CEED: Common Entrance Exam for Designing

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Examination:

The examination is from 1400 hours to 1700 hours on Sunday, 4^th December, 2011 and will not have any break.

Candidates should report to the examination centre, at least half an hour before the scheduled commencement of the examination. Most of the centres are located outside the main city and candidates may have to walk a good distance from the campus main gate to reach the examination venue.

The seating arrangement will be displayed on the notice board of the examination centre.

A candidate has to bring his/her own pencils of different grades (e.g. H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B etc.), sketch pens, poster colors, and other drawing materials for the examination. No drawing sheets have to be brought.

The question paper will be in English. No specific text book or guide book is recommended for preparation. Candidates may however polish up their drawing, rendering and visualization skills.

Examination Centres: Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mumbai, and Roorkee

After submission of the application, request for change of examination city will be accepted till November 20, 2011 with a fee of Rs. 400/- to be paid in the form of demand draft in favor of 'IIT Bombay'.

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Programs:

CEED is a qualifying examination for the following postgraduate programmes in design:

Master of Design Programmes

· IISc Bangalore: M.Des. in Product Design and Engineering*

· IIT Bombay: M.Des. in (i) Industrial Design, (ii) Visual Communication,
(iii) Animation, (iv) Interaction Design, (v) Mobility and Vehicle Design.

· IIT Delhi: M.Des. in Industrial Design

· IIT Guwahati: M.Des. in Design

· IIT Kanpur: M.Des. in Industrial Design*

· IIITDM Jabalpur : M.Des. Programme*

· IIITDM Kancheepuram : M.Des. Programme*

*GATE qualified candidates will also be considered for admission to these programmes.

Ph.D Programmes in Design

· (IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIITDM Jabalpur.)

Details may be obtained from respective web sites.

Eligibility for CEED :

Candidates must either have completed or be expecting to complete any of the following, by July 2012:

(i) Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Architecture / Design/ Interior Design or equivalent

(ii) Professional Diploma in Design (NID/CEPT or equivalent of 4 years duration after 10+2)

(iii) B.F.A. (4 year professional programme, after 10+2)

(iv) G.D. Art (5 year programme after 10th) with one year professional experience

(v) Master’s degree in Arts / Science / Computer Applications

NOTE: The candidate is responsible for showing eligibility while seeking admission to the specific program in which they are interested.

There is no age limit and a candidate can appear in CEED any number of times.

Admission Procedure :

Qualifying in CEED does not guarantee admission in any way. A candidate has to apply to respective institutes for admission and fulfill other requirements such as tests and interviews of the respective institutions for admission.

The announcement for admission to the postgraduate programmes in design will be notified separately by the different institutes, starting from November 2011.

Reservation for various categories will be as per Government of India rules applicable at the time of admission.

A limited number of assistantships, based on merit, are available to CEED qualified students, to pursue the programmes.

The criteria for postgraduate admission and award of scholarship / assistance are different in different institutes. GATE office, IIT Bombay is not in a position to provide information in this regard. Some information on various programmes is given later in this brochure. For more details or any specific queries on admission and programme of any institute, the candidate should contact the concerned head / convener / coordinator.

Information on the programme may be obtained from the websites of the respective institutes, as given below.

· IISc Bangalore: http://www.iisc.ernet.in

· CPDM: http://www.cpdm.iisc.ernet.in

· IIT Bombay: http://www.iitb.ac.in

· IDC: http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in

· IIT Delhi: http://www.iitd.ac.in

· IDDC: http://www.iitd.ac.in/center/iddc

· IIT Guwahati: http://www.iitg.ac.in

· DOD: http://www.iitg.ac.in/design

· IIT Kanpur: http://www.iitk.ac.in

· Design Programme:http://www.iitk.ac.in/design

· IIITDM Jabalpur: http://www.iiitdmj.ac.in