CEED

IIT Bombay will not conduct any Joint Seat Allotment process for CEED 2024 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 2024 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 2024 results are declared.Note that the participating institutes may conduct further admission rounds, like interview, before publishing the merit list for admission.

There are eight participating institutes of CEED 2023 that offer the M.Des program. Admission to theprogrammewill be on the basis of CEED 2024 merit rank.S.NoParticipating InstituteDepartmentM.Des Seat Intake1IISc BangaloreCentre for Product Design and Manufacturing182IIT BombayIDC School of Design (Industrial Design Centre)783IIT DelhiDepartment of Design-4IIT GuwahatiDepartment of Design335IIT HyderabadDepartment of Design306IIT KanpurDesign Programme-7IIT RoorkeeDepartment of Design208IIT JodhpurSchool of Liberal Arts-Candidates who have been assigned a merit rank in CEED 2024 need to apply directly to the participating institute. Counseling registration will commence soon after CEED 2024 results are declared.

Candidates who have been assigned a merit rank in CEED 2024 are eligible for admission to the M.Des course offered by participating institutes. Note that in the case of CEED 2024, 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 2024 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 2024 exam.

The candidate may note that the counseling application window for CEED is typically short. For instance, for CEED 2023, the counseling registration for the M.Desprogrammewas conducted by IIT Bombay from May 5-7, 2023. 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 2024 may apply for admission.

The participating institutes of CEED 2024 will offer admission to the M.Des courses based on CEED 2024 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 2024 scores. Another thing is result-sharing institutes will allocate only a fraction of the seats for CEED 2024 qualified candidates. The remaining seats will be filled by considering scores of other entrance exams

The participating institutes of CEED 2024 are colleges that will offer admission to M.Desprogrammeonly on the basis of CEED 2024 scores. These institutes not consider scores of other entrance exams, like NIFT and NID DAT, for admission purposes. The list of CEED 2024 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 2023. Note that unlike UCEED 2024, IIT Bombay will not conduct any Joint Seat Allotment process for CEED 2024.Such candidates who qualify CEED 2024 will have to apply directly to a participating college.There are the eight participating institutes of CEED:IISc BangaloreIIT BombayIIT DelhiIIT GuwahatiIIT HyderabadIIT KanpurIIT RoorkeeIIT Jodhpur