COVID-19 Impact: No Design Aptitude Test for IISc Bangalore MDes course, selection criteria revised!
Common Entrance Examination for Design 2026 ( CEED )
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IISc Bangalore has published revised selection criteria for MDes admission done on basis of CEED/GATE scores. Read here to know more.
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, a participating college of the Combined Entrance Exam of Design (CEED) has changed the selection criteria for its Master of Design course. The institute will not be conducting a design aptitude test this year. The decision is an outcome of COVID-19 outbreak and, countrywide lockdown as a precautionary measure against the spread of the disease. Earlier, IISc Bangalore would have conducted a Design Aptitude Test and Interview based on CEED 2020 or the Graduate Admission Test in Engineering (GATE) 2020 scores. But now, the selection criteria for MDes course at IISc Bangalore will be as under:
The participating institutes of CEED 2020 are currently accepting online applications for admission to MDes courses. The last date of application for MDes admission at CEED 2020 participating colleges is as under:
| College Name |
Last date of application |
|---|---|
| IISc Bangalore | 30-Apr-2020 (extended due to COVID-19) |
| Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay |
15-May-2020 (extended due to COVID-19) |
| IIT Delhi | 20-Apr-2020 |
| IIT Guwahati | 21-Apr-2020 (extended due to COVID-19) |
| IIT Hyderabad | 01-May-2020 (extended due to COVID-19) |
| IIT Kanpur | 04-May-2020 (extended due to COVID-19) |
| IIT Jabalpur | 30-Apr-2020 |
No other participating institutes have announced any changes in the selection criteria for MDes courses through CEED 2020 scores.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 months ago
IIT Bombay will release the admission notification for CEED 2026 exam by October 1, 2025. The admission portal for CEED 2026 will be launched soon- ceed.iitb.ac.in.
The portal contain the updates about the CEED exam. It also contain useful recourses like previous years' question papers, answer keys
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
The best books for CEED 2026 preparation are:
- Cracking CEED & UCEED (2022 Edition) by Ashok Goel and Arjun Kamal
- CEED+NID (M.DES) [Paperback] Academy of Fashion & Art Preparation Kit
- CEED Common Entrance Exam for Design Pattern & Scheme Preparation Book 2022 [Paperback] Examinspect
- CEED ENTRANCE by Acad
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
Yes, candidates from engineering, architecture, arts, science, or commerce backgrounds can apply. Candidates must have completed a graduate degree/diploma/postgraduate degree program of a minimum of THREE years (after 10+2 level).
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
CEED 2026 application is expected to start in the first week of October 2025. The official notification will be out by October 1, 2025.
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CEED Entrance Examination 2026 will be conduced on January 18, 2026. The exam timing will be 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
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