The CEED 2025 admission portal will be launched after the application opens. Candidates who meet the CEED eligibility criteria can apply before the last date. The CEED 2025 exam will be conducted around the third week of January 2025. The exam will be of 3 hours and will have two parts - Part A and Part B. Part A will be an hour-long exam, which will be conducted in computer-based mode and will consist of 41 questions. At the same time, Part B will be offline-based and will consist of 5 questions that candidates will have to solve in 2 hours.
The CEED exam, or Common Entrance Examination for Design, is a national-level entrance exam in India. The official notification of the CEED 2025 exam can be checked on its official website. It is conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) with the primary aim to assess the candidates’ aptitude for design including visual perception ability, drawing skills, logical reasoning, creativity and communication skills.
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Event |
Date (Tentative) |
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Release of CEED 2025 Notification |
September 2024 (Out Soon) |
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Start of Online Registration |
September 2024 (Out Soon) |
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Last Date to Register (without late fee) |
October 2024 |
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Last Date to Register (with late fee) |
November 2024 |
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Admit Card Release Date |
January 2025 |
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CEED 2025 Exam Date |
January 2025 (3rd Week) |
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Release of Draft Answer Key |
January 2025 (4th Week) |
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Last Date to Challenge Draft Answer Key |
January 2025 (Last Week) |
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Release of Final Answer Key |
February 2025 (1st Week) |
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Declaration of CEED 2025 Result |
March 2025 |
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Feature |
Details |
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Exam Name |
Common Entrance Exam for Design (CEED) |
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Conducting Body |
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay |
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Exam Level |
National |
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Exam Frequency |
Once a year |
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Mode of Exam |
Part A: Computer-Based Test (CBT) Part B: Pen & Paper (Drawing) |
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Language of Exam |
English |
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Duration |
3 hours (Part A: 1 hour, Part B: 2 hours) |
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Type of Questions |
Part A: Objective (MCQs, MSQs, NATs) Part B: Subjective (Design/Sketching) |
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Total Marks |
200 (Part A: 100, Part B: 100) |
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Eligibility |
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Design, Architecture, Fine Arts, Engineering, etc. |
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Purpose |
Admission to M.Des and PhD programs at IITs, IISc, and other institutes |
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Official Website |
The application form for CEED 2025 will open online in the first week of October 2024 (tentative). The application link will be provided on this page once the application form opens.
The CEED 2025 application is for admission to M.Des and Ph.D. courses offered by the participating colleges.
Check the eligibility requirements listed below. Note that the CEED 2025 eligibility criteria for admission to different institutes may vary to appear in CEED 2025. Before applying for CEED, candidates should check if they fulfil the eligibility criteria required 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.
Candidates should have completed a minimum of three years of Degree/Diploma/Postgraduate Degree programme (after 10+2 level) or appearing in the final examination of such programme by July 2025, or passed the GD Arts Diploma programme (10+5 level) by July 2025.
As per the CEED eligibility criteria, candidates can attempt the examination as long as they qualify for the age limit.
Orthopedically handicapped or visually impaired candidates will be provided with scribes to appear in Part A of the CEED exam. To get a scribe, candidates must follow the following rules:
IIT Bombay has announced the CEED Revised Syllabus PDF for the candidates. Candidates who want to appear in the exam and prepare for it should use the CEED Exam Syllabus PDF. Candidates who prepare for the topics mentioned in the syllabus easily pass the exam.
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Sections |
CEED Syllabus |
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Part A |
Visualization and spatial reasoning: Ability to visualise and transform 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships. Practical and scientific knowledge: Know-how of scientific principles and everyday objects. Observation and design sensitivity: The capacity to detect concealed properties in daily life and think critically about them. Attention to detail, classification, analysis, inference and prediction. Environment and society: General awareness of environmental, social and cultural connections with design. Analytical and logical reasoning: Ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative information. Language: Proficiency in reading and comprehending Standard English. Creativity: Grasp of verbal and non-verbal analogies, metaphors, signs and symbols. Art and Design knowledge: Awareness about art/ artefact/ product, artists/designers, art/design history and trends. Design methods and practices: Knowledge of media, materials, production processes, and ergonomics. |
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Part B |
Drawing: Ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective and shading. Creativity: Capacity to think out-of-the-box and develop unique and diverse solutions. Communication: Skills to communicate concepts and ideas clearly with the help of text and visuals. Problem identification: Capability to understand the user and the context, knowledge of properties of materials and their appropriate use in design. |
The CEED 2025 question paper will be designed to evaluate the candidate's visual perception, creativity, drawing skills, logical reasoning and communication skills. Also, note that the CEED exam is a kind of design aptitude test.
Here are some useful tips to prepare for the CEED 2025 entrance exam.
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Particulars |
Part A |
Part B |
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Exam mode |
Computer-based |
Offline-based part. Answers have to be entered in the answer booklet provided by the invigilator. However, candidates will still need to tick the appropriate box on the computer screen to indicate that they have answered the question. |
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Type of questions |
Objective-type questions of the following THREE types:
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Subjective-type questions. |
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Number of questions |
41 |
5 |
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Duration |
1 hour |
2 hours |
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Total marks |
100 |
100 |
The admit cards will be available for download from the official CEED website (www.ceed.iitb.ac.in) from January, 2025 till the exam date.
Reporting Time: Candidates must report at the exam centre on the reporting time, along with a printout of the admit card. This is required to record biometric information (thumb impression and photo) before appearing for the exam.
Identity Proof: Candidates must bring a valid photo identity proof (original) and admit card to the exam centre. Candidates without proper identity proof (identity card issued by the college, passport, driving license, PAN card, voter ID, Aadhaar card or printed e-Aadhaar card) will not be allowed to enter the exam centre.
Stationery: Candidates must bring their own drawing materials like pens, pencils, sketch pens and colours for the exam. Candidates must not bring drawing sheets to the exam hall.
CEED 2025 results will be declared tentatively in March 2025. The results will be released online on the CEED 2025 admission portal - ceed.iitb.ac.in. Note that the result will include Part A marks for all candidates. However, Part B marks and CEED 2025 merit rank will be released only for shortlisted candidates. Part B is descriptive and as such, it is evaluated holistically based on the criteria mentioned in the question paper. The evaluated answer sheet for Part B is not issued to the candidate. Also, there is no provision to re-evaluate Part A or Part B.
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