Design Entrance Exam

The candidate may note that the counseling application window for CEED is typically short. For instance, for CEED 2023, the counseling registration for the M.Desprogrammewas conducted by IIT Bombay from May 5-7, 2023. 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 2024 may apply for admission.

The participating institutes of CEED 2024 will offer admission to the M.Des courses based on CEED 2024 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 2024 scores. Another thing is result-sharing institutes will allocate only a fraction of the seats for CEED 2024 qualified candidates. The remaining seats will be filled by considering scores of other entrance exams

The participating institutes of CEED 2024 are colleges that will offer admission to M.Desprogrammeonly on the basis of CEED 2024 scores. These institutes not consider scores of other entrance exams, like NIFT and NID DAT, for admission purposes. The list of CEED 2024 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 2023. Note that unlike UCEED 2024, IIT Bombay will not conduct any Joint Seat Allotment process for CEED 2024.

Such candidates who qualify CEED 2024 will have to apply directly to a participating college.

There are the 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

IIT Bombay will release the qualifying cut-off for Part A in the first week of February 2026. Cut-off is released in the form of mean and standard deviation. 

The mean and standard deviation for Part-A (CEED 2025) are 45.48 and 16.98, respectively and for Part A (CEED 2024) were 41.90 and 16.72, respectively.

The qualifying cut-off is the minimum marks a candidate needs to score in the paper to get shortlisted. Part B answer booklets will only be evaluated if the candidate gets shortlisted.

So, if you don't meet Part A cut-off marks, you will not get shortlisted and you Part B answer booklets will not be evaluated. Also, note that only shortlisted candidates will be assigned a merit rank in CEED 2026.

IIT Bombay only releases the qualifying cut-off of CEED Part A. It will, however, not release any admission cut-off. 

The qualifying cut-off for Part A will be released on February 6, 2025. The cut-off will be released in the form of Mean Deviation and Standard Deviation.

The mean and standard deviation for Part-A (CEED 2024) were 41.90 and 16.72, respectively.

Part B answer booklets will be evaluated only if the candidate meets the Part A cut-off.

Meanwhile,  the admission cut-off would be released by individual participating institutes at the time of seat allotment. The admission cut-off is the minimum score one needs to get admission.