CEED 2025
- The Common Entrance Exam for Design (CEED) is to assess the candidate’s aptitude for design involving visual perception ability, drawing skills,
- logical reasoning, creativity, communication, and problem solving skills.
- CEED is conducted by IIT Bombay.
- It is a qualifying examination for admission to Master of Design (MDes) programmes at IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati,IIT Hyderabad, IIT Jodhpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee, IIITDM Jabalpur and PhD programmes at several IITs and design schools.
- The CEED score is also accepted by many other reputed institutes and Universities for admissions to their Master of Design (M.Des) programmes.
CEED 2025 will be conducted on Sunday, January 19, 2025 from 9:00 am – 12:00 noon.
CEED 2025 will be conducted at Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Ernakulam, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Mysuru, Nagpur, Noida, Panaji, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, and Visakhapatnam.
CEED 2025 examination will consist of two parts,
- Part-A and Part-B. Candidates must attempt questions from both the parts.
- Part-A will be conducted from 9:00 am to 10:00 am followed by Part-B from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon.
CEED 2025 Exam pattern
Part-A (Total marks: 150; Maximum time: 1 hour)
- This part will be administered through a computer-based test.
- This part will consist of three sections.
Section 1: NAT (Numerical Answer Type): 8 questions (4 marks each; no negative marks). For these questions, the answer is a number that needs to be entered using a virtual keyboard on the computer screen. No choices will be shown for these questions.
Section 2: MSQ (Multiple Select Question): 10 questions. Each MSQ may have one or more than one correct choice(s) out of the four given.
The following is the marking scheme:
- Full Marks: + 4 If only (all) the correct option(s) is(are) chosen and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
- Partial Marks: + 3 If all the four options are correct but ONLY three options are chosen.
- Partial Marks: + 2 If three or more options are correct but ONLY two options are chosen, both of which are correct and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
- Partial Marks: + 1 If two or more options are correct but ONLY one option is chosen and it is a correct option and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
- Zero Marks: 0 If NONE of the options is chosen (i.e., the question is unanswered).
- Negative Marks: -1 In all other cases.
Section 3: MCQ (Multiple Choice Question): 26 questions (3 marks each for the correct answer; 0.5 negative marks for incorrect answers).
Each MCQ will have four choices, out of which only one is the correct answer.
Part-B (Total marks: 100; Maximum time: 2 hours)
Part-B consists of five questions to test design, drawing and writing skills. The questions in Part-B will be displayed on the computer screen, and the answers should be written in the answer book provided by the invigilator (NOT into the Computer). However, you need to tick the appropriate box on the computer screen to indicate that you have answered the same. In the case of PwD candidates availing the use of a scribe, assistance in attempting Part-B is not permitted, as the question is aimed at evaluating their drawing skill.
- Part-B answer booklets will be collected at the end of the examination.
- Part-B questions are mandatory.
- The entire paper (Part-A and Part-B) must be finished within the stipulated time for each part.
Following is the question paper structure for CEED 2025:
| Part A 1 Hour | ||||||
| Part A | Type of Question | No of Question | Marks for correct Answer | Marks for each wrong answer | Marks for each question not attempted | Total marks for the section |
| Section 1 | Numerical Answer Type (NAT) | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Section 2 | Multiple Select Question (MSQ) | 10 | Partial Marking | -0.1 | 0 | 40 |
| Section 3 | Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) | 26 | 3 | -0.5 | 0 | 78 |
| Total | 44 | 150 | ||||
| Part B | ||||||
| Part A | Type of Question | No of Question | Marks for correct Answer | Marks for each wrong answer | Marks for each question not attempted | Total marks for the section |
| Section 1 | Drawing / Sketching | 1 | 20 | NA | NA | 20 |
| Section 2 | Creativity | 1 | 20 | NA | NA | 20 |
| Section 3 | Visual Sensitivity | 1 | 20 | NA | NA | 20 |
| Section 4 | Form sensitivity | 1 | 20 | NA | NA | 20 |
| Section 5 | Problem identification | 1 | 20 | NA | NA | 20 |
| Total | 5 | 100 | ||||
Shortlisting: Marks obtained in Part-A will be used to shortlist candidates. The cut-off marks (δ) for Part-A for shortlisting candidates in the GEN category will be μ + (σ⁄2) = δ, where μ is the average mark, and σ is the standard deviation of distribution of marks obtained by ALL the candidates in Part-A of CEED 2025.
The μ and σ will be rounded-off to two decimal places. Candidates belonging to the reserved categories shall have to fulfil a relaxed cut-off mark, which will be 0.9δ for OBC-NCL/EWS and 0.5δ for SC/ST/PwD.
Part-B answer books will be evaluated manually ONLY for candidates shortlisted from Part-A. Part-B of CEED contains subjective questions, and there are no model solutions for them. It will be evaluated holistically on a set of criteria given in the question.
There is NO provision for RE-EVALUATION or RE-TOTALLING in CEED.
Request for re-evaluation or re-totalling will NOT be entertained under any circumstances.
The final CEED score will be calculated by giving 25% weightage to marks obtained in Part-A and 75% weightage to marks obtained in Part-B after the above calculation.