UCEED 2025 Information Brochure
Admissions to the Bachelor of Design (BDes) programmes at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Roorkee and IIITDM Jabalpur are done through the Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED). Students who have passed Class XII (or equivalent) in 2024, or appearing in 2025, in ANY STREAM (Science, Commerce, or Arts & Humanities) are eligible to appear for UCEED 2025.
The online registration with the regular fee is now open. The deadline for the same is 31 October, 2024.
UCEED 2025
The Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) is a test centre-based examination of 3 hours duration. UCEED 2025 will be held on:
Sunday, 19th January 2025.
09:00 am to 12:00 noon
Here's an overview of the timeline for UCEED 2025 and BDes Admission:
Important Dates for UCEED Exam & Admission 2025
Activity | Date |
Start date for Online Registration | October 01, 2024, 01:00 pm |
Last date for Online Registration with regular fee | October 31, 2024 |
Last date for Online Registration with late fee | November 08, 2024, 5:00 pm |
Start date for Admit Card downloading | January 03, 2025, 01:00 pm |
Last date for rectification of discrepancies in Admit card | January 09, 2025, 05:00 pm |
UCEED 2025: date and time of exam | January 19, 2025 (Sunday) 09:00 am to 12:00 noon |
Release of Draft Answer Key and candidates’ response for Part-A | January 21, 2025 |
Last date for uploading comments (if any) on the Draft Answer Key in the candidate’s portal | January 23, 2025, 05:00 pm |
Release of Final Answer Key for Part-A | January 29, 2025, 05:00 pm |
Announcement of cut-off marks for Part-A | February 06, 2025 |
Declaration of results | March 07, 2025 |
Start date for Score Card downloading | March 10, 2025 |
Application Process for BDes Programme starts | |
Last date for Score Card downloading | June 11, 2025 |
Note: The dates for the seat allotment rounds are tentative. The change in date(s) (if any) will be posted on the official website (www.uceed.iitb.ac.in). Candidates are advised to visit the website from time to time.
Eligibility Criteria for appearing for the UCEED Exam
A candidate, including a foreign national, must simultaneously fulfil every one of the following three criteria to appear in UCEED 2025.
Criterion 1 – Age limit:The candidate should have been born on or after October 1, 2000, if belonging to the OPEN/EWS/OBC-NCL category and born on or after October 1, 1995, if belonging to the SC, ST or PwD category.
Criterion 2 – Number of attempts:A candidate can attempt UCEED a maximum of two times, and that too in consecutive years. Note that the UCEED score is valid for one year and only for admissions in the same corresponding academic year.
Criterion 3 – Qualifying examination:A candidate should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2024 OR 2025 to be eligible for attempting UCEED 2025. Students from ALL STREAMS (Science, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities) are eligible.
Those who appeared for the first time in their qualifying examination (Class XII) in 2023 or earlier are NOT eligible to appear in UCEED 2025.
Qualifying Examination
Final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by a Central or State Board recognized by the Association of Indian Universities.
Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a Board or University recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (www.aiu.ac.in).
Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects.
Any Public School, Board or University examination in India or a foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
H.S.C. vocational examination.
General Certificate of Education (GCE) examination (London, Cambridge or Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.
Candidates who have completed Class XII (or equivalent) examination outside India or from a Board not specified above should produce a certificate from the Association of Indian Universities to the effect that the examination they have passed is equivalent to the Class XII examination.
In case the Class XII examination is not a public examination, the candidate must have already passed at least one public (Board or Pre-University) examination before appearing for UCEED.
A Diploma recognized by the All-India Council for Technical Education (www.aicte-india.org) or a State Board of Technical Education of at least THREE years duration. It is important to note that the eligibility criteria of the participating Institutes may not consider candidates with a Diploma of three-year duration.
UCEED 2025 Exam Syllabus
UCEED 2025 will have two parts.
Part-A will have questions from the following topics:
Visualization and spatial reasoning: Ability to visualise 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 analyse qualitative and quantitative information.
Language: Proficiency in reading and comprehending Standard English.
Creativity: Grasp of verbal and non-verbal analogies, metaphors, signs and symbols.
Part-B will have questions on the following topics:
Drawing: Ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective and shading.
Design aptitude: Capability to practically and appropriately respond to problems/situations with ingenuity and empathy.
Question Paper Structure for UCEED Exam 2025
There will be ONE question paper of total THREE hours duration.
The question paper will be in English only.
The question paper will carry a total of 300 marks.
The question paper will consist of two parts: Part-A and Part-B. It is compulsory to attempt questions from both parts.
Utmost care is taken to prepare an error free question paper. However, if an error is detected in the question paper, the UCI Committee shall take an appropriate decision after the examination, which shall be final.
Details of the two parts of the question paper are given below:
Part-A (Total marks: 200; Maximum time: 2 hours)
This part will be administered through a computer-based test.
This part will consist of three sections.
Section 1:NAT (Numerical Answer Type): 14 questions (4 marks each; no negative marks).
For these questions, the answer is a number that needs to be entered using a virtual keyboard on the computer screen. No choices will be shown for these questions.
Section 2: MSQ (Multiple Select Question): 15 questions.
Each MSQ may have one or more than one correct choice(s) out of the four given. The following is the marking scheme:
Full Marks: + 4 If only (all) the correct option(s) is(are) chosen and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
Partial Marks: + 3 If all the four options are correct but ONLY three options are chosen and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
Partial Marks: + 2 If three or more options are correct but ONLY two options are chosen, both of which are correct and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
Partial Marks: + 1 If two or more options are correct but ONLY one option is chosen and it is a correct option and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
Zero Marks: 0 If none of the options is chosen (i.e., the question is unanswered).
Negative Marks: -1 In all other cases.
Section 3: MCQ (Multiple Choice Question): 28 questions (3 marks each for the correct answer; 0.71 negative marks for incorrect answers). Each MCQ will have four choices, out of which only one is the correct answer.
Part-B (Total marks: 100; Maximum time: 1 hour)
Part-B consists of TWO questions to test the candidates’ drawing skills and design aptitude. This will require subjective evaluation. The questions in Part-B will be displayed on the computer screen, and the answer must be written/drawn in the answer book provided by the invigilator. In the case of PwD candidates availing the use of a scribe, assistance in attempting Part-B is not permitted, as the question is aimed at evaluating their drawing skill.
Part-B answer booklets will be collected at the end of the examination.
Part-B question is mandatory.
The entire paper (Part-A and Part-B) must be finished within the stipulated time for each part.
Following is the question paper structure for UCEED 2025:
Part-A (2 hours) | ||||||
Section | Type of question | Number of questions | Marks for correct answer | Marks for wrong answer | Marks for question not attempted | Total marks for the section |
1 | Numerical Answer Type (NAT) | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
2 | Multiple Select Question (MSQ) | 15 | Partial Marking | -1 | 0 | 60 |
3 | Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) | 28 | 3 | -0.71 | 0 | 84 |
Total | 57 | 200 |
Part-B (1 hour) | ||
Type of question | Number of questions | Total marks |
Sketching | 1 | 50 |
Design Aptitude | 1 | 50 |
Sample Exam Interface:
To provide a feel of the examination interface a link to a sample/practice exam is given below.• The interface is designed and optimised to run on a desktop browser. It may not work on tablet or other mobile devices.• The login details are already filled in. To begin, click on the "Sign In" button and follow the instructions.• On the sample interface, the candidate can check how to answer a question, how to go to the next question, how to mark a question for reviewing later, etc.• To see Part-B of the sample/practice exam, the candidate must wait for 30 minutes
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