CEED 2025

COMMON ENTRANCE EXAM FOR DESIGN 2025

UPDATES
December 3, 2024

new animation red and purpleJK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur joins CEED 2025 as one of the Result Sharing Institutes. JK Lakshmipat University, will admit students through CEED score to its M.Des. programmes for 2025-2026. For Eligibility Criteria and more details please visit their website.

November 29, 2024

new animation red and purpleMIT ID Indore - Avantika University joins CEED 2025 as one of the Result Sharing Institutes. MIT ID Indore - Avantika University, will admit students through CEED score to its M.Des. programmes for 2025-2026. For Eligibility Criteria and more details please visit their website.

November 07, 2024

new animation red and purpleOnline Registration Date Extended Till 18th November 2024
The last date for online registration with late fee has been extended till Monday, 18th November 2024 till 5:00 pm.

NO FURTHER EXTENSION CAN BE MADE TO THIS DATE.

November 07, 2024

new animation red and purpleJain (Deemed-to-be-University), Bengaluru joins CEED 2025 as one of the Result Sharing Institutes. Jain (Deemed-to-be-University), will admit students through CEED score to its M.Des. programmes for 2025-2026. For Eligibility Criteria and more details please visit their website.

November 07, 2024

new animation red and purpleAlliance University, Bengaluru joins CEED 2025 as one of the Result Sharing Institutes. Alliance University, will admit students through CEED score to its M.Des. programmes for 2025-2026. For Eligibility Criteria and more details please visit their website.

November 07, 2024

new animation red and purpleSrishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Bengaluru joins CEED 2025 as one of the Result Sharing Institutes. Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology, will admit students through CEED score to its M.Des. programmes for 2025-2026. For Eligibility Criteria and more details please visit their website.

October 31, 2024

new animation red and purpleLast date for online Registration
The last date for online registration with regular fee is Thursday, 31st October 2024. The last date for online registration with late fee is Friday, 8th November 2024 till 5:00 pm.

October 29, 2024

new animation red and purpleMahindra University, Hyderabad joins CEED 2025 as one of the Result Sharing Institutes. Mahindra University, will admit students through CEED score to its M.Des. programmes for 2025-2026. For Eligibility Criteria and more details please visit their website.

October 01, 2024

new animation red and purpleThe online registration for CEED 2025 will begin from October 01, 2024.
The registration with regular fee is now open. The deadline for the same is 31 October, 2024.



ALL UPDATES

Important Dates


Online Registration with regular fee

October 01 – October 31, 2024

Online Registration with late fee

November 01 to November 08, 2024, 05:00 pm
November 01 to November 18, 2024, 05:00 pm

Admit Card available for download

January 03, 2025, 01:00 pm

Date of Examination

January 19, 2025, Sunday

9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

Release of draft answer key for Part-A

January 21, 2025

Last date of uploading comments
about draft answer key for Part-A

January 23, 2025 5:00 pm

Release of final answer key for Part-A

January 29, 2025, 05:00 pm

Declaration of results

March 05, 2025


Examination

Examination Details

CEED 2025 examination will consist of two parts, Part-A and Part-B. Candidates must attempt questions from both the parts.

Part-A contains objective questions of three types: Numerical Answer Type (NAT), Multiple Choice Question (MCQ), and Multiple Select Question (MSQ). Answers to Part-A have to be given on the computer. These will be design aptitude type questions that evaluate visual and spatial ability, environmental and social awareness, analytical and logical reasoning, language, observation and design sensitivity of the candidates.

Part-B consists of five questions that are aimed at testing design, drawing and writing skills. The questions in Part-B will be displayed on the computer screen and the answers are to be written in the answer book provided by the invigilator.

The final score is calculated as follows.
Final score = 0.25 × Marks scored in Part-A + 0.75 × Marks scored in Part-B

A summary of the question paper structure is given in Information Brochure.


Sample Exam Interface Link »

Registration Form

CEED 2025 Registration Form must be submitted through the online application website. Registration portal will open on October 01, 2024.

Please read the information given in the Information Brochure before filling out the form. If you face any problem while filling the form, you can report it by clicking the "Report Problem" button on the right side of the form.

PwD candidates can avail services of a scribe (amanuensis) for Part-A of the examination, but not for Part-B. See the information brochure for requisite forms and details.



Eligibility

Candidates must have completed a degree/diploma/post graduate degree programme of minimum 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 programme (10+5 level) by July 2025.



Admit Card

Admit Cards will be available for downloading from January 03, 2025 till the date of the examination. Please take a clear printout of the Admit Card before coming to the examination centre.

Information Brochure

Please download and read the CEED 2025 Information Brochure, which contains important information, including:

  • ▪ About CEED 2025
  • ▪ Important Dates
  • ▪ Examination Cities
  • ▪ Programmes
  • ▪ Eligibility
  • ▪ Registration process and fee
  • ▪ Admit card
  • ▪ Syllabus
  • ▪ Requirements on the day of the   examination
  • ▪ Result Declaration
  • ▪ Important Certificates and Forms




Examination Cities

CEED 2025 will be held 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.


Results

CEED result will be declared on this website on March 05, 2025.

The CEED 2025 Score Card can be downloaded from March 10, 2025 from Candidate portal. It is valid for a period of one year from the date of declaration of the result. For more details, refer the Information Brochure. The CEED 2025 Score Card cannot be treated as a proof of date of birth, category or disability status.

Programmes

Programme Details

CEED qualified students are eligible to apply for the MDes and PhD programmes in various institutes. The CEED 2025 score is valid for a period of one year from the date of declaration of the result.

Note that qualifying in CEED does NOT guarantee admission to any programme. After qualifying, candidates must apply to the respective institutes for admission and fulfil other requirements, such as tests and/or interviews, of the respective institutes to become eligible for admission. The announcement for admission to the postgraduate programmes in design will be notified separately by these institutes. Candidates are advised to visit the websites of the respective institutes for information and application procedures for their programmes.

The UCEED-CEED Office, IIT Bombay, does not provide information about the criteria for postgraduate admission and award of scholarship/assistance at different institutes. This information may be obtained from the websites of the respective institutes. For any specific queries on admission and programmes, the candidate should contact the head/convener/coordinator of the design programme at the concerned institute. Any queries in this matter to the UCEED-CEED Office, IIT Bombay, will NOT be entertained. This office will be sharing the candidate information with the result-sharing institutes. The updated list of result-sharing institutes will be available on the official CEED 2025 website.

Institutes involved

CEED 2025 Participating Institutes:


Information on the programmes may also be obtained from websites of the respective institutes as listed here. Revisit these pages from time to time for updates.

Candidates are also encouraged to visit the respective institutes and meet the students and faculty of Design programmes to discuss the eligibility requirements and programme details.

Downloads

Contact

CEED inquiries may be addressed to:

Chairperson,
UCEED-CEED Office,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
Mumbai 400076.

Phone:
+91 22 2576 4063 / 9093 / 9094
(Monday to Friday, 09:30 – 17:30 hrs)

E-mail:
ceed@iitb.ac.in