CEED Answer Key 2026 (OUT): Direct LINK, Part A CEED Final Answer Key PDF

Rohit Ravindra Waghmare topped the CEED topper list 2025 with 82.38 marks out of 100.

CEED 2023 exam was topped by Khyati Rathor, who secured the AIR 1. She secured 68.85 marks in the exam, out of 100 marks. Simon George Cherian got the second position and scored 66.63 marks.

The application form for CEED 2026 is open now. Applications will open in online mode at ceed.iitb.ac.in. It was out on October 01, 2025.

All the details about the CEED 2026 application form will be updated on the admission portals, including the information brochure. The candidate needs to carefully go through the brochure to check their eligibility. 

IIT Bombay has already declared results for the CEED 2026 online. The results were released on March 04, 2026, online at ceed.iitb.ac.in. To check results, candidate needs to log in to the result portals using their login ID. 

CEED 2026 results was released for all candidates who appeared in the design entrance exam. However, the CEED 2026 merit rank will only be issued to candidates who qualify for Part A and are shortlisted.

There are multiple benefits of solving sample papers of CEED. Some of them are given below:

• The sample papers will contain questions similar to the ones that will be asked in the CEE exam. Or in other words, they will cover the same topics, weightage, and difficulty level.

• Sample papers are useful for improving one’s problem-solving and time-management skills.

• Question papers, meanwhile, will allow the candidate to check the types of questions asked in the previous edition of the exam, any specific trend followed, weightage given to various sections, etc.

• Concept building is another area that can be honed by solving sample papers.

CEED 2026 draft answers key for Part A was released on January 19, 2026. It is available for Part A only. No answer key will be out for Part B.

The candidate will be given an option to challenge the draft key. The schedule will be notified on the official website. The objections have to be submitted through the candidate portal.

The link to upload comments is expected to be activated on the official CEED 2026 admission portals - ceed.iitb.ac.in. To upload a comment, you are required to log in to the portals using your candidate login details.

The candidate will have to follow the Master Question Paper for uploading comments. It is because question booklets with different paper codes had a different arrangement (or order) of the questions. Also, the comment should be supported by supporting documents.

IIT Bombay conducts the CEED entrance exam for M.Des and PhD courses. So, yes, you can take the CEED 2026 exam if you plan to get admission to the PhD program offered by participating colleges. 

If you qualify in the CEED exam, you will have to apply directly to the participaiting institute. The institute may have additional admission rounds or eligibility criteria.

The candidate must note that IIT Bombay is only responsible for conducting the CEED Entrance exam. Unlike UCEED, it will not conduct any Joint Seat Allotment.  

This means the eligibility criteria prescribed by IIT Bombay is limited to appearing in the CEED 2026 exam. Further, the participating institutes of CEED 2026 will individually determine the eligibility criteria for the M.Des courses. The eligibility criteria will be uploaded on the admission portals of these institutes.

IIT Roorkee doesn't offer PhD in Design course through CEED. It only offers a MDes in Industrial Design. Admission to the M.Des programme will be based on CEED 2026 merit rank. The candidate will have to apply directly to the participating college once results are declared.

The result-cum-scorecard of CEED 2026 will include the information given below.

• Name and roll number of the candidate

• Category under which admission is given

• Part A marks; however, Part B marks, merit rank, and total score will only be released for shortlisted candidates. 

• Date of issue of the scorecard

• Validity of the scorecard

• Category-wise qualifying marks 

• Total number of candidates appeared in CEED

• Number of candidates who have qualified in CEED

The CEED 2026 exam has two parts - Part A and Part B. The Part B answer booklet will be evaluated only if the candidate qualifies Part A. The minimum marks needed to qualify Part A is the qualifying cut-off for CEED 2026 - Part A. 

On the other hand, the admission cut-off would be released by the CEED 2026 participating institutes. It is the minimum score one needs to score for admission to the M.Des programmein their chosen category.

A total of 5090 candidates registered for CEED 2025, out of which 4371 candidates appeared, and 1848 candidates qualified in the exam. 

CEED 2026 result was announced online on the official website of the exam - ceed.iitb.ac.in. The results were declared on March 04, 2026.

It is a good idea for candidate to have an idea about the cut-off marks for participating institutes. For one, this will help candidate check the cut-off trends across the years. Candidate will also provide insights into details, which institute has highest cut-off. By gaining insights into the cut-off, the candidate will be able to prepare for the CEED exam accordingly.

If candidate is eying one of the top exams, cut-off would be going to be high. So, candidate must check cut-off for their category and check out what rank range is a safe bet for admission.