UCEED is Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design conducted by IIT Bombay. UCEED is the entrance exam for admission to Bachelor of Design (BDes) program at IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad and IIITDM Jabalpur.

UCEED scores as also accepted for admission by:

1. Anant National University, Ahmedabad
2. ARCH College of Design and Business, Jaipur
3. Chitkara University, Punjab
4. Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar
5. Delhi Technological University, Delhi
6. Khyati School of Design, Ahmedabad
7. Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab
8. MIT World Peace University, Pune
9. Nirma University, Ahmedabad
10. Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru
11. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun
12. U.P. Institute of Design, Noida
13. Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur
14. VIT University, Vellore
15. World University of Design, Delhi NCR
16. Aram Center for Art, Design and Environmental Studies, Coimbatore

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

Contact: Phone: +91-22-2576 4063/9093/9094

Email: uceed@iitb.ac.in

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:

*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, 1995 if belonging to the OPEN or OBC-NCL category and, on or after October 1, 1990 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 2020.

CRITERION 3 – QUALIFYING EXAMINATION:

The candidate should have passed the qualifying examination (Class XII or equivalent) in 2019 or appearing in 2020. Those who appeared for the first time in their qualifying examination in 2018 or earlier are NOT eligible. Consequently, a candidate can appear for UCEED exam a maximum of 2 times and that too in consecutive years.

Note: Candidates from the Science Stream with Physics, Chemistry and Maths as subjects are eligible to apply to all the four institutes. Candidates from any other stream (Science without Maths or Physics or Chemistry, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities) are eligible to apply to only IIT Bombay, IIT Hyderabad and IIITDM Jabalpur, not IIT Guwahati.

Admission to BDes program at IITs is on the basis of the candidate’s UCEED score. Only UCEED 2020 qualified students can apply for admission to the BDes program. UCEED score will be the only selection criteria for BDes admissions at IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad and IIITDM Jabalpur.

The 4 institutes will have a common application form for admission to their respective BDes 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: 18 January 2020

UCEED Result: 13 March 2020

BDes Application: 6 June 2020

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 Rs 2,000/-
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 2021-22:

*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 = 240 marks. Part B = 60 marks.
3. exam will be for 3 hours. Part A = 2.5 hours. Part B = 30 mins.
4. The question paper will be in English.
5. Questions from both parts are compulsory.

PART-A - 240 marks | 2.5 hours

The summary of the paper structure is given below:

PART-B - 60 marks | 30 mins

1. Part-B of UCEED paper consists of one question which will test 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. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Design thinking and problem solving: Ability to use visual analogies, metaphors, signs and symbols. Ability to understand complexity, identify the problem, generate alternatives, evaluate the options and select solutions.

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 one question which will test the candidate’s ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective, and shading.

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 and 2019 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:

UCEED will be conducted in the following 24 cities in India: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Ernakulum, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur and Visakhapatnam. There will be on international exam center in Dubai.

Note: IIT Bombay reserves the right to drop any city for conducting the exam due to poor response. Students have to select top 3 choices. If a city is dropped from the list, then the later choices are offered to the student.

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. UCEED 2020 Question Paper and Draft Answer Key (Part-A) will be released on the UCEED website on January 25, 2020. Candidates can check the draft answer key and compare their answers to know the correct answers. Any discrepancy/comment must be addressed to uceed@iitb.ac.in, on or before January 31, 2020. Candidates have to mention "Comments on Answer Keys" in the subject of the mail.

The evaluation of Part-B will be done manually by two evaluators independently. If the difference in marks is less than 20%, then a simple average of the marks will be considered. If the difference in marks is greater than 20%, then the paper will be evaluated by a third evaluator. A simple average of the closest of 2 evaluators will be selected as the final marks. There is no scope for re-evaluation of the Part B of UCEED exam.

UCEED 2021 exam will be conducted on 17 January 2021. From 2015 to 2020, the comparison of the weightage of different topics in Part A of the exam is as follows: