COMMON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR DESIGN (CEED)
For MDes and PhD Programmes
Organising Institute:
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Bombay
The objective of the Common Entrance Exam for Design (CEED) is to assess the candidate’s aptitude for design involving visual perception ability, drawing skills, logical reasoning, creativity, communication, and problem solving skills. CEED is conducted by IIT Bombay. It is a qualifying examination for admission to Master of Design (MDes) programmes at IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIITDM Jabalpur, and IIT Kanpur, and to Ph.D programmes in Design at IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIT Kanpur. Qualifying in CEED alone does not guarantee admission to any of these programmes. Admitting institutes may conduct further tests and / or interviews for the final selection / admission.
A CEED score does NOT Guarantee admission.
Admitting Institutes will also verify the eligibility, the category certificates and other documents along with the CEED score. The CEED 2018 score is valid for a period of one year from the date of declaration of the result.
CEED 2018
CEED 2018 will be conducted on Saturday, January 20, 2018 from 10:00 - 13:00 hours. The examination will consist of two parts, Part A and Part B. Candidates must attempt questions from both the parts. Part A will be conducted from 10:00 to 11:00 hours followed by Part B from 11:00 to 13:00 hours.
Every effort will be made to complete the examination in this session. In the unlikely event of any technical problem in any of the exam centres, for those candidates in the affected centres the exam may be conducted in a reserve session from 14:00 hours to 17:00 hours. In this session, Part A will be conducted from 14:00 to 15:00 hours followed by Part B from 15:00 to 17:00 hours.
Part A contains objective type questions (multiple choice questions, multiple select questions and numerical answer questions). Answers to Part A have to be given on the computer. These will be design aptitude type questions that evaluate visual and spatial ability, environmental and social awareness, analytical and logical reasoning, language, observation and design sensitivity of the candidates. Part B consists of questions that are aimed at testing design, drawing and writing skills. The questions in Part B will be displayed on the computer screen and the answers are to be written in the answer book provided by the invigilator (NOT into the Computer). Part B answer books will be collected at the end of the examination.
Marks obtained in Part A will be used to shortlist candidates. The cut-off for Part A marks for shortlisting candidates in the Open category will be X + ½ S, where X is the average marks obtained by all candidates in Part A, and S is the standard deviation. The cut-offs for shortlisting candidates of OBC-NCL category candidates will be 90% of the Open category. The cut-offs for shortlisting candidates of SC, ST, and PWD categories will be 50% of the Open category.
However, this is subject to the condition that the candidate must score the minimum prescribed marks (as listed below) or more in Part A to be shortlisted.
Category
Minimum percentage of marks required in Part A for shortlisting
Open
10%
OBC-NCL
9%
SC / ST / PwD
5%
Part B answer books will be evaluated manually for the candidates who are shortlisted from Part A. In Part B, there will be 8 questions. Of these, questions 1-5 will have 50 marks each and the candidates have a choice to attempt any one of these questions. After the manual evaluation of these questions, a normalised score ‘S’ will be calculated for each candidate by using the following formula:
S = {(m - µi) S / si} + A
where, m is the raw marks obtained by the person in question i, µi is the average of the raw marks obtained by all candidates who attempted question i, si is the standard deviation of the raw marks obtained by all candidates who attempted question i, and A = 25 and S = 6 are chosen to be the average and the standard deviation, respectively, of the distribution of scores ‘S’. If the calculated ‘S’ score for any candidates falls below 0, all such scores will be capped at 0, and if the calculated ‘S’ score for any candidate falls above 50, all such scores will be capped at 50.
Marks obtained in other questions in Part B will be added to ‘S’ above to obtain the Part B score for the candidate. The final CEED score will be calculated by giving 25% weightage to marks obtained in Part A and 75% weightage to scores obtained in Part B after the above calculation.
After the declaration of the result, CEED 2018 score cards will be available for downloading to all the qualified candidates. Hard copy of the CEED score cards will NOT be sent to the qualified candidates. Answer booklet (Part B) will not be provided to the candidates.
Important Dates
Online registration with regular fee
October 9 to November 10, 2017
Online registration with late fee
November 11 to 17, 2017
Admit card available for downloading from
December 25, 2017 onwards
Last date for rectification of discrepancies in the admit card
January 5, 2018
Date of CEED 2018 examination
January 20, 2018 (Saturday)
Release of draft answer key for Part A
January 27, 2018
Last date for sending comments about draft answer key for Part A
January 31, 2018
Release of final answer key for Part A
February 4, 2018
Declaration of result
March 5, 2018
Score cards available for downloading
March 5, 2018
CEED 2018 committee plans to conduct the examination in the following cities: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Trissur, and Vishakhapatnam.
Candidates should compulsorily choose 3 cities in the order of preference at the time of online registration. Once the registration form is submitted, request for a change of city will NOT be entertained under any circumstances.
If a sufficient number of candidates is not available in a city, then it may be dropped from the final list and candidates will be allotted to a city of their second or third choice. However, the JEE (Advanced)-UCEED-CEED office reserves the right to add a new city or remove an existing one and allot a city that may not be among any of the choices of a candidate.
A city may have more than one examination centre. In such cases, a request for change of a centre within the same city will NOT be permitted under any circumstances.
CEED qualified students are eligible to apply for the MDes and PhD programmes in various institutes with the specializations as mentioned in the table below. Details of these programmes may be obtained from the web sites of the respective institutes:
Institute and programme(s)
Contact information
Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, IISc Bangalore: MDes in Product Design and Engineering* PhD in Design
Institute website: http://www.iisc.ernet.in
Department website: http://cpdm.iisc.ac.in/cpdm/
Email: chairman@cpdm.iisc.ernet.in, office@cpdm.iisc.ernet.in
Phone: +91-80-2293 2359
Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay: MDes in Industrial Design, Communication Design, Animation, Interaction Design, Mobility and Vehicle Design PhD in Design
Institute website: http://www.iitb.ac.in
Department website: http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in
Email: head.idc@iitb.ac.in, office.idc@iitb.ac.in
Phone: +91-22-2576 7801, 25767 802
Instrument Design and Development Centre, IIT Delhi: MDes in Industrial Design
Institute website: http://www.iitd.ac.in
Department website: http://iddcweb.iitd.ac.in
Email: hodiddc@admin.iitd.ac.in
Phone: +91-11-2659 1431, 2659 6729
Department of Design, IIT Guwahati: MDes in Design PhD in Design
Institute website: http://www.iitg.ac.in
Department website: http://www.iitg.ac.in/design
Email: dodoff@iitg.ernet.in
Phone: +91-361-258 2500, 258 2451
Department of Design, IIT Hyderabad: MDes in Visual Design PhD in Design
Institute website: http://www.iith.ac.in
Department website: http://www.design.iith.ac.in
Email: djm@iith.ac.in
Phone: +91-40-2301 7120
Design Discipline, IIITDM Jabalpur: MDes in Product Design, Visual Design*
* For these programmes at IISc Bangalore, IIITDM Jabalpur and IIT Kanpur, GATE qualified candidates are also eligible.
Note that qualifying in CEED does not guarantee admission to any programme. After qualifying, candidates must apply to the respective institutes for admission and fulfil other requirements such as tests and / or interviews of the respective institutes to become eligible for admission. The announcement for admission to the postgraduate programmes in design will be notified separately by these institutes. Candidates are advised to visit the websites of respective institutes for information and application procedure for the programmes.
The JEE (Advanced)-UCEED-CEED office, IIT Bombay does not provide information about the criteria for postgraduate admission and award of scholarship / assistance at different institutes. This information may be obtained from the websites of the respective institutes given above. For any specific queries on admission and programmes, the candidate should contact the head / convener / coordinator of design programme at the concerned institute.
Candidates must have passed a degree / diploma / post graduate degree programme of 4 years or 3+2 years (after 10+2 level), or must be appearing for the final examination of such a program by July 2018, or must have passed the GD Arts diploma programme (10+5 level) by July 2017. Before applying for CEED, candidates are advised to check whether they meet the required eligibility criteria for admission to various institutes.
There is no age limit to appear for CEED. Besides, a candidate can appear for CEED any number of times.
CEED registration form must be submitted ONLINE ONLY through the official website, www.ceed.iitb.ac.in.
Registration fee:
Rs. 1,100 plus GST for all women candidates
Rs. 1,100 plus GST for (SC / ST / PwD) candidates
Rs. 2,200 plus GST for all other candidates
Note that this fee is non-refundable and non-transferable. The registration fee has to be paid through the payment option provided on the website while submitting the registration form. Detailed instructions related to the payment of registration fee are given on the online registration portal. Credit card, debit card and net-banking options are available. The registration fee shown above DOES NOT INCLUDE service and other charges and the processing fees that the banks may levy.
The normal registration fee shown above is applicable till the regular closing date of November 10, 2017, 23:45 hours. A late fee of Rs. 500 plus GST is applicable to ALL candidates for registrations submitted after the regular closing date.
In order to complete the registration procedure, you need to upload the following items:
File containing your recent colour photograph (.jpg file).
Scanned copy of your signature (.jpg file).
Scanned copy of your degree / diploma certificate (.pdf file) if the course is completed. If you do not have the final degree certificate, please upload the copy of the final year mark list or the provisional certificate. If the course is not completed, a certificate from the Principal of the college / Head of the department (Appendix 1) (.pdf file).
Candidates who are applying in the SC / ST / OBC-NCL category have to produce valid category certificates (.pdf file) issued by appropriate authorities. Format of the OBC-NCL certificate is given in the Appendix 2. OBC-NCL certificates issued ONLY from April 1, 2017 onwards are accepted. Format of the SC/ ST certificates is given in the Appendix 3.
Candidates who are applying in person with physical disability (PwD) category should produce a valid medical certificate (.pdf file) issued by the appropriate authority (see Appendixes 4 to 7). Dyslexic candidates are required to additionally obtain a certificate from the Principal / Head of the College / Institution as per Appendix 8 (.pdf file).
PwD candidate requiring extra time during the exam need to upload a request letter as per Appendix 9 (.pdf file).
Candidates whose name is not same as the name on the degree / diploma certificate should produce a gazette notification, a marriage certificate or scanned pages of the passport showing the change of name (.pdf file).
Please remember that the documents 1-7 above are to be uploaded as electronic files during the online registration. Paper copies of these documents or any other documents will not be entertained and hence should NOT be sent to the JEE (Advanced)-UCEED-CEED office. The Admit Card and the Score Card of CEED will include the photograph and signature submitted by the candidate. Submission of poor quality photograph and / or signature may lead to the rejection of CEED registration.
CEED Merit List (Rank) will be prepared as per the category provided by the candidate in the CEED registration form. Hence, it is the responsibility of the candidate to furnish the correct category certificate in the online registration form.
It will entirely be the responsibility of the candidate to provide the correct information regarding the qualifying exam and category, and upload the correct documents in the required formats in the registration form. Registration forms incomplete in any respect will be summarily rejected and the registration will be considered invalid. The admitting institutes have the right to cancel, at any stage, the admission of a candidate in accordance with the rules and regulations in force, if it is found that any information provided by the candidate is incorrect or the registration is incomplete.
Admit cards will be available for downloading from the CEED website from December 25 2017 till January 20, 2018. Please take a clear printout (in colour) of the admit card before coming to the examination centre.
CEED 2018 will be in two parts. Part A will have questions related to these topics:
Visualization and spatial ability: Pictorial and diagrammatic questions to test the understanding of transformation and / or manipulation of 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships.
Environmental and social awareness: General awareness of environmental factors such as climate, population, water, vegetation, pollution, weather, natural resources etc., and their implications on the design of products, images, infrastructure and environment. Awareness of design terminologies, social and cultural connection with design, history of the designed artefact, and socially responsible and environmentally sustainable design responses. History of art, sculpture and literature.
Analytical and logical reasoning: Ability to analyse given information logically and select the most appropriate solutions. Ability to weigh opinions, arguments or solutions against appropriate criteria. Ability to use logic and structured thinking to deduce from a short passage, which of a number of statements is the most accurate response to a posed question.
Language and creativity: Ability to understand passages in commonly used English language. Ability to think creatively in terms of alternatives, ability to distinguish innovative options and think out of the box.
Design thinking and problem solving: Ability to understand the context, the users and the constraints and select the most appropriate solution for a given design problem.
Observation and design sensitivity: Ability to detect concealed properties in day to day life and think critically about them. Ability to discern subtle differences in visual properties and aesthetic outcomes.
Part B of CEED 2018 will have questions related to these topics:
Drawing: Ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective, and shading.
Creativity: Ability to think out of the box and come up with unique as well as diverse solutions.
Communication skills: Ability to communicate concepts and ideas clearly with the help of text and visuals.
Analytical and problem solving skills: Ability to understand the user and the context, knowledge of properties of materials and process and their appropriate use in design, originality of solutions, ability to create characters, plots and stories, etc.
CEED 2018 is an aptitude test and hence no specific text book or guide is recommended for its preparation. The candidates may however practice their drawing, rendering and visualization skills. Question papers of some of the previous years are available on the CEED website.
Result Declaration Date: March 5, 2018
CEED result will be displayed on the CEED website (www.ceed.iitb.ac.in).
The CEED 2018 score card is valid for a period of one year from the date of declaration of the result. The CEED 2018 score card cannot be treated as a proof of date of birth, category or disability status.
Note: The authority to declare the result is vested solely with JEE (Advanced)-UCEED-CEED office, IIT Bombay. If any claim or dispute regarding CEED 2018 arises, the Courts and Tribunals in Mumbai alone shall have the exclusive jurisdiction to entertain and settle such dispute or claim.
Note: Information provided in the registration form by the CEED qualified candidates will be shared with the participating institutes and may also be used for analysis.
At the Examination Centre on January 20, 2018
Reporting time: Candidates should report at the examination centre at 8:00 hours on Saturday, January 20, 2018 along with a colour printout of the admit card. This is required to record the biometric information (thumb impression and photograph) before appearing for the examination. Examination Time: 10.00 – 13.00 hrs.
Identity proof: The candidate should bring a valid photo identity proof (original) along with the admit card to the examination centre. Candidates will not be admitted to the examination centre without a proper identity proof (college issued identity card, passport, driving license, PAN card, Voter ID or Aadhaar card).
Stationery: Candidates must bring their own pencils, sketch pens, poster colours and other drawing materials for the examination. Candidates should not bring drawing sheets to the examination hall.
Electronic gadgets such as mobile phones, calculators, smart or digital watches etc. are NOT allowed in the examination hall. Use of any electronic gadget will disqualify the candidate.
The seating arrangement will be displayed on the notice board of the examination centre.
CEED Question Paper :
Contact
Chairman
JEE (Advanced)-UCEED-CEED 2018
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Mumbai 400076.
Phone: +91 22 2576 4063 / 9093 / 9094
E-mail: ceed@iitb.ac.in
Website: www.ceed.iitb.ac.in
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