CEED Exam Centres 2026: City-wise List, Exam Date, Exam Timing

IIT Bombay will release the exam cities for CEED 2025. The list can be found in the CEED 2025 Information Brochure. In the previous edition, the design entrance exam was held in 27 cities.

Note that exam officials have the authority to drop a city in some cases.

Check out this information given in the CEED information brochure:

“If a sufficient number of candidates are unavailable in a city, that city may be dropped from the final list, and candidates will be allotted to a city of their second or third choice.”

Note that once an exam centre has been allocated, there is no scope to change it. In fact, CEED officials will not entertain any requests for a change in the exam centre. 

The details of the exam centre allocated to the candidate will be mentioned in the CEED 2025 admit card. The allotment of CEED 2025 exam centre will done on the basis of the exam city seelcted by the candidate. Exam officials will also consider other factors like the address of the candidate and seat intake available in various exam centres in that particular city.

The application form for CEED 2025 will OPEN soon.

When filling out the form, the candidate should compulsorily choose THREE cities in the order of preference. 

Please note that there is no option to select an exam centre when filling out the form; the candidate can only select an exam city. The allotment of exam centre, in this case, will be based on a number of factors like city option selected by the candidate, address, and seat intake available across various exam centres.

Also, an exam city will have one or more exam centres.

On the day of the CEED 2025 exam, the candidate must bring with them the admit card and a valid photo ID proof.

The following documents will be considered as a valid ID:

• College issued identity card

• Passport

• Driving license

• PAN card, Voter ID

• Aadhar card or printed e-Aadhar card

Note that without a valid ID proof, the candidate will not be allowed entry inside the exam hall. 

IIT Bombay will conduct the CEED 2025 exam around the 3rd week of January 2025 (9 am - 12 noon).

The candidate will not be provided with any stationery at the exam venue. So, it is incumbent the candidates themselves bring these essential stationery items with them.

Here are the basic minimum stationery items needed to take the CEED 2025 exam.

• Pens

• Pencils

• Sketch pens 

• Colours for the examination

However, note that sheets are not allowed inside the exam hall. 

IIT Bombay will not release the detailed list of CEED 2025 exam centres. It has, however, released the list of exam cities where the CEED 2025 exam will be conducted.

The name of the exam centre allocated to the candidate will be mentioned in the CEED 2025 admit card.

The allotment of exam centres will be done based on the exam city selected by the candidate, address of the candidate, exam centres avaiable in the seelcted cities and also seat intake.

Note that each of the exam cities may have one or more exam centres. 

The candidate is not allowed to carry any electronic gadgets inside the exam hall. Here is a list of items that you must not bring to the exam hall.

• mobile phones

• Calculators

• smart or digital watches, etc.

Any candidate found in possession of these items will be disqualified.