Industrial / Product Design

Candidates may note that IIT Bombay will not conduct any Joint Seat Allotment or counseling for admission to the M.Des programme offered by participating colleges. This means the role of IIT Bombay is limited to the conduct and declaration of results for the CEED 2024 exam.It is the responsibility of the candidate to apply to the participating colleges for admission based on their CEED 2024 merit ranks. The participating colleges will open the counseling application form soon after CEED 2024 results are declared.Note that only such candidates who have qualified in the CEED 2024 exam and have been allocated a merit rank will be eligible to apply for admission.

IIT Bombay will not conduct any Joint Seat Allotment for CEED 2024 qualified candidates. Instead, candidates who qualify in the exam and are allocated a merit rank have to apply directly to the CEED 2024 participating institute.The participating institutes will open the M.Des application process soon after CEED 2024 results are declared. To apply for admission, the candidate will have to fill in the M.Des application form, upload their CEED 2024 scorecard, and other relevant documents.Note that the participating institute may conduct further admission rounds, including personal interview and group discussion. The details will be published on the institute-admission portal.

No, mock tests are not the same as CEED question or sample papers. It is because the main purpose of the mock tests is to help the candidate get acquainted with the exam pattern and system, especially if the exam is conducted in an online mode. The mocks will allow the candidate get accustomed with the exam mode, navigation, scoring, and answering patterns. To some extent it also may help the candidate improve problem-solving and time-managment skills, which are typically the exclusive domain of CEED sample papers.Additionally, mock tests are meant to be taken in the last few days of the exam. On the other hand, sample papers are typically solved even in the early stages of exam preparation.

IIT Bombay releases the answer keys of the CEED exam along with the question paper. The answer keys contain the answers to the questions asked in the entrance exam. So, if you download the question paper and the corresponding answer key, you can use them for practice. Once you solve a problem, refer to the answer key and check if you have managed to correctly solve the problem.Currently, the CEED admission portal has question papers starting from 2010. Meanwhile, the answer keys are available from 2020 onward.But note that IIT Bombay will not release the detailed solution to a question, but release only the answer option. To get the detailed solutions, you have to check out with the coaching websites and other online sources.

The candidate may note that the eligibility criteria for appearing in the CEED 2024 exam and the eligibility criteria for admission to the M.Des programme are not the same.The eligibility criteria for appearing in the CEED 2024 exam will be determined by IIT Bombay. The institute will verify all the documents submitted the candidate during the application process. Meanwhile, the participating colleges will also determine the eligibility of the candidate during the counseling process, which will be conducted institute-wise. The candidate will have to furnish original documents, which will be used to determined the veracity of information furnished by the candidate in the CEED 2024 application form.