Industrial / Product Design

The CEED 2026 syllabus is vast. If you are not able to complete a chapter or topic, it is better to leave it and start another topic. Once you are done with the easier topics, you can come back and study the difficult ones. 

The CEED 2024 exam is now over. So, aspiring candidates can now prepare for the next edition of the exam.

Focus on the following resources to prepare for CEED:

• Make sure that you get the best books to prepare the CEED.

• If the study material is good, they will contain few to no errors, will cover the entire syllabus, contain practice problems, etc.

• Solve sample and previous year’s question and sample papers

• Take mock tests.

• When studying make it a point to take notes. These notes will help you jot down all the important points.

• Do timely revision. 

The counseling process for CEED qualified candidates is conducted by the participating colleges soon after the results of the entrance exam are declared.

Note that IIT Bombay will not conduct any Joint Seat Allotment for CEED 2024; interestingly, the institute conducts centralized counseling for UCEED 2024 (B.Des admission).

So, the candidate has to apply directly to the participating institutes with their CEED 2024 scores. 

The application schedule for admission will be notified by the respective participating institutes on their admission portals. The candidate will have to apply within the given deadline.

IIT Bombay will declare results of CEED 2026 on March 04, 2026. It will be declared 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 will be released for all candidates who appear 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.

The final answer key for CEED 2026 for Part A will be released on January 28, 2026.

CEED 2026 draft answers key for Part A will be released on January 20, 2026. 

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 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.