ICAT Design and Media College, Chennai

,ICAT Design and Media College provides education in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu since from year 2004. Tucked at 53, Santhome High Road, Mylapore this college has been the epitome of design and media education. ICAT currently has 4 degree programmes and provides 21 courses which are mainly related to modern areas of Animation, Game Design, Visual Effects, Multimedia Technologies.

This industry-phoenix commitment is clearly reflected in its programmes, which takes place both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. ICAT Design and Media College itself has good infrastructure facilities including equipment necessary for creativity in its campus.

The college has large, air-conditioned laboratory computing facilities in which students utilize the latest PC equipment including high end graphics cards and computing software tools as are featured in actual industries.

This company cannot be discussed as a traditional library only with an emphasis on books and periodicals, as it provides students with the means to access international databases and electronic-resources. Other affiliations include; through institutional membership with the British council Library and the American Library opens door to more international materials for students.

To potential designers and mass media employees, the college is equipped with a stimulating environment with the college’s seminar hall complete with a seating capacity of 200-250 students for workshop and interview purposes. The courses offered at ICAT are extensive successfully focusing on the many branches of both the design and media sectors. The college offers 12 undergraduate programs, compounded by B.

Sc in Fashion Design , Game Design and Development, Graphic Design and Multimedia Technology among others. For the students who are interested in obtaining terminal professional education, ICAT provides 7 Postgraduate Diploma ( PGD ) courses such as Game Design, Interior Design and Visual Effects. In the same way, the college offers two Master’s degrees namely M. Sc. (Multimedia) and M. Sc. (Game Technology).

Every course offered is a full course, which means that a student will receive intense and uncompromised education in his/her keen area of interest. The admission policy at ICAT Design and Media College is made in a way to have the choices that would foster genius creativity.

Applicants who want to study mass communications, design and media have to sit for an Online Aptitude Test that determines their level of suitability towards programs offered in the faculty. After this, a telephonic interview is conducted on all candidates who have sat for the aptitude test.

Such a two-step process of decision making insures that the college admits those students who are both capable and eager to undertake the program of their choice. The organization has taken a policy of vocational education, with an emphasis on the application of concept and skills learned in practice and by the completion of projects.