What is CEED?
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay) conducts Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED) to provide admission to aspirants in Master of Design (MDes) and PhD programmes offered at colleges accepting CEED scores. As per statistics shared, CEED 2020 was attempted by 5,564 candidates and out of this number 1,724 candidates qualified the exam.
CEED exam comprises two parts – A and B. CEED exam pattern is such that part A of the exam consists of objective type questions (to be attempted in online mode) whereas part B of the exam contains subjective questions (to be attempted in offline mode). CEED Part B exam contains questions that test design, drawing and writing skills of candidates. Part A of CEED exam is considered as a screening test. It means that only candidates who clear Part A are evaluated for Part B of the exam.
CEED exam was conducted on January 18, 2020 and its result was declared on March 1. IIT Bombay has also released the list of CEED topper. The topper of CEED 2020 is from Chattisgarh and he has scored 69.68 marks in the exam. CEED Rank 2 and Rank 3 holders are from Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand, respectively.
CEED 2020 Highlights
| Exam Name | Common Entrance Examination for Design |
| Exam Frequency | Once a year |
| Exam Mode | Online & Offline |
| Exam Duration | 3 hours |
| Test Takers | 5491 |
| Accepting Colleges |
10 colleges
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| Official Website | http://www.ceed.iitb.ac.in/2020/ |
CEED 2020 Exam Dates & Events
| Events | Dates | Salient Features |
|---|---|---|
| Start date to fill CEED application forms | 09-Oct-2019 | Online registrations begin. No change in application process or fee for CEED admissions 2020. |
| CEED application process ends | 15-Nov-2019 | Last date to apply for CEED exam with regular application fee. Application process for CEED exam was to close on November 9 but the date was extended by authorities to November 13. In order to accomodate maximum students, IIT Bombay again extended the last date to fill CEED application form to November 15. |
| Last date to submit application form with late fee | 20-Nov-2019 | Applications can be submitted by paying late fee of Rs 500 in addition to the application fee. The last date to submit CEED application form with late fee was extended from November 16 to November 20, 2019. |
| Download CEED admit card | 27-Dec- 2019 | CEED admit card was to be released on January 1 but authorities released the admit card earlier. The admit card can be downloaded from the official CEED website. |
| CEED Exam | 18-Jan- 2020 | To be conducted across 24 test cities from 10 am to 1 pm on exam day. |
| CEED Result | March 4, 2020 01-Mar-2020 | Qualifying status and marks secured to be released on official website. |
| CEED Scorecard | 04-Mar-2020 | Scorecard to be released on the official website/ individual login IDs of candidates. |
CEED 2020 Eligibility Criteria
CEED 2020 eligibility criteria as stated by IIT Bombay mentioned that aspirants should have completed their degree / diploma / post graduate degree programme of minimum three years after 10+2 level education or candidates should give the final examination of such a programme by July 2020. Apart from these criteria, candidates are also eligible to take CEED exam if they have passed GD Arts diploma programme (10+5 level) by July 2020.
Age Limit: There is no age limit to apply for CEED exam. Aspirants can appear for CEED multiple times.
CEED 2020 Exam Centres
IIT Bombay authorities have released CEED exam centres for admissions 2020. CEED 2020 will be conducted across 24 test cities in the country on January 18. Get detailed information on CEED 2020 exam centres here.
CEED Exam Analysis
A very sought after design entrance exam, CEED is the means through which aspirants can secure admission in MDes course offered at IITs and IISc Bangalore. CEED 2020 was conducted on January 18. Experts share that this edition of CEED exam was easier as compared to last year’s paper. Students can go through CEED exam analysis by experts here.
