UCEED Study Material 2025-2026 – Books & Online Study Material Kit

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The IITs offer a common, general BDes program. There are no specializations / disciplines available for the BDes programs. The no of seats available for each category for Bachelor of Design program at different institutes is given below:

Seat Matrix of UCEED for 2024-2025

*Note: PD reservations @ 5% (total 2 seats) will be horizontal across all categories and will consume seats from within other categories.

CRITERION 1 – AGE LIMIT:

The candidate should have been born on or after October 1, 2000 if belonging to the OPEN or OBC-NCL category and, on or after October 1, 1995 if belonging to the SC, ST or PwD category.

CRITERION 2 – UCEED QUALIFICATION:

The candidate should have qualified, i.e., obtained a rank in UCEED 2025.

CRITERION 3 – QUALIFYING EXAMINATION:

Qualifying Examination: Passed all five subjects in Class XII or equivalent in 2024 or 2025. Those who appeared for the first time in 2023 or earlier are NOT eligible.

Eligible Streams and Institutes: Science Stream with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics: Eligible for all six participating institutes (IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Roorkee, and IIITDM Jabalpur). Other streams (Science without Mathematics/Physics/Chemistry, Commerce, Arts & Humanities): Eligible for IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, and IIT Hyderabad.

Admission Criteria for B.Tech. in Design at IIT Delhi: Based on JEE (Advanced) rankings. Additionally, aspirants must qualify in UCEED

Admission Criteria for B.Des at IIITDM Jabalpur: Only students with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/Biology at 10+2 can apply. Students from Commerce, Arts, or Humanities at 10+2 are not eligible for B.Des admissions at IIITDM Jabalpur.

Eligibility for IIT Guwahati and IIT Roorkee: Science Stream with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics: Eligible. Other streams (Science without Mathematics/Physics/Chemistry, Commerce, Arts & Humanities): NOT eligible.

Requirements for Candidates Appearing in 2025: Complete all parts of the final examination by the date of application for admission. Submit proof of passing the qualifying examination with required eligibility by September 30, 2025, to the admitting institute

Qualifying Examination Board Certificate: If awarded only letter grades, the candidate must obtain a certificate specifying the passing grade and upload it along with the grade sheet. In case such a certificate is not provided, the decision by the UCI Committee is final.

Criteria for Foreign Nationals: Applicable “in toto” to all applicants, including foreign nationals. Seats allotted to foreign nationals are supernumerary, capped at 10% of total seats in a program. Only those holding OCI/PIO cards issued before 4th March 2021 considered under the OPEN category and are outside the ambit of EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, and ST categories.

Admission to B.Des program at IITs is on the basis of the candidate’s UCEED score. Only UCEED 2025 qualified students can apply for admission to the B.Des program. UCEED score will be the only selection criteria for B.Des admissions at IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Roorkee, IIT Hyderabad and IIITDM Jabalpur.

The 5 institutes will have a common application form for admission to their respective B.Des programs. The UCEED Office, IIT Bombay will process the common application form and carry out the joint seat allocation process. Key Dates are:

UCEED Exam: January 19, 2025

UCEED Result: March 07, 2025

BDes Application: March 14 to 31, 2025

The application process is simple and has the following key steps:

1. Register and apply through common IIT Bombay Admissions Portal
2. Upload digital copies of relevant documents
3. Pay application processing fee of ₹4,000/-
4. Submit priority order for choice of institutes
5. Detailed instructions are provided within the online application portal.

The fees are revised every year just before the BDes application process starts. For general idea, these are the annual fees for admission year 2020-21:

*Notes:

1. The Tuition Fees are waived off for all SC / ST category students.
2. The Mess & Hostel Charges are waived off for economically backward SC / ST students.

1. The question paper will consist of two parts: Part A (Objective Section) and Part B (Drawing Section)
2. The question paper will be for 300 marks. Part A = 200 marks. Part B = 100 marks exam will be for 3 hours. Part A = 2 hours. Part B = 1 hour.
3. The question paper will be in English.
4. Questions from both parts are compulsory.

PART-A – 200 marks | 2 hours

The summary of the paper structure is given below:

PART-B – 100 marks | 1 hour

1. Part-B has two questions to test drawing skills and design aptitude, evaluated subjectively. Questions will be shown on the computer screen, and answers must be written or drawn in the provided answer book. PwD candidates using a scribe cannot get assistance with Part-B, as it tests their drawing skills.
2. It will require subjective evaluation.
3. The question in Part-B will be displayed on the computer screen and the answer has to be written/drawn in Part-B answer booklets, which will be collected at the end of the examination.
4. Part-B question is mandatory for evaluation of UCEED paper.

The syllabus in each part of UCEED exam is as follows:

I. Part A (Objective Section) Part A of the UCEED exam will have questions from the following topics-

1. Visualization and spatial ability: Pictorial and diagrammatic questions to test understanding of transformation and/or manipulation of 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships, knowledge of practical and everyday mechanical and scientific concepts.

2. Practical and scientific knowledge: Know-how of scientific principles and everyday objects.

3. Observation and design sensitivity: Ability to detect concealed properties in ordinary things, people, situations, and events, and thinking critically about them. Applying attention to certain details, analysing, reasoning, classifying, inferring and predicting. Ability to discern subtle differences in visual properties and aesthetic outcomes.
4. Environmental and social awareness: 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. Awareness of social and cultural connection with design, history of the designed artefact, and socially responsible and environmentally sustainable design responses. History of art, sculpture and literature.
5. Analytical and logical reasoning: Ability to look at information, be it qualitative or quantitative in nature, and discern patterns within the information. Ability to weigh opinions, arguments or solutions against appropriate criteria. Ability to check for hidden bias or hidden assumptions and whether evidence and argument support conclusions. Ability to use logic and structured thinking to deduce from a short passage, which of a number of statements is the most accurate response to a posed question. Data Interpretation, brainteasers, and patterns.
6. Language and creativity: Ability to understand and use Standard English. Reading comprehension, knowledge of English grammar. Ability to think creatively in terms of alternatives, ability to distinguish innovative options and think out of the box..

SILICA Experts Note: The expected weightage of different topics of the UCEED syllabus is as follows

II. Part B (Subjective Section): Part B of the UCEED exam will have question which will test the candidate’s ability to draw.

Drawing: 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. 

SILICA Experts Note: The answers to these questions are assessed on the basis of:

i. The Idea or Concept: How creative, unique, interesting, sensible the idea or concept of the answer is.

ii. The Presentation: Quality of visualization, technical drawing, coloring, overall presentation.

Download the Past / Original papers for UCEED exam from the following link-
https://silica.co.in/uceed-sample-papers.html

The original UCEED papers for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 are available at the above link along with expert analyses by SILICA experts.

These are the important dates in the admission process of BDes at IITs through UCEED score:

These are the important dates in the admission process of BDes at IITs through UCEED score:

A rank list is prepared based on the combined marks obtained in Part A + B of the UCEED exam. Only candidates who score the minimum prescribed marks in each section of both Part-A and Part-B and minimum total marks will be included in the rank list. The minimum prescribed marks varies with the category as shown in the table below:

SILICA Expert Notes:

1. Candidates equal to about 10 times the number of seats available obtain ranks in the UCEED exam.
2. Obtaining a rank in UCEED 2020 does not guarantee admission to the B. Des program. Only top 200 ranks or so obtain admission in IITs.
3. However, UCEED score is considered for admission by several other Design Institutes for admission.

Part-A of the examination is a computer based test, there is no scope for review, re-grading or re-totalling of the Part-A marks of the examination paper. 

The evaluation of Part-B will be done manually . 

• If the difference in marks awarded by the two evaluators <= 10 marks, a simple average of the two evaluations will be considered.
• If the difference is > 10 marks, the answer sheet of Part-B will be evaluated by a third expert examiner (and so on until the difference of marks <= 10).
  A simple average of the closest of two evaluations will be selected as the final marks.
• If the difference in marks of the closest of two evaluations is >10 after several evaluations, a moderator will be invited to examine the answers.
• If the difference in marks between the moderator and either of the examiners is the same, then the higher average will be considered for calculating the score

UCEED 2019 exam was conducted on January 19, 2025. From 2015 to 2019, UCEED exam only had the Part A (Objective Section). The comparison of the weightage of different topics in Part A of the exam is as follows: