CEED 2026 – IIT Bombay is expected to START the application form for CEED 2026 in the 1st week of October 2025. The direct link to fill out the form will be provided here. Candidates who meet CEED 2026 eligibility criteria may apply for admission. Note that CEED 2026 scores will be considered for admission to the M.Des and Ph.D courses offered by participating colleges.
UCEED 2026 exam will be conducted in the 3rd week of January 2026 (tentative).
Update of CEED 2025 Exam
The results of CEED 2025 was declared on March 5, 2025. The results can be checked online at ceed.iitb.ac.in. To check your results, log-in to the CEED 2025 result portal using your email ID and password.
The CEED 2025 scorecard contains the Part A marks. However, TOTAL score, Part B score, and merit ranks are released only for candidates who meet CEED 2025 (Part A) cut-off marks. IIT Bombay released the cut-off marks on February 6, 2025.
The mean and standard deviation for Part-A (CEED 2025) are 45.48 and 16.98, respectively.
Candidates who have been assigned a merit rank in CEED 2025 can apply for counseling conducted by the participating colleges. Note that unlike the UCEED 2025 exam, IIT Bombay doesn’t conduct centralized counseling for CEED 2025 qualified candidates.
The CEED 2025 exam was conducted on January 19, 2025.
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CEED Exam 2026 – Highlights
| Criteria | Particulars |
| Exam Name | Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED) |
| Conducting Institute | IIT Bombay |
| CEED admission portal | Click Here |
| Exam Frequency | Annual |
| Purpose of the exam | Admit candidates to the M.Des and PhD programs offered by participating colleges. |
| Skills Tested | Visual perception ability, drawing skills, logical reasoning, creativity, communication, and problem solving skills. |
| Exam Mode | The entrance exam has two mandatory parts. Part A – offline. Part B – offline. Both exams are conducted on the same day. Part B answer booklets will be evaluated only if the candidate qualifies Part A. |
| Mode of application | Online |
| Application fee | General – INR 3800 SC, ST, PwD, and women candidates – INR 1900. |
| Exam Duration | 3 hours |
| Test Takers | 4,910 (CEED 2023) 5,564 (CEED 2020) |
| CEED Information Brochure | Download CEED 2025 Information Brochure |
| Will there be centralized counseling? | No, IIT Bombay will not conduct any centralized counseling for participating colleges. Instead, the candidate must apply to participating colleges based on their CEED 2025 merit rank. Note: Interestingly, IIT Bombay will conduct centralized counseling for the UCEED 2025 exam. The counseling process is called the Joint Admission Process. |
Also Read:
- CEED Exam Pattern 2025 – Section-wise Questions, Marking Scheme, What’s new?
- CEED Syllabus 2025 – Section-wise Topics, Skills Evaluated, How to Complete Syllabus on Time
- CEED Exam Centre 2026 – City-wise List, How to Select, Reporting Time, Exam-day Guidelines
CEED Result 2026
IIT Bombay will announce CEED 2026 exam results in the 1st week of March 2026. The result link will be given on this page. To check your results, log in to the result portal using your email ID and password.
Note that the CEED 2025 scorecard will be available for download a few days after results are declared; the last date to download the scorecard will be around the 2nd week of June 2026.
How to download the CEED 2026 scorecard
The candidate needs to follow these steps to download the CEED 2026 scorecard.
- Go to the CEED 2026 exam portal
- Click on the result tab
- In the log-in window that opens, enter your email ID and password
- The result will be displayed on the screen.
Details included in CEED 2026 scorecard
The scorecard of CEED 2026 will carry the following information:
- Category-wise Qualifying Marks
- Part A Marks & Part B Marks
- CEED 2026 Score
- Open and Category Rank
- Name
- Roll Number
- Photograph
- Candidate’s Signature
- Signature of the Chairman (CEED 2025)
- Date of issue of the scorecard
- Validity of the scorecard
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- UCEED Exam Analysis 2025 – Sectional & Overall Difficulty, Expected Cut-off, Good Attempts
- UCEED Cut-off 2025 – Part A Cutoff (OUT), Opening and Closing Rank, Determining Factors
CEED Answer Key 2026
IIT Bombay will release the FINAL answer key of CEED 2026 after considering feedback given by the candidate against the draft key.
Objections against the CEED 2025 draft answer key will be accepted soon after the release of the draft key.
IIT Bombay will release the draft answer key of CEED 2026 within a few days of the exam.
The FINAL answer key contains the official and correct answers (or keys) to questions asked in the CEED 2025 exam.
So, using the answer key, the candidate can calculate their probable scores. Refer to the CEED 2026 cut-off for institute-wise opening and closing ranks. Meanwhile, consult the CEED 2025 exam pattern to understand the marking scheme.
CEED Cut-off 2026
IIT Bombay will release the category-wise CEED 2026 (Part A) cut-off around the 1st week of February 2026. The cut-offs will be released in the form of mean and standard deviations.
The mean and standard deviation for Part-A (CEED 2025) were 45.48 and 16.98, respectively. In contrast, the mean and standard deviations for CEED 2024 exam were 41.90 and 16.72, respectively.
The Part A cut-off is used to shortlist candidates for the NEXT round.
Note that Part B answer booklets will be evaluated for only such candidates who meet the Part A cut-off (or in other words, get shortlisted).
So, if a candidate fails to meet the Part A cut-off, they are essentially out of the admission process. Their CEED 2026 scorecard will only contain the Part A marks.
Part B marks, CEED 2026 score, and merit ranks will be allocated only for candidates who meet Part A cut-off.
Meanwhile, the admission cut-off for CEED 2026 will be released by the individual participating colleges of CEED 2025 at the time of counseling and seat allotment. The cut-off will be prepared by considering factors like CEED 2025 merit rank, seats available, category, etc.
CEED Counseling 2026
IIT Bombay will not conduct any centralized counseling for the CEED 2026 participating colleges. Instead, the candidate must apply directly to the participating college using their CEED 2026 scorecards.
The participating colleges will START the CEED 2026 counseling process soon after CEED 2026 results are declared.
So, the candidate is urged to keep visiting the admission portal of the institute they desire admission to once the results are out.
Note that each institute will have their own CEED 2026 cut-off based on applications they receive, the merit ranks of applicants, seat intake, etc.
Candidates who meet the cut-off criteria will only get admission. If any candidate fails to meet the cut-off, they may be considered for admission in subsequent rounds (if available).
CEED Participating Colleges 2026
The list of CEED 2026 participating colleges, seat intake, admission process, and eligibility criteria can be checked below.
| S.No | Participating Institute | Department | Admission Process & Seat Intake |
| 1 | IISc Bangalore | Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing | Click Here |
| 2 | IIT Bombay | IDC School of Design (Industrial Design Centre) | Click Here |
| 3 | IIT Delhi | Department of Design | Click Here (details given for 2024-25 academic session) |
| 4 | IIT Guwahati | Department of Design | Click Here (details given for 2024-25 academic session) |
| 5 | IIT Hyderabad | Department of Design | Click Here |
| 6 | IIT Kanpur | Design Programme | Click Here |
| 7 | IIT Roorkee | Department of Design | Click Here |
| 8 | IIT Jodhpur | School of Liberal Arts | Click Here |
CEED Fee Structure 2026
The fee structure for the M.Des program at CEED 2026 participating colleges is given in the table below.
| Participating Institute | CEED 2026 Fee Structure |
| IISc Bangalore | 05) Fee Structure – Click Here |
| IIT Bombay | IIT Bombay M.Des (CEED 2025) Fee Structure – Click Here |
| IIT Delhi | – |
| IIT Guwahati | IIT Guwahati M.Des (CEED 2025) Fee Structure – Click Here |
| IIT Hyderabad | IIT Hyderabad M.Des (CEED 2025) Fee Structure – Click Here |
| IIT Kanpur | IIT Kanpur M.Des (CEED 2026) Fee Structure – Click Here |
| IIT Roorkee | IIT Roorkee M.Des (CEED 2025) Fee Structure – Click Here |
| IIT Jodhpur | – |