CEED

The CEED exam is an entrance exam that is conducted in computer-based mode. It is conducted to evaluate candidates' aptitude in the field of design and has two parts, Part A consists of multiple-choice questions and numerical answer type questions measuring general awareness, visualisation, and logical thinking and Part B consist subjective questions requiring candidates to sketch or develop designs. Part A is conducted in online mode whereas Part B is an offline test. The overall difficulty level of the CEED exam is moderate to difficult level. Aspiring candidates can make a way through the CEED exam possibly by understanding exam pattern and syllabus well along with Practicing CEED previous year question papers and sample papers regularly.

IIT Bombay launched the exam portal for CEED 2025 on October 1, 2024.

The admission portals was activated along with the release of the admission notification. Candidates can access the admission portal at ceed.iitb.ac.in.

The admission portals includes segments like important dates, examination information, program, download, and contact information. The candidate can check the key exam date in the important date section. 

The examination section have information like examination details, admit cards, exam cities, etc. Meanwhile, the candidate can get information about the courses that will be offered through CEED 2025 from the “Program” section.

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.