CEED Application Form 2025 (Closed): Registration Link, Step-wise Process, Fees, What Next?

IIT Bombay will OPEN the  application form for CEED 2025 online at ceedapp.iitb.ac.in/CEED/home.jsp

The form will open tentatively in October 2024.

To apply for CEED 2025 exam, go to the portal and click on the "Register" button. You will have to first get registered, and then proceed to fill out the form. 

The admission notification for CEED 2025 will be released by IIT Bombay on its admission portal - ceed.iitb.ac.in. It will contains information like dates, information brochure, eligibility criteria, exam centres, and other important details candidates need to know before filling out the form. The CEED 2025 application is for admission to the M. Des course offered by participating colleges.

The CEED 2025 applications opened on October 1, 2025. The application has to be filled online at ceed.iitb.ac.in.

The candidate can apply with both regular and late fees.

All the details pertaining to the CEED 2025 application form has been updated on the admission portals, including the information brochure. The candidate needs to carefully go through the brochure to check their eligibility. Note that information entered by the candidate at the time of submitting their application form will be verified at the time of counseling. Any candidate who doesn’t meet the criteria will be disqualified.

Yes, there will be an option to fill out the CEED 2025 application form with late fees.

The window to submit applications with late fees will be open from November 1-8, 2024.

Candidates applying for CEED 2025 after regular registration window closes will have to pay a late fee of INR 500. The late fee will have to be paid at the time of filling out the form. 

Note that once the late application windows close, the candidate will not be able to apply for CEED 2025 any longer.

IIT Bombay has released the admission schedule for the CEED 2025 exam, including the application start and last dates, at the time of the release of the application form.

The CEED application form is open from October 1-31, 2024.

The candidate also has the option to apply with late fees of INR 500 from November 1-8, 2024.

Note that IIT Bombay may also extend the last dates for submission of the form.

IIT Bombay has revised the application fee for CEED.

The updated application fee that candidates have to pay an application fee when applying for the CEED exam is shown below.

Women candidates - INR 2000

SC, ST, PwD candidates - INR 2000

All other candidates - INR 4000

The candidate will have to pay a fee as per the category they belong. If the candidate selects the wrong category and pay the wrong feels, he or she may be disqualified. So, care must be taken when selecting ones category.

To appear in the CEED 2025 exam, the candidate must have passed a degree, Diploma, or postgraduate degree exam of minimum three years. There is no limit on the upper age limit or number of attempts for appearing in CEED. The eligibility criteria that candidates need to meet for appearing in the CEED have been explained below. Qualifying exam - The candidate must have completed a degree, Diploma, or postgraduate programme of a minimum of THREE years (after 10+2). Or, Appearing for the final exam of such a programme by July 2025 or, Must have passed the GD Arts Diploma programme (10+5) level by July 2024. Age limit - No upper age limit. Number of Attempts - The CEED exam can be attempted any number of times. It is incumbent on the candidate to carefully go through the eligibility criteria before filling out the CEED application form. It is because if the candidate doesn't meet any of the criteria, then he or she can be disqualified at any stage of the admission process.

Candidates must report any issue faced by them while filling the CEED application form by clicking on the 'Report Problem' tab that is present on the right side of the application process windows. The tab is highlight in yellow colour. On clicking this tab, candidates had to elaborate on the problem that they are experiencing and also mention their registration number.

It was recommended that candidates fill out the form as soon as possible and don't wait for the last few days. It is because students could face server or other such issues which could delay or hinder the application process.

Candidates can know the status of their CEED 2025 application form on the official registration portals of the exam. In a situation wherein any more information or document is required then the CEED office gets in touch with aspirants through their registered email. It may be note that complete applications will be rejected.

The application form for CEED 2025 will open tentatively in October 2024. The candidate must carefully go through the step-wise process to fill out the form.

Candidates can request for a change in the test city and the same will be accommodated by authorities provided there is a valid reason. To change the CEED 2025 exam city, candidates need to make a request to the office of the Chairperson, IIT Bombay within the stipulated time. The CEED 2025 exam will be conducted in 27 cities  across the country. Each of these cities can have one or more exam centres. The name of the exam centre allocated to the candidate will be mentioned in the admit card.

The difficulty level of CEED exam has been maintained by authorities over the years. However, most design aspirants share that if difficulty level of all design entrance exams conducted for PG level courses is compared then CEED is slightly easier than NID Entrance Exam. This is primarily because the drawing questions asked in NID that are considered to be tougher than those put forth in CEED exam. Note that CEED exam is for admission to the M.Des courses offered by the eight participating colleges. Meanwhile, the NID that for the M.Des programme has three participating colleges.

The application form for CEED 2025 will be released online at ceed.iitb.ac.in. To fill out the form, you need to follow these steps:

Go to the CEED 2025 admission portals - ceed.iitb.ac.in
If application is open, the application link will be activated
Click on the link to go to the registration page
Fill in your name, email id, and mobile number to get registered
After registration, log in to fill the rest of the application form
Enter academic, personal, and contact details
Upload documents
Pay the application fee
Once the application process is complete, download and take a sprint the CEED online form.

There is no option to apply for CEED 2025 exam offline. Also, application forms submitted offline, after dowloading and taking a printout of the form and filling it offline, will not be accepted. 

Candidates may note that the CEED 2025 application process is completely online. So, to fill out the form, you need to go the CEED 2025 admission portals - ceed.iitb.ac.in. Click on the application link, fill in all the essential details, upload documents, and pay the fee to complete the application process.

The CEED 2024 application form is currently closed.