A general Note on CEED Examination
Introduction
to the scholarship
The common entrance examination for design
(CEED) is a joint entrance examination (All India level) for the postgraduate
studies in the fields of technological design which is held every year at the
IITs and IISc (Bangalore). The
examination is hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology’s (Bombay) ‘Industrial
Design Centre’ on behalf of the ministry of human resource development,
Government of India. CEED is the qualifying examination for the design
programmes at the various recognised institutions such as M.Des programme at
IIT Bombay; IDDC , IIT Delhi; CPMD, IISc Bangalore; Design programme, IIT
Kanpur.
About
the examination pattern
The CEED examination is a descriptive
test which covers the student’s logical, imaginative, creative, observation and
drawing skills which are tested for the admissions in the various design
courses namely Industrial design, Product Design, Visual communication,
animation graphic, vehicle design and mobility.
Eligibility
criteria
The desired eligibility criteria for the
candidate to take part in the examination are given below.
1.
There is no age limit or the
number of times a candidate can participate in the examination.
2.
The minimum academic
qualification for the candidate is to possess a bachelor’s degree either in Design,
Fine arts, Architecture or Engineering from a recognised institution or University
in India.
3.
The qualified candidates with a
valid examination score become eligible to apply for the various design courses
and for the admission under IIT and IISc.
4.
A valid score does not
guarantee or promise admission to the desired institute.
Detailed
examination pattern
From year 2013, CEED has changed its examination
pattern. The examination is conducted in three stages.
A) Part-A
B) Part-B
C) Interview
Part-A is a preliminary examination
screening test. The screening test has about 50 questions which consist of negative
marking. The correct answers consist of +2.0 marks and a wrong answer consist
of -0.5 marks. Part-A is kept to check the candidate’s general awareness and knowledge.
Part-B is conducted to the candidates who
have been selected in the screening test. All the questions in this part will
examine the drawing and creative skills of the candidate. The first of these
two rounds are mandatory to clear and the interviews are conducted for those
who are selected in the two parts.
Part-
A
This part covers the following categories.
1.
Visual communication
2.
Animation design
3.
Product design
4.
Digital field
5.
Architecture
6.
General awareness
7.
Automobile design
Part-B
This part comprises of the following.
1. Basic and visual sketching
2. Design thinking
3. Visual communication
4. Animal design
5. Observation, problem
identification and problem solving
The programmes that can be
taken up after the clearing of the CEED examination are given below.
1.
Master of design programmes
2.
PhD programmes in Design
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