SEED Counselling

Yes, the Symbiosis Institute of Design will verify all the information furnished by the candidate in the application form. The verification process will be condcucted at the time of SEED 2025 counseling and seat allotment. So, it is recommended that the candidate only furnishes only genuine and verifiable information in the application form. If incorrect information is submitted, the candidate may face disqualfiication. In case the candidate is awarded a seat and is found to be ineligible later on, the seat may be cancelled and allocated to the candidate next in the order of merit.

The SEED 2025 seat allotment will be made considering the following factors:The merit rank of the candidate in the SEED 2025 written examPortfolio ReviewPRPI TaskPersonal InteractionAdditionally, the information entered by the candidate at the time of filling out the SEED 2025 application form will also be considered. Note that the candidate has to select the B.Des specialisation when applying for SEED 2025.The 1st seat allotment for SEED 2025 will be announced on April 21, 2025. 

Symbiosis Institute of Design (SID) will announce the 1st seat allotment for the B.Des programme on April 21, 2024. The seat allotment will be announced in the form of a merit list containing the names of candidates shortlisted for admission. Candidates included in the merit list will have to pay the seat-acceptance fee and register online for the B.Des program from April 21-May 2, 2025.Note that if the candidate doesn’t pay the fee within the given deadline, then his or her seat allotment could be cancelled. If there are any vacant seats left after the 1st round of allotment, a 2nd allotment may also be announced.

There will be no specific counseling registration process for SEED 2025. In fact, candidates will be allocated seats to the B.Des programme based on their merit rank in the SEED 2025 entrance exam.The merit list will be prepared by considering the cumulative performance of the candidate in the SEED 2025 written exam, Portfolio Review, PRPI Task and Personal Interaction. The first merit list cum seat allotment for SEED 2025 will be announced on April 21, 2025. Candidates who are included in the merit list need to pay the seat-acceptance fee and register online for the program.

In the previous edition of the SEED exam, a single seat allotment round was conducted. In the SEED 2025 counseling as well only one round of seat allotment is announced so far.So, you may not be eligible for admission if you are not included in the 1st list. But that being said, if there are vacant seats left after the 1st round of admission, a 2nd round of allotment will be allocated. The details regarding any additional rounds of counseling will be notified on the SID admission portal - sid.edu.in. Note that there is no need to register separately for the 2nd round of counseling.