IIT UCEED (UNDERGRADUATE COMMON ENTRANCE EXAM FOR DESIGN) since 2015
Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) is an entrance examination conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
It is a joint entrance examination for admission into Bachelor of Design programs in IIT-Bombay, IIT-Guwahati, IIT-Hyderabad and IITDM-Jabalpur.
CEED exam is after graduation, its pattern is same as UCEED. Online Classes
Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) at IIT UCEED exam has following IIT campuses
No. of Candidates who Appeared for UCEED 2020 : 12,414
Number of Candidates who Qualified : 2930
Dates for exam
Event | Date |
Online registration starts | October 9, 2019 |
Written examination date | Jan 18, 2020 |
Result of exam | March 13, 2020 |
Seat allotment rounds | July 4, 11, 15, 2020 |
Eligibility
Age criteria
The candidate should have been born on or after October 1, 1995 if belonging to the OPEN/EWS/OBC-NCL category and on or after October 1, 1990, if belonging to the SC, ST, or PwD category
Number of attempts for IIT UCEED exam:
A candidate can attempt UCEED for a maximum of two times and that too in consecutive years. The marks for 2020 will be valid only for admissions of 2020.
Qualifying Exam:
- The candidate should have passed the qualifying examination (Class XII or equivalent) in 2019, OR appearing in 2020.
- Students from ALL STREAMS (Science, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities) are eligible.
- Those who appeared for the first time in their qualifying examination in 2018 or earlier are NOT eligible.
IIT UCEED 2020 Exam Pattern:
Event | Details |
Question Paper Duration | 3 Hours |
Total Marks | 300 |
Q. Paper Parts | A (Aptitude) and B (Drawing) |
UCEED Part A | 240 Marks, 2 hour 30 minutes |
UCEED Part B | 60 Marks, 30 minutes |
Part A | Computer based |
NAT (Numerical Answer Type) | 18 Qs (4 marks each = 72; no negative marks). No Choices. |
MSQ (Multiple Select Ques.) | 18 Q (4 marks each = 72; 0.19 negative marks = -3.42 for all wrong), one or more out of 4 choices |
MCQ (Multiple Choice Ques.) | 32 Qs (3 marks each = 96; 0.71 negative marks = -30.72 for all wrong), 1 out of 4 choices |
Part B | Drawing skill, Subject on computer, draw on paper, part B starts only after 2 hour 30 minutes of part A. |
UCEED Part B 2020 Q
• Make pencil sketches only
• Do not use colours
- All these years UCEED checked the mental ability of student towards problem solving.
- But from 2020 drawing was introduced in UCEED, the purpose of introducing drawing indicates maturing of program, besides mental ability, visualization is needed for product designers.
- Drawing has been introduced to provide this element as it is thinking and drawing.
- In part B (drawing question) has to be attempted by candidates in the answer sheet provided to them at their test centre.
- The questions are displayed on computer screen.
Syllabus
Part A
- Spatial Reasoning: Transformation of 2D / 3D Objects
- Observational questions: Find out difference for given criteria
- General and Cultural Awareness
- Analytical and logical reasoning: Hidden objects, relationships, logic
- Reading Comprehension and Passages
- Problem Solving
Part B
- Ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion with good line quality,
- composition, design, proportion, perspective and shading.
- Drawing skills in UCEED exams are elementary and are basically used to test a person’s visualization skills rather than drawing.
UCEED Cut off Marks:
We see there is a section wise cut-off also, hence scoring in each section is needed.
Source : IIT UCEED website
Seats Available for Academic Year 2020-2021
Source : IIT UCEED 2020 brochure
PWD: Persons with Disabilities
NCL: Non creamy layer
EWS: Economically weaker Sections.
Details
No. of Candidates who Appeared for UCEED 2020 : 12,414
Number of Candidates who Qualified : 2930
Seats in total in UCEED: 144
No. of seats for open category: 58 (40.3%)
After UCEED, B.Des course Fee:
IIT-Mumbai: 2,40, 000 for 2 semesters
IIT-Guwahati: Rs. 2,72,000 for 2 Semester
IIT-IIT-Hyderabad: Rs. 2,55,000 for 2 semesters
IIITDM Jabalpur: 1,40,000 for 2 semesters
Result Sharing Institutes (As per UCEED 2020)
Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru | |
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab | |
ICAT Design and Media College, Chennai | |
World University of Design, Sonepat, Haryana | |
CEPT University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat | |
Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar, Bodoland | |
Chitkara University, Punjab | |
Delhi Technological University, Delhi | |
Vishwakarma University, Pune | |
Anant National University, Ahmedabad | |
U. P. Institute of Design, Noida | |
Auro University, Surat | |
MIT-WPU School of Design, Pune | |
VIT School of Design (V-SIGN), VIT, Vellore | |
School of Architecture & Interior Design SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai |
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