This programme mainly focuses on concepts of design and analysis of advanced structures.The programme covers the fundamentals of static and dynamic analysis and design of various structures.The curriculum covers topics such as Elasticity, Structural Dynamics, Finite element methods, Composite mechanics and a wide variety of electives in the areas of Acoustics, Stochastic Mechanics, Structural Health Monitoring and Wave Propagation, Fracture Mechanics, Robotics, and Advanced Computational Techniques. Students get an opportunity to carry out their lab experiments at various state of the art facilities in house and in the research centers of ISRO. The in-house lab facilities available in the house include Modal testing, Experimental composite micromechanics using micro- Raman spectrometer, Structural health monitoring facility using laser Doppler velocimetry, Advanced robotics, and wheeled Rovers for NDT. Students have access to Computational mechanics software such as ABAQUS, ANSYS, NASTRAN, FEAST, ADAMS, and various modelling software.

Out of the graduated students of M.Tech in Structures and Design, about 53% have been placed in different reputed firms such as UTC Aerospace, Indian Space Research organization, Indian Railways, Entuple Technologies, TCS (Engineering and Industrial Services), to name a few. About 22% of the graduates from Structures and Design are undergoing higher studies in reputed Universities within the country and abroad including IISC Bangalore, India, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India, Pennsylvania State University, USA, University of Groningen, Netherlands, Politecnico di Torino, Italy.