Hello Aspirant,

Common Entrance Exam for Design(CEED) is conducted by IIT Bombay. It is a qualifying examination for admission  to Master of Design (MDes) programmes at IISc,IITs and also to Ph.D programmes.The main objective of the exam is to assess the candidate's aptitude for design involving drawing, visual perception ability, logical reasoning etc.

The CEED score will be valid for one year from the date of declaration of the result.Qualifying the exam alone doesnot guarantee admissions into the institutions as the participating institutions may conduct further tests and/or interviews for the final selection.

Eligibility:

Candidates must have completed a degree / diploma / post graduate degree programme of minimum 3 years (after 10+2), or appearing for the final examination by july or must have passed the GD arts programme(10+5).

There is no age limit to appear for CEED.Besides, a candidate can appear for CEED any number of times.

Exam Pattern:

• It is a computer Based exam.
• Duration is three hours.
  

Hello Aspirant,

Common Entrance Exam for Design(CEED) is conducted by IIT Bombay. It is a qualifying examination for admission  to Master of Design (MDes) programmes at IISc,IITs and also to Ph.D programmes.The main objective of the exam is to assess the candidate's aptitude for design involving drawing, visual perception ability, logical reasoning etc.

The CEED score will be valid for one year from the date of declaration of the result.Qualifying the exam alone doesnot guarantee admissions into the institutions as the participating institutions may conduct further tests and/or interviews for the final selection.

Eligibility:

Candidates must have completed a degree / diploma / post graduate degree programme of minimum 3 years (after 10+2), or appearing for the final examination by july or must have passed the GD arts programme(10+5).

There is no age limit to appear for CEED.Besides, a candidate can appear for CEED any number of times.

Exam Pattern:

• It is a computer Based exam.
• Duration is three hours.

Test paper is divided into two parts, that is, Part A and Part B. Part A of CEED exam consists of multiple choice questions (MCQs), multiple select questions (MSQs) and numerical answer type (NAT) questions. CEED 2019 Part A exam is a computer based screening test and aspirants who are shortlisted on the basis of their performance in Part A of CEED exam will only be evaluated for Part B of the test.

CEED 2019 Part B comprises of subjective design/drawing related questions. An aspirant’s score in Part B of the exam is only used to create CEED 2019 merit list.

Here are the list of institutions which offer admissions based on CEED:

• IISc Bangalore(Centre for Product Design & Manufacturing (CPDM))
  
• IIT Bombay(Industrial Design Centre (IDC))
  
• IIT Delhi(Instrument Design and Development Centre (IDD))
  
• IIT Guwahati(Department of Design (DoD))
  
• IIT Kanpur(Design Programme)
  
• IIT Hyderabad(Department of Design)
  
• IIITDM Jabalpur(Design Discipline)
  

The below given colleges also go through the CEED score in order to shortlist aspirants for admission in design programmes offered by them.

• World University of Design (WUD),Delhi NCR
  
• Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology ,Bengaluru
  
• VIT University,Vellore
• DJ Academy of Design,Coimbatore
• Lovely Professional University,Phagwara, Punjab
• UPES,Dehradun
  

You can visit the official websites of these institutes and have a look at the list of courses available and choose the one which you require.Thank you!!