UCEED

Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design 2025

Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design 2025

Mode of ExamOnline
LevelUG
Level of ExamNational Level

About UCEED 2025

The UCEED exam 2025 will be administered by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in 24 national cities on January 19 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Online registration for UCEED opened on October 01, 2024. Aspirants in design have until October 31, 2024, to complete the UCEED 2025 application form and pay the standard fee. It is recommended that candidates review the UCEED eligibility requirements for 2025 prior to completing the registration form.

On October 01, 2024, IIT Bombay released the official notice of the UCEED test. To take the UCEED exam in 2025, candidates must fulfill the specified eligibility requirements. Applicants have until November 18, 2024, to pay the late fee and complete the UCEED 2025 application form. The conducting authority, IIT Bombay, will make the UCEED 2025 admit card available on January 3, 2025. Twenty-four national cities will host UCEED on January 19 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

On January 21, 2025, the examination cell will release the UCEED draft answer key. If candidates discover any inconsistencies in the tentative UCEED answer key 2025, they may contest it. On January 29, 2025, the UCEED final answer key will be made available. The results of UCEED 2025 will be made public on March 7, 2025, on uceed.iitb.ac.in, the official website. The UCEED exam scorecard will be available for download by candidates from March 10 to June 11, 2025. Candidates who pass the UCEED 2025 exam may apply to UCEED participating institutes for admission to the B.Des program.

Here's the edited version with updated details for UCEED 2025:


UCEED 2025: Key Changes You Must Know

UCEED 2025 Exam Centres:
The test centres for UCEED have been reduced to 24, compared to 25 in 2020. IIT Bombay will conduct the UCEED 2025 exam in 24 cities across India only. The international test centre in Dubai has been removed.

Increase in UCEED Participating Institutes:
The number of UCEED participating institutes has increased. IIT Delhi is now offering a B.Des course to aspirants through UCEED 2025.

UCEED Exam Pattern 2025:
There have been changes to the marking scheme of UCEED Part A - Multiple Select Questions (MSQ). While the number of questions in MSQ remains the same, the marking scheme has been updated:

  • +4 marks: If all the correct options are chosen for each question.
  • +3 marks: If three options are chosen out of four correct options, with no incorrect answers.
  • +2 marks: If three or more options are correct, but only two correct options are chosen, with no incorrect answers.
  • +1 mark: If only one option is chosen out of two or more correct options, with no incorrect answers.
  • Zero (0) marks: For an attempted question with no correct or incorrect choices.
  • -1 mark: For incorrect answers.

What is UCEED Exam?
The Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) is a design entrance exam administered by IIT Bombay to select candidates for admission to the B.Des program at IIT Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur. UCEED is held annually in 24 cities across the country. The exam is divided into two sections:

  • Part A: Conducted entirely online.
  • Part B: Administered via pen and paper.
    The UCEED 2025 exam has a total duration of three hours.

Apart from the UCEED participating institutes, students with valid UCEED scores can also apply for admission to result-sharing institutes. However, these institutes do not participate in the Joint Admission Process conducted by IIT Bombay. Candidates are advised to check the eligibility criteria of their desired institute.

Here's the edited version with updated details for UCEED 2025:


UCEED 2025: Key Changes You Must Know

UCEED 2025 Exam Centres:
The test centres for UCEED have been reduced to 24, compared to 25 in 2020. IIT Bombay will conduct the UCEED 2025 exam in 24 cities across India only. The international test centre in Dubai has been removed.

Increase in UCEED Participating Institutes:
The number of UCEED participating institutes has increased. IIT Delhi is now offering a B.Des course to aspirants through UCEED 2025.

UCEED Exam Pattern 2025:
There have been changes to the marking scheme of UCEED Part A - Multiple Select Questions (MSQ). While the number of questions in MSQ remains the same, the marking scheme has been updated:

  • +4 marks: If all the correct options are chosen for each question.
  • +3 marks: If three options are chosen out of four correct options, with no incorrect answers.
  • +2 marks: If three or more options are correct, but only two correct options are chosen, with no incorrect answers.
  • +1 mark: If only one option is chosen out of two or more correct options, with no incorrect answers.
  • Zero (0) marks: For an attempted question with no correct or incorrect choices.
  • -1 mark: For incorrect answers.

What is UCEED Exam?
The Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) is a design entrance exam administered by IIT Bombay to select candidates for admission to the B.Des program at IIT Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur. UCEED is held annually in 24 cities across the country. The exam is divided into two sections:

  • Part A: Conducted entirely online.
  • Part B: Administered via pen and paper.
    The UCEED 2025 exam has a total duration of three hours.

Apart from the UCEED participating institutes, students with valid UCEED scores can also apply for admission to result-sharing institutes. However, these institutes do not participate in the Joint Admission Process conducted by IIT Bombay. Candidates are advised to check the eligibility criteria of their desired institute.


UCEED 2025 Application Process

Mode of Application: Online
Mode of Payment: Net Banking | Credit Card | Debit Card

IIT Bombay released the UCEED 2025 application form on October 1, 2024. Eligible candidates can complete the form by visiting the official website - uceed.iitb.ac.in.

Steps for UCEED 2025 Application:

  1. Register through the online portal www.uceed.iitb.ac.in using your mobile number, name, email address, and date of birth.
  2. Fill in personal and academic details, and select three exam centres of your choice.
  3. Upload the following documents:
    • Recent colored photograph.
    • A scanned copy of the candidate's full signature on white paper.
    • Qualifying examination certificate (if appeared in 2024 or before).
    • Certificate from the school/college principal (if appearing in 2025).
    • Date of birth proof (passport, SSC certificate, or birth certificate).
  4. Pay the fee online using net banking, debit card, or credit card.
  5. Submit the application form.

 

Following is the registration fee details for UCEED 2025

 Registration Fee for Examination Centres in India

 Indian Nationals
 (including PIO/OCI)
 Female Candidates (all categories)  INR 1900
 SC, ST, PwD Candidates  INR 1900
 All Other Candidates  INR 3800

 Foreign Nationals 
 (with holders of OCI/PIO cards issued BEFORE 4th March 2021)

 All Candidates   INR 3800
 Foreign Nationals
 (with holders of OCI/PIO cards issued AFTER 4th March 2021)
 Candidates from SAARC countries  USD 400
 Candidates from Non-SAARC countries  USD 500

Application Fees

 Category  Quota   Mode  Gender   Amount 
 General, ST, OBC, SC     Online  Female  ₹ 1900
 General, OBC    Online  Transgender, Male   ₹ 3800
 General, ST, OBC, SC PWD  Online  Transgender, Male  ₹ 1900

UCEED 2024 Highlights

 Full Exam Name  Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design
 Short Exam Name  UCEED
 Conducting Body  Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
 Frequency of Conduct  Once a year
 Exam Level  National Level Exam
 Languages  English
 Mode of Application  Online
 Application Fee (General)  3800 Rs [Online]
 Mode of Exam  Online
 Mode of Counselling  Online / Offline
 Participating Colleges  19
 Exam Duration  3 Hours

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UCEED 2025 Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for appearing in the UCEED 2025 exam are:

  1. Candidates must be born on or after October 1, 1998, for the open or OBC-NCL category. For SC, ST, or PwD category candidates, they must be born on or after October 1, 1993.

  2. The maximum number of attempts allowed is two times in consecutive years.

  3. Candidates should have passed the qualifying examination (Class 12 or equivalent) in 2023 or be appearing in 2024. Candidates who passed in 2021 or earlier are not eligible to apply. Students from all streams are eligible to apply.

Eligibility Criteria for B.Des after UCEED 2025 Exam

  1. To apply for the B.Des program, candidates must be born on or after October 1, 1998, for the open or OBC-NCL category. For SC, ST, or PwD category candidates, they must be born on or after October 1, 1993.

  2. Candidates must obtain a qualified rank in the UCEED 2025 exam.

  3. Candidates should have passed the qualifying examination (Class 12 or equivalent) in 2023 or be appearing in 2024. Students from all streams are eligible to apply.

  4. Science Stream Eligibility:

    • Candidates from the science stream with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as subjects are eligible to apply for admissions to IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur.
    • Candidates from other streams (e.g., science without Physics, Chemistry, or Mathematics, commerce, arts, or humanities) are eligible to apply for admissions to IIT Bombay and IIITDM Jabalpur only.

 

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UCEED 2025 Syllabus

Visualization and spatial ability-

Visualization and spatial ability: Unit 01

Pictorial and diagrammatic questions

Visualization and spatial ability: Unit 02

Transformation and/ or manipulation of 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships

Visualization and spatial ability: Unit 03

Mechanical and scientific concepts

Observation and design sensitivity-

Observation and design sensitivity: Unit 01

Concealed properties in ordinary things, people, situations, events, and thinking critically about them

Observation and design sensitivity: Unit 02

Certain details, analysing, reasoning, classifying, inferring and predicting

Observation and design sensitivity: Unit 03

Visual properties and aesthetic outcomes

Environmental and social awareness-

Environmental and social awareness: Unit 01

General awareness of environmental factors such as climate, population, water, vegetation, pollution, weather, natural resources etc, and their implications on the design of products, images, infrastructure, and environment

Environmental and social awareness: Unit 02

Awareness of social and cultural connection with design

Environmental and social awareness: Unit 03

History of the designed artefact

Environmental and social awareness: Unit 04

Socially responsible and environmentally sustainable design responses

Environmental and social awareness: Unit 05

History of art, sculpture, and literature

Analytical and logical reasoning-

Analytical and logical reasoning: Unit 01

Data interpretation, brainteasers, and patterns

Language and creativity-

Language and creativity: Unit 01

Reading comprehension

Language and creativity: Unit 02

English Grammar

Design thinking and problem solving-

Design thinking and problem solving: Unit 01

Visual analogies

Design thinking and problem solving: Unit 02

Metaphors

Design thinking and problem solving: Unit 03

Signs and symbols

Drawing-

Drawing: Unit 01

Draw products, people, or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective, and shading

 

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Application Start Date :

1st October 2024

Application End Date :

18th November 2024

Exam Date :

19th January 2025

Result Date :

7th March 2025

Conducted By :

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Official Website : http://www.uceed.iitb.ac.in