CEED

IIT Bombay launched the exam portal for CEED 2025 on October 1, 2024.The admission portals was activated along with the release of the admission notification. Candidates can access the admission portal at ceed.iitb.ac.in.The admission portals includes segments like important dates, examination information, program, download, and contact information. The candidate can check the key exam date in the important date section. The examination section have information like examination details, admit cards, exam cities, etc. Meanwhile, the candidate can get information about the courses that will be offered through CEED 2025 from the “Program” section.

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:IISc BangaloreIIT BombayIIT DelhiIIT GuwahatiIIT HyderabadIIT KanpurIIT RoorkeeIIT Jodhpur

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.VIT School of Design (V-SIGN), Vellore Institute of Technology, VelloreDelhi Technological University, Delhi (formerly Delhi College of Engineering)World University of Design (WUD), Sonepat, HaryanaRV University, BengaluruJK Lakshmipat University Logo JK Lakshmipat University, JaipurSrishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, BengaluruMIT ID Indore - Avantika UniversityCEPT University Ahmedabad, GujaratSchool of Planning and Architecture, BhopalUniversity of Petroleum and Energy Studies DehradunDr Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University PuneResult-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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.