About UCEED 2025
Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design IIT Bombay (Indian Institutute of Technology Bombay) conducts Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design (UCEED) to provide admission into BDes (Bachelors in Design) course offered at IT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur.
The test is organised under the aegis of UCEED-CEED Implementation Committee 2025 (henceforth referred as the UCI Committee). Students who are aiming for BDes course can focus on this test.
This is a national level exam that is conducted once a year and notifications are released at the appropriate time every year. For 2025, the application submission took place from 1 to 31 October 2024 with regular registration fee payment. Registration with late fee payment is open from 1 to 8 November 2024.
The test will be conducted on 19/1/2025. Students who wish to apply for the test can do it at the next appropriate time.
The notification is released on the offcial website of the exam every year at the appropriate time, candidates can start registering after the release of notification.
The procedure to submit applications is online and candidates have to visit the official website and click the appropriate link for registration. Post clicking the link for registration, candidates have to fill details like their name, date of birth, qualification, email, mobile number and create an account comprising username and password.
Post account creation, candidates can login using the credentials (username and password) created during registration and start filling the application form. Post filling the application from, candidate has to upload required documents and pay the registration fee.
The registration fee has to be paid and confirmation for that has to be obtained. After the confirmation for fee payment is obtained, candidates can check the application form for any errors in the details provided and then submit the form finally and obtain confirmation. Post obtaining confirmation, candidates can download the application and take a printout of it. Post application submission, the candidates have to appear for a written test.
The schedule for the written test will be intimated to the candidates at the appropriate time on the official website of the exam. Candidates can also receive the schedule of the exam even on their respective emails. The hall ticket has to be downloaded from the official website.
The test will be conducted in offline and online mode and questions related to maths, physics, chemistry, analytical ability, logical thinking, creativity, design aptitude have to be answered in duration of 3 hours. Students who have written the exam can wait for the results.
Post release of results, candidates can compare their score in the exam with the cutoff marks which are the minimum qualifying marks to be obtained by the candidates to become eligible for the next phase of admission process or final selection for the seat in the educational institution.
Candidates have to compare their score in the exam with the cutoff,the marks of the candidates have to be either greater than the cutoff marks or equal to it. If the score of the candidate in the exam is either greater than the cutoff or equal to it, they can apply for taking part in the counselling process. More information is provided for the sake of the candidates below in a tabular format:
UCEED Main Features
Exam name
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Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED)
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Who conducts the exam?
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IIT Bombay
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Exam level
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National
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Exam frequency
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Once a year
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Exam purpose
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Admission to BDes courses at IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIITDM Jabalpur and other private colleges accepting exam scores
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Exam mode
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Part-A exam: Online
Part-B exam: Offline
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Exam fees
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Rs 2000 (female applicants all categories and SC/ST/PwD category applicants)
Rs 4000 for applicants of all other categories
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Eligibility
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A pass in plus-two from a recognised educational institution with maths, physics and chemistry as subjects
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UCEED pattern
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Part-A exam: NAT, MSQs, MCQs
Part B exam: Drawing question
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Exam duration
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3 hours
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No. of test cities
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24
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How to apply?
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Online
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How to write the exam?
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Online and Offline
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Where to apply?
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https://www.uceed.iitb.ac.in/2025/
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Current Status
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Registration without late fee done from 1 to 31 October 2024.
Registration with late fee payment open from 1 to 8 November 2024.
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When to apply next?
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In 2027
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Schedule
Activity |
Date |
Start date for Online Registration |
Sep 9, 2021 |
Last date for Online Registration with regular fee |
Oct 10, 2021 Nov 11, 2021 |
Last date for Online Registration with late fee |
Oct 17, 2021 Nov 16, 2021 |
Start date for Admit Card downloading |
Jan 8, 2022 onwards Jan 12, 2022 onwards |
Last date for rectification of discrepancies in Admit card |
Jan 14, 2022, 05:00pm |
UCEED 2022 |
Jan 23, 2022 (Sunday) 09:00 am to 12:00 noon |
Release of Draft Answer Key |
Jan 25, 2022 |
Last date for uploading comments (if any) on the Draft Answer Key in the candidate’s portal |
Jan 27, 2022, 05:00pm |
Release of Final Answer Key |
Jan 31, 2022 |
Announcement of cut-off marks for Part-A |
Feb 10, 2022 |
Declaration of results |
Mar 10, 2022 |
Start date for Score Card downloading |
Mar 14, 2022 |
Application Process for BDes Programme starts |
Admission Schedule » |
Last date for Score Card downloading |
Jun 14, 2022 |