CEED 2013 (Common Entrance Examination for Design) by IIT Bombay on 25 Nov 2012

CEED 2013 will be conducted by IIT Bombay on 25th November 2012.


About CEED

The Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED) is an all India examination conducted by IIT Bombay, on behalf of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India that assesses a student’s aptitude for design, involving visual perception ability, drawing skills, logical reasoning, creativity, and communication skills.

CEED is the qualifying exam for the following post-graduate programmes in design:

(a)    Masters in Design Programmes
 

• IISc Bangalore: M.Des. in Product Design and Engineering*
• IIT Bombay: M.Des. in (i) Industrial Design, (ii) Visual Communication, (iii) Animation, (iv) Interaction Design, (v) Mobility and Vehicle Design. 
• IIT Delhi: M.Des. in Industrial Design
• IIT Guwahati: M.Des. in Design
• IIT Kanpur: M.Des. in Industrial Design*
• IIITDM Jabalpur : M.Des. Programme*

*GATE qualified candidates will also be considered for admission to these programmes.  

(b)    Ph.D Programmes in Design 

From IISc Bangalore & IIT Bombay

Important Dates for CEED 2013

Click here for applying online for CEED 2013

Eligibility for CEED 2013:

Candidates must either have completed or be expecting to complete any of the following, by July 2013:

(i) Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Architecture / Design/ Interior Design or equivalent

(ii) Professional Diploma in Design (NID/CEPT or equivalent of 4 years duration after 10+2)

(iii) B.F.A  (Bachelors in Fine Arts - 4 year professional programme, after 10+2)

(iv) G.D. Art (Government Diploma in Art - a 5 year programme after 10th) with one year professional experience

(v) Master’s degree in Arts / Science / Computer Applications (i.e. M.A/ M.Sc/ MCA)

(vi) Please Note: Students with any degree in a three year Bachelor’s programme are not eligible.


There is no age limit and you can appear in CEED any number of times. You must have one of the documents scanned (200 dpi; 256 color; PDF/JPEG) to prove you are eligible:

Examination Centres for CEED 2013

You can appear for the online exam of CEED 2012 in any of the following cities: Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kolkata or Mumbai.

What's new in CEED 2013?

Applicants have to fill the application online and upload the image files of their Photo and Signature in JPEG format and other documents in PDF format. They should not send the hard copy of the application or any other documents to the CEED office. Check the application procedure for more details.

• The non-refundable application fee has been exempted for Women applicants. Application fee for Men of general category is Rs. 1500 (Rs. 750 for SC/ST/PD).
• CEED 2013 examination will be conducted on Sunday, 25 November, 2012 from 9am to 12 noon. This is approximately one week earlier than previous years. 
• Admit card can be downloaded from the CEED Application webpage from 2nd November 2012. Sending Admit cards by post has been discontinued.
• The examination will be conducted in two Parts, A and B. All candidates must answer both Parts.
  Part A contains only multiple choice type questions & is a screening test, which will be conducted by an online computerized program.
  Part B contains design and hand drawing type questions. It will be evaluated for candidates who will be short-listed in the screening test. Part B score only will be used for merit list and qualified list for CEED 2013.
• Candidates must report to the center one hour before the start of the exam. This is required to record biometric information (Photograph and fingerprint) before appearing for the examination.