Candidates must have completed a degree/diploma/post-graduate 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 the end of the academic year or must have passed the GD Arts diploma program (10+5 level).  

 

*Note that the eligibility criteria for admission to various institutes may differ from the criteria for appearing for CEED. 

 

**Before applying for CEED, candidates are advised to 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.

The CEED exam will be divided into two sections: Part A and Part B.  

 

The total exam duration is three hours, with Parts A  one hour and B two hours.

 

Part A contains questions for 100 marks. The duration allotted is 1 hour. The nature of the questions is objective:

Numerical Answer Type (NAT), Multiple Choice Question (MCQ), and Multiple Select Questions (MSQ).   

 

Part-A answers must be typed into a computer. These will be design aptitude questions that will assess the candidate's Visual and Spatial ability, Environmental and Social Awareness, Analytical and Logical Reasoning, Language, Observation, and Design sensitivity.  

 

*Part A marks the eligibility of the candidates for Part B.

 

Part B consists of five questions. Part B assesses the design, drawing, and writing abilities. The duration allotted is 2 hours.  

 

Part-B questions will be displayed on a computer screen answers must be written in the answer book provided by the invigilator (NOT into the Computer). At the end of the examination, the Part-B answer books will be collected. 

 

Section No. of Questions 

 

Sketching 1 

Creativity 1 

Form Sensitivity 1 

Visual Sensitivity 1 

Problem Identification 1 

Total Number of Questions 5 

Industrial Design Centre(IDC), IIT Bombay: 

• M.Des in 

• Industrial Design, 

• Communication Design, 

• Animation, 

• Interaction Design, 

• Mobility and Vehicle Design  

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IISc Bangalore, Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing(CPDM). 

• M.Des in Product Design.

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IIT Delhi: Department of Design, 

• M.Des in Industria Design.

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IIT Guwahati: Department of Design,  

• M.Des in Design.​

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IIT Hyderabad: Department of Design,  

• M.Des in Visual Design Programme.

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IIT Kanpur: Department of Design, 

• M.Des in Design.

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IIITDM Jabalpur: Design Discipline,  

• M.Des in Design.

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Other than IIT's

By taking a CEED exam a student can apply all these private institutes using their CEED score.

 

Applications open: September / October​

Admit card for Exam: Starting of January  ​​

Written exams for CEED: End of January to February  

Results for CEED: March  

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*For the further admission process, each college announces its results. Please check your preferred college for more details  

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**For actual dates check, in the official admission website of the examination For More Details

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http://www.ceed.iitb.ac.in