Hasso Plattner Institute of Design
The Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, branded as d.school, is a degree-granting institute at Stanford University. It offers a BS in Design degree program and a two-year MS in Design degree program, along with university-wide elective courses.
The school was founded by David M. Kelley and Bernard Roth in 2004 and was named after German businessman Hasso Plattner.
History
The institute was founded by Stanford mechanical engineering professor David M. Kelley, Bernard Roth, Terry Winograd, and five other professors in 2004. The program integrates business, law, medicine, social sciences, and humanities with more traditional engineering and product design education.The institute is named after Hasso Plattner, co-founder of SAP, who contributed US$35 million towards its inception. The institute cooperates closely with its sister institute the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering in Potsdam, Germany.
According to The New York Times, the d.school has become one of the most highly sought academic programs at Stanford. To meet the demand, it is adding full courses and pop-up classes, which focus on more specific problems.