What: The Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED) is an all India examination conducted by IIT Bombay, on behalf of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

CEED is a qualifying examination for Admission to Master of Design (MDes) programmes at IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi [Images], IIT Guwahati and IIT Kanpur, and PhD programmes in Design in some institutes.

Eligibility
Candidates must either have completed or be expecting to complete any of the following, by July 2009:

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

(ii) Professional Diploma in Design (NID/CEPT, or equivalent)

(iii) BFA (4 year professional programme, after 10+2)

(iv) GD Art (5 year programme after 10th) with one year professional experience

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

Before applying for CEED, candidates must assure themselves that they are eligible to seek admission to the specific programme they are interested in.

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

Important Dates
Acess to Online (internet) applcication : September 22 - October 24, 2008

Issue of Forms:
by Post: September 22 - October 17, 2008

at the GATE Office Counter: September 22 - November 3, 2008

Last Date for Receipt of Completed Offline/ Online Application Forms at the GATE Office IIT Bombay: November 3, 2008

Dispatch of Admit Cards starts from: December 15, 2008

Date of Examination: January 18, 2009, Sunday (1400 to 1700 Hrs)

For more details visit: http://www.gate.iitb.ac.in/ceed2k9/home.htm