SEED 2026 Exam Centres: Check City wise List, Reporting Time

Shubhangini Priyadarshi

Updated on - Aug 8, 2025

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Do Candidates Need to Choose an Exam Centre for SEED 2026?
SEED 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
Previous SEED Exam Centres
Key Points Related to SEED Exam 2026

The SEED Exam Centres 2026 will not be released as the exam is held in online proctored mode. The exam is scheduled for Jan 11, 2026. The exam will be administered via an online proctored method. This means that you do not need to go to a test centre to take the exam.

As a result, no exam centres for SEED 2026 will be granted. To take the online exam, you will required a laptop, a webcam, and reliable internet access. The SEED admit card 2026 will contain the guidelines for the written test. You must carefully review the exam guidelines, as the exam will be proctored online.

Do Candidates Need to Choose an Exam Centre for SEED 2026?

The SEED 2026 exam will be administered online via proctored mode. In other words, the exam will not be administered in a centre. Instead, you can take the exam from any location, including your own home, as long as you have a laptop, webcam, and internet connection.

So, when completing the SEED 2026 application form, you do not necessarily have to select a test centre. The Symbiosis Institute of Design will post the entire details of the online exam on its official website, sid.edu.in. Details may include minimum requirements for taking the admission exam, such as software and browser requirements.

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SEED 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule

Check out the important events and dates for SEED 2026 in the table below.

SEED Events	SEED 2026 Important Dates
SEED 2026 Online Registration	Aug 1- Nov 30, 2025
SEED 2026 Admit Card	Jan 5, 2026
SEED 2026 Mock Test	Jan 7, 2026
SEED 2026 Exam	Jan 11, 2026
SEED Result Release Date 2026	Jan 19, 2026
SEED PRPI Admit Card Date	March 2026
SEED Portfolio Uploading Date	March 2026
SEED PRPI Phase 1 Exam 2026	March 2026
SEED PRPI Phase 2 Exam 2026	April 2026
SEED Final Merit List Release Date	April 2026
SEED Fee Payment and Online Registration Starts	April 2026
SEED Commencement of the Program	July 2026

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Previous SEED Exam Centres

Previously, SEED exams were administered in a centre-based setting. The list of exam centres is provided below.

SEED Exam Centres 2026
City wise SEED Exam Centres	State wise SEED Exam Centres 2026
Agra	Uttar Pradesh
Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh
Jhansi	Uttar Pradesh
Bareilly	Uttar Pradesh
Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
Meerut	Uttar Pradesh
Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh
Ahmedabad	Gujarat
Gandhinagar	Gujarat
Rajkot	Gujarat
Surat	Gujarat
Vadodara	Gujarat
Ahmednagar	Maharashtra
Nagpur	Maharashtra
Nashik	Maharashtra
Navi Mumbai	Maharashtra
Amravati	Maharashtra
Aurangabad	Maharashtra
Pune	Maharashtra
Kolhapur	Maharashtra
Thane	Maharashtra
Mumbai	Maharashtra
Ajmer	Rajasthan
Jaipur	Rajasthan
Jodhpur	Rajasthan
Kota	Rajasthan
Udaipur	Rajasthan
Ambala	Haryana
Karnal	Haryana
Panipat	Haryana
Amritsar	Punjab
Chandigarh/ Mohali	Punjab
Patiala	Punjab
Ludhiana	Punjab
Asansol	West Bengal
Hooghly	West Bengal
Siliguri	West Bengal
Kolkata	West Bengal
Bengaluru	Karnataka
Mysuru	Karnataka
Chennai	Tamil Nadu
Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
Madurai	Tamil Nadu
Dehradun	Uttarakhand
Roorkee	Uttarakhand
Bilaspur	Chhattisgarh
Bhilai	Chhattisgarh
Raipur	Chhattisgarh
Bhubaneswar	Odisha
Cuttack	Odisha
Delhi Gurugram	Delhi-NCR
Faridabad	Delhi-NCR
Noida-Greater Noida-Ghaziabad	Delhi-NCR
Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh
Indore	Madhya Pradesh
Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
Kochi/Ernakulam	Kerala
Kottayam	Kerala
Thrissur	Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala
Kozhikode	Kerala
Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh
Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh
Nellore	Andhra Pradesh
Jamshedpur	Jharkhand
Ranchi	Jharkhand
Dhanbad	Jharkhand
Dibrugarh	Assam
Guwahati	Assam
Gangtok/ Bardang	Sikkim
Hyderabad	Telangana
Shimla	Himachal Pradesh
Shillong	Meghalaya
Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir
Port Blair	Andaman and Nicobar
Patna	Bihar
Panjim	Goa

Here are a few key points related to the SEED 2026 exam.

The SEED 2026 exam will be administered via online proctoring. To take the exam, you must be prepared on time.
The ones taking the exam should have a laptop or computer.
You must ensure that you have a reliable internet connection and webcam is working properly.
Only the original SEED admit card, will be considered a valid document to gain entry.

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FAQs on SEED Exam Centres

Q: Who assigns the exam centre for the SEED exam?

A: The exam coordinating organisation, SIU of Symbiosis Entrance Exam for Design (SEED), is in charge of allocating/assigning exam centres to candidates. The SEED 2025 exam will be administered via online proctoring. As a result, the candidate will not be assigned an examination centre. Instead, the candidate will be allowed to take the written tests at a location of their choice. The online exam details will be made available on the SID admissions portal - sid.edu.in. The candidate should thoroughly review the exam guidelines.

Q: How many exam centres can I select at the time of registration for SEED 2025?

A: The SEED 2025 exam will be conducted online. Candidates are not obliged to pick exam entries to take the exam. In past editions, when the exam was held at a centre, the candidate had to select their options while filling out the SEED application form. Candidates had to choose three exam centres in order of priority. On the day of the SEED 2025 exam, candidates should have their admit cards and IDs ready. In addition, candidates must be prepared to take the exam with their laptops, webcams, and reliable internet connectivity.

Q: What is the reporting time for SEED exam?

A: The candidate should be ready for the online exam around an hour before it begins. The Symbiosis Institute of Design will post the detailed reporting time on its official website. The SEED 2025 written exams will be administered via an online proctored, computer-based format. This means that the candidate can take the exam from their preferred location. To take the online exam, the candidate will require a laptop/desktop, a webcam, internet access, and a few other software and hardware prerequisites.

Q: Do candidates need to select an exam centre for SEED 2025?

A: The SEED 2025 exam will be administered online via proctored mode. In other words, the written exams will not be administered in a centre setting. Instead, the candidate can take the exam from any location, including their own home, as long as they have a laptop, webcam, and internet connection. So, when completing the SEED 2025 application form, the candidate does not necessarily have to select a test centre.