Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED) 2025

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The objective of the Common Entrance Exam for Design (CEED) is to assess the candidates aptitude for design involving visual perception ability, drawing skills, logical reasoning, creativity, communication, and problem solving skills. CEED is conducted by IIT Bombay. It is a qualifying examination for admission to Master of Design (MDes) programmes at IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Jodhpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee, IIITDM Jabalpur, IIITDM Kancheepuram and PhD programmes at several IITs and design schools. Qualifying in CEED alone does not guarantee admission to any of these programmes. Admitting institutes may conduct further tests and/or interviews for the final selection/admission.

A CEED score does NOT guarantee admission.

Admitting institutes will also verify the eligibility, category certificates and other documents along with the CEED score. The CEED 2025 score is valid for one year from the date of declaration of the result.

Programmes :

Institute and programme

1. Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, IISc Bangalore:
   MDes in Product Design and Engineering
   PhD in Design
2. IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay:
   MDes in Industrial Design, Communication
   Design, Animation, Interaction Design,
   Mobility and Vehicle Design
   PhD in Design
3. Department of Design, IIT Delhi:
   MDes in Industrial Design
   PhD in Design
4. Department of Design, IIT Guwahati:
   MDes in Design
   PhD in Design
5. Department of Design, IIT Hyderabad:
   MDes in Visual Design
   PhD in Design
6. XR Design, IIT Jodhpur:
   MDes in XR Design
7. Design Programme, IIT Kanpur:
   MDes in Design
   PhD in Design
8. Department of Design, IIT Roorkee:
   MDes in Industrial Design
9. Design Discipline, IIITDM Jabalpur: MDes in Design
10. School of Interdisciplinary Design &
    Innovation, IIITDM Kancheepuram:
    MDes in Integrated Product Design
    PhD in Design

Eligibility : 

Candidates must have completed a graduate degree/diploma/postgraduate degree program of a minimum of THREE years (after 10+2 level) or must be appearing for the final examination of such a program by July 2025, or must have passed the GD Arts diploma program (10+5 level) by July 2025.

Note that the eligibility criteria for admission to various institutes may differ from those for appearing for CEED. Before applying for CEED, candidates must check whether they meet the required eligibility criteria for admission to various institutes.

There is no age limit to appear for CEED. Also, a candidate can appear for CEED any number of times

 Examination Cities :

CEED 2025 examination will be conducted in the following cities: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh/Mohali, Coimbatore, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Ernakulam, Guwahati, Hubballi (Hubli), Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Panaji, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, and Visakhapatnam.

Candidates should compulsorily choose THREE cities in the order of preference during the online registration. Once the registration form is submitted, a request for a city change will NOT be entertained.

If a sufficient number of candidates are unavailable in a city, that city may be dropped from the final list, and candidates will be allotted to a city of their second or third choice. The UCEED-CEED Implementation Committee (UCIC) reserves the right to add a new city or remove an existing one and allot a city the candidate may not have chosen.

Any request for a change of centre will NOT be entertained.

Registration :

CEED registration form must be submitted ONLINE ONLY through the official website, https://www.ceed.iitb.ac.in/

Registration fee:

• ₹ 2000 for all women candidates
• ₹ 2000 for (SC/ST/PwD) candidates
• ₹ 4000 for all other candidates

Note that this registration fee is non-refundable and non-transferable. The registration fee has to be paid through the payment option provided on the website while submitting the registration form. The online registration portal gives detailed instructions for payment of registration fees. Credit card, debit card and net-banking options are available. The registration fee shown above does NOT include service and other charges and the processing fees that the banks may levy.

The normal registration fee shown above is applicable till the regular closing date of registration, i.e., October 31, 2024, at 11:55 pm. A late fee of ₹500 applies to registrations of all the candidates submitted after the regular closing date. This provision is available till 05:00 pm on November 08, 2024. Please refer to the dates in section 1.2 of this brochure.

More details can be available from the institute website.

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