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Common Entrance Exam for Design (CEED) 2018
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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. 
Important dates
Online registration with regular fee  9 Oct to 10 Nov-18
Online registration with late fee 11 to 17 Nov-17
Admit card available for downloading from 25 Dec-2017 onwards
Last date for rectification of discrepancies in the  admit card 5-Jan-18
Date of CEED 2018 examination 20-Jan-18
Release of draft answer key for Part A 27-Jan-18
Last date for sending comments about draft
answer key for Part  A
31-Jan-18
Release of final answer key for Part A 4-Feb-18
Declaration of result  5-Mar-18
Score cards available for downloading 5-Mar-18
 Examination Cities 
        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.
 Eligibility
        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. 
 Registration 
          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.
Results
      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. 
Admit Card
       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. 
Syllabus
                     CEED 2018 will be in two parts. Part A will have questions related to these topics:  C22
• 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 12 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
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.