UCEED Exam Difficulty Level - Check Is UCEED exam hard or easy?

UCEED Exam Difficulty Level - Check Is UCEED exam hard or easy?

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The Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) is conducted for admission into Bachelor of Design (B.Des) programs of participating IITs and several private design colleges in India. It is one of the top design entrance exams in India, and hence, the difficulty level of UCEED is also a matter of interest for thousands of exam aspirants. In the past years, the difficulty level of the UCEED exam has varied due to changes in the exam pattern and the curriculum. Given in this article is the analysis of the UCEED exam difficulty level over the previous years.

UCEED Exam Difficulty Level - Check Is UCEED exam hard or easy?
UCEED Exam Difficulty Level

Is the UCEED exam difficult?

The UCEED exam is conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, (IITB). The aspirants appearing for the UCEED 2026 should know that the difficulty level has been moderate over the past five years.

Past 5 Years UCEED Difficulty Level Analysis

Year

UCEED exam difficulty level

2025Easy to moderate

2024

Easy to Moderate

2023

Moderate

2022

Moderate to difficult

2021

Moderate to difficult

2020

Moderate

UCEED Previous Year’s Difficulty Level

With the help of the UCEED exam analysis given below, the candidates can familiarise themselves with the type of questions, paper pattern, and the difficulty level.

UCEED exam difficulty level in 2025: Easy to Moderate

  • According to the students' reaction, the UCEED 2025 exam difficulty level was easy to moderate.
  • Students had to be thoroughly prepared for the logical reasoning part and time management.
  • Many aspirants found UCEED part B paper as lengthy

UCEED exam difficulty level in 2024: Easy to Moderate

  • According to one student, the UCEED exam 2024 paper was easy compared to last year's (2023) paper. In 2024 UCEED paper there was a change, as the drawing section had two questions.

  • The other student who appeared in the UCEED exam 2024 had said that the MCQ part was simple, aptitude had been easy, but the drawing part was a bit different, more technical.

  • One more student had said that as we are doing PYQs, most questions were PYQs based. In the UCEED 2024 exam, few questions were directly asked from the Previous Year Questions (PYQs). The difficulty level of the UCEED 2024 paper was moderate.

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UCEED exam difficulty level in 2023: Moderate

  • The UCEED exam 2023 paper was moderate, few questions were really fun and easy, and few questions were technical which was a bit difficult. The UCEED 2023 exam paper difficulty level was moderate.

  • The other student who had appeared in the UCEED exam 2023 had said that the UCEED exam question paper was published on the UCEED website after the exam on the same day itself. The UCEED paper 2023 was moderately difficult and was tougher than last year’s (2022) paper.The paper had arithmetic aptitude questions in the part A section than last year’s paper. The maths section was challenging.

  • The UCEED exam 2023 difficulty level was moderate. The MCQs were easy.

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UCEED exam difficulty level in 2022: Moderate to difficult

  • The student who appeared in the UCEED exam 2022 said that the paper was tough, but was engaging. The MSQs were difficult.

  • The other student had said that the UCEED 2022 paper was moderately difficult.

  • The UCEED exam 2022 was moderate but time management was an issue.

UCEED exam difficulty level in 2021: Moderate to difficult

  • The UCEED exam 2021 was moderately difficult.

  • The other student who appeared for the UCEED exam 2021 said that the part A section NATs was difficult, the MSQs were moderately difficult and MCQs were moderate.

  • The logical reasoning part was difficult compared to the multiple-choice questions.

UCEED exam difficulty level in 2020: Easy to moderate

  • The UCEED exam 2020 was average, not that hard, part A was hard and part B was easy.

  • The UCEED 2020 exam difficulty level was moderate. The time was an issue for the drawing part.

  • The other student felt the UCEED 2020 exam was easy, the drawing part was easy as well but time management was a problem. Overall the paper was good.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Is the UCEED exam 2026 difficult to pass?
A:

UCEED is one of the top design entrance exams with high competition. However, with thorough preparation, practise with mock tests and time management the exam will not be too difficult to pass.

Q: What information will I get to know in the UCEED exam analysis?
A:

The information you will get to know in the UCEED exam analysis is the section-wise difficulty, changes in the exam pattern of the UCEED.

Q: According to previous years, is the UCEED exam hard or easy?
A:

Over the previous years, the UCEED exam difficulty level was moderate.

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Hello,

NIFT 2026 admission - Applications release around November–December 2025.

UCEED 2026- Registrations open around September–October 2025.

Pearl Academy - They have multiple admission cycles (Jan, April, June). Applications usually open by October 2025 for Jan cycle.

Keep checking official sites regularly since dates shift slightly every year.

Thank you!

Hello!

UCEED is a competitive exam for design aspirants, testing design aptitude, logical thinking, creativity, and visualisation skills. To improve your score out of 300, start by understanding the exam pattern—Part A (objective) and Part B (subjective). For Part A, practice reasoning, numerical aptitude, and environmental & social awareness questions. For Part B, focus on drawing, sketching, and presenting your ideas clearly. Solve past year UCEED papers and join online mock test series. Spend at least 2–3 hours daily practising creative problem-solving and sketching. Also, work on time management because the exam requires quick thinking.

Thank you for reading, and I wish you the best


Hello Akanksha,

For NID DAT 2026, your eligibility is established based on your born date as you are born on or after July 1st 2005. For UCEED 2026, your eligibility is dependent on your born date by category. You are eligible if you are OPEN/EWS/OBC-NCL category and born on or after October 1, 2001. If you are SC/ST/PwD category you must be born on or after October 1, 1996 in order to be eligible. Based on your born date of December 20th, 2006 for both NID DAT 2026 and UCEED 2026; you will be eligible.

The UCEED exam is conducted by IIT Bombay, and the previous year’s question papers  you can download the papers along with answer keys directly from the link given below :

https://design.careers360.com/articles/uceed-previous-year-question-papers

Thank you and all the best!


Currently, NSUT does not offer a B.Des. program. However, other institutes like IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, and IIITDM Jabalpur offer B.Des. through UCEED.

Expected UCEED Cutoffs (General Category):

IIT Bombay: Around Rank 14

IIT Delhi: Around Rank 35

IIITDM Jabalpur: Around Rank 165