COMMON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR DESIGN
CEED
Address : GATE office, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai,
Mumbai 400076
Website : www.iitb.ac.in/gate
When are notifications advertised and forms given ?
The announcement for admission to the M.Des Programme appears alongwith other Post graduate programmes of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Delhi, IISc Bangalore and University of Roorkee sometime in February / March / April in all leading newspapers. Applicants will be called for an interview in May – June to appear for a test followed by an interview. Admissions are finalized within a week after the interviews.
Information on the programmes may be obtained from the websites of the respective institutes. Candidates are encouraged to visit respective IITs and IISc and meet the students and Faculty of the design centers to discuss the programme details.
The Application form and information brochure (i) can be obtained (in person, or by post) from the GATE Office, IIT Bombay, on payment of 
990 ( 495 for SC/ST candidates) by crossed demand draft in favour of IIT Bombay payable at Mumbai, OR (ii) can be downloaded from the website and completed application submitted, alongwith 950 ( 475 for SC/ST candidates) by crossed demand draft in favour of IIT Bombay, payable at Mumbai, by Speed Post to the GATE Office, IIT Bombay, Powai Mumbai 400 076. The last date for receipt of completed applications is in November.
Eligibility
You must either have completed or be expecting to complete any of the following undergraduate studies by July (in the year of joining).
. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent in any branch
. Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or equivalent
. Bachelor’s Degree in Design
. Interior Design Professional diploma of CEPT (5 year program)
. BFA (professional course in Applied Art/ Fine Art)
- GD Art (5 year professional program)
. Professional Diploma of NID
There is no age limit and you can take CEED any number of times. A fixed number of assistantships, based on merit, are available to pursue the programmes. Additional candidates, if granted admission, will have to organise for finance/ sponsorships on their own.
Entrance exam
The entrance exam is held in January, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 . CEED is conducted at Mumbai, New Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Guwahati, Chennai, Roorkee and Bangalore.
Pattern of exam
The examination tests the candidates for visual perception ability, drawing skills, design aptitude and communication skills. The exam consist of 2 parts. The first part tests your drawing skills, aesthetic sensibility, creativity, problem identification and your approach to visual and product design. The second part is mainly objective type and tests your skills on visualization, creativity, design, general awareness and comprehension.
You need to bring your own pencils of different grades (e.g. H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B etc). Sketch pens, poster colors, and other drawing materials for the examination. Drawing paper will be provided.
The CEED qualification score is valid for a period of two years.
Design Aptitude
Development of new product/ visual concepts and creative ideas based on analytical observation of problems from daily life situations. Choice of product concepts suitable for small and large scale production. Generation of solutions in a given material and process such as sheet metal work wood fabrication, plastic moulding, wire fabrication, etc. or representations of visual concepts into visual symbols and form, aided with drawings and illustrations. Drawings based on your analysis.
Drawing Skills
Imagination of objects, people and places from your immediate or distant environment.
Courses offered under CEED
M.Des. in Industrial Design, Visual Communication, Animation and Interaction Design at IDC, IIT Bombay
M.Des. in Product Design and Engineering at IISc Bangalore
M.Des at Industrial Design, IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi
About CEED
CEED (Common Entrance Examination for Design) is an all India examination conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), on behalf of the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Department of Education, Government of India.
CEED is a qualifying examination for admission to Post Graduate M.Des. programmes at the Industrial Design Centre (IIT Bombay), Instrument Design and Development Centre (IIT Delhi), Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing (IISc Bangalore) and Design Programme (IIT Kanpur). For IIT Kanpur and IISc Bangalore, GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) is also a qualifying examination.
CEED / GATE qualification in itself does not guarantee admission to the above mentioned programmes. You also have to fulfill other requirements such as tests and interviews of the respective institutions for admission.
How to prepare
No text book or guide book preparations are necessary to appear in CEED. You can however polish up your drawing and rendering skills. Typical examples of questions assess your ability to visualise objects, buildings and landscape scenery. Therefore, observe very closely such images in magazines like Inside Outside or on construction sites to be able to reproduce the drawing on paper as accurately as possible. You need to sharpen your power of observation and practice sketching and shading.
In addition, visual literacy is also an important aspect wherein you have to describe a situation depicted in a sketch, for example the conversation between two elderly women. Their character sketch should be competently handled.
Sample test paper
- Show in various creative ways the alphabet “a” changing into an apple.
(There is square which has 5 rows and 5 columns. The 1st column has the alphabet “a”, 2nd, 3rd and 4th column is blank, the 5th column has an apple.)
- a) Design a poster announcing the CEED 2020 examination.
OR
b) A comic strip keeping the water kingdom details in mind.
- Do a picture sketch, writing a conversation between two elderly women (character sketch is important). 150 words
- Think of yourself as a blind man and design a thought process in his mind, while he would cross the road from point x to the other end.
(There is busy street with a bus stop and shops on the other side)
