a grade value. For each credit earned the following grade value will be awarded The grade received in a course reflects the based upon the grade received and will be used to student’s overall performance and is recorded in calculate the grade point averages (GPA). the student’s transcript. Grade disputes must be resolved before the end of the following semester and cannot be disputed thereafter.

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• Academic Warning: A student will be given an Grade Points: Grade point is calculated by academic warning for the following semester multiplying the grade value of a course by the if their current semester GPA or CGPA falls number of credits of that course. E.G. An A or a below 2.50. 4.00 on a 3-credit course, equals 12 grade points. • Criteria for Academic Probation: (4.0 (‘A’ Grade) x 3 credits = 12 grade points). o A student will be placed on academic probation in the following semester if their Grade Point Average (GPA) is the cumulative current semester GPA or CGPA falls below record of academic performance over the period 2.00. of a semester. The Grade Point Average (GPA) is o The maximum study load for students on the total grade points earned in a given semester academic probation is 12 credit hours per divided by the Total number of credits attempted semester. in that semester. The Grade Point Average (GPA) is o A student will automatically be removed based on a 4.00 scale and reflects a single term of from academic probation when they raise academic activity. All GPA calculations are carried their semester GPA above 2.00. out to two decimal places. o If a student fails to raise their CGPA above 2.0 by the end of the following semester, Cumulative GPA (CGPA) is the aggregation of they will remain on academic probation GPA for all the semesters attended. Grades from and receive a second academic probation all completed courses contribute toward the and be referred to the Dean for further student’s CGPA. When calculating the CGPA, all fail academic consideration. Students may be (F) grades that are not replaced by a passing advised to change their cross grade are counted in the computation. concentration if it supports academic achievement. Repeated courses will be recorded on a student’s • Criteria for Academic Suspension: permanent academic record with an ‘*’. The o A student who has received 2 consecutive notation does not affect previously posted academic probations will be suspended academic actions (such as probation or unless otherwise advised by the Dean. suspension). Check with the Registration Office for o A student whose semester GPA falls below more information. 1.00 will be suspended.

o Suspended graduating students within 12 Academic Progress credits of graduation, may petition for a grace period of one semester if their CGPA

Academic Standing: Students with a Cumulative can be improved to a minimum of 2.00 Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 2.00 will be during the grace period. If granted, considered to be in ‘Good’ academic standing. students must complete their academic requirements within one semester, or they Dean’s List: Matriculated students who earn a will be suspended. minimum of 15 credit hours in an academic o Suspended students must wait a minimum semester, have a semester grade point average of one semester to apply for readmission (GPA) of 3.50 or greater, have not been placed on to DIDI. probation, and do not have any grades of I, U, W, F • Readmission after Academic Suspension or FA in that semester are eligible for the Dean’s A suspended student may petition for List. readmission to DIDI if: o The student has engaged, in at least a full Study Load: The student’s study load in one semester, of activities that improve their academic semester can range from a minimum of chances of academic success e.g. 12 credits to a maximum of 21 credits, as follows: participated in an internship or other o Students who register for 12 credit hours or industry experience relevant to their study. more are considered full-time students. o The student enrolled and completed a o The normal academic load can range between minimum of 12 relevant credits with an 12 and 15 credit hours per semester. When average of “C” or above, at another appropriate, the Dean’s office may decrease or reputable institution of higher education. increase (on student request or academic Transfer of General Education courses standing) the study load depending on the completed during the student’s absence student’s GPA ability. may be considered for credit. o Students readmitted after suspension, will Academic Probation, Suspension and Dismissal: All be placed on academic probation and matriculated students are expected to meet or granted a semester to raise their GPA exceed certain academic standards. Failure to do above 2.0 or they will be dismissed. so will result in being placed on academic probation, suspension or dismissal.

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• Criteria for Academic Dismissal: o If a student’s extended absence is for a o A student on probation, whose CGPA falls serious and valid reason deemed below 1.20 will be dismissed and will not be acceptable by the faculty, the student may readmitted. be considered for ‘withdrawal’ from the o A student who has been suspended twice course. will be dismissed. • Student Responsibilities o A student who fails the same course twice o Attend their scheduled classes regularly will be dismissed. and punctually. o Acquire course hand-outs or notes for any Repeating Course(s) and Grade Forgiveness: A missed classes. student is permitted to repeat a course only once o Notify their faculty prior to the start of a in order to improve their grade GPA or CGPA, or to class in the event they are unable to replace a failed course. If the second grade is attend. equal to or higher than the first, then it replaces o Substantiate any extended absence with the first grade. The original grade is "removed" the appropriate documentation. e.g.: from the GPA computation, but both grades Doctor’s note. appear on the student's transcript. Any course is o Wait for thirty (30) minutes after the eligible for grade forgiveness one time only. designated start of a class in the event of the faculty’s absence. At the end of thirty Attendance and Absence: Attendance and (30) minutes student(s) should inform the participation in all classes, studios and workshop Dean’s office that the faculty hasn’t shown sessions are mandatory. Faculty are required to up for the class scheduled prior to leave. maintain formal student attendance records in • Faculty Responsibilities their classes. Faculty are expected to update the student • Student Attendance information system (SIS) with student attendance o Students are granted a 10-minute grace after every class. period after the start of class before being recorded as late. Makeup Policy: A student missing a final o Students leaving a class more than 10 examination will receive a failing “F” grade for that minutes prior to the completion of the assessment (Final Exam or Project). The failing class can be recorded as early departure. grade will be calculated into the final course o Students are responsible for making up any grade, with an added note ‘missed final work missed due to absence. examination’ for inclusion in the student’s o An accepted valid excuse for an absence academic records. Where there is a compelling does not necessarily nullifies the absence. medical or personal emergency, and the student • Exceptions to Absence submits valid documentation deemed acceptable A student absence is not calculated as an by the Faculty, the faculty may arrange for a absence when the student is makeup examination. The student can also o Representing their country or the petition the Dean’s office to change the grade to government in an official capacity. an Incomplete “I” grade, and then follow the o Required to participate in an emergency procedure for completing the incomplete grade. situation on behalf of the Armed Forces or • Makeup Exam Guidelines: police. o Reasons for missing a final exam or project o In instances where an absence is based on should be made to the Faculty within five prior permission and substantiated by days of the last date of absence for which evidence. the excuse is required. o In the case of special or extenuating o Make-up exams are held only once and will circumstances, a faculty has the ability to be administered within a week of the accept a student absence with a valid originally scheduled exam. reason and supporting documentation o In the event a student does not attend the where appropriate, without academic make-up exam on the specified date, they ramifications. The faculty must be will be deprived from any further make-up convinced that the student has the ability exam opportunities. If the make-up exam to keep up with the class, or make up the cannot be taken at the agreed-upon time missing work. This decision is entirely at due to extenuating circumstances, the the discretion of the faculty. student may request an incomplete. o Acceptable supporting documentation for o The Faculty and Dean's Office will require an extended absence could be a medical evidence that the incomplete is necessary certificate attested by the Dubai Health for reasons clearly beyond the control of Authority (DHA), or a police report for the student. example. • Incomplete Guidelines

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o An incomplete (“I”) grade may be assigned • A “W” grade will be officially assigned only at the instructor’s discretion upon request with the approval and signatures of the by the student to permit additional time to student, and the faculty teaching the course. complete the required coursework which • A “W” grade will be recorded on the student's they were prevented from completing due transcript but carries no credit and does not to non–academic reasons. affect GPA. The student must complete the EP 3d o • There is no refund of tuition for a withdrawal Course Withdrawal/Incomplete form. The from a course. instructor may choose not to grant the request. The “I” grade should be Leave of Absence and Institutional Withdrawal: A considered only when the student has the full-time student may withdraw from all courses potential to earn a passing grade if the in a semester by taking a Leave of Absence or missing work is made up. withdrawing from DIDI (Institutional Withdrawal) o The instructor shall record in the EP 3d Course Withdrawal/Incomplete form the • A student may apply to the Registrar’s office remaining coursework required for for the suspension of their studies before the completion and removal of the “I” grade. A end of the Add & Drop period to avoid copy of the form will be kept on file in the academic and financial penalties. office of the Dean. • Students can apply for up to one (1) year of o All work must be completed within the first leave of absence after which they must apply four weeks of the following semester. Upon for re-admission. A request for leave of submission of completed work, the absence must be made in writing on an official instructor will submit a grade change form EP 3d Leave of Absence Form clearly stating with the grade earned. the reason for the request. Student on DIDI o If the work is not completed within the sponsorship who wish to take Leave of prescribed time frame, the “I” will Absence have to cancel their visa. automatically change to an “F” grade. The • An Institution Withdrawal Form must be filed student will be informed of the final grade with the Registrar by any student withdrawing assigned through an email generated by from all classes and who do not intend to SIS. return to DIDI. Students must apply for re- o To be eligible for an “I” grade, the student admission if they wish to return to DIDI. must be passing the course at the time of • A student may be required to withdraw from a the request and must have completed at course, program or from the University itself least 75% of the course work. for reasons deemed as ‘just cause’. The Dean will determine the specified period of the Add/Drop Week: The add drop period is for one withdrawal. week after the start of classes, during a regular • The term ‘Just Cause’ denotes, but is not semester, and for two days only during summer limited to, consistent failure to meet the semester. During this period, students may add or academic objectives of the course; academic drop a course(s) as per the Academic Calendar performance that would result in suspension with no financial penalty. Students who wish to do for a second time; plagiarism and other forms this must complete and submit the EP 3d Course of cheating; failure to pay fees or the Withdrawal/Incomplete form indicating add/drop submission of falsified or falsely obtained before the deadline indicated in the academic documents, or provision of other false calendar. For more information on registration, information for admission purposes. check with the Registration Office. • It is generally advised that a student file a leave of absence form rather than an Course Withdrawal: Students should consult with institutional withdrawal form for ease of the registrar and faculty teaching the course return to DIDI should the need arise. If a before they withdraw. If the student wishes to longer absence is required, the student should proceed the guidelines for withdrawals are as withdraw from the Institute and apply for re- follows: admission when appropriate. • Students are permitted to withdraw from • In the case where a student applies for re- courses after submitting the appropriate admission after an absence of over a year, Course Withdrawal/Incomplete form. Students should any existing courses in the program of must maintain the required minimum number study be replaced, it may result in the need to of credits to maintain full time status. take additional courses as a condition of re- • Students must request withdrawal from a admission. course prior to the end of the twelfth (12) week of the semester. The student must notify the faculty teaching the course via email.

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- Continuing students, who fail to register Financial Policies during the regular registration time period, as announced in the academic calendar, will be Tuition and Funding charged an additional late registration fee. This additional fee does not apply to added - There is an expectation that students will courses during the Add & Drop period. Refer have sufficient funds to pay tuition fees and to the Finance department for DIDI Fee cover living expenses for the duration of their Structure for all payments and charges. period of study. Accepted students ‘may be’ - Tuition fees are charged at an annual flat rate, asked for details of their financial ability at the regardless of credit point weighting or number point of application. of courses taken. However, charges will apply - Sponsored students should be aware that in if a student is required to repeat a course or the event their sponsor fails to pay the chooses to enroll in additional courses taken required fees, the applicant will become beyond the four (4) year duration of the responsible for payment. program. Refer to the Finance department for DIDI Fee Structure for all payments and Types of Service charges. Processing or renewal of Visa and 1. - Funds in credit that are held in the students Emirates ID (EID) - Normal / Express account can be allocated to future fees and Processing or renewal of medical 2. charges unless a S 5j Request for Refund is Insurance approved. 3. Certificate (To Whom It May Concern) - Textbooks, photocopying, personal stationary Transcripts and Attestation of Certificate 4. items and design software license costs are from MOE not included in the course fees. 5. Replacement of a lost ID - Fees will apply for the following services. 6 Re-registration fee Refer to the Finance department for DIDI Fee Structure - A non-refundable enrollment deposit of AED for all payments and charges. 2500 is required as collateral for all applicants, made payable to DIDI at the point an offer of a - All Fees (Tuition and Non-Tuition) may be placement is made. The amount paid will be revised annually ahead of each academic year deducted from the total tuition fee due at the as deemed necessary. Students will be start of the academic program. informed by the end of the spring semester of - For further information about fees, fee any revisions in the fees.

collection etc. contact the admissions office at DIDI. Scholarship

- DIDI provides a range of partial to full Program/Tuition Fees scholarships based on Financial Need based and Merit-based. For more information - At the beginning of each semester, students contact the admissions office at DIDI must contact the Finance Department to - Scholarships are only valid for the Tuition fees arrange the payment of their fees. Students (Tuition + Lab Fees) excluding VAT. All who do not pay the tuition fees due (as per remaining fees must be paid promptly to the agreed payment plan) by the end of the maintain the financial need-based scholarship. 1st week of the start of the semester will have - Scholarship is awarded to full-time students a Financial hold placed on their account. and will cover part of the tuition fees for the - Program/Tuition fees are set annually and are academic year depending on the value of subject to annual review. No tuition refunds or scholarship offered, so long as the required part refunds will be made other than those academic standards are maintained. Refer to listed in Section 10. Refunds. S5 Undergraduate Scholarship Policy - For the tuition fee schedule and student - Unless specifically stated scholarships do not charges schedule refer to APPENDIX A - DIDI include costs related to textbooks, software fee structure licenses, excursions, accommodation, living - Tuition fees are charged at an annual flat rate, expenses etc. regardless of credit point weighting or number - Scholarships can be granted for credit-bearing of courses taken. The amount of fees to be courses only, for the normal duration of the paid depends on the fee payment plan agreed degree program. Preparatory courses are not upon between the student and DIDI. If a covered. Refer to the Finance department for payment plan has been agreed upon fees are DIDI Fee Structure for all payments and to paid in accordance to the installment charges. payment plan selected and as per the - Scholarship awarded to students will be schedule in section 6.0 Program/Tuition Fee reviewed at the end of each academic year payment plan.

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and can be renewed only four times which • Applications submitted without appropriate covers the duration of the program. documentation will not be approved. - In all cases the decisions taken by the - All refunds will be made by either cheque or President are final and students do not have wire transfer in favor of the student, guardian the right to appeal. or sponsor. If a refund is made via cheque, they can be collected from the finance Method of Payment department 21 days from the day of approval of the fee refund request. Any outstanding Fees can be paid in cash, cheque, direct bank fees and charges shall be deducted from the transfer. Further details of payment methods can fee refund. be obtained from the finance department. Refund requests received from students who have been suspended for not maintaining the standards for acceptable academic progress, or any other Program/Tuition Fees Refunds disciplinary reasons will be assessed on a case- by-case basis. - Should a student wish to withdraw from the university all payments will be refunded as per refund schedule in 9.2. Student Services - If a student believes they are eligible for a full or partial refund of fees, then the student Campus Timings must apply for refund as instructed by the finance department. Refunds may be payable Please note that students may access DIDI to the students according to the schedule Campus with their Student ID Card from Sunday to outlined below: Thursday 7:30am to 10pm only. Should students Refund Schedule wish to use the campus facilities after the stated Hundred percent Add drop period (first hours they must inform the security guard on duty (100%) refund week of classes) to give them access. Fifty percent (50%) During the second refund week of classes Campus timings and access: Zero Percent (0%) After the second You may access campus using your Student ID refund week of classes Card from: - Sunday to Thursday: 7:30am-10pm. - Non-tuition/Miscellaneous fees are not Security Guard on duty will grant you access from: refundable. - Sunday to Thursday: 10pm-7:30am. - If a student feels there is a genuine reason to

request a refund after the normal deadline, - Friday to Saturday: All day they may submit a written request to the Library hours: finance department, outlining in full the - Sunday to Thursday from 8am-5pm. reasons for the request. Finance and student - Closed on Public Holidays. Unless informed services will review each request on case-by- otherwise case basis. The student will be informed about Fab Lab/ Fashion Studio hours: the outcome within 14 days of submitting their - General Fab Lab and Fashion Studios Hours request. Special circumstances may be Sunday to Thursday from 8:30am – 6pm as granted to the student, if and only if, DIDI is per Workshop/Studio Schedule. satisfied that the circumstances: - Closed on Public Holidays. Unless informed • Are beyond the student’s control, and the otherwise. situation is unusual, uncommon or - For extended Fab Lab hours please check with abnormal, and the Fab Lab Manager for timings. • Prevent the student from completing the requirements for the unit of study, which There will be, for your safety, a 24/7 security may include medical grounds, guard routinely checking DIDI campus premises. compassionate grounds, extenuating DIDI is also monitored 24/7 by CCTV cameras. In circumstances or course related case of an emergency, please call 04-568-7195 to circumstances. reach the DIDI Security Office. - Supporting Documentation • Students applying for a refund under the Student Services Department guidelines of 9.4 must submit supporting The Student Services department is headed by the documentation which verifies their Student Services Manager. The department circumstances, documentation must be oversees all student clubs, student association and submitted in English or Arabic or be a student groups. It maintains files, progress and certified and signed translation. assists meetings for all student clubs.

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One function of the Student Services Department - Enrollment, registration and ID cards. is to assist students in liaising with other service - Social events e.g. gallery tour, evening meal, departments. Services are provided starting from etc. the onboarding process of new students, Additionally, international students relocating from organizing the orientation week of the new joiners, outside of the UAE will be provided with: to the facilitation of the clearance process for - Meet and greet collection service from DXB graduating students. Other functions include airport assistance with tasks such as, but not limited to - Overview session for the student visa process: processing of UAE student residence visa, health procedures, medical and Emirati ID cards. insurance cards, ID cards, official letters, capturing and maintaining students’ personal information - Tour of Dubai (optional). through an up-to-date database, working with the Finance Department to process reimbursements of Student ID Cards students where eligible. The Student Services department also assists all Each student will be given a Student ID Card that students with event planning, sponsorship process will allow their access to DIDI campus facilities. and contracts with outsourced vendors. It Students are expected to keep their Student ID advertises on students’ behalf of upcoming in- Card present at all times. Any students who does house events and promotes outside events like not have their Student ID card will not be allowed educational forums, sports cups, university level access to campus. competition, etc. Logistical support to these The Student ID Card grants access to campus events is also provided by the Student Services facilities only, and no one else. Should a student department. lose/damage their Student ID card, they must inform the Student Services Manager immediately. To issue a new card, the student must pay a Student Services Contact: replacement fee of 100 AED. Once this amount is paid to the Finance Department, then a new • Nora Malkawi, Student Service Student ID Card will be issued. Manager, Office – Ground Floor, Building 4, d3; Lockers Email: [email protected] Every student at DIDI will be allocated a locker Academic Orientation: once they join. Students are expected to take care of their lockers. Lockers will be checked by At the beginning of each Academic Year – new concerned staff members on a random basis to students will take part in an Orientation Week ensure general cleanliness and tidiness. If the program, organized by the Student Services student loses their locker key, they must pay a Department. The Orientation Week program for replacement fee of 100 AED. Once this amount is new students is designed to provide students with paid to the Finance Department, then the student the smoothest possible transition into university will be given a new locker key to access their life. The Orientation Week will include a range of locker. mandatory introduction sessions for new students, including: Learning Support - Welcome presentation and introduction to faculty and support staff & collection of DIDI will provide all students access as required, to induction packs. additional learning support through the offering of - Campus tour & d3 tour. remedial courses and workshops. Students can - Introduction to Student Services: student-life discuss their needs with their assigned faculty and extra-curricular opportunities; member who will make recommendations to administration and procedures. address their individual learning needs. Faculty - UAE cultural awareness session with advisors may also make recommendations to discussion on DIDI student code of conduct. students for additional learning support if they - Degree induction and student handbook: observe a student dealing with academic coursework submissions, assessment challenges. methods, expectations, timetable and policies. - A presentation on ‘Plagiarism’. Personal Counseling - Introduction to Financial Processes – tuition fees and payment procedures. Students who require personal counseling can - Introduction to Information Technology arrange to meet with the Student Services Services (ITS) – email accounts and accessing Manager. If it is determined by the Student the online student database. Services Manager that the student requires additional support, they will be directed to an - Introduction to Library services and systems.

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external counselor. All counseling will be kept Student Services Department who will help strictly confidential. facilitate their request. Students will be encouraged to form clubs and societies, related to Career Development Services both their academic and extra-curricular interests.

Part of the unique offering of DIDI is to engage Residential Facilities: students in real world learning. Internships offers the student real-life work experiences by DIDI has an agreement with the below two student engaging in a professional position related to their accommodation providers: field of study. To help facilitate job and internship - Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management search, DIDI will help students prepare for the http://www.emiratesacademy.edu/ internship job search and maintain active - Uninest Student Accommodations relationships with employers for job postings and https://unineststudents.ae/ on-campus recruiting activities, including career - DSOA University Residence fairs. The philosophy of the internship program is - https://dsoa.ae/ to integrate on-the-job work experience with in- the-classroom academic experience to achieve a - Students can contact the Student Services more well-rounded education. Manager to help liaise with the The Career Development Services will: accommodation providers accordingly.

- Support students, together with their faculty advisors, to identify internship and part-time Dining Services work experiences aligned with their curriculum path. Cafés, and food outlets are available within - Work with industry to secure internship and walking distance of the building in the Dubai part-time work study opportunities for DIDI Design District (d3). Students are eligible for students. various discounts around d3 food outlets once presenting their Student ID Card.

- Offer job search counseling and preparation workshops for students to obtain post graduate employment. Printing Service

- Help students make better informed career Through the DIDI University printing system decisions, prepare them to take on challenging students have access to printing services. This assignments/internships in industry, and help includes black and white or color printing (A3, A4), to increase their employability opportunities in scan, and copy. When printing, students send their the market. print job to a print queue. Students can simply

- Ensure students gain on-the-job experience retrieve the print job from the printer in the library that is valuable when a student graduates and using their account. Students must have a begins to search for a full-time position. sufficient balance on their account to be able to - Educate the students about the job market print, copy, and scan. and career options and enable their access to significant internships. This is achieved Fab Lab & Fashion Studio through career guidance and mutually

advantageous partnerships with industry. Fab Lab: A learning environment for all DIDI - Self-marketing skills workshops in areas such Students Fab Lab is an application of the global as CV writing, job search and interviewing Fab Lab concept developed in MIT. skills to further assist students in their employability preparation. In the Fab Lab students are helped to learn digital manufacturing through trial and error and it is the Recreational Services center of manufacturing and hands-on learning for students and staff of DIDI community. In DIDI acknowledges the importance of providing a addition, the Fab lab organizes open days and varied and engaging range of extra-curricular workshops for the public. In the Fab Lab anyone activities for students, in order to provide who is interested can learn digital manufacturing. students with a balance from the rigors of the In Fab Lab there are a wide selection of machines academic program, as well as to foster friendship, available, for e.g. 3D printers, 3D scanners, laser team spirit and a sense of community. To this end, cutters, CNC routers, vinyl cutter and heat press, DIDI will provide opportunities for student electronic work stations, hot wire cutters, sewing activities and recreation. The program of activities machines and hand tools. will be developed and overseen by the Student Services Department. DIDI intends that Most workshops are conducted in the Fab Lab recreational opportunities be student driven. located in in5, Hai d3. Each time before using the Students with a particular interest, or who would Fab Lab, students are required to show their like to start a club or society can approach the

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student/staff ID card to prove access rights to the - Conduct ourselves with the highest standards Fab Lab and its machines. of moral and ethical behavior. Such behavior includes taking responsibility for our own Fashion Studio: Fashion Studio resources include a personal choices, decisions and academic and series of industry standard pattern cutting tables, professional work. mannequins, a fabric stockroom, finishing presses, - Affirm through the daily demonstration of flatbed machines as well as a wide variety of these ideals that DIDI is an institution devoted specialist sewing machinery, for both apparel and to the pursuit of knowledge and a free footwear. exchange of ideas in an open and respectful climate. Most of the classes for the Fashion Design courses are conducted in the Fashion Studio located on Student responsibility the Mezzanine floor of Building 4. Dedicated studio spaces are provided for students to ensure their Students are financially liable for any damages to research and body of work can be developed with DIDI property caused by them by reckless and/or direct and ongoing feedback from both lecturers negligent use. and peers.

Timings: General Fab Lab and Fashion Studios Library Policies Hours: - Sunday to Thursday from 8:30am – 6pm. DIDI library plays a vital role as it serves as the Closed on Public Holidays. Unless informed gateway to information for research and study for otherwise. faculty and students alike. It ensures that the DIDI community has full access to its print and digital For extended hours please check with the Fab Lab resources through a variety of means. The DIDI Manager for FAB Lab timings and faculty for Library supports the academic needs of the Fashion Studio timings. students and faculty with a collection of printed Website: https://infive.ae/in5-design/ materials which include, but are not limited to books, newspapers, periodicals, trend forecasts, Fab Lab Staff: look books, tutorials, collections and clippings. The library also houses non-print and electronic Fab Lab Staff are present for your safety, the materials as well as digital resources, including but safety of the machines, and to help you not limited to digital trend forecasting services, troubleshoot problems you may have in utilizing archived historical periodicals, online articles, the machines. Fab Lab Staff members are not digital subscriptions, research papers, journals, E trained to assist with any issues regarding your books, documentaries and films. design process including troubleshooting design software issues - they are trained to help you The Library is also be equipped with computers for process your finished design through the internet use and research and a printer for machines in the lab. printing. The Librarian is available during library hours to assist students in all research activities. Updates on library resources, activities and Fab Lab Contact: services are regularly circulated through its official newsletter, website and e-mail platforms. The • Simone Majocchi, Fab Lab Library also seeks to connect with local, national Technician, Office – in5, Hai d3; and international resource sharing programs, to Email: [email protected] broaden and deepen student access to relevant resources

Honor Code Library Contact: • Donabella Obias, Librarian, Office – As members of the DIDI and Dubai Design District Library, Mezzanine Floor, Building 4, d3; (d3) community, including students, faculty, staff, and administrators, we will: Email: [email protected] - Demonstrate civility, respect, decency and sensitivity towards our fellow members of the Opening Hours DIDI community and recognize that all individuals at this institution are part of the The DIDI Library is open to students, faculty and larger DIDI family, and as such are entitled to staff. Its mission is to support the researchers that support and mutual respect which they with relevant, world-class library and information deserve. resources, and high-quality services. The facility contains electronic books, textbooks for various

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disciplines, and online journal databases including resources include academic journals, an image digital journals, newspapers, reports, articles, library, and video instruction. transactions, and proceedings. - Electronic Resources: The Library provides electronic resources including DVDs and CDs The library is served by a librarian and operates 45 in support of DIDI curriculum and knowledge hours per week (Sunday to Thursday, 8:00am to enrichment. 5:00pm). The Library will be closed on public - Journals: The DIDI journal collection supports holidays. the research needs of faculty and students. It serves to strengthen the theoretical Library Services framework of research-related initiatives. - Materials Library: The DIDI library maintains The library provides material for loan or for material collections for student and faculty reference and printing services. The library will aid use. Resources include magazine tare sheets, in the use of electronic resources and information textile swatches, yarn cones, designer look retrieval. books, manufacturers swatch books and material references. The Librarian conducts a comprehensive annual - Periodicals: Periodicals and magazines are orientation and instruction to ensure that students maintained to support the extension of are well abreast with its collections, rules and knowledge and facilitate self-education. regulations, programs and services. Regular Library activities are also organized to entice the Circulation Policies research habits of the students.

- Books Library Website • Students may check out a maximum of 3 books for a period of 2 weeks only. They

may renew the loan for an additional week The Library website provides access to the upon application to the Librarian. primary search engine, as well as the digital resources. • Faculty may check out a maximum of 4 books for a period of 2 weeks only. They The Library houses all required reading for all may renew the loan for an additional 2 courses taught at DIDI, including the General weeks upon application to the Librarian. Education courses. It is equipped with information • Required reading for current courses of systems and digital applications that can be used study may be reserved by the Library for by students and faculty to facilitate access and reference only. usage of the resources. DIDI Library: - Periodicals: Periodicals are for reference only. http://library.didi.ac.ae/ Printing from periodicals is permitted as allowed by copyright law. Library Resources - Printed Journals: Printed journals are for reference use only and cannot be taken out The subject scope of the library resources is from the library. Printing and saving of articles intended to support DIDI’s current and future are allowed. curricula as well as the individual needs of the - Electronic Resources: Electronic resources community. Books and other resource acquisition may be accessed at any time through the are done on an annual basis and based on the Library portal. Electronic resources should be curriculum needs and within the allotted budget. reserved one day ahead of time needed and Library resources will be continuously based on should be returned within the day borrowed. curricular needs of the Institution. - The Material Library: Students can take up to The resources are cataloged and classified 20 swatches per week with no limitation for according to the Library of Congress (OCLC) yarn windings. classification scheme and maintained through the library management system. Plagiarism: DIDI’s policy on plagiarism is The DIDI Library includes the following resources: intended to encourage academic integrity and - Books: The book collection caters to DIDI originality in student work. The policy applies to all courses and programs. It covers a broad range students within the Institution and is intended to of topics from basic design to concentration provide a consistent approach to managing cases specific information, as well as theory, of plagiarism. research and literary texts. - Online Resources: The library subscribes to Students are expected to reference all work where various online databases that provide quotations, inspirations. Reinterpretations, copying specialized visual and text resources for the or paraphrasing are used. The acceptable type of support of the DIDI curriculum. These referencing required for an individual class will be outlined in the syllabi. Refer to Section 15.

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Academic integrity for more information on minor cuts, scratches, and bruises. In the event of academic misconduct. a serious injury, please contact the Student Services Manager (while on campus) or the Fab External Visitors Lab Manager (while in the Fab Lab) who will assist with the next step which also involves requesting The DIDI library welcomes external visitors to an ambulance. benefit from our resources. Resources are for reference only and cannot be checked out. DIDI will require students to comply with UAE Law Printing is permissible at a cost. as it pertains to health insurance coverage. It is the responsibility of the student to share with the Library Management System Student Services Manager any specific requirements they may have (i.e. medical The library utilizes the KOHA software system for conditions) before joining DIDI. library management. KOHA is a web-based integrated library system with a cataloging Fab Lab Orientation database stored in MARC format. - Fab Lab orientation precludes any Fab Lab use. - First-time users of the prototyping facility will Health and Safety be required to attend a “Safety Training and Orientation” module. Health and safety are an important aspect at DIDI - The Fab Lab Manager or staff reserves the and is something to which we all contribute in one right to revoke any access to the prototyping way or another. However, DIDI expects everyone facility for any user that breaks the safety to develop a responsible attitude towards meeting rules as outlined in the induction training. their Health and Safety obligations whether it be - Each new user will be required to complete a on campus, Fab Lab or the Fashion Studio. All DIDI written test in order to demonstrate full student are expected to make themselves familiar understanding of safety practices. Users and follow all Safety Rules, Notices and should score a minimum of 80% in order to be Procedures, and to this end they have the certified to use the premises. The “Safety following responsibilities: Training and Orientation” module will be - Ensure you are aware of the hazards present administered by the floor supervisor on in their areas of work and ensure that you do regular dates. not present unnecessary or uncontrolled risks - The Fab Lab Manager will communicate the to anyone exposed to them. schedule to all new users. As a general - Participate in required induction and training guideline, no user will be permitted to operate programs. a machine for the first time. The Fab Lab - Familiarize themselves with the location of Manager must deem the user fit to operate emergency exits and safety equipment and any machine beforehand. know what action to take in the event of an - Successful completion of the safety course evacuation. precludes Fab Lab use. - Report to concerned staff, any accidents, - Demonstration of proficiency of select pieces incidents or unsafe conditions you may be of Fab Lab equipment precludes Fab Lab use. aware of. - Fab Lab users must sign and date a copy of - Use the correct safety and protective the Fab Lab Users Safety Agreement form. equipment as required and supplied. - Individuals must receive additional instruction - Develop a personal concern for the safety and for machines not included in the standard welfare of yourself and others and suggest orientation. ways of eliminating hazards. - Do not take any unnecessary risks that might Fab Lab Rules: A crucial aspect of the user’s compromise your own safety or the safety of prototyping experience consists in learning and others. applying adequate procedures and practices in order to avoid self-inflicted injuries as well as All students are required to sign-off a Non- injuries to co-workers. Liability form to develop a responsible attitude. - Students should demonstrate the following attitude at all times while in the Fab Lab: Health Services & Medical Insurance • Strong feeling toward the importance of safety and willingness to give time and DIDI has First Aid equipment maintained in the Fab attention to learning the safest way to Lab and Fashion Studio and accessible for the perform work temporary treatment of an accident, and prior to • Willingness to follow guidelines and rules the availability of medical services, for the relief of wherever applicable in so far as the safety

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of lab users is concerned. It means that • The last person to use a machine is you will be certain to work carefully and responsible for cleaning the machine follow the rules – even when no one is (check with Fab Lab staff if the machines directly watching you. can be cleaned by them) and surrounding • Full understanding of the safety rules work area. Make sure the machine is not outlined in this manual. Note that it is left operational after use. to the discretion of the floor supervisor to • Students cannot leave their work to come mandate additional safety rules that all back later to work on it. Students are not users will be expected to observe. The allowed to store their models and materials purpose of these guidelines and rules is to in the Fab Lab. Any remaining materials will help users develop safety habit so that be disposed without notification. they become second nature to them, • Each member is required to assist in a minimizing harm and damage. general clean-up of the Fab Lab at the end • Understanding that prior experience in a of the day, or when deemed necessary by similar facility does not necessarily entail Fab Lab Staff. good safety standards. Numerous accidents • Students failing in their clean-up are caused by “experienced” in part due to responsibilities: their more casual approach in performing o First offense: Written Warning certain tasks with little attention given to o Second offense: Loss of Fab Lab safety standards and regulations. privileges for 48 hours • Not being afraid or shy to ask the Fab Lab o Third offense: Loss of Fab Lab Manager or Technician for assistance or privileges until meeting with Fab Lab help. manager • Never attempting to use a new machine or - Fab Lab Occupancy Requirements piece of equipment without consulting with • In order to maintain a safe Fab Lab the floor supervisor to understand environment strict user limits are enforced. mechanisms and safety standards. • You must sign in and sign out every time • Never checking out tools or equipment. All you use specific machines in the Fab Lab. machinery must remain confined to the There is a signup sheet with the Fab Lab premises and are not allowed outside the Manager. prototyping facility. • Smoking, eating, and drinking are strictly • Know where the fire extinguishers are prohibited. located and how to use them. • Use gloves or special tool for the removal Safety guidelines of chips, shavings and debris. Do not use your hands to clean shavings or cuttings – Safety in the Fab Lab or Fashion Studio facility is they can be sharp! the single most important priority. Accidents could - Personal Protection: Always wear appropriate happen and result in serious injuries, sometimes safety gear and protective clothing, including causing permanent impairments. As a general closed toed shoes. There are several measures guideline, users should avoid working or one must take to protect themselves from experimenting with tools and equipment that they shop hazards. don’t fully understand. In what follows, we list a • Do not wear loose fitting clothing minimum set of guidelines that users should • Do not wear high heels of any sort. observe: • Do not wear long sleeve shirts/sweaters - Never work or operate a dangerous machine • Do not wear neckties alone. • No jewelry should be worn in the FABLAB - It is not recommended to have more than 15 users concurrently at any point in time in • Make certain long hair is not loose, but either facility. In case the occupancy limit is pulled back away from equipment achieved, consult with the faculty or Fab Lab - Eye Protection Manager for a resolution mechanism. • Eye protection must be worn at all times in - Make sure you fully understand the modus the Fab Lab facility. operandi of the machine or tools you are • Failure to wear eye protection may result in about to use. In case of any uncertainty, loss of Fab Lab privileges. refrain from operating the equipment and call - Cleaning of Fab Lab Facilities for help. Students must notify/report to a staff • Every student is personally responsible for member of any anomaly in the Fab Lab. clean-up and tool return. - Students should use appropriate • Each machine and work area should be tools/machine assigned for the task. cleaned immediately after use.

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- Make sure to locate the fire extinguishers • Act ethically in the pursuit of learning and before the start of any operation and know research. how to use them. • Acknowledge and or reference, in activities - Any sleep deprivation could have dramatic undertaken as part of their learning or consequences. research, the contribution of others’ ideas and - Never conduct operations if you are in a hurry. work, including that of other students and The outcome could be damaging to your and colleagues. other co-worker’s well-being. o Demonstrating the extent to which the - Prior to starting operations on any machine, student has consulted appropriate make sure that it is properly set-up. references and source materials – usually - Verify the power cords and plugs on any through compilation of a bibliography or portable device and tool prior to using it. reference list. Students must notify/report of any anomaly to o Including and analyzing complete and power cords or plugs. accurate research data when reporting - In order to remove small debris, make sure to research findings and conclusions use a brush or a specialized tool (compressed • Act in accordance with requirements that air) and never use bare hands to perform the ensure the academic standards of the cleaning as debris could contain sharp Institution. components. • Complying with all instructions for preparation - Make sure to distance your fingers as much as and presentation of individual or group work. possible from the point of operation of the equipment. Code of Conduct: Student Academic misconduct is • Injury-Causing Accidents an academic violation that covers but is not In the event of an injury-causing accident, the limited to plagiarism, misrepresentation, following procedures must be followed: Fabrication, and cheating in any form of assessments. Apart from cheating and plagiarism, o Notify the Fab Lab Manager immediately! Fab Lab personnel will follow established the decision on whether or not to treat academic procedures. misconduct as a violation of the Code of Student Conduct, is at the discretion of the faculty. o All personal injury accidents require a meeting between the injured person and the Fab Lab manager before Fab Lab privileges Types of Academic Misconduct: Academic will resume. The purpose is to determine the misconduct or violations include, but are not cause of the accident for the prevention of limited to: future accidents. • Plagiarism: DIDI’s policy on plagiarism is • Non-injury Accidents intended to encourage academic integrity and In the event of accidents resulting in machine originality in student work. DIDI has zero tolerance towards plagiarism. Plagiarism refers damage, material "kick-backs," jamming, or other to representing another person’s words, ideas or unsafe events a meeting is required between the images as one’s own in any academic exercise. person involved in the accident and the Fab Lab It could be in written, graphic, auditory, visual or manager before Fab Lab privileges resume. electronic format. The policy applies to all

students within the Institution and is intended to provide a consistent approach to managing Academic Integrity cases of plagiarism. Plagiarism is committed when a student: As an institution of higher education, DIDI is * Submits work that is copied in whole or committed to the pursuit of knowledge and the part from existing work. free exchange of ideas. In such an intellectual * Submits work that incorporates the climate it is fundamentally imperative that all work of another without accrediting the members of this academic community behave in source. the highest ethical fashion possible in the manner * Paraphrases the work of another by which they produce, share, and exchange this without sufficiently acknowledging the information. In the case of students, Academic source. Honesty demands that at all times student work * Falsifies work. be the work of that individual student, and that * Fabricates information or data any information which a student uses in a work * Commissions or purchases projects submitted for evaluation be properly documented. from a third party, Any violation of these basic standards constitutes a breach of Academic Honesty and hence o Every academic submission made by a becomes Academic Dishonesty. student should be their own work. In all cases of plagiarism, students will be held accountable for violation of academic Academic integrity requires that students: integrity.

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o Students are expected to reference all work * Manipulates data, research, or processes where quotations, inspirations, re- with the intent of achieving the desired interpretations, copying or paraphrasing are results. used. The acceptable type of referencing * Submits false information or data in any required for an individual class will be format. outlined in the syllabi. To that end, projects * Uses quotes and references from a may be subjected to textual and visual secondary source, stating it comes from authentication through the use of software an original source. such as Turnitin or other media matching * Fabricates source material. software. * Submits work that is prepared in whole o Communication about what constitutes or part by someone else. plagiarism, to the student body, as well as * Students must ensure compliance with the consequences of being found guilty of it, this policy; repeated offenses will will be consistent throughout the student’s receive higher penalties. Refer to academic career at DIDI. Student Violation and Sanction Matrix o The faculty has the right to decide in regard for more information. to student grades in determining the • Cheating and Facilitation: Cheating on tests, integrity based on faculty awareness of the projects or exams can be in written, graphic, students work level. auditory, visual or in electronic format. A o Students must ensure compliance with this student must not receive or provide any policy; repeated offenses will receive higher unauthorized assistance on an examination. penalties. During an examination a student may use only • Misrepresentation and multiple submission are materials authorized by the faculty. defined as the submission of work that has o Cheating is committed when a student: previously been submitted in the same or similar * Copies the work of another person, form for another project, test, exam or course. * Aids or communicates with another in a When a student submits work with their name test, submission, assignment or exam on it, this is a written statement that credit for when collaborative work is not the work belongs to that student alone. If the permitted, work was a product of collaboration, each * Submits any academic work under student is expected to clearly acknowledge in someone else’s name other than their writing all persons who contributed to its own. This includes but is not limited to completion. sitting for another person’s exam where o To avoid cheating or unauthorized both parties will be held liable, collaboration, a student should never: * Shares information or answers for an * Submit the same work, or essentially the assignment, test or exam with another, same work, for more than one project. A * Uses equipment not authorized for use student must disclose when a paper or in the class, project, text, assignment or project builds on work completed earlier exam, in their academic career. * Accesses exam or test materials prior to * Use, copy or paraphrase the results of the exam or test being administered, another person’s work and represent * Uses books, papers, notes or electronic that work as their own. data in violation of the testing policy, * Refer to, or copy archival files (e.g., old o Students must ensure compliance with this tests, homework, solutions manuals or policy; repeated offenses will receive backfiles) without reference. higher penalties. * Copy another’s work or permit another • Damaging Others Work student to copy their work. o The deliberate damage or theft of others * Submit work as a collaborative effort if work is considered a serious offence by they did not contribute a fair share of DIDI, parallel in seriousness to cheating, or the effort. plagiarism. Under no circumstances is it o Students must ensure compliance with this acceptable for a student to willfully policy; repeated offenses will receive higher damage the efforts or work of other penalties. Refer to Student Violation and students. Sanction Matrix for more information. o Students must ensure compliance with this • Fabrication of Work: It is dishonest to Fabricate policy; repeated offenses will receive or falsify data in research papers, or reports; to higher penalties. Fabricate source material in a bibliography; or to provide false information on a résumé or Reporting Misconduct other document. o Fabrication of work is committed when a student:

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If a student observes others violating this policy, o inequitable treatment that is the result of they are encouraged to report the misconduct to departure from the instructor’s stated the faculty. standards, and course policies; or o a decision based on an error in fact. Procedure • The grade issued by the instructor remains in • Jurisdiction: This policy covers all students at effect during the appeal process DIDI. Cases will be heard by the Ad-hoc • Appeal process would follow the below: Academic Integrity Committee (AIC). All o A student who wishes to challenge the violations and sanctions should be reported to accuracy or fairness of their final course the Deans office. grade may appeal the grade within one

o Student Rights and Responsibilities in an week of publication/posting of the final Academic Integrity hearing grades.

o A student accused of an academic integrity o They should first raise the concern directly violation, whether by faculty, teaching with the course instructor, and request assistants or another student is entitled to: clarification/confirmation of the accuracy * Review the written evidence in support and propriety of the final grade. Within a of the charge. week from the date of receipt of the * Ask any questions. student's written statement, the instructor * Offer an explanation as to what shall respond to the student in writing. The occurred. instructor should explain the grading * Present any material that would cast procedures and how the grade in question doubt on the charge. was determined as well as other issues o When responding to a charge of academic raised in the student's statement. misconduct, a student may: o If the instructor agrees that there was an * Deny the charges of academic error, the process for changing the grade, misconduct and request a hearing with described in section 11 below, must be the Deans Office. followed. * Admit the charges and request a hearing o If, after meeting with the course instructor with the AIC to determine sanction(s). and based on instructor response, the * Admit the charges and accept the student remains convinced that the grade sanctions by the SIC. assigned is in error, they may raise the * Request a leave of absence from the issue with the Dean. Institution. The academic integrity o The Dean will ask the student to submit EP matter must be resolved prior to re- 3e Grade Appeal Form to make it official admission. and discuss with the faculty. The student * Request a withdrawal from the must attest in writing that they had Institution with a transcript notation informed the instructor that they intend to that there is an unresolved academic file a grade appeal. integrity matter. o The Dean could form a committee, * If the student does not respond to the including the course instructor and two allegation or refuses to participate in the other faculty members, to review the process the Dean’s Office will ask the details and the accuracy of the student’s AIC to proceed to decide without their grade. If feasible, the committee should input. meet with the student and the instructor together in an attempt to resolve the Student Grade Access and Appeal difference. The committee shall consider all • All students have to access their grade(s) via aspects of the case before making its the Student Information System (SIS). Once all recommendation. the grades for a given semester are posted on o The Dean should review all cases and share SIS, the office of the Registrar sends out an the decision with the Office of the email informing the student body that grades Registrar with 6 weeks of the grades being for the semester are now available on SIS. published. • The student is permitted to discuss their o The final decision is communicated to the performance in class assignments during the student by the Dean. semester with their instructor. • Grades are subject to appeal only when the student believes that the grade was awarded in an inequitable, arbitrary, or erroneous manner. • Appropriate grounds for appeal include circumstances where the grade was assigned based on:

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Foundation Fo STUDIO The course proposes an understanding of the

FoS101 6 credits, Year 1 Fall world across various disciplines and scales to demonstrate that design is not a discipline, but a Exploring Design way of looking at the world; one that promotes the Pre-requisite: NA synthesis of interdisciplinary knowledge across Co-requisite: FoW101 scales in order to create objects, systems, services This studio is an introduction to the creative and experiences for the greater good, and with the design process through acts of drawing and sustainable considerations at the core. This is not making. Studio environment provides a dynamic a traditional design course for designers, but a laboratory to explore ideas related to form, space, design course about culture, science and materials, and systems through physical, project- technology serving as a foundation course for all based activities. There will be an emphasis on the students regardless of their concentration. translation of concepts into visuals and constructs—focusing on the idea of thinking LECTURE through seeing and making and making through thinking. Consideration and discussion of material FoL102 3 credits, Year 1 Fall impacts and wasted materials on the environment History of Design through the process of making will be a focus. Pre-requisite: NA Students develop drawing skills in the studio Co-requisite: NA through observation, sketching and visualization, This course provides a survey of design objects, followed by using software (such as Rhino) and methodology and techniques across histories and tools for more complex visualization and cultures. By examining the work of other representation. Exercise and project will expose designers, we are better able to identify our own the students to the four concentrations, the class interests and concerns. Using history to focus our exposes students to a unique cross-section of own work is an effective method of avoiding design inquiry which will reinforce the idea of unnecessary distractions, false starts, pitfalls, and multidisciplinary design. mistakes. To duplicate these efforts instead of building on them is, at best, a wasted opportunity. WORKSHOP Beyond these practical concerns, though, history

FoW101 3 credits, Year 1 Fall can inspire. Finding objects, designers, and solutions that have resonance for us allows us a The Ecology of Form richer experience as designers and lets us tailor Pre-requisite: NA the broad field of design. Co-requisite: FoS101 This course focuses on the creative design STUDIO process through acts of drawing and making. The studio environment provides a dynamic laboratory FoS102 6 credits, Year 1 Spring to explore ideas related to form, space, materials, How to Design (Almost) Anything and systems through physical, and project-based Pre-requisite: FoS101, FoW101 activities There will be an emphasis on the Co-requisite: FoW102 translation of concepts into constructs—thinking This studio introduces fundamental design through seeing and making, and making through principles and practices, such as seeing, sketching, seeing and thinking. Taught by faculty across the storytelling, prototyping and performing, as a way five concentration groups, the class exposes to demystify design as a discipline. Taught by a students to a unique cross-section of design diverse group of faculty and guest presenters, inquiry which will reinforce the idea of students will take a deep dive into design through multidisciplinary design. An understanding of the lectures, labs, and weekly project assignments. A material impacts, water and environmental technique-based class intended for students impacts and sustainable systems are threaded without a design background, this class aims to throughout the project work. enable more effective collaboration between designers and the ability to apply the foundations LECTURE of design to any discipline. Design traditionally operates within specific disciplinary boundaries: FoL101 3 credits, Year 1 Fall we are either part of the architecture discipline, or Design Across Scales graphic design, or product design, or web design Pre-requisite: NA; Co-requisite: NA or even design within mechanical engineering or systems design. However, we rarely seek overlaps

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between these different design disciplines. This LECTURE course aims to give students an explicit and FoL104 3 credits, Year 1 Spring fundamental introduction to design in order to more effectively utilize and collaborate through Design Futures the lens of design. Taking a cross-disciplinary Pre-requisite: NA; Co-requisite: NA design approach we aim to incorporate new design This course will guide students on a journey to tools, methods and technologies that encompass explore the current design field, its development, all of the design streams to provide a solid design schools of thinking, methodologies, and best foundation for future designers that wish to practices, and to explore probable futures of the incorporate design thinking and doing in their world through design. Based on the view of practice. interdisciplinary design as the predominant trajectory of the practice of design, technological development as the main driver, and with an WORKSHOP emphasis on designers’ responsibility in creating a FoW102 3 credits, Year 1 Spring desirable and sustainable future, students will be Material (In)Formation exposed to examples of design practice and design thinking in multiple categories, including Pre-requisite: FoS101, FoW101 Connected Product Design, Human Computer Co-requisite: FoS102 Interface (HCI), IoT, Virtual Reality, Artificial Core Foundation workshop in methods of making. Intelligence, and Affective Computing. Students Students gain skills in data analysis and will learn how opportunities are abundant by manipulation, fabrication with varying technologies connecting the dots and focusing on human and materials. Emphasis is placed on learning how experiences as the core, and develop an in-depth to use the tools as well as understanding how they perspective on the future of design work, material use and production impacts. This studio is in two parts. The course provides a hands- on introduction to the resources for designing and fabricating smart systems, including

CAD/CAM/CAE; CNC machining, 3-D printing, mold making and casting, laser cutting; wearable technology; sensors and actuators; analog instrumentation; embedded digital processing; wired and wireless communications, as well as the waste and reuse of those methods. Emphasis is placed on learning how to use the tools as well as understanding how they work. By the end of this course students will have an understanding and working knowledge of the fundamental skills related to Fashion Design, Multimedia Design,

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FoL103 3 credits, Year 1 Spring Design Strategies and

Entrepreneurship Pre-requisite: NA; Co-requisite: NA Design is evolving from simply the conception of physical artifacts to broader problem-solving, management and strategic design thinking approaches fundamental to achieving innovative, cross-disciplinary results. These include the application of interdisciplinary approaches such as systems design, service design, design thinking, design-led innovation and design-led entrepreneurship. This course will provide the students with basic understanding, methods and tools to enhance the design process as a problem- solving and entrepreneurial enterprise, applying the principles of design thinking from ideation through project planning and management which will enable the students to develop a strategic and interdisciplinary approach to design and innovation.

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Product Design Pr

STUDIO experience with user research and testing,

PrS201 Year 2 Fall and Spring through modeling, rigging and constructing testing props and mechanisms. Understanding how Design Objects society interacts with technological systems, and Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 becoming aware of the limitations of human Co-requisite: NA cognitive, perceptual-motor and performance This course is an introduction to the design of capabilities is an integral aspect of the course. objects—the products, furniture, and other Students will evaluate existing systems for the everyday accoutrements that shape our modern deficiencies and engage in problem solving daily experience—and the role technology plays in exercise. design. Students will follow the path from project to product through lectures, hands-on workshops, STUDIO and studio assignments. The students will learn how to work with materials, fabrication, PrS301 Year 3 Fall and Spring electronics and programming. Topics covered will D-Lab Design include: observation and critique of design; design Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 methodologies, representation, and source Co-requisite: NA material; user interaction and experience; rapid In this course, students will be introduced to prototyping strategies; the relationship between research, form and material exploration, design and art; serial production and distribution secondary research, participatory design, co- (including comparisons of environmental and design, experimentation, prototyping and testing. human impacts); limited editions and one-offs; Students will address problems faced by and the interplay between industry and underserved communities, and particular attention craftsmanship. Readings and lectures will provide will be placed on constraints faced when designing a technical foundation to enable students to for developing countries, as well as the benefits to create their products, as well as a foundation in the community themselves. Multidisciplinary the historical movements and current dialogues in teams will work on long-term projects in the design, production, and significance of objects. collaboration with community partners, field practitioners, and experts in relevant fields. Some WORKSHOP of the topics covered will include design for

PrW201 Year 2 Fall and Spring affordability, manufacture, sustainability, and strategies for working effectively with community Materials in Human Experience partners and customers. Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 Co-requisite: NA WORKSHOP Examines the ways in which people in ancient and contemporary societies have selected, evaluated, PrW302 Year 3 Fall and Spring and used materials of nature, transforming them Responsive Environments to objects of material culture. Some examples Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 include: glass in ancient Egypt and Rome; sounds Co-requisite: NA and colors of powerful metals in Mesoamerica; Interaction and computational design has evolved cloth and fiber technologies in the Inca empire. A from focusing on form-finding processes and particular focus is given to the region and regional fabrication, to a current exploration of embedding examples of material culture. Explores ideological systems and technologies that make design and aesthetic criteria often influential in materials configurable, sensate and active. In this course development. Laboratory/workshop sessions students will explore the idea that spatial provide hands-on experience with materials experience can be conceived, understood and discussed in class. designed as a series of reactive events. The claim of augmentation is not to apply sensor LECTURE technologies to an inert object as a simple overlay,

PrL201 Year 2 Fall and Spring but to shape the entire design process with the idea of integrated systems as a determining Human Factors factor. The intelligence of design, material and Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102/Transfer Student. sensor technologies and computation will Co-requisite: NA therefore be combined. The course will engage in Students will be introduced to a basic a critical discussion on the impact that our daily understanding of design principles related to digital experiences have on the perception and physical and cognitive ergonomics, as well as expectation of physical space. ethnographic research. This course provides

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PrL301 Year 3 Fall and Spring

Design and Manufacturing Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102/Transfer Student; Co-requisite: NA In this course students will be introduced to the creative design processes and materials used in production. The course is intended to introduce designers to the importance and necessity of engineering through product design. The knowledge gained will develop students’ competence and self-confidence as product designers with an emphasis on the creative design process bolstered by the application of physical laws that govern materials and manufacturing. There will be project planning instruction for how to complete projects on schedule and within budget. This course relies on active learning through a major design-and-build project. Lecture topics include idea generation, concept selection, visual thinking, computer-aided design (CAD), estimation, mechanism design, machine elements, basic electronics, technical communication, and ethics. This course will expose students to new and interesting materials, challenging them to think deeply, while providing skills that will be useful in their professional practice.

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Multimedia Design Mu

STUDIO applications and through short student exercises

MuS201 Year 2 Fall and Spring and projects. Mastering shape grammars helps students realize that design is a language that Visualization and Information uses shapes as symbols of communication, which Design is not categorically different from business and Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 law which use words. The course is highly visual, Co-requisite: NA learning simple computer coding for automating Introduction to working with data for exploration shape grammars, as non-digital exercises. The and explanation. The course mixes history and course helps students understand the core tenets theory of information with a series of projects that of visual language in an increasingly apply ideas directly. Students will start with basic computational world, and in this way develop data analysis, then learn about visual design and visual literacy and technological fluency for presentation, followed by more sophisticated developing visual interfaces and make better interaction techniques. Topics include storytelling user-based experiences. The aim of the course is and narrative, choosing representations, to give students the broadest possible understanding audiences, and the role of understanding of the nature and capacities of designers working with data to create complex shapes grammars with the least amount of formal visual explanations. lecturing and the most hands-on practice in the classroom. Students will share and assess their WORKSHOP solutions to in-class exercises, thus pooling and benefiting from their different ways of MuW201 Year 2 Fall and Spring understanding grammars. The final project is Fundamentals of Computational open-ended. Students can work individually or in Media Design teams on an analysis, creative design, or other Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 project of their choosing. They can develop or use Co-requisite: NA any kind of grammar, from basic to more complex. This course combines art and technology as an Most importantly, students must declare an initial exploration of visual analysis, typography, and problem, intentions, or goals to guide their work. technologies for audio/visual expression. Methods The open-ended research nature of the final for visual analysis, oral critique, and digital allows students to create or discover interesting expression are introduced. Class projects use the new problems and applications for shape OLPC XO (One Laptop Per Child) laptop, Csound grammars (beyond the foresight of the instructor), and Python software or current industry standard. and to take research in the field in new directions. The goals of this class include using a broad range STUDIO of examples from art and technology to understand how they interrelate, gaining MuS301 Year 3 Fall and Spring experience and self-confidence in giving and Designing Interactions receiving peer and group critiques regarding how Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 one expresses and instantiates one’s ideas. Co-requisite: NA Students will develop a ‘way of seeing’ so that This course will explore the future of mobile when they look at things traditionally categorized interactions and pervasive computing, taking into as ‘art’ or ‘technology’ they can perceive the consideration design, technological, social and influence of one on the other. business aspects, as well as ethical considerations. Discussed will be theoretical works on human- LECTURE computer interaction, mobile media and MuL201 Year 2 Fall and Spring interactive design, and covers research and design Visual Computing 1 methods. Students will work in multidisciplinary Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102/Transfer Student. teams and participate in user-centered design Co-requisite: NA projects aimed to study, imagine and prototype This course will introduce students to a visual- concepts illustrating the future of mobile perceptual, rule-based approach to design using applications and ubiquitous computing. This shape grammars. Topics which will be covered course examines human-computer interaction in include grammar fundamentals through lectures the context of graphical user interfaces and and in-class, exercises and designing and making covers human capabilities, design principles, domains in 2D and 3D. The professor will focus on prototyping techniques, evaluation techniques, shape grammar applications, from stylistic analysis and the implementation of graphical user to creative design, through presentations of past interfaces. Studio projects with an emphasis on

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mobile culture in the region will be assigned, to ensure a relevant cultural underpinning and a critical study of the ubiquity of computer interfaces and differentiated experiences.

WORKSHOP

MuW302 Year 3 Fall and Spring Advanced Visualization in Motion Graphics Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 Co-requisite: NA Advanced projects in visualization with an emphasis on the use of computer graphics animation and video production media. Workshop introduces advanced visualization software and teaches exploration of spatial expressions in motion graphics format. Students review and discuss selected literature and video materials on design. Students will receive instruction in creating motion graphics utilizing 3D elements, advanced effects, music, color theory, layout, style boards, broadcast standards, and advanced workflows in a studio-like environment with an emphasis on creativity, finish and aesthetics.

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MuL301 Year 3 Fall and Spring Visual Computing 2 Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102/Transfer Student; Co-requisite: NA Introduces advanced topics in shape grammar theory and applications building on Visual Computing 1, where students establish an understanding in visual literacy. Discusses shape grammar formalism that provide alternative ways of representing designs. These include parametric grammars and parametric design, parallel grammars, and color grammars. Presents material through lectures and in-class, applied exercises. Three-dimensional and Multi-dimensional processing and the generation of real and virtual data will be presented with a multitude of applications. Image processing systems, medical systems, space and remote sensing, video processing, security and biometrics, will be discussed alongside computer graphics as the cornerstone for gaming, animation, geometric modelling, virtual reality, and other applications. The course will help students to further deepen their visual communication and computational skills, which will take them beyond typical approaches and surficial treatment of screen- based user interfaces.

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Fashion Design Fa

STUDIO discussions focus on sociocultural views of fashion

FaS201 Year 2 Fall and Spring that have evolved throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Historical and modern narrative is Exploring Fashion 1 reinforced by visits to museums, costume Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 archives, and lectures. On completing this course, Co-requisite: NA students will have a deeper understanding of the This course builds on capacities developed in the dynamic relationship between dress, society, first-year course Material (in)Formation. The culture, and subcultures, as well as issues of course has three fundamental goals: 1) integrating diversity. This class will enable you to develop and techniques and concepts from other courses into understand the relationship between art, cinema, project work; 2) understanding and applying photography, politic and economy. primary research, critical and sustainable design thinking, conceptual development, iterative STUDIOS process and collaboration in fashion design; and 3) fashion making. Form and construction are key FaS301 Year 3 Fall and Spring topics for the course: students learn garment Exploring Fashion 2 construction in a critical and creative context. Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 Fashion making skills are presented as open, Co-requisite: NA iterative processes for creative problem solving. This course builds on Exploring Fashion 1. Fashion Form and construction are key topics for the design is critically contextualized within systems course: students learn garment construction in a of business, culture, economics, and ecology. critical and creative context, along with an Through this contextualization, students continue understanding of materials and the ecological to deepen their skills in primary and secondary impact of their selection and use. Students will research, conceptual development, iterative focus on the fashion as visual communication fashion design process, fashion making and through visual media using a variety of drawing collaboration. User-centered fashion design, and digital techniques with the goal of evolving an underpinned by ethnographic research and a broad individual aesthetic. understanding of diversity, is a key theme for Exploring Fashion 2. This course frames the WORKSHOP student designer as facilitator and problem-solver

FaW201 Year 2 Fall and Spring in a real-world context through design projects that engage with a single user as well as small Fashion Design Workshop 1 groups of users. Fashion curation is a key Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 component of this course, along with its Co-requisite: NA relationship to the editorial process. This workshop works collaboratively with Exploring Fashion 1. This is a space where WORKSHOPS students will build skills in developing design and technical competencies in garment construction FaW302 Year 3 Fall and Spring and the integration of a variety of media to Fashion Design Workshop 2 communicate their design ideas through two Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 major projects. The focus will be on scaffolding Co-requisite: NA the necessary techniques and skills for creative Advanced projects in visualization with an construction, observational drawing, photography, emphasis on the use of computer graphics digital image creation, and time-based animation and video production media. Workshop explorations. Students will move their projects introduces advanced visualization software and from sketches, through to initial muslins, ending teaches exploration of spatial expressions in with a final garment in a fashion fabric. motion graphics format. Students review and discuss selected literature and video materials on LECTURE design. Students will receive instruction in

FaL201 Year 2 Fall and Spring creating motion graphics utilizing 3D elements, advanced effects, music, color theory, layout, style Fashion Culture boards, broadcast standards, and advanced Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102/Transfer Student; workflows in a studio-like environment with an Co-requisite: NA emphasis on creativity, finish and aesthetics. In Fashion and Culture, students explore their own aesthetic and creative vision through the lens of past and present-day. Readings and group

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FaL301 Year 3 Fall and Spring

Fashion Ethics and Culture Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102/Transfer Student; Co-requisite: NA Fashion Ethics and Culture is and integrated seminar lecture studio, which offers students the opportunity to explore the breadth of creative, aesthetic and social/cultural expression of design through the lens of ethical and historic considerations. Students are introduced to fashion history, cultural criticism, contemporary culture and the diversity of representation including ethical and activistic considerations and perspectives. Particular focus will be given to the role of the MENA region and its relationship to fashion media. Lectures, readings, film, and field research will comprise the bulk of this course. The focus will be primarily on contemporary fashion, and will form a basis for an understanding of the complexities of dress, the body, body politics, gender and the broad range of ethics that designers express through their work.

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Strategic Design Management St

STUDIO concepts underlying the quantitative techniques

StS201 Year 2 Fall and Spring as a way of thinking, not just a way of calculating, in order to enhance decision-making skills. Rather Creative Design Fabrication than survey all of the techniques of management Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 science, we stress those fundamental concepts Co-requisite: NA and tools that we believe are most important for Introduction to digital fabrication and online the practical analysis of management decisions, presentation as a single design process. This is a presenting the material as much as possible in the project-based class that integrates iterative context of realistic business situations from a design on paper with physical prototyping across variety of settings. Exercises and examples drawn many scales. It includes hands on learning of from marketing, finance, operations management, fabrication lab equipment integrated with design strategy, and other management functions. studio. It starts with exercises of machine learning, quickly moving to a stepped design and STUDIO production process: 3D printings, CNC machining and robotic finishing. The final product is an StS301 Year 3 Fall and Spring individually designed and fabricated functional Product Design and Development prototype. The aim is to better understand design Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 processing and design as physical products. Within Co-requisite: NA this course, students will develop insight on how This course covers modern tools and methods for to improve a design idea by iterating through product design and development. Includes a physical artifacts. cornerstone project in which teams conceive, design and prototype a physical product and/or WORKSHOP service. Covers design thinking, product planning,

StW201 Year 2 Fall and Spring identifying customer needs, concept generation, product architecture, industrial design, concept Innovation and Design design, green design methods, and product Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 management. Class sessions are conducted in Co-requisite: NA studio mode and employ lectures, cases and This is a project-based workshop in innovative hands-on exercises to reinforce the key ideas. design thinking where students develop the ability to conceive, implement, and evaluate successful WORKSHOP projects in any design discipline. Lectures focus on the iterative design process and techniques to StW301 Year 3 Fall and Spring enhance a design thinking approach that includes Design Thinking participation, iteration and synthesis. Topics will Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102 include understanding users and learning Co-requisite: NA processes to design and implement various This course exposes students to the key principles projects. Students give presentations and receive of design thinking, focusing in particular on its feedback to sharpen their communication and relationship to design disciplines and how the presentation skills for high emotional and specific skills of designers are integral to its intellectual impact. Guest lectures illustrate definition. At its core, design thinking offers a multidisciplinary and local approaches to design specific framework for innovation. By exposing thinking. Students will learn the basic tools to students to the ways in which design thinking has innovate in any context. been theorized and defined, it offers students an opportunity to develop a more detailed LECTURE understanding and an opportunity to apply this

StL201 Year 2 Fall and Spring way of thinking to design related projects and beyond. Communicating with Data Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102/Transfer Student. LECTURE Co-requisite: NA Communicating with Data has a distinctive StL301 Year 3 Fall and Spring structure and content, combining fundamental Design Marketing Management quantitative techniques of using data to make Pre-requisite: FoS102, FoW102/Transfer Student; informed management decisions with illustrations Co-requisite: NA of how real decision makers, even highly trained This course develops skills in marketing analysis professionals, fall prey to errors and biases in their and planning, and introduces key ideas and understanding. We present the fundamental phenomena, such as how to deliver benefits to

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customers. The professor will present a framework for analysis and enhance problem solving and decision-making abilities in these areas. Students will learn the difference between strategic marketing and operative marketing, i.e. between the big idea and its implementation, where strategy is about the positioning of products, services and brands; and implementation are the tactics involved, such as art direction and publicity, in getting the product to market and meeting the strategic goals. Material relevant to understanding, managing, and integrating marketing concepts in managerial situations, from entrepreneurial ventures to large multinational firms and to consulting will be covered through a series of lectures, assignments and in class exercises.

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS General Education* Ge

LECTURES the self, which in turns affects how we design for the future. LaL201 Fall Semester Writing and Experience ScL302 Spring Semester Pre-requisite: NA; Co-requisite: NA Ecology and the Environment This is a course that draws on a range of Pre-requisite: NA; Co-requisite: NA autobiographical writing as examples for students In this course, students will study the principles of to analyze. Students write essays that focus on ecology and their implications for analyzing their own experience, exploring topics such as environmental problems. The focus is on intellectual growth and development, the understanding the processes controlling the childhood and high school years, the influence of dynamics of populations, communities and place upon one’s personality and character, and ecosystems. Concepts will be applied to the the role politics and religion play in one’s life. The management and restoration of natural resources. essays should emphasize clarity, specificity, and Case studies and local examples will be given structure; investigating various modes of writing throughout the duration of the course. How (narrative, analytical, expository) and their design can be used to overcome some of these suitability for different purposes. difficulties will be explored, with brainstorming and open discussion on the role of the designer in MaL201 Spring Semester contributing to a sustainably focused world. Networks, Complexity, and their Applications HuL401 Fall Semester Pre-requisite: NA; Co-requisite: NA Communicating Across Cultures Covers the basics of networks science and Pre-requisite: NA; Co-requisite: NA information theory. Explains the evolution of Examines a range of communication styles and systems as the process by which systems techniques resulting from different cultural norms accumulate knowledge and information while and traditions. Begins with a general theoretical battling the eternal need for both knowledge and framework and then moves into case studies. information to always be physically embodied. Topics include understanding the relationship Students form small groups to conduct a hands- between communication and culture, differences on project. Additionally, students present on in verbal and non-verbal communication styles, readings that address literature in network barriers to intercultural communication, modes of science, social capital theory, social networks, and specific cross-cultural communication activities economic development. Networks are a (argumentation, negotiation, conflict resolution) ubiquitous way to represent complex systems, and intercultural adjustment. Case studies explore including those in the social and economic specific ways of communicating in Asian, sciences. The goal of the course is to equip European and African cultures. Particular focus is students with conceptual tools that can help them given to epistemological and axiological understand complex systems that emerge in both referencing. nature and social systems. Morals, ethics and group dynamics will all be addressed. IsL401 Spring Semester

SoL301 Fall Semester Orientalism and Representation Pre-requisite: NA; Co-requisite: NA Technology and Self: Things and Seminar on the historiography and politics of Thinking representation with special focus on Orientalist or Pre-requisite: NA; Co-requisite: NA Western depiction of Islamic traditions in spaces, Explores emotional and intellectual impact of art, literature, and scholarship. Critically analyzes objects, space and networks on the self. The pivotal texts, projects, and images that informed growing literature on cognition and ‘things’ cuts the cross-cultural encounters between the West across anthropology, history, social theory, and the Islamic Orient from antiquity to the literature, sociology, and psychology which is of present. Discusses how political and ideological great relevance to design students. Examines the attitudes and religious beliefs informed both the range of theories, from Mary Douglas in construction and reproduction of Western anthropology to D. W. Winnicott and Jacques knowledge about the Islamic world as well as the Lacan in psychoanalytic thinking that underlies revisionist Oriental self-representations. ‘thing’ or ‘object’ analysis and how networks and technology are creating new ways of perceiving

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Thesis Th

PREPARATION THESIS

TpT401 Year 4 Fall ThA402 Year 4 Spring Thesis Preparation Thesis Applied Pre-requisite: Complete the Cross-concentration Pre-requisite: TpT401; Co-requisite: NA requirements. Student’s focus on conceptualizing, Co-requisite: NA contextualizing and realization of their individual In Thesis Preparation is an opportunity for routes of inquiry. Students will demonstrate their students to develop a specific area of interest to capacity for rigorous, creative investigation and be negotiated in breadth and depth, conceptual development within design. Students demonstrating advanced design and making skills. are encouraged to question ideas and outcomes, The course will be taught in three modules. to take risks and meet challenges. Through Students rotate through a five-week thematic analysis and evaluation of materials, media and unit. Topics might include; Business (ethics, technical processes, students resolve their chosen marketing, entrepreneurship) and communication modes of inquiry via a capstone project of design and presentation skills (online presence, public intentions and outcomes. Work will take the form speaking), additional modules will be added as the of an individually resolved investigation, employing school grows. The next six weeks will be devoted appropriate specialist skills, a creative, well- to the development of the thesis proposal, design researched and developed concept, and result in a brief and prototype. The final four weeks are well-resolved body of work. devoted to presentation, critique, and feedback by a panel of participating faculty. This course is ThT402 Year 4 Spring scheduled directly after the Internship which Thesis Theoretical happens over the summer prior to the 7th Pre-requisite: TpT401; Co-requisite: NA semester, thereby building on the student’s Student’s focus on conceptualizing, professional experience in the workplace. contextualizing and realization of their individual routes of inquiry. Students will demonstrate their capacity for rigorous, creative investigation and conceptual development within design. Students are encouraged to question ideas and outcomes, to take risks and meet challenges. Through analysis and evaluation of materials, media and technical processes, students resolve their chosen modes of inquiry via a theoretical exploration. Work will take the form of an individually resolved investigation, employing appropriate research skills, a creative, well-researched and developed theoretical concept and result in a well-resolved body of work.

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The Academics

with interests in interdisciplinary and cross- HANI ASFOUR, cultural approaches to design and research DEAN expertise in Design for Health, Biomimicry and Sustainability. Hani Asfour is the Dean of Dubai Institute of Design Before joining DIDI, he was Associate Professor and Innovation (DIDI). Prior and Course Convener of Industrial Design in the to joining DIDI, the MIT and Harvard-trained University of Canberra, Australia, where he won architect was an Adjunct Faculty member at the two institutional and one national teaching Lebanese American University in Beirut, teaching awards. He was Assistant Professor in the National in the departments of Architecture and Foundation University of Singapore until 2010 and Adjunct Studies. Asfour’s academic experience also Assistant Professor in Product Design Engineering includes teaching positions at Rhode Island School in EAFIT University in Colombia since 2001. of Design (RISD), Northeastern University, American University of Beirut and American Since 2010 he has obtained more than $ 1 Million University of Sharjah. AUD in grants and was the project director for the curriculum design of the 1st female-only ID Recently named as one of the region’s most program in Saudi Arabia. Scholarly publications influential 50 architects by Middle East Architect include one book, two chapters in books, magazine, Asfour was the Founding President of numerous refereed academic journal and the Beirut Creative Cluster and is an advisor to conference papers and professional design Beirut Design Week. A frequent public speaker, he publications. He has been master’s and PhD has previously presented Design Matters at TedX supervisor, external evaluator, reviewer for design Beirut, and has served as keynote speaker and journals, member of advisory boards, invited mentor for data4chan.ge, whereby visual keynote and guest speaker and jury in storytellers come together with human rights international professional and academic design organizations that have fascinating original events. datasets and powerful stories to tell. Carlos is a Colombian/Australian who has also He is a Founding Partner of Polypod, an award- lived in Italy, Japan, Singapore and currently the winning multidisciplinary collaborative design UAE. He was awarded scholarships from the studio in Beirut, Lebanon, that offers integrated Japanese Government and graduated cum laude design services in strategy, architecture, interior from a master’s and a PhD from Kobe Design design, branding, web design and development, University in Japan. graphics, and information design for local and international clients. Polypod was recently As a practitioner, Carlos has worked in-house in awarded Best Community and Cultural Project at the design of packages, electric appliances, the 2017 MEA Awards for its Anwar Sabbah furniture, lamps, ceramics, handcrafts, and others. Musallah project. Many of his projects as well as projects by his students have received international design As a practicing designer with over 20 years of awards, including Braun Prize, Dupont experience, Asfour combines a mix of design Imagineering, RedDot, and others. expertise with entrepreneurship skills and academic depth, allowing him to combine practical and theoretical approaches in his teaching RAFFI methods at DIDI. Asfour holds a Master of TCHAKERIAN, Architecture with Distinction from Harvard ASSISTANT PROFESSOR University, and a Bachelor of Science in Art and Design from the Massachusetts Institute of Tchakerian has experience Technology (MIT). in multiple fields of design, including aerospace, aviation, medicine, humanitarian design, product design, interactive design, and robotics. Acquiring CARLOS MONTANA, the ability to transform thoughts into tangible ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR solutions his work is nurtured through cross- fertilizations between these various fields, with the Dr. Carlos Alberto Montana- goal of improving the interactions between Hoyos is an award-winning humans and the technology they use, and designer and academic, environments in which they live. As a visionary

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designer, Raffi’s projects are colorful in nature, GIONATA GATTO, touching on every imaginable design field from PRODUCT DESIGN space to the developing world. Over the past ASSISTANT PROFESSOR decade, Tchakerian has collaborated with a large number of leading international designers, Gionata has worked including the design studio, Architecture and between Dubai, Venice, and Vision, and space architects, Arturo Vittori and Rotterdam. After a Andreas Vogler. Raffi graduated with a PhD in bachelor’s degree in industrial design from IUAV ‘Design Sciences’ at the Iuav University of Venice University of Venice, he continued his studies at - School of Doctoral the Social Design Master at Design Academy Studies, Italy. Eindhoven, graduating in 2009 and opening his studio. While practicing, he attended the School of SAYJEL PATEL, Design and Creative Arts at Loughborough ASSISTANT PROFESSOR University, where he was awarded a Ph.D. with a thesis on Multispecies Design. Sayjel is an architect and technologist. His research Winding between collaboration with scientific and teaching focus on disciplines, Gionata’s work emerges as a result of design computation and technological participatory and speculative research methods, to convergence. He is also the co-founder and CTO breed a territory of experimentation and of Digital Blue Foam: a software startup focused transdisciplinary synergy. From the active research on developing new tools to accelerate the world’s phase, he derives artifacts and installations that transition to carbon neutral cities. Prior to joining perform as perceptual bridges to generate visions DIDI, Sayjel worked at SUTD Digital Manufacturing about speculative future scenarios. His scholarly & Design (DManD) Centre, where led the “Data- work focuses on expanding and enquiring about Driven 3D Sampling” research project: an initiative applications and implications of studio praxis. to combine 3-D scanning, and multi-material 3D printing to formulate new design and fabrication methods. His design work has been exhibited RENATA MORAIS, internationally at a variety of venues including the MULTIMEDIA DESIGN 2019 Shenzhen Biennale, Dubai Design Week, and ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Red Dot Design Museum. Sayjel holds a Master of Architecture degree from MIT. Renata’s career spans across diverse areas related to design and innovation, consistently creating MIRKO DANELUZZO, new bridges between creative industries and FOUNDATION LECTURER higher education. She has successfully applied the outcomes of her doctorate research on As an architect and product technological mediation to developing her own designer, Mirko’s work has innovation methodology that specialized in the been exhibited internationally, including Vienna, design of digital content strategies. In her capacity Florence and Beijing. He received his master’s as both a scholar and entrepreneur, she has degree in architecture in 2010, at Greg Lynn’s helped universities from around the world to re- masterclass at the University of Applied Arts of design their approach to multimedia education in Vienna. Mirko is co-founder and Chief Design ways that include innovation. She is also an active Officer at NYXO ltd, an architecture and product transdisciplinary researcher, having published 3 design practice working internationally, with books and dozens of peer-reviewed articles on designs featuring in the permanent collection at the subject of computational aesthetics. Renata the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum of has a Ph.D. in Communications & Semiotics (Joint New York. His work consists in the understanding Degree Doctoral Program) from European and management of intricate multidisciplinary Graduate School, EGS, Saas Fee, Switzerland and scenarios, from material systems to production Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São processes. Mirko is also sensitive to scientific Paulo,PUC/SP, São Paulo, Brazil. Currently, she is issues and the role that the design thought could pursuing her second PhD at the University of play in the bio & Nano-tech revolution to renovate Melbourne exploring the relationship of Artificial the Human Being. One of his obsessions concerns Intelligence to the data semiotics of the self, the mutation of the human body (Human under the supervision of Dr. Simon Cropper. Her Enhancement Design) focusing on the influence research is part of the Complex Human Data Hub and interaction with the products, products as a research center, investigating the psychological prosthesis of the human body. implications of current innovations in data gathering devices and wearables.

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NOORIN MIIKKA LEHTONEN, KHAMISANI, STRATEGIC DESIGN MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT FASHION DESIGN LECTURER PROFESSOR Noorin has worked in the fashion industry for over 17 Miikka J. Lehtonen is a years, with ten of those spent in the field of multidisciplinary academic with a research and sustainable fashion. She started out working for teaching focus on engineering, design, and designers such as Jonathan Saunders and Ann business. He believes in learning by doing, and this Sofie Back and brands including Ted Baker. In belief is reflected in his teaching methods. As a 2009, disenchanted by the working methods and consequence, in 2018 he and his colleagues lack of sustainability of conventional brands, she established Nordic Rebels, a movement was among the first wave of the pioneering ethical transforming learning and higher education. To fashion movement in Europe. She set up the date, Nordic Rebels has won several national and independent fashion business Outsider which has international awards, one of them being the exhibited and sold her work internationally. Noorin Danish Design Award in the Better Learning has had a parallel career in academia, lecturing in category. fashion design and sustainability at several British universities including London College of Fashion Prior to joining DIDI, Miikka has worked at Aalto and The University for the Creative Arts. Noorin University in Finland and the University of Tokyo in holds a first-class BA (Hons) in Fashion Design Japan. In addition, he also has prior work and and an MA with distinction in Fashion Futures. Her teaching experience in Denmark, the United current research focusses on evolving the design States, Russia, India, and China. Miikka’s current process for circularity and sustainability. research interests and teaching methods focus on visual methodologies and knowledge production, management and creativity in game companies, design practices in multinational companies, and PechaKucha. Miikka has a D.Sc. in Economics from Aalto University School of Business, Finland.

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The Staff

It is hard to imagine a well-functioning higher education institution without a well-functioning administration. Higher education institutions have to be proactive to handle increased competition, both when it comes to attracting the best students. At DIDI, there are many people involved that help in successfully imparting education to the students. These include both academic and non-academic workforce. The non-academic workforce or staff, which has previously been seen as a peripheral function, has now become more central when fulfilling new demands and, thereby, has also become essential for the success of teaching and research

The role of staff is both a challenging and varied field of work. At DIDI their responsibilities and duties vary, but might involve curriculum choices, financial aid, student recruiting, admissions, IT Services, Library operations, Lab operations, scholarships and student affairs to name a few. Their main aim is to perform administrative and related functions and are acknowledged as intellectual capital that contributes to the success of DIDI.

Almond Intalan Najat Bouabali ITS Service Desk Sr. Operations Manager [email protected] [email protected] +971 4 568 7189 +971 4 568 7190

Ayesha Tayyeb Nora Malkawi Communication Manager Student Service Manager [email protected] [email protected] +971 4 568 7191 +971 4 5687456

Donabella M. Obias Razan Al Marzouqi Librarian Student Recruitment Manager [email protected] [email protected] +971 4 568 7681 +971 4 568 4337

Hussain Aljabi Sohail Khan Student Recruitment, Executive Head of Finance [email protected] [email protected] +971 4 375 9918 +971 4 568 7193

Mohan Ramdas Simone Majocchi Quality Assurance Manager Fab Lab Technician [email protected] [email protected] +971 4 568 7455 +971 4 568389

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The Leadership Team

& Training (CERT) and as Chairman of the Dubai MALEK AL MALEK Institute of Design and Innovation. Previously, Al CHAIRMAN, Board of Directors Malek was a member of the Dubai Free Zones CEO, TECOM Group Council, as well as a board member of Energy Management Services International, SmartCity Malek Al Malek is the Group CEO of TECOM Group, Kochi and SmartCity Malta. the core enabler of 11 thriving business communities that host over 5,400 companies with Malek Al Malek holds a bachelor’s degree in over 86,000-strong workforce operating across Business Management from HCT in the UAE. the rapidly expanding technology, media, education, design, manufacturing and science sectors. Previously, Al Malek served as Chief ALI BURUHAIMA Executive Officer of TECOM Business Parks. In this MEMBER, Board of Directors role, he led the transformation of TECOM Group’s Deputy Director General, Dubai Creative Clusters tech, media, education and science communities Authority into destinations of choice for world-renowned companies and entrepreneurs. Al Malek has played Ali BuRuhaima joined the Dubai Creative Clusters an integral and strategic role in TECOM Group’s Authority in 2001 and was appointed Deputy growth story since joining in 2002, evolving Director General in 2005. He oversees five TECOM’s status as a key enabler of Dubai’s Divisions—Zoning, Strategy & Policy, Commercial Knowledge Economy Plan. Affairs, Legal & Regulatory and Corporate Support. He spearheads the delivery of the new mandate of Through his efforts, he promoted entrepreneurism, Dubai Creative Clusters Authority to foster the built an intellectual framework, and contributed to growth of Dubai’s creative industries to drive creating a unique business environment making Dubai’s Strategy for Innovation. TECOM a key accelerator of economic development in line with the National Agenda of In addition to his role at the Authority, BuRuhaima the UAE Vision 2021. The outcome of his resilient set up Tamdeen in 2007, a subsidiary of TECOM efforts is evident through TECOM’s unique Group, offering technical project management business destinations that continue to attract solutions. Tamdeen has delivered master planning, investments from Fortune 500 companies helping infrastructure and building project management to transform Dubai into one of the most innovative for key Dubai Holding projects. In 2009, the cities worldwide. regulatory function of the Authority was centralized, under BuRuhaima’s leadership, with In addition, Al Malek spearheaded the launch of the addition of Registration, Licensing and in5, an integrated innovation platform providing a Compliance departments. Prior to joining DCCA he well-rounded ecosystem that incubates talents, spent seven years working in the engineering entrepreneurs and start-ups nurturing them to Division of Dubai Department of Civil Aviation. their next phase of growth. BuRuhaima holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering Formerly at TECOM Group, Al Malek was the from the University of South Carolina, USA, and a Managing Director of Dubai Internet City and Dubai postgraduate Diploma in Airport Engineering from Outsource City. Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

TECOM Group’s portfolio of successful business ALI M JABER communities include Dubai Internet City, Dubai MEMBER, Board of Directors Media City, Dubai Knowledge Park, Dubai Design Group TV Director, MBC and Dean, Mohammed Bin District, Dubai Industrial Park, Dubai Outsource Rashid School of Communication, American City, Dubai International Academic City, Dubai University of Dubai Studio City, Dubai Production City, Dubai Science

Park and Emirates Towers District. Ali M Jaber is a journalist, academic, media

consultant and television personality. In his early Al Malek serves as a member of the Board of career he set up the Broadcasting Department at Directors of the National Media Council, Emirates Beirut University College and taught a range of Integrated Telecommunications Company (DU), courses in television production. Concurrently, he DXB Entertainment, the Mohammed Bin Rashid worked as a Journalist covering the conflicts in Library, as well as actively serving in the Lebanon and Iraq and was the correspondent of development of the UAE’s education sector New York Times and The Times of London, and through his roles on the Board of Trustees of the Chief Correspondent for Lebanon and Syria for the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), as a member German Press Agency (DPA). of HCT’s Centre of Excellence for Applied Research

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offers on trend wardrobe solutions for men, He was appointed as a consulted in 2005 to head women and children. She was responsible for the Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI), to revamp and brand’s rapid expansion across the UAE, Saudi re-launch its seven national and pan-Arab Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar. Under her wing Iconic satellite channels. Working closely with now UAE won several Retail Middle East Awards, including Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Most Admired Departmental Store, and she was Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid highlighted as one of 25 Next Generation Business Al Maktoum, DMI’s Board Members and the Leaders in the UAE. Chairman of Dubai’s governmental organizations, his responsibilities are wide-ranging and have Besides her role at the Landmark Group, Jagtiani grown to include the development of the media serves on the board of Dubai Design & Fashion sector in the UAE. Council (DDFC) and is a Co-Founder and Partner of Fashion Forward. She is an alumnus of King’s In 2008, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin College London, UK, and Harvard Business School, Rashid Al Maktoum instructed Jaber to set up a USA. Communication School at the American University of Dubai, for which he was appointed as Dean. In 2011 he was approached by Middle East media GHASSAN HARFOUCHE leader, MBC Group for a different type of MEMBER, Board of Directors challenge—this time in front of the camera, as a Group CEO – Middle East Communications judge for the mega successful talent show Arabs Network (MCN) Got Talent. Ghassan Harfouche is Group CEO of the Middle He serves on the board of the Dubai Design & East Communications Network (MCN), the leading Fashion Council. He also helped set up the non- advertising and marketing communications agency governmental organization: Young Arab Leaders in the region. He is responsible for developing and (YAL) and was on the Advisory Board of American driving the vision and strategy of MCN, identifying University of Beirut, School of Architecture and new growth opportunities in the region and Design, in Beirut, Lebanon. He is also the goodwill enhancing integration between the various ambassador for Sanad, the home hospice operating companies of the group and their organization in Lebanon which offers free physical, respective global networks (IPG McCann psychological and spiritual support for terminally Worldgroup and Media Brands). MCN manages and ill patients. operates 14 different advertising, media and PR agency brands in 16 cities across 14 countries in He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration the Middle East and North Africa. from the American University of Beirut, an MS in Communications from Syracuse University, USA, Prior to joining MCN, he was the Managing Director and is currently completing a PhD at the University of the Middle East Media Services (MEMS) for nine of Cambridge, UK. years, where he was responsible for establishing and growing the MEMS operation. Previously, he was the Deputy Executive Director at Saudi NISHA JAGTIANI Arabian public company Tihama for Advertising MEMBER, Board of Directors and Public Relations, where he contributed to its Executive Director, Landmark Group restructuring and led its media representation network. In addition, he has held the position of Nisha Jagtiani is the Executive Director at Trade Marketing Director for De Beers, the world’s Landmark Group, the region’s largest retail and leading diamond company, covering the MENA hospitality conglomerate, operating over 2400 region. He has also served as a media economics stores in over 20 countries. professor at the American University in Dubai.

In her current role as Executive Director, she is Harfouche holds an Executive MBA from London responsible for driving the strategic future vision Business School and a Master’s Degree in for one of the Group’s principal brand’s Lifestyle. Economics from St Joseph University. She also leads the Group’s key corporate functions including Human Resources, Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility and is involved in MOHAMMAD ABDULLAH building a strong roadmap for these departments PRESIDENT, DIDI for the future. As part of the Landmark Group Board of Directors, she is strategically involved in Prior to joining DIDI, Mohammad Abdullah served new business development and growth as Managing Director of Dubai Knowledge Park opportunities. and Dubai International Academic City, Dubai’s principal vehicles for advancing academic learning Prior to being appointed Executive Director, she and corporate training. He is responsible for conceptualized and spearheaded the operations of aligning over 500 businesses and 27 universities brand ICONIC, a one stop fashion destination that

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with Dubai’s long-term strategy for creating a sustainable, knowledge-based economy.

Mohammad was formerly Managing Director of TECOM’s Media Sector comprising of Dubai Media City, Dubai Production City and Dubai Studio City. Drawing on two decades of journalistic experience, Mohammad built a thriving media community of 1,800 companies. Prior to joining TECOM Group, he was Executive Vice-President of CNBC Arabiya, where he was responsible for guiding company strategies and implementation of the corporate vision.

He also held key media roles with Emirates Media Inc. as Director of Strategy and Planning, Director of press and Head of News Centre at Abu Dhabi TV.

Mohammad holds a Bachelors’ degree in Mass Communication and French literature from UAE University and a Master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from Emerson College in Boston, USA.

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APPENDIX A - DIDI Fee Structure Dubai Institute of Design an Innovation Tuition Fee and Other Fees

2020/21 Undergraduate Degree Program AED

A1. Tuition Fee

Bachelor of Design 95,000

A2. Laboratory Fees

Full Year Fab Lab access for regular students 3,000

TOTAL FEE 98,000*

Students Students not requiring a DIDI Student requiring a DIDI Student Residence Visa Residence Visa Total Fees for Academic Year 2020/21 98,000* 98,000* Advance Payment (for enrollment) 2,500 2,500

New Visa & EID Fee (Normal) - 1,970* New Visa & EID Fee (Express) - 3,280* Renewal of Visa & EID Fee (Normal) - 1,620* Renewal of Visa & EID Fee (Express) - 2,380* Visa Cancellation (Normal) - 450* Visa Cancelation (Express) - 1,000* Medical Insurance - 1,030* *All prices listed above are in AED and exclusive of VAT.

- Student Residence Visa – an endorsement on a passport indicating that the holder is a student in the UAE and is allowed to enter, leave, or stay for a specified period of time in the UAE. - Emirates ID – is a "portable personal database" and is a legal requirement for all UAE citizens and residents. The Emirates ID must be carried at all times. - Medical and Biometrics Test – A test required to be taken as prescribed by the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) upon issuing a Sponsored Student Residence Visa in the UAE. - All Fees (Tuition and Non-Tuition) may be revised annually ahead of each academic year as deemed necessary. Students will be informed by the end of the spring semester of any revisions in the fees. - Scholarships are only valid for the Tuition fees (Tuition + Lab Fees) excluding VAT. All remaining fees must be paid promptly.

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Dubai Design District, Building 4, Ground Floor Within UAE: 800 DIDI DXB (3434 392); From Outside of UAE: +971 4 568 3911 Email: [email protected]

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