CEED 2024 Score Card has been released via online mode. Exam has been conducted via online mode. Common Entrance Exam for Design (CEED) is conducted by IIT Bombay. Through CEED, candidates will be offered admission into M.Des (Master of Design) & Ph.D Programmes. The main objective is to assess the candidate’s aptitude for design involving drawing skills, visual perception ability, creativity, logical reasoning, communication and problem solving skills. It is a qualifying examination for admission to M.Des programmes at IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Hyderabad and Ph.D at several institutes. However, qualifying in CEED alone does not guarantee admission. Candidates must check following article for details regarding CEED 2024 such as answer key, result etc.
Answer Key Exam Dates Exam Pattern
CEED 2024 Notifications – Score Card Out
CEED 2024 Score Card has been released on 11th March 2024. Check here for result details.
CEED 2024 Result has been declared on 6th March 2024. Check here for result details.
CEED 2024 Final Answer Key & Question Papers has been released on 1st February 2024. Check here for answer key details.
CEED 2024 Cut Off has been released on 8th February 2024 for Part A. The Mean & Standard Deviation are 41.90 & 16.72, respectively. Check here for cut off details.
CEED 2024 Syllabus has been revised. Click here to get revised syllabus.
CEED 2024 Admit Card has been released on 5th January 2024. Check here for admit card details.
CEED 2024 Exam Date has been announced. It has been conducted on 21st January 2024. Check here for exam details.
CEED 2024 Registration can be done till 20th November 2023 with late fee. Check here for application form details.
Admission Open 2024
CEED 2024 Highlights
| Exam Name | CEED 2024 |
| Full Form | Common Entrance Exam for Design |
| Conducting Authority | IIT-Bombay |
| Type of Exam | PG-Level |
| Exam Level | National Level |
| Courses Offered | Design courses |
| Application Mode | Online Mode |
| Exam Mode | Online Mode |
| Exam Date | 21st January 2024 |
CEED 2024 Exam Dates
Candidates must check following CEED 2024 exam dates:
| Events | Dates (Official) |
| Application form availability | 3rd October 2023 |
| Last date to apply | 13th November 2023 |
| Registration with late fee | 14th to 20th November 2023 |
| Admit card availability | 5th January 2024 |
| Last date to rectify discrepancy in admit card | 11th January 2024 |
| CEED 2024 Exam Date | 21st January 2024 |
| Draft answer key | 23rd January 2024 |
| Last date of objection | 25th January 2024 |
| Final answer key | 1st February 2024 |
| Part A cut off marks | 8th February 2024 |
| Result availability | 6th March 2024 |
| Score card | 11th March to 12th June 2024 |
CEED 2024 Answer Key
CEED Answer Key has been released via online mode. Draft answer key has been released on 23rd January 2024. First, authority has published Draft keys for Part A. Also, students are also able to access or download their responses through login only.
Candidates are also allowed to make objection against CEED 2024 answer key (if any) through candidate’s portal. Candidates are able to submit objections against the answer key till 25th January 2024. Final answer key has been available on 1st February 2024.
Once objection period gets over, authority will release final answer key. It has been available in the form of pdf. Through Final answer key, candidates will be able to calculate their marks even before result declaration. Though, only result marks will be considered as final candidate’s performance in the exam.
CEED 2024 Result
Candidates are able to check CEED 2024 Result via online mode. It has been published on 6th March 2024 by officials authority. As answer key, result is also available in the form of Part A & B.
To download result, candidates have to use their login credentials. Further, authority has also published CEED 2024 Score card. It will be required at the time of admission. Scorecard can be downloaded from 11th March to 12th June 2024.
CEED 2024 Cut off
The cut off criteria for CEED 2024 has been released on 8th February 2024. It is released in the form of Part A & B. CEED Cut off marks are the minimum marks, one have to score to full fill to get the admission. The tentative cut off criteria (as per last year) will be as:
Part A: Candidates will have to score minimum qualifying marks given below to qualify part A & to be shortlisted in Part B:
- Open category – 10%
- OBC-NCL – 9%
- SC/ST/PW – 5%
However, it should be noted that if the number of seats available is ‘N’ then the top 10x N candidates will be shortlisted.
Part B: Only candidates who score above the CEED cut-off marks for their respective categories will be issued the CEED scorecard.
CEED 2024 Counselling
There is no common counselling for CEED exam. Candidates will have to apply separately for admission at the institutes where they wish to apply. Only qualified candidates will be allowed to apply for the admission. One must first check their eligibility & then apply online. Further, shortlisted candidates will be allowed to attend Personal Interview.
Candidates will get selected after submitting the required admission fee, document verification & other required documents verification. Shortlisted candidates must not forget to carry required photostated & original documents for verification.
CEED 2024 Participating Institutes
Candidates must check following list for various participating institutes for CEED 2024:
- IIT Delhi, Department of Design
- IIT Hyderabad, Department of Design
- IIT Guwahati, Department of Design
- IIT Jodhpur, Department of Design
- IISC Bangalore, Centre For Product Design & Manufacturing
- IIT Bombay, IDC School of Design (Industrial Design Centre)
- IIT Kanpur, Design Programme
- IIT Roorkee, Department of Design
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
CEED 2024 Application Form
Candidates must check following details regarding CEED 2024 Application Form:
- CEED 2024 Application Form has been made available via online mode.
- The application form for CEED 2024 has been released from 3rd October 2023.
- Interested & eligible candidates for registration must first check its eligibility norms.
- While filling application form, candidates must not forget to upload passport size photograph & signature in the prescribed format.
- The last date to submit the registration form is till 13th November 2023.
- Authority will also provide correction facility to edit incorrect details (if any) in the form for limited time period.
- During registration, one must provide all required documents & details, as incomplete details in the form will lead to rejection.
- Once all details are completely filled, one must take printout of completely filled in application form for further use.
Application Fee:
- The application fee can be submitted through online mode. No other mode is applicable to submit the fee.
- Mode of payment includes credit card, debit card or net banking.
- The application fee for each category candidates will be as follows:
| Category | Application Fee |
| Women candidates | Rs. 1900/- |
| SC/ ST/ PwD | Rs. 1900/- |
| For all other candidates | Rs. 3800/- |
- The late fee of Rs. 500/- is applicable for any candidate who will submit the form after the last date.
- In any case, registration fee is non-transferable/ non-refundable.
How to Apply for CEED 2024:
Candidates must follow given steps while filling CEED application form:
- Visit official website (Link is given above).
- Click on “Registration Portal” option.
- Click on, “New Registration” for new candidates & “login” option for already registered candidates.
- Enter all required personal, qualification & other details.
- Upload passport size photographs & signature in prescribed format.
- Also upload other documents & caste certificate (if required).
- Re-check & verify all the given details.
- After verification, submit the application fee as per your category.
- Once fee is submitted, take printout of registration form.
- Keep printout safe for future usage.
CEED 2024 Eligibility Criteria
Candidates must check following eligibility norms before applying for CEED 2024:
- Qualification: Candidate must have completed minimum degree/ diploma/ PG degree of minimum 3 years (after 10+2 level), or must be appearing for the final examination of such a program by July 2024, or must have passed the GD Arts diploma programme (10+5 level) by July 2024.
- Age Limit: There is no age limit to apply for CEED 2024.
- Attempt limit: Interested & eligible candidates can apply any number of times.
CEED 2024 Admit Card
The CEED admit card has been made available via online mode from 5th January 2024. Candidates have to use login credentials to download it. Hall Ticket consists of all exam related details such as candidate’s name, exam date, time, venue & exam instructions.
Candidates have to carry one ID proof along with admit card at the exam venue. In case of any discrepancies in hall ticket, candidates must mail at [email protected]. Any incorrect details in the admit card will not be accepted by officials.
CEED 2024 Exam Pattern
Check following details regarding CEED 2024 Exam Pattern here:
- Exam Mode: Part A will be conducted through online mode & Part B will be via offline mode.
- Part of Exam: The test will be conducted in two parts: Part A and Part B.
- Medium: The question paper will be available in English Language only.
- Duration: The total duration of the exam will be about 180 minutes (3 hours).
- Total Marks: The question paper will be of 250 marks including Part A & Part B.
- Types of Questions: All the questions in Part A will be objective types of questions followed by MCQ, MSQ & NAT.
Section wise exam pattern for CEED exam is mentioned below:
Part A:
| Section | No. of Questions | Question No. | Marks if Correct | Negative Marking | Total Marks |
| NAT | 8 | 1 – 8 | 4 | 0 | 32 |
| MSQ | 10 | 9 – 18 | Partial Marking | -1 | 40 |
| MCQ | 26 | 19 – 44 | 3 | -0.5 | 78 |
| Total | 44 | 1 – 44 | 150 |
Part B:
| Section | No. of Questions | Question No. | Total Marks |
| Sketching Question | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Creativity Question | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| Form Sensitivity | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Visualization Question | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| Problem Identification | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| Total | 5 | 1 – 5 | 100 |
CEED 2024 Exam Center
CEED 2024 examination will be conducted in the following cities:
Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Ernakulam, Guwahati, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Panaji, Thrissur, and Visakhapatnam.
CEED 2024 Syllabus
CEED Syllabus for Part A & Part B is given below. Candidates need to know the whole syllabus for the CEED 2024 examination to score well and get admission into the various institutes.
Part A:
- Environmental and Social Awareness: Social and cultural connections with design, general awareness of environmental, social and cultural connections with design.
- Visualization and Spatial Ability: Ability to visualise and transform 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships.
- Analytical and Logical Reasoning: This section will include ability to analyse qualitative and quantitative information.
- Design thinking and Problem-Solving: Knowledge of production processes, media, materials and ergonomics.
- Observation and Design Sensitivity: Attention to detail, classification, analysis, inference and prediction. The capacity to detect concealed properties in daily life and think critically about them.
- Arts & Design Knowledge: Awareness about artists/ designers, art/ design history, art/ artefact/ product and trends.
- Language and Creativity: Proficiency in reading and comprehending Standard English. Grasp of verbal and non-verbal analogies, metaphors, signs and symbols.
Part B:
- Creativity: Ability to think out of the box and come up with unique as well as diverse solutions.
- Communication Skills: Ability to communicate concepts and ideas clearly with the help of text and visuals.
- Drawing: Ability to draw products, people, or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective, and shading.
- Problem Identification Skills: Ability to understand the user and the context, knowledge of properties of materials and their appropriate use in design, etc.
CEED Preparation Tips
Check following tips & tricks while preparing for CEED examination:
- Go through complete exam pattern & syllabus and prepare accordingly.
- Make proper notes while preparing & revise them on regular basis.
- Eat healthy & take proper sleep.
- Solve last year paper & model paper.
- Focus more on your stronger points.
- Keep at-least last one week only for revision.
- Do not get panic. Keep doing yoga & meditation.
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