CEED Entrance Exam: A Comprehensive Guide
The Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED) is a premier assessment conducted in Kolkata, designed to evaluate the aptitude of candidates in design, visual perception ability, drawing skills, logical reasoning, and creativity. This examination serves as a gateway for students aspiring to pursue postgraduate studies in design (M.Des) and Ph.D. programs at some of the most prestigious institutions in the country.
Understanding the CEED Entrance Exam
The CEED exam is divided into two parts: Part A: Screening Test and Part B: Design and Drawing Test. Each part is designed to test different skills and abilities essential for a successful career in design.
Part A: Screening Test
Part A is a computer-based test lasting 1 hour, designed to evaluate candidates' analytical and visual skills. It includes Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions, where candidates must enter numerical values, Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) with multiple correct answers, and Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) with a single correct answer. The sections covered are Visualization and Spatial Ability, Environmental and Social Awareness, Analytical and Logical Reasoning, Language and Creativity, and Design Thinking and Problem Solving.
Part B: Design and Drawing Test
Part B is a pen-and-paper test lasting 2 hours, focusing on drawing, creativity, communication skills, and design and handcraft skills. Candidates must demonstrate their ability to draw with good line quality, perspective, and shading, generate original and diverse solutions to design problems, communicate ideas clearly through visuals and text, and conceptualize and execute design ideas effectively.
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About CEED
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, IIT Jodhpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee, IIITDM Jabalpur, IIITDM Kancheepuram and PhD programmes at several IITs and design schools. 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, category certificates and other documents along with the CEED score. The CEED 2024 score is valid for one year from the date of declaration of the result.
question PAPER AND EVALUATION
CEED 2024 will be conducted on Sunday, January 21, 2024 from 9:00 am - 12:00 noon. This 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 9:00 am to 10:00 am followed by Part-B from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon.
question Paper Structure
Part-A (Total marks: 150; Maximum time: 1 hour)
This part will be administered through a computer-based test. This part will consist of three sections.
Section 1
NAT (Numerical Answer Type): 8 questions (4 marks each; no negative marks). For these questions, the answer is a number that needs to be entered using a virtual keyboard on the computer screen. No choices will be shown for these questions.
Section 2
MSQ (Multiple Select question): 10 questions. Each MSQ may have one or more than one correct choice(s) out of the four given. The following is the marking scheme:
- Full Marks: + 4 If only (all) the correct option(s) is(are) chosen and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen
- Partial Marks: + 3 If all the four options are correct but ONLY three options are chosen
- Partial Marks: + 2 If three or more options are correct but ONLY two options are chosen, both of which are correct and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
- Partial Marks: + 1 If two or more options are correct but ONLY one option is chosen and it is a correct option and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
- Zero Marks: 0 If NONE of the options is chosen (i.e., the question is unanswered).
- Negative Marks: -1 In all other cases.
Section 3
MCQ (Multiple Choice question): 26 questions (3 marks each for the correct answer; 0.5 negative marks for incorrect answers). Each MCQ will have four choices, out of which only one is the correct answer.
| Section | Number of Questions | Question Number | Marks for each correct answer | Marks for each wrong answer | Marks for each question not attempted | Total Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAT | 8 | 1-8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| MSQ | 10 | 9-18 | Partial Marking | -1 | 0 | 40 |
| MCQ | 26 | 19-44 | 3 | -0.5 | 0 | 78 |
| Total | 44 | 1-44 | 150 |
Part-B (Total marks: 100; Maximum time: 2 hours)
Part-B consists of five questions to test design, drawing and writing skills. The questions in Part-B will be displayed on the computer screen, and the answers should be written in the answer book provided by the invigilator (NOT into the Computer). However, you need to tick the appropriate box on the computer screen to indicate that you have answered the same. In the case of PwD candidates availing the use of a scribe, assistance in attempting Part-B is not permitted, as the question is aimed at evaluating their drawing skill. Part-B answer booklets will be collected at the end of the examination. Part-B questions are mandatory. The entire paper (Part-A and Part-B) must be finished within the stipulated time for each part.
| Section | Number of Questions | Question Number | Partial Marks | Negative Marks | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sketching | 1 | 1 | Yes | No | 20 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2 | Yes | No | 20 |
| Form Sensitivity | 1 | 3 | Yes | No | 20 |
| Visual Sensitivity | 1 | 4 | Yes | No | 20 |
| Problem Identification | 1 | 5 | Yes | 20 | |
| Total | 5 | 1-5 | 100 |
shortlisting
Marks obtained in Part-A will be used to shortlist candidates. The cut-off marks (δ) for Part-A for shortlisting candidates in the GEN category will be μ+(σ2) ⁄ =δ, where μ is the average mark, and σ is the standard distribution of distribution of marks obtained by ALL the candidates in Part-A of CEED 2024. The μ and σ will be rounded-off to two decimal places. Candidates belonging to the reserved categories shall have to fulfil a relaxed cut-off mark, which will be 0.9δ for OBC-NCL/EWS and 0.5δ for SC/ST/PwD. Part-B answer books will be evaluated manually ONLY for candidates shortlisted from Part-A. Part-B of CEED contains subjective questions, and there are no model solutions for them. It will be evaluated holistically on a set of criteria given in the question. There is NO provision for RE-EVALUATION or RE-TOTALING in CEED. Request for re-evaluation or re-totaling will NOT be entertained under any circumstances. The final CEED score will be calculated by giving 25% weightage to marks obtained in Part-A and 75% weightage to marks obtained in Part-B after the above calculation.
ELIGIBILITY
Candidates must have completed a degree/diploma/post graduate degree programme of minimum THREE years (after 10+2 level), or must be appearing for the final examination of such a program by July 2024, or must have passed the GD Arts diploma programme (10+5 level) by July 2024.
Note that the eligibility criteria for admission to various institutes may differ from those for appearing for CEED. Before applying for CEED, candidates must check whether they meet the required eligibility criteria for admission to various institutes.
There is no age limit to appear for CEED. Also, a candidate can appear for CEED any number of times.
SYLLABUS
CEED 2024 will be in two parts (A & B). Part-A will have questions related to the following topics: Visualization and spatial reasoning: Ability to visualise and transform 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships.
Practical and scientific knowledge
Know-how of scientific principles and everyday objects. observation and design sensitivity: The capacity to detect concealed properes in daily life and think crically about them. Attention to detail, classification, analysis, inference and prediction.
Environment and society
General awareness of environmental, social and cultural connections with design. analytical and logical reasoning: Ability to analyse qualitave and quantitative information. Language: Proficiency in reading and comprehending Standard English.
creativity
Grasp of verbal and non-verbal analogies, metaphors, signs and symbols. Art and Design knowledge: Awareness about art/artefact/product, arsts/designers, art/design history and trends.
Design methods and pracces
Knowledge of media, materials, production processes, and ergonomics. Part-B of CEED 2024 will have questions related to the following 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 to communicate concepts and ideas clearly with the help of text and visuals. CEED 2024 information Brochure
Problem identification
Skills to understand the user and the context, knowledge of properes of materials and their appropriate use in design.