CEED Participating Colleges 2025: Result Sharing Institutes, Seat Intake, Admission Process, Fees

Common Entrance Examination for Design 2025 ( CEED )

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CEED Participating Institutes 2025 - There are currently eight participating institutes of CEED 2025.

These institutes will consider CEED 2025 scores for admission to the M.Des and PhD courses offered by them. The participating institutes have an intake of more than 302 seats for the M.Des program.

Note that, unlike UCEED, IIT Bombay will not conduct any Joint Admission Process (or counseling) for CEED-participating institutes.

So, the candidate has to apply directly to the participating college once CEED 2025 results are declared. The counseling-cum-application form will be hosted on the institute portal. To apply, you have to get registered, upload the CEED 2025 scorecards and other mandatory documents, and submit the form.

The participating institutes may conduct further admission rounds like personal interviews and Portfolio reviews. Candidates who are assigned a merit rank in CEED 2025 can apply for admission. The participating institute will then make a merit list and shortlist candidates for admission.

IIT Bombay will also release a list of CEED 2025 result-sharing institutes; read below to learn about them. 

The CEED 2025 entrance exam will be conducted on January 19, 2025 (9 am - 12 noon).

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Q:   What is the seat intake for the M.Des programme offered by CEED accepting colleges?

A:

There are eight participating institutes of CEED 2025 that offer the M.Des program. Admission to theprogram will be on the basis of CEED 2025 merit rank.

S.No

Participating Institute

Department

M.Des Seat Intake

1

IISc Bangalore

Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing

18

2

IIT Bombay

IDC School of Design (Industrial Design Centre)

78

3

IIT Delhi

Department of Design

-

4

IIT Guwahati

Department of Design

33

5

IIT Hyderabad

Department of Design

30

6

IIT Kanpur

Design Programme

-

7

IIT Roorkee

Department of Design

20

8

IIT Jodhpur

School of Liberal Arts

-

Candidates who have been assigned a merit rank in CEED 2025 need to apply directly to the participating institute. Counseling registration will commence soon after CEED 2025 results are declared.

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Q:   When will the CEED 2025 exam be conducted?

A:

IIT Bombay will conduct the CEED 2025 exam on January 19, 2025 (9 am - 12 noon).

The exam will includ two sections - Part A and Part B. Part A of the exam will be administered in a computer-based mode, whereas Part B will be held offline. It is mandatory for candidates to qualify for Part A. 

If the candidate fails to qualify for Part A, his or her Part B answers booklet will not be evaluated. 

The final score cum merit list of CEED 2025 will be calculated by giving weightage to both Part A and Part B.

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Q:   Can I apply for Joint Seat Allocation for admission to M.Des programme based on CEED 2025 scores?

A:

IIT Bombay will not conduct any Joint Seat Allotment process for CEED 2025 qualified candidates. Instead, the candidate will have to apply directly to any or all of the eight participating institutes for admission. Note that IIT Bombay conducts a Joint Seat Allotment process for UCEED.

To get admission to a CEED 2025 participating institute, the candidate needs to go to the admission portal of the institute and fill in the counseling registration form. The registration form will open soon after the CEED 2025 results are declared.

Note that the participating institutes may conduct further admission rounds, like interview, before publishing the merit list for admission.

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Q:   When will the application form for CEED 2025 open?

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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.

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CEED 2025 Participating Colleges, Seat Intake

S.No

Participating Institute

Department

M.Des Seat Intake

1

IISc Bangalore

Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing

18

2

IIT Bombay

IDC School of Design (Industrial Design Centre)

78

3

IIT Delhi

Department of Design

20

4

IIT Guwahati

Department of Design

33

5

IIT Hyderabad

Department of Design

30

6

IIT Kanpur

Design Programme

78

7

IIT Roorkee

Department of Design

20

8

IIT Jodhpur

School of Liberal Arts

25

Total

302

Q:   What details I need to know before applying to a CEED 2025 participating institute?

A:

The candidate may note that the counseling application window for CEED is typically short. For instance, for CEED 2024, the counseling registration for the M.Des programme was conducted by IIT Bombay from March 11-28, 2024. So, it is important that the candidate is ready and well-informed.

Before filling out the application form, it is recommended that the candidate downloads the information brochure and goes through the key points carefully. The brochure would have information pertaining to eligibility criteria, documents required, application fee structure, and case certificate. It may be noted that only such candidates who have been assigned a merit rank in CEED 2025 may apply for admission.

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Q:   Is the number of CEED participating institutes constant?

A:

IIT Bombay declares the names of the CEED participating institutes at the time of the release of the admission notification or sometime thereabout. Also, the number of participating instittutes may change from one year to another. So, we can’t say that the number of participating institutes is fixed.

In fact, IIT Bomaby in consultation with the member institutes decides the list of participating institutes. Note that the IIT Bombay conducts a Joint Seat Allotment Process for the participating institutes. Also, participating institutes can only use CEED scores for admission purposes.

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Q:   When will CEED 2025 participating institutes open the counseling registration form?

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Candidates who have been assigned a merit rank in CEED 2025 are eligible for admission to the M.Des course offered by participating institutes. Note that in the case of CEED 2025, there will be no Joint Seat Allotment process conducted by IIT Bombay. Instead, the counseling process will be held at an institute-level by the participating institutes.

The counseling application will open soon after the CEED 2025 results are announced. Eligible candidates will have to go to the admission portal of the institute and fill in the application form. The participating institute will then shortlist applications based on the merit rank of the candidate in the CEED 2025 exam.

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CEED 2025 Participating College: Institute- and category-wise seat intake

IISc Bangalore - Seat Intake for M.Des program

Academic Program

Seat Intake

M.Des in Product Design and Manufacturing (PD) 

18

IIT Bombay - Seat Intake for M.Des program

Course

General

EWS

OBC (NC)

SC

ST

Total

Industrial Design

7

1

5

2

2

17

Communication Design

7

2

4

3

1

17

Interaction Design

6

2

4

3

1

16

Animation Design

5

2

4

2

1

14

Mobility and Vehicle Design

6

1

4

2

1

14

Total

31

8

21

12

6

78

IIT Guwahati - Seat Intake for M.Des program

Course

OPEN

Gen-EWS

OBC (NC)

SC

ST

Total

Master of Design

13

3

9

5

3

33

IIT Hyderabad- Seat Intake for M.Des program

Academic Program

Seat Intake

Master of Design

30

Including:

  • 10 MHRD fellowship seats
  •  20 self-financed seats

Note: Self Sponsored are part of the regular M Des program. Students under this category have to pay a tuition fee of Rs. 20,000 per credit for 48 credits in 24 months. The admission fee of Rs. 1 lakh will be adjusted against the tuition fee. Also, self-sponsored students can’t apply for any scholarships.

IIT Roorkee - Seat Intake for M.Des program

Course

Total Seats

Master of Design (Industrial Design)

20

IIITDM Jabalpur - Seat Intake for M.Des program

Course

Total Seats

Master of Design  

30

  • 10 seats for the candidates with GATE qualification
  • 20 seats for candidates with CEED qualification

CEED 2025 Result-sharing institutes

One difference between CEED 2025 result-sharing colleges and participating colleges is the result-sharing institutes will also use scores of OTHER entrance exams to fill some of their M.Des seats.

However, the participating colleges will only consider CEED 2025 merit ranks for admission purposes.

To give you an example, IIT Delhi will not accept NIFT or NID scores for admission to its M.Des program. However, if you are applying to a result-sharing institute, it may also accept scores of other exams.

To check out the exams accepted by an institute, go to its admission portal and check it out. It should be mentioned there.

CEED 2025 Result-sharing Institutes

  1. JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur
  2. MIT ID Indore - Avantika University
  3. Jain (Deemed-to-be-University), Bengaluru 
  4. Alliance University, Bengaluru 
  5. Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Bengaluru
  6. Mahindra University, Hyderabad =

CEED 2024 result-sharing institutes

  1. School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal 
  2. VIT School of Design (V-SIGN), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
  3. Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru
  4. Dr Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune
  5. RV University, Bengaluru
  6. JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur
  7. World University of Design (WUD) Sonipat, Haryana
  8. Jain (Deemed-to-be-University) Bangalore
  9. MIT ID Indore
  10. Dr Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune
  11. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Dehradun

Candidates may note that the number of result-sharing institutes is not constant and may vary from one admission year to another.

Q:   How are CEED 2025 result sharing institutes different from participating institutes?

A:

The participating institutes of CEED 2025 will offer admission to the M.Des courses based on CEED 2025 scores only. They will not accept scores of other entrance exams for admission process. Also, IIT Bombay will conduct a Joint Seat Allotment Process or Counseling for the participating institutes.

On the other hand, result-sharing institutes will not participate in the Joint Seat Allotment Process. Instead, these institutes will conduct counseling at an institute-level. This means, the candidate has to apply directly to these institutes based on their CEED 2025 scores. Another thing is result-sharing institutes will allocate only a fraction of the seats for CEED 2025 qualified candidates. The remaining seats will be filled by considering scores of other entrance exams.

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Q:   Is the number of CEED result-sharing institutes same for all academic sessions?

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The number of CEED result-sharing institutes is not constant. In fact, every year there is a different set of institutes that make the list of CEED result-sharing institutes. Note that the names of the CEED 2025 result-sharing institute will be announced on the admission portal - ceed.iitb.ac.in. 

Also, an institute can member a result-sharing institute at various stages of the CEED 2025 exam and admission process. For instance, some institute decide to become a result-sharing institute even before CEED exam is conducted, whereas there are others that only become result-shairng institutes after CEED results are declared.

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Eligibility Criteria for Admission to CEED Participating Institutes

The candidate needs to meet the following criteria TWO criteria:

  1. A valid CEED 2025 score
  2. A passing grade in the qualifying degree 

Qualifying degrees (As per information released by IIT Jodhpur)

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design/Engineering/Architecture/Interior Design: 10+2+4 years (minimum four-year Bachelor’s course). Note: B.Plan. considered equivalent to B.Arch. Four-year B.Sc (Engg) course after HSC is considered equivalent to BE/B.Tech.
  • Professional Diploma in Design: 10+2+4 years (minimum four-year diploma program).
  • BFA (4 Year professional program with entry after 10+2).
  • GD Art (4-year program after 1-year foundation. Minimum entry requirement 10th pass) Additionally, one year of professional experience in design areas is required.
  • Master’s Degree in Arts, Science (3+2 years program with entry after 10+2).
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Application (3 years or 2 years in case of lateral entry to the second year after the BCA program with entry after 10+2+3 years for graduation).
  • Or an equivalent degree as decided by the participating institute.

The candidate is urged to visit the website of the participating institute directly to get any other specific admission criteria.

How to apply to a CEED Participating Institute

The application form for admission typically opens after CEED results are declared.

  1. Application form submission - Candidates who have qualified CEED 2025 have to apply on the admission portal of the participating institute.
  2. Shortlisting of candidates for online evaluation - Based on applications received, the institute will shortlist candidates for an online interview.
  3. Portfolio submission - The candidate will also have to submit a portfolio.
  4. Online interview - The candidate will next appear in the online interview.
  5. Declaration of results - The institute will publish the list of selected candidates on its admission portal.
  6. Payment of fees and confirmation of admission - Selected candidates have to pay the admission fee and complete any other admission formalities.

Application Cycle:

The candidate may note that the participating colleges will OPEN the counseling-cum-application form for CEED 2025 immediately after the results are declared.

For instance, in the last edition of the exam, IIT Bombay STARTED the application form on March 11, 2024 (the same day CEED 2024 results were declared. The last date to fill the application form was March 28, 2024.

The shortlist for the M.Des and M.Des by research evaluation was released on April 22, 2024.

This was followed by a written test on May 10, 2024. This was followed by an interview on May 11, 2024. 

The results (or seat allotment) were declared on June 3, 2024. 

CEED Participating Institutes 2024 - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Go through the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to CEED 2025 colleges below.

Q:   What are participating institutes of CEED 2025?

A:

The participating institutes of CEED 2025 are colleges that will offer admission to the M.Des and PhD courses solely on the basis of CEED 2025 scores. These institutes not consider scores of other entrance exams, like NIFT and NID DAT, for admission purposes. The list of CEED 2025 participating institutes will be published on the admission portal - ceed.iitb.ac.in.

The online application form for admission to CEED participating institutes will open tentatively in the last week of September 2024. Note that unlike UCEED 2025, IIT Bombay will not conduct any Joint Seat Allotment process for CEED 2025.

Such candidates who qualify CEED 2025 will have to apply directly to a participating college.

In the previous edition of the exam, there were the following eight participating institutes of CEED:

  1. IISc Bangalore

  2. IIT Bombay

  3. IIT Delhi

  4. IIT Guwahati

  5. IIT Hyderabad

  6. IIT Kanpur

  7. IIT Roorkee

  8. IIT Jodhpur

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Q:   What are the CEED 2025 result-sharing institutes?

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In addition to participating institutes, there are also CEED result-sharing institutes. In the previous edition of the CEED exam (CEED 2024), there were 11 result-sharing institutes.

  1. VIT School of Design (V-SIGN), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore

  2. Delhi Technological University, Delhi (formerly Delhi College of Engineering)

  3. World University of Design (WUD), Sonepat, Haryana

  4. RV University, Bengaluru

  5. JK Lakshmipat University Logo JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur

  6. Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru

  7. MIT ID Indore - Avantika University

  8. CEPT University Ahmedabad, Gujarat

  9. School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal

  10. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Dehradun
  11. Dr Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University Pune

Result-sharing institutes will fill up some of the UG seats based on CEED 20224 scores. However, they may also consider scores of other top ecams to fill in rest of the seats.

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Q:   How to apply to a CEED 2025 participating college?

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The CEED 2025 participating institutes will open the application form for counseling on their respective official admission portals. The step-wise admission process to the M.Desprogrammeis given below:

  1. The candidate needs to check CEED 2025 results.

  2. Candidates who have qualified CEED 2025 exam, or have been assigned a merit rank are eligible to apply to CEED 2024 participating institute.

  3. The participating institutes will start the counseling application form soon after CEED 2025 results are declared.

  4. The candidate who have qualified CEED 2025 exam and also meets the eligibility criteria prescribed by the participating institute need to fill in the application form before the last date.

  5. The participating institute will shortlist applications based on the merit rank of the candidate.

  6. The instutite may also conduct further admission rounds before final seat allotment.

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Q:   Is the number of CEED participating institutes constant?

A:

IIT Bombay declares the names of the CEED participating institutes at the time of the release of the admission notification or sometime thereabout. Also, the number of participating instittutes may change from one year to another. So, we can’t say that the number of participating institutes is fixed.

In fact, IIT Bomaby in consultation with the member institutes decides the list of participating institutes. Note that the IIT Bombay conducts a Joint Seat Allotment Process for the participating institutes. Also, participating institutes can only use CEED scores for admission purposes.

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Q:   What is the seat intake for the M.Des programme at IIT Bombay through CEED 2025?

A:

The Master of Design (MDes) programs is offered at IDC School of Design at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Bombay). The combined seat intake for theprogrammestands at 31. Check the category-wise and specializatio-wise seat intake in the table below. 

Course

General

EWS

OBC (NC)

SC

ST

Total

Industrial Design

7

2

4

3

1

17

Communication Design

7

1

5

2

17

Interaction Design

6

2

4

3

1

16

Animation Design

5

2

4

2

1

14

Mobility and Vehicle Design

6

1

4

2

1

14

Total

31

8

21

12

6

78

The candidate can apply to CEED 2025 participating institutes after CEED 2025 results. Candidates will be shortlisted for admission based on their merit ranks.

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To be considered for admission to the PhD courses, the candidate needs to first qualify in the CEED 2025 entrance exam.

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Yes, IIT Kanpur will offer a PhD in Design course through CEED 2025. 

Candidates seeking admission to the program need to take the CEED 2025 entrance exam. The application forms for CEED is currently open.

Note that IIT Bombay will not consult any joint counselling for PhD candidates. As such, shortli

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IIT Roorkee doesn't offer PhD in Design course through CEED. It only offers a MDes in Industrial Design.
 
Admission to the M.Des program will be based on CEED 2025 merit rank. The candidate will have to apply directly to the participating college once results are declared.

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Part A of the CEED 2025 question paper will have three types of questions:

  • NAT (Numerical Answer Type): 8 questions
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  • MCQ (Multiple Choice Question): 26 questions 

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IIT Bombay conducts the CEED entrance exam for M.Des and PhD courses.

So, yes, you can take the CEED 2025 exam if you plan to get admission to the PhD program offered by participating colleges. 

Fill out the CEED 2025 application form before the last date; applications are currently open.

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Candidates may note that qualifying in CEED is no guarantee for admission to any program. 

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 The CEED score is valid for a period of one year from the date of declaration of the result. This means you can use CEED 2025 scores for admission in the current academic session only. You can't use for admission in the next year.

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Yes, CEED is a national-level exam for admission to M.Des and PhD courses offered by participating colleges. The exam is conducted by IIT Bombay.

Note that, in addition to the participating colleges, a number of other institutes, known as result-sharing institutes, will also use CEED scores for admis

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The Department of Design, IITD, is set ton introduce a B.Tech in Design program from the upcoming admission session.

It will have an intake of 20 students in the first batch. It is a 4 year program. The intake will be based on JEE advanced merit rank.

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The design task/interview for admission to the M. Des. in Department of Design, IIT Delhi will be held in May 2025 (tentative).

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    3.0

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    Learning Experience

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