Centre for System Design envisages an interdisciplinary approach and means for realization of successful engineering systems. Key components for this are system modeling & simulation, understanding system dynamics, system optimization, virtual and physical experimentation. The Centre aims at facilitating and providing required environment for all the key components of system design. The Centre focuses on how to address and solve problems that transcend traditional boundaries.  Modern engineering problems are comprised of elements from all the traditional disciplines and these elements must be integrated to meet the overall design objectives.
SOLVE is the first large scale interdisciplinary project taken up by centre with MHRD funding.
NITK Surathkal has signed an MOU with M/s. National Instruments, Bangalore (NI) in the area of Centre for Graphical System Design. Centre is also pursuing with many industries and R&D labs to have active collaborations and MOUs.