CEED Participating & Result Sharing Institutes 2026 (List): Eligibility, Category-wise Seat Intake, Admission, Fees

The candidate may note that the counseling application window for CEED is typically short. For instance, for CEED 2024, the counseling registration for the M.Des programme was conducted by IIT Bombay from March 11-28, 2024. So, it is important that the candidate is ready and well-informed.

Before filling out the application form, it is recommended that the candidate downloads the information brochure and goes through the key points carefully. The brochure would have information pertaining to eligibility criteria, documents required, application fee structure, and case certificate. It may be noted that only such candidates who have been assigned a merit rank in CEED 2025 may apply for admission.

IIT Bombay declares the names of the CEED participating institutes at the time of the release of the admission notification or sometime thereabout. Also, the number of participating instittutes may change from one year to another. So, we can’t say that the number of participating institutes is fixed.

In fact, IIT Bomaby in consultation with the member institutes decides the list of participating institutes. Note that the IIT Bombay conducts a Joint Seat Allotment Process for the participating institutes. Also, participating institutes can only use CEED scores for admission purposes.

Candidates who have been assigned a merit rank in CEED 2025 are eligible for admission to the M.Des course offered by participating institutes. Note that in the case of CEED 2025, there will be no Joint Seat Allotment process conducted by IIT Bombay. Instead, the counseling process will be held at an institute-level by the participating institutes.

The counseling application will open soon after the CEED 2025 results are announced. Eligible candidates will have to go to the admission portal of the institute and fill in the application form. The participating institute will then shortlist applications based on the merit rank of the candidate in the CEED 2025 exam.

No, each institute has its own admission process, even though they accept CEED scores. Generally, the admission process includes:

• Shortlisting of candidates based on CEED scores
• Institute-specific written tests or assignments (varies by institute)
• Personal Interview (PI) or portfolio review
• Final selection based on overall performance

Candidates should check the official website of each institute for specific details.

The participating institutes of CEED 2025 will offer admission to the M.Des courses based on CEED 2025 scores only. They will not accept scores of other entrance exams for admission process. Also, IIT Bombay will conduct a Joint Seat Allotment Process or Counseling for the participating institutes.

On the other hand, result-sharing institutes will not participate in the Joint Seat Allotment Process. Instead, these institutes will conduct counseling at an institute-level. This means, the candidate has to apply directly to these institutes based on their CEED 2025 scores. Another thing is result-sharing institutes will allocate only a fraction of the seats for CEED 2025 qualified candidates. The remaining seats will be filled by considering scores of other entrance exams.

The number of CEED result-sharing institutes is not constant. In fact, every year there is a different set of institutes that make the list of CEED result-sharing institutes. Note that the names of the CEED 2025 result-sharing institute will be announced on the admission portal - ceed.iitb.ac.in. 

Also, an institute can member a result-sharing institute at various stages of the CEED 2025 exam and admission process. For instance, some institute decide to become a result-sharing institute even before CEED exam is conducted, whereas there are others that only become result-shairng institutes after CEED results are declared.

The CEED 2025 participating institutes will open the application form for counseling on their respective official admission portals. The step-wise admission process to the M.Desprogrammeis given below:

1. The candidate needs to check CEED 2025 results.

2. Candidates who have qualified CEED 2025 exam, or have been assigned a merit rank are eligible to apply to CEED 2024 participating institute.

3. The participating institutes will start the counseling application form soon after CEED 2025 results are declared.

4. The candidate who have qualified CEED 2025 exam and also meets the eligibility criteria prescribed by the participating institute need to fill in the application form before the last date.

5. The participating institute will shortlist applications based on the merit rank of the candidate.

6. The instutite may also conduct further admission rounds before final seat allotment.

The Master of Design (MDes) programs is offered at IDC School of Design at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Bombay). The combined seat intake for theprogrammestands at 31. Check the category-wise and specializatio-wise seat intake in the table below. 

The candidate can apply to CEED 2025 participating institutes after CEED 2025 results. Candidates will be shortlisted for admission based on their merit ranks.

The participating institutes of CEED 2025 are colleges that will offer admission to the M.Des and PhD courses solely on the basis of CEED 2025 scores. These institutes not consider scores of other entrance exams, like NIFT and NID DAT, for admission purposes. The list of CEED 2025 participating institutes will be published on the admission portal - ceed.iitb.ac.in.

The online application form for admission to CEED participating institutes will open tentatively in the last week of September 2024. Note that unlike UCEED 2025, IIT Bombay will not conduct any Joint Seat Allotment process for CEED 2025.

Such candidates who qualify CEED 2025 will have to apply directly to a participating college.

In the previous edition of the exam, there were the following eight participating institutes of CEED:

1. IISc Bangalore

2. IIT Bombay

3. IIT Delhi

4. IIT Guwahati

5. IIT Hyderabad

6. IIT Kanpur

7. IIT Roorkee

8. IIT Jodhpur

In addition to participating institutes, there are also CEED result-sharing institutes. In the previous edition of the CEED exam (CEED 2024), there were 11 result-sharing institutes.

1. VIT School of Design (V-SIGN), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore

2. Delhi Technological University, Delhi (formerly Delhi College of Engineering)

3. World University of Design (WUD), Sonepat, Haryana

4. RV University, Bengaluru

5. JK Lakshmipat University Logo JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur

6. Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru

7. MIT ID Indore - Avantika University

8. CEPT University Ahmedabad, Gujarat

9. School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal

10. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Dehradun
11. Dr Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University Pune

Result-sharing institutes will fill up some of the UG seats based on CEED 20224 scores. However, they may also consider scores of other top ecams to fill in rest of the seats.

IIT Bombay declares the names of the CEED participating institutes at the time of the release of the admission notification or sometime thereabout. Also, the number of participating instittutes may change from one year to another. So, we can’t say that the number of participating institutes is fixed.

In fact, IIT Bomaby in consultation with the member institutes decides the list of participating institutes. Note that the IIT Bombay conducts a Joint Seat Allotment Process for the participating institutes. Also, participating institutes can only use CEED scores for admission purposes.