CEED 2024 - Common Entrance Examination for Design : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

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CEED Exam 2025 - Common Entrance Examination for Design acronym as CEED is conducted by IIT Bombay admission to Master of Design (M.Des.) and PhD Programmes at:

IIT Bombay

IISc Bangalore IIT Delhi IIT Hyderabad IIT Guwahati IIT Kanpur

PhD Programmes in Design at some Institutes.

 

Master's Degree in Design Programmes will be in:

Animation

Industrial Design

Interaction Design
Mobility & Vehicle Design

Product Design & Engineering

Visual Communication

 

CEED Exam 2025 Important Dates

Date of Notification and Start of Online Registration

  • To be notified.

Last Date of Submission of Application Form

  • To be notified.

Date of Entrance Exam

  • To be notified.

Date of Declaration of Result

  • To be notified.

CEED 2024 was held on:

  • 21st January 2024 (Sunday)

 

CEED 2025 Eligibility 

Educational Qualification

Aspiring Candidates should have a:

  • Bachelor Degree in (Engineering/ Architecture/ Design/ Interior Design) or equivalent.
  • Professional Diploma in Design (NID/ CEPT) or equivalent.
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) or equivalent.
  • G.D. Art with 1 year of post-qualification Professional Experience.
  • Master Degree in (Arts/ Science/ Computer Applications) or equivalent. 

 

CEED 2025 Syllabus

CEED will consist of questions from various relevant fields such as:

Awareness of Design

Comprehension General Awareness
Lateral Thinking

Reasoning Psychological Analysis

Skill Setting and Visual Ability

 

CEED 2025 Pattern

  • CEED is held to assess the candidates’ aptitude for design involving visual perception ability, drawing skills, logical reasoning, and creativity and communication skills.
  • The examination will consist of two parts, Part A and Part B.
  • Candidates have to attempt questions from both parties.

Part A

Part B

It contains three types of multiple-choice (MCQ) type questions and answers to Part A have to be given as one of the choices in the computer itself. 

It consists of design and hand drawing-type questions.

Answers to Part B have to be given in the answer book provided by the invigilator.

  • Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ): Each MCQ-type question has four choices out of which only one choice is the correct answer.
  • Multiple Select Questions (MSQ): Each MSQ-type question will also have four choices but there may be one or more than one choice(s) that are correct out of the given choices.
  • Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions: For each NAT type question, the answer will be a signed real number that needs to be entered using the virtual keypad on the monitor. A virtual calculator will also be available on the computer monitor. No choices will be shown for these types of questions.
  • Part A will be used as a screening test.  

Part B will be evaluated only for the candidates who get shortlisted from Part A.

ONLY the scores from Part B will be used for preparing the list of qualified candidates (merit list) in CEED 2022. 

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ): Each MCQ type question has four choices out of which only one choice is the correct answer
Multiple Select Questions (MSQ): Each MSQ type question will also have four choices but there may be one or more than one choice(s) that are correct out of the given choices
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions: For each NAT type question, the answer will be a signed real number which needs to be entered using the virtual keypad on the monitor. A virtual calculator will also be available on the computer monitor. No choices will be shown for these type of questions.

Note- The language of the question paper will be English.

 

How to apply for CEED 2025?

Aspiring candidates can apply for the exam only online through the official website i.e., http://www.ceed.iitb.ac.in and follow the instructions given there.

 

CEED Exam 2025 Fees

CEED Exam fee will be as given below:

Category

Fees

For male (GN and OBC) candidates

Rs. 2600/-

For male (SC / ST / PwD) candidates

Rs. 1300/- 

For all female candidates

Rs. 1300/- 

 

CEED Exam 2024 Dates

CEED is normally held in the month of January.

 

CEED 2024 Test Centres

The main test centres for the All India Entrance Examination for Design are:

  • Ahmedabad
  • Bhopal, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar
  • Chennai, Chandigarh
  • Delhi, Dehradun
  • Ernakulam
  • Guwahati
  • Hyderabad
  • Jaipur
  • Kolkata, Kozhikode
  • Lucknow
  • Mumbai
  • Nagpur
  • Pune, Patna, Panaji
  • Raipur
  • Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram
  • Vishakhapatnam

 

CEED 2024 Contact Details

Chairman
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Mumbai 400076.
Ph:+91 2225764063 / 9093 / 9094
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ceed.iitb.ac.in/2019/