Common Entrance Examination for Design

Common Entrance Examination for Design

CEED 2025 - exam_syllabus

National exam by IITs for PG design (M.Des) program admissions.

The CEED 2025 Information Brochure will contain the syllabus that the candidate needs to follow for the entrance exam.

The brochure will contain the topics for Part A and Part B.

The candidate must refer to the CEED 2025 syllabus for exam preparation. Note that questions in the exam will be asked from within the syllabus.

Syllabus
Part A Visualization and spatial reasoning: Ability to visualize 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 properties in daily life and think critically 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 analyze qualitative 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/ artifact/ product, artists/designers, art/design history and trends.

Design methods and practices: Knowledge of media, materials, production processes, and ergonomics.

Part B Drawing: Ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective and shading.

Creativity: Capacity to think out-of-the-box and develop unique and diverse solutions.

Communication: Skills to communicate concepts and ideas clearly with the help of text and visuals.

Problem identification: Capability to understand the user and the context, knowledge of properties of materials and their appropriate use in design.