CEED is Common Entrance Exam for Design conducted by IIT Bombay. CEED is the entrance exam for admission to Master of Design (MDes) programs at IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Kanpur and IIITDM Jabalpur.

CEED scores as also accepted for admission to MDes programs by Other Design Institutes as follows:

1. Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar
2. Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab
3. Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru
4. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun
5. Jain (Deemed to be University), Bangalore
6. World University of Design, Delhi NCR
7. Department Of Design, Shiv Nadar University, UP
8. ISDI School Of Design & Animation, Mumbai
9. Vishwakarma University, Pune
10. School of Planning & Architecture, Bhopal

Website: http://www.ceed.iitb.ac.in/2020/

Contact: Phone: +91-22-2576 4063/9093/9094

Email: ceed@iitb.ac.in

Educational Qualification:

Candidates must have completed or appearing by July 2021 for-

• a degree / diploma / post graduate degree programme of minimum 3 years (after 10+2 level), or
• must have passed the GD Arts diploma programme (10+5 level) by July 2021

Age Limit:

There is no age limit to appear for CEED.

No of Attempts

Candidates can apply for CEED any number of times.

Note: Eligibility criteria for MDes admission to various institutes may differ from the eligibility criteria for appearing for CEED. The criteria for each IIT institute is given in the table below.

CEED 2021 Qualifying marks as per various categories are as follows :

The objective of the Common Entrance Exam for Design (CEED) is to assess the candidate’s aptitude for design covering visual perception ability, drawing skills, logical reasoning, creativity, communication, and problem solving skills. Here are all the details about the CEED exam:

1. The question paper will consist of two parts: Part A (Objective Section) and Part B (Drawing Section)
2. The question paper will be for 200 marks. Part A = 100 marks. Part B = 100 marks.
3. The exam will be for 3 hours. Part A = 1 hour. Part B = 2.0 hour.
4. The question paper will be in English.
5. Questions from both parts are compulsory.

PART-A - 100 marks | 1 hour

The summary of the paper structure is given below:

PART-B - 100 marks | 2.0 hours

1. Part-B of CEED paper consists of five questions which will evaluate drawing, creativity, communication skills, and problem identification skills.
2. It will require subjective evaluation.
3. The question in Part-B will be displayed on the computer screen and the answer has to be written/drawn in Part-B answer booklets, which will be collected at the end of the examination.
4. Part-B questions are mandatory for evaluation of CEED paper.

The syllabus in each part of CEED exam is as follows:

I. Part A (Objective Section) Part A of the CEED exam will have questions from the following topics-

1. Visualization and spatial ability: Pictorial and diagrammatic questions to test the understanding of transformation and / or manipulation of 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships.
2. Observation and design sensitivity: Ability to detect concealed properties in day to day life and think critically about them. Ability to discern subtle differences in visual properties and aesthetic outcomes
3. Environmental and social awareness: General awareness of environmental factors such as climate, population, water, vegetation, pollution, weather, natural resources etc., and their implications on the design of products, images, infrastructure and environment. Awareness of design terminologies, social and cultural connection with design, history of the designed artefact, and socially responsible and environmentally sustainable design responses. History of art, sculpture and literature.
4. Analytical and logical reasoning: Ability to analyse given information logically and select the most appropriate solutions. Ability to weigh opinions, arguments or solutions against appropriate criteria. Ability to use logic and structured thinking to deduce from a short passage, which of a number of statements is the most accurate response to a posed question
5. Language and creativity: Ability to understand passages in commonly used English language. Ability to think creatively in terms of alternatives, ability to distinguish innovative options and think out of the box.
6. Design thinking and problem solving: Ability to understand the context, the users and the constraints and select the most appropriate solution for a given design problem.

SILICA Experts Note: The expected weightage of different topics of the CEED syllabus is as follows

II. Part B (Subjective Section): Part-B of CEED 2021 will have questions related to these topics:

1. Drawing: Ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective, and shading.
2. Creativity: Ability to think out of the box and come up with unique as well as diverse solutions.
3. Communication skills: Ability to communicate concepts and ideas clearly with the help of text and visuals.
4. Problem identification skills: Ability to understand the user and the context, knowledge of properties of materials and their appropriate use in design, etc.

Download the Past / Original papers for CEED exam from the following link-
https://silica.avegademos.in/ceed-sample-papers.html

The original CEED papers for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 are available at the above link along with expert analysis by SILICA experts.

These are the important dates in the admission process of BDes at IITs through UCEED score:

CEED will be conducted in the following 24 cities in India: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Ernakulam, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur and Visakhapatnam.

Note: IIT Bombay reserves the right to drop any city for conducting the exam due to poor response. Students have to select the top 3 choices. If a city is dropped from the list, then the later choices are offered to the student.

A rank list is prepared based on the combined marks obtained in Part A + B of the CEED exam. Only candidates who score the minimum prescribed marks in each section of both Part-A and Part-B and minimum total marks will be included in the rank list. The minimum prescribed marks varies with the category as shown in the table below:

SILICA Expert Notes:

1. Candidates equal to about 10 times the number of seats available obtain ranks in the CEED exam.
2. Obtaining a rank in CEED 2021 does not guarantee admission to the B. Des program. Only top 200 ranks or so obtain admission in IITs.
3. However, CEED score is considered for admission by several other Design Institutes for admission.

Part-A of the examination is a computer based test, there is no scope for review, re-grading or re-totalling of the Part-A marks of the examination paper. CEED 2021 Question Paper and Draft Answer Key (Part-A) are now available on CEED website. Candidates can check the draft answer key and compare their answers to know the correct answers. Any discrepancy/comment must be addressed to ceed@iitb.ac.in. Candidates have to mention "Comments on Answer Keys" in the subject of the mail.

The evaluation of Part-B will be done manually by two evaluators independently. If the difference in marks is less than 20%, then a simple average of the marks will be considered. If the difference in marks is greater than 20%, then the paper will be evaluated by a third evaluator. A simple average of the closest of 2 evaluators will be selected as the final marks. There is no scope for re-evaluation of the Part B of CEED exam.

CEED 2021 exam was conducted on 17 January, 2021. From 2015 to 2021. The comparison of the weightage of different topics in Part A of the exam is as follows:

Admission to MDes program at IITs is on the basis of the candidate’s CEED score. Only CEED 2021 qualified students can apply for admission to the MDes program. CEED score will be the only selection criteria for MDes admissions at IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIITDM Jabalpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi & IISc Bangalore.

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 CEED 2021 will be notified separately by these institutes. Candidates are advised to visit the websites of respective institutes for information and application procedure for the programmes. Key Dates are:

CEED Exam: 17 January 2021

CEED Result: 8 March 2021

The application process is simple and has the following key steps:

• Register and apply through common IIT Bombay Admissions Portal
• Upload digital copies of relevant documents
• Pay application processing fee of Rs 1,600/-(for Women, SC,ST, PwD Candidates) & 3,200 (all other candidates)
• Submit priority order for choice of institutes
• Detailed instructions are provided within the online application portal.

Based on the CEED score, candidates are shortlisted for MDes entrance exams. The different institutes offer following MDes programs:

• Industrial Design / Product Design (ID)
• Communication Design / Visual Communication (CD)
• Animation Design (AD)
• Mobility & Vehicle Design / Transportation Design (MVD)
• Interaction Design (IAD)

The total number of seats offered by each institute for the above programs is given in table below

Note: PD reservations @ 5% (total 4 seats) will be horizontal across all categories and will consume seats from within other categories. A total of 8 seats, which is 10% of total available seats (78) are reserved for EWS applicants irrespective of the streams.

Other Design Institutes will offer admission to other programs based on CEED score.

The fees are revised every year just before the MDes application process starts. For general idea, these are the annual fees for admission year 2021-22:

*Notes:

1. The Tuition Fees are waived off for all SC / ST category students.
2. The Mess & Hostel Charges are waived off for economically backward SC / ST students.