About CEED

The Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED) is a joint entrance exam for post graduate studies in the field of technological design held annually jointly at all IITs and Indian Institute of Science (IISc). The examination is hosted by the Industrial Design Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay on behalf of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. It is a descriptive test covering a student's logical, creative, observation and drawing skills, tested in particular for admission to various design courses in the field of Product Design, Industrial Design, Visual Communication, Animation Graphic and, Vehicle Design and Mobility.

Eligibility

There is no bar to either the age of the candidate or the number of times a candidate can participate. The minimum academic qualification for appearing in the examination is a bachelor's degree in Design, Architecture, Fine Arts or Engineering from a recognized college or university of India. All qualified candidates with a valid CEED Examination score become eligible to apply for admission to various design programs under IITs and IISc. A valid CEED score does not, however, promise admission to the desired institute. Candidates are always required to appear a second test known as the Design Aptitude Test (DAT) followed by an interview prior to final selection by the respective institutes.

Examination Pattern

From year 2013 CEED has changed its examination pattern. Now the examination is conducted in three stages:

1. Part - A
2. Part - B
3. Interview

QUESTION PAPER STRUCTURE

Part A

Section	Number of Questions	Question Number	Marks if Correct	Marks if Wrong	Marks if not Attempted	Total Marks
NAT	8	1 — 8	3	0	0	24
MSQ	10	9 — 18	3	− 0.2	0	30
MCQ	23	19 — 41	2	− 0.5	0	46
Total	41	1 — 41				100

Part B

Section	Number of Questions	Question Number	Total Marks
Sketching	1	1	20
Creativity	1	2	20
Form Sensitivity	1	3	20
Visual Sensitivity	1	4	20
Problem Identification	1	5	20
Total	5	1 — 5	100

Part - A Covers the following categories

• Visual Communication - this includes Logo's, signage, advertising, packaging, fonts etc.
• Animation Design - includes Movement observation, comic strips, visuals etc.
• Product Design - that covers Latest and newest products and trends, current products etc.
• Automobile Design - that relates to Aesthetics, manufacturers and plants etc.
• Digital (applied to almost all the fields) - which relates to Photography, color coding, displays, printing etc.
• Observation and visualization (Basic designer skill) - something like Mirroring, textures, evolution (past to present), isometrics and geometry, tessellations, shadows and more.
• Architecture - that covers Sculpture, monuments, materials etc.
• General awareness - which includes Engineering ability, materials, culture of the country, famous personalities and their works, instruments, animals etc.

Part - B Comprises the following categories

• Basic and visual sketching - that might include objective, perceptive and imaginative types.
• Observation, problem Identification and problem solving
• Design think-ability - that relates mostly to the design streams like product/Industrial, Interaction Design and User Interface Design
• Visual communication design in the form of posters, logo
• Animation design in the form of comic strips, character framing etc
• Those who clear Part-A and Part-B are required to prepare Portfolio to produce during the interview.

Programmes -

CEED qualified candidate can apply for the following programmes in designing in IIT's, UPES and IISc, Bangalore :-

( a) Master of Design programs (MDes, M.Des. or M.Design)

• IISc,Bangalore - M.Des. in Product design and Engineering
• IIT Bombay - M.Des. in Industrial design, Visual Communication, Animation, Interaction Design, 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. in Design
• School of Design Studies- UPES Dehradun - M.Des. in Industrial design,Product Design,Interior Design ,Transportation Design

( b) Ph.D Programs in Design

• IISc Bangalore,
• IIT Bombay,
• IIT Hyderabad and IIT Kanpur