Industrial / Product Design

The draft answers key of CEED 2026 will be released around the 4th week of January 2026. The draft key will be released in the form of a downloadable PDF.

The draft key can be downloaded online from the CEED 2026 admission portals - ceed.iitb.ac.in. No login is required to download the answer key. To download the answer key, simply click on the answer key download link and download the PDF. Objections against the draft key have to be submitted within the given deadline.

The windows to fill out the CEED 2024 application form with late fees was open from November 14-20, 2023. With regular fees, the candidate was allowed to fill out the form till November 13, 2023.

The late fee for CEED 2024 is INR 500; note that the late fee amount had to be paid in addition to the application fees.

The CEED 2024 application form opened on October 3, 2023. 

IIT Bombay will conduct the CEED 2024 exam on January 21, 2024.

The CEED syllabus can be daunting for some candidates. So, if you are not able to complete it, don'tpanic. The trick in these situations is to first focus on the easy topics and complete the first. If you manage that your anxiety levels will automatically come down. Next move on the moderate difficult topics. If you are able to tackle them, you can start working on the difficult ones. If you get stuck with a topic or problem, it is best to not spend prodigious time trying to master it. Instead move on to the next topic. You can revisit the difficult topic, if you have time.

The topics listed in the CEED syllabus is indicative in nature. Also, the syllabus is exhaustive in the sense that questions may be asked from all or some of the topics. So, the candidate can’t skip any topics when preparing for CEED. 

The candidate is urged to go through the previous years' question papers to get an idea about the paper structure and types of questions asked. That being said, keep in mind that the syllabus has been revised for CEED.

It is very important for the candidate to solve previous years’ question papers. The reason being the question papers will help the candidate identify the types of questions asked, marking scheme, difficult level, etc.

Considering the syllabus for CEED has been revised, the candidate may solve only those questions that are still included in the topic. Carefully go through the revised syllabus and check out the topics; identify the topcis that are same as last year. You can use the question papers and solve questions for the common topics.

The CEED exam has two parts - Part A and Part B. 

Part A will include the following type of questions - Numerical Answers Type (NAT), Multiple Select Questions (MSQ), and Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). The questions will be objective-type. 

Meanwhile, Part B of the question paper for CEED 2024 will include subjective-type questions. The questions will test the design, drawing, and writing skills of the candidate. The candidate will have 2 hours to attempt Part B, while for Part A, the candidate will get 1 hour.