# IIT-Bombay allows students to design own degrees 2026-08-16T12:59:40+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet IIT-Bombay's Centre for Multidisciplinary Education (CME) lets students build their own degree after their first year. Instead of a fixed path, they can choose courses across departments. The first batch will graduate in August 2025. CME head Prof Rajesh Zele said students often realise after joining that they do not want to follow their JEE-chosen discipline. The programme ensures a broad foundation in six areas, including humanities, design, and environmental studies, before students specialise. Student Rushikesh Shinde switched from mathematics to CME in 2024 to combine AI and music technology. He later secured an internship at Expedia Group. Enrolment has grown from 12 to 22 students across three batches. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: CME, IIT Bombay, Rajesh Zele Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/iit-bombay-allows-students-to-design-own-degrees/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/iit-bombay-allows-students-to-design-own-degrees/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/