SEED

There will be no specific counseling registration process for SEED 2025. In fact, candidates will be allocated seats to the B.Des programme based on their merit rank in the SEED 2025 entrance exam.

The merit list will be prepared by considering the cumulative performance of the candidate in the SEED 2025 written exam, Portfolio Review, PRPI Task and Personal Interaction. The first merit list cum seat allotment for SEED 2025 will be announced on April 21, 2025. Candidates who are included in the merit list need to pay the seat-acceptance fee and register online for the program.

The Symbiosis Institute of Design (SID) will conduct a solitary seat allotment round for SEED 2024. In case there are vacant seats left after the 1st round of admission, a 2nd round of seat allotment may also be conducted. 

Note that SID will release the 1st merit list on April 21, 2025.

The seat allotment will be as per the merit rank of the candidate and specialisation selected at the time of filling out the SEED 2025 application form. Note that SEED seat allotment will be released in the form of a merit list that will contain the names of candidates shortlisted for admission.

The Symbiosis Institute of Design (SID) doesn’t offer any short term / distance course. Currently, the institute offers only full time UG degree courses. Admission to the 4-year B.Des courses offered by the institute will be based on the cumulative performance of the candidate in the SEED 2024 written exam, PRPI and Portfolio Review. 

The application form for SEED 2024 will commence sometime in the month of September 2023. Candidates who meet the prescribed eligibility criteria can apply for admission.

SID presently offers only UG courses in design. So, candidates can’t appear in the SEED 2024 exam for admission to any PG courses. The SEED written exam is administered in the month of Janaury. Candidates who qualify in the written exam has to next appear in a PRPI round. The final merit list for SID will be prepared by considering the performance of the candidate in the SEED 2024 written exam, personal interaction, and PRPI and Portfolio review.

There are currently 180 seats available for the B.Des programme for Indian national. There are also 27 supernumerary seats earmarked for international students. 

The Symbiosis Institute of Design (SID) offers four major disciplines at SID in the following areas.

The candidate will have to select their programme of study at the time of filling out the SEED 2025 application form. Admission to the above courses will be conducted on the basis of merit rank of the candidate in SID.

Note that the merit rank will be prepared considering the performance of the candidate in the SEED 2025 written exam, Personal interaction, and Portfolio and PRPI Task review.

The Symbiosis Institute of Design (SID) offers a Bachelor of Design (B. Des) of four years duration. Admission to the course is conducted through the SEED 2025 entrance exam and PRPI rounds. The fee structure for the B.Des programme is given in the table below.

SEED 2025 - Tuition Fees for the B.Des program