UCEED 2024: Exam (Jan 21), Syllabus (Revised), Pattern, Eligibility, Latest Updates

UCEED 2024: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay conduct the Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED 2024) is scheduled to be held on January 21,  2024, from 9 am to 12 noon in 27 national cities. The scores of the UCEED exam will be considered for admission to B.Des courses offered by participating colleges. IIT Bombay started the registration process for the UCEED exam 2024 on October 3, 2023. The registration for the UCEED exam 2024 is now closed, as the last date to apply with a late fee of 500 was November 20, 2023. Candidates who have successfully registered can download their admit cards from January 5, 2024, at uceed.iitb.ac.in.

Aspirants will be able to select 3 preferred UCEED 2024 exam centres while filling out the application form. The UCEED entrance exam has mandatory two parts - Part A and Part B. Part A will be conducted in a computer-based mode. Part B will be conducted offline but note that Part B answer books will be evaluated only if the candidate qualifies for Part A.

Part A will carry 200 marks and will consist of three sections namely NAT, MSQ, and MCQ. Meanwhile, Part B will carry 100 marks and will consist of two questions: one on drawing and the other on design aptitude.

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What is UCEED Entrance Exam? 

Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) is a design entrance exam conducted by IIT Bombay to shortlist the candidates for B.Des admission in IIT Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur. The UCEED exam is conducted at the national level once a year in 27 cities across the nation.

Apart from the UCEED participating institutes, students who have valid UCEED exam scores can also apply for admission to the result-sharing institutes. However, these result-sharing institutes will not be a part of the Joint Admission Process held by IIT Bombay. Therefore, candidates are advised to check the eligibility criteria of the respective institute to which they want to admit.

UCEED 2024 Seats Matrix

Check the table below to know the total number of seats available in different institutes for all the categories

NOTE: PwD reservation is 5% horizontal. The PwD seats are carved from the respective birth category. The unfilled seats will return to the original category.

The eligibility criteria for appearing for the UCEED 2024 exam are:

• To be eligible for appearing in UCEED 2024, candidates must be born on or after October 1, 1999, if they belong to the open or OBC-NCL category, and if they belong to SC, ST, or PWD category, then they must be born on or after October 1, 1994 (Relaxation of 5 years).
• The maximum number of attempts will be two times in consecutive years.
• Candidates should have passed the qualifying examination, that is class 12 or equivalent in 2023 or appearing in 2024. Students who have passed in 2022, or earlier are not eligible to apply. Further, students from all streams all eligible to apply for the exam.

The eligibility criteria for applying for B.Des after the UCEED 2024 exam are as follows:

• Candidates must have obtained the qualified rank in the UCEED 2024 exam.
• Candidates should have passed the qualifying examination, that is Class 12 or equivalent in 2023 or appearing in 2024. Further, students from all streams all eligible to apply for the UCEED exam.
• Candidates from the science stream with physics, chemistry, and maths, as subjects are eligible to apply for admission to IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur.
• Candidates from any other stream, that is science without physics, chemistry or maths, commerce, arts, or humanities, are eligible to apply to only IIT Bombay and IIITDM Jabalpur.

Mode of Application : Online

Mode of Payment : Net Banking | Credit Card | Debit Card

IIT Bombay has closed the online registration for UCEED 2024, as the last date to apply with a late fee was November 20, 2023. The last date for online registration for UCEED 2024 with a regular fee was November 13, 2023. Eligible candidates can fill out the UCEED exam application form online by visiting the official website, uceed.iitb.ac.in.

The application process for the UCEED 2024 exam is as follows: 

• Candidates who want to appear for the UCEED exam 2024 first need to register through the online portal link www.uceed.iitb.ac.in
• The candidates are required to register by submitting their mobile number, name, email address, and date of birth.
• After registration, candidates need to fill in their personal and academic details in the application form along with three exam centres of their choice.
• The following documents need to be uploaded while online registration for UCEED 2024
  • Recent coloured photograph
  • A scanned copy of the candidate's full signature on the white sheet/paper 
  • Qualifying examination certificate if appeared in 2023 or before 
  • Certificate from school/college principal, if they are appearing in 2024
  • Date of birth proof, such as passport, SSC certificate, or birth certificate
• Candidates need to pay the fee through online mode which is through net banking, debit, and credit card.
• Candidates are required to submit the application form.

Following are the registration fee details for UCEED 2024

Application Fees

• Candidates should be aware of the structure of the exam and the syllabus.    
• Students must practice previous years’ question papers to get an idea of what kind of questions are asked in the exam.       
•  Questions will be based on the fundamentals of drawing, although the UCEED exam does not have a drawing section. Get insight into concepts and theories of drawing, such as perspective, the human figure and proportion, shade, shadows, and textures.   
•   Improve your vocabulary, general knowledge, and current affairs by reading

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UCEED 2024 Admission Process

Candidates need to ensure that they complete each and every step that forms a part of the UCEED admission. Merely securing a UCEED exam rank does not guarantee admission. 

Candidates need to fulfill UCEED eligibility, clear the entrance exam, and thereafter take part in the counseling round in order to secure admission through UCEED 2024. Further, candidates can go through the steps they need to follow as part of the UCEED selection process.

IIT Bombay prescribes the exam pattern of UCEED 2024 which will include all the parameters of the exam. UCEED exam pattern mentions the following details:

• The duration of the exam is 3 hours and the question paper will be in English.
• The question paper will consist of two parts: Part A and Part B which are both mandatory.
• The total marks are 300
• Part A will be a computer-based test for 200 marks and a duration of 2 hours and 100 minutes.
• There will be 3 sections in this part of the UCEED exam.

Part A:

• Section 1 will consist of NAT (Numerical Answer Type): An answer is a number that needs to be entered using a virtual keyboard on the computer screen. No choices will be shown for these questions.
• Section 2 will consist of MSQ (Multiple Select Questions) with one or more correct answer(s) out of the four given choices.
• Section 3 will have MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) with four choices out of which only one is the correct answer.

Part B:

• It will be a drawing test for 100 marks to be completed in 60 minutes. Candidates will be asked one question aimed at testing drawing skills. The question will be displayed on the computer screen and candidates will have to answer or draw it on the paper provided. The answer booklet for Part B will be taken away at the end of the exam for evaluation.

UCEED 2024 Marking scheme

• +4 marks will be awarded if all the correct options are chosen for each question.
• +3 marks will be given only if three options are chosen out of four correct options and no incorrect answer is chosen.
• +2 marks will be awarded if three or more options are correct but only two options and none of the incorrect options is selected.
• +1 mark will be allotted if only one option is chosen out of two or more correct options and none of the incorrect options is chosen.
• Zero (0) mark to the attempted question.
• -1 for incorrect answers.

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UCEED 2024 Revised Syllabus

IIT Bombay has introduced changes in the syllabus and exam structure for UCEED entrance exams. The revised syllabus and structure of UCEED will be effective in 2024.

As per the new paper structure of the UCEED entrance exam, the question paper will consist of 2 parts - Part A and Part B.

• Part A will be administered through a computer-based test and will consist of three sections such as NAT, MSQ, and MCQ.
• Part B will have two questions: one is about drawing and the other is about design aptitude.
• The question in Part B will be displayed on the computer screen and the answer should be written/ drawn only in the answer book provided by the supervisor.
• The duration of Part B is 60 minutes.

NOTE: The topics given above are exhaustive and indicative of the nature of the questions. However, the UCEED entrance exam may not cover all the topics.

IIT Bombay will issue the UCEED 2024 admit card on January 5, 2024. The UCEED exam 2024 admit card is an important document that students should not forget to carry with them to the examination hall.

Before downloading the admit card, candidates checked all the information mentioned on the UCEED 2024 admit card. In case candidates are unable to download the admit card, they should contact the authorities.

How to download admit card for UCEED 2024?

Candidates have to follow the steps that are given below to download admit card for the UCEED entrance exam 2024:

• Visit  the official website - uceed.iitb.ac.in
• Click on the 'UCEED 2024 admit card' link
• Enter the registered login id and password
• UCEED exam 2024 admit card will appear on the screen
• Check  all the information mentioned on UCEED 2024 admit card
• Download the admit card for the UCEED entrance exam 2024

The information mentioned on UCEED 2024 Admit Card

The following information will be mentioned on UCEED Exam 2024 admit card:

• Name of candidate
• UCEED 2024 Registration ID
• Roll Number for UCEED 2024
• Photograph of candidate
• Signature of candidate
• Examination schedule
• Examination centre details
• Instructions to candidates.

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IIT Bombay will release the UCEED 2024 draft answer key for Part A along with the question paper in pdf format on January 23, 2024. Candidates will be able to raise objections against the provisional UCEED exam answer key if discrepancies are found until January 25, 2024, 5:00 p.m.

The final answer key of UCEED 2024 will be released on January 31, 2024, 5:00 p.m. Candidates can compare their answers with the UCEED 2024 answer key and accordingly calculate their scores. While calculating the score, candidates have to follow the same marking scheme prescribed by IIT Bombay.

NOTE: The UCEED response sheet download page will be inactive and the pdf file will be automatically deleted from the server after the stipulated time period.

IIT Bombay will declare the UCEED 2024 result on March 8, 2024. The scorecard of UCEED 2024 will be downloaded from the official website from March 11  to June 12,2024. Part B score, Rank(s), and Total marks obtained are not displayed for the students who have not qualified for UCEED 2024.

Steps to Check UCEED 2024 Result

• Click on the UCEED result link       
• Students have to enter their registered ID and password   
• UCEED result 2024 will be reflected on the screen   
• Check the details

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UCEED 2024 Score Card

Candidates who will qualify entrance test are able to download the UCEED scorecard from the official website. UCEED 2024 scores will be valid for one year from the date of the result declaration.

The steps to download the UCEED exam 2024 scorecard are the same as the result except that scorecard can be downloaded for admission purposes by only candidates who have qualified and been awarded a rank.

UCEED 2024 Rank list

• The rank list is prepared on the basis of the total marks (Part-A and Part-B combined) obtained in UCEED 2024.
• There will be only ONE rank list. Candidates can however check their provisional category-wise rank from the results page.

In case of two or more candidates obtain equal marks, a tie-breaker policy followed will be

• A higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Part B.
• A higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in section 2 of Part-A.
• A higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in section 1 of Part-A.
•  If there is a tie even after this, candidates will be assigned the same rank.

Only candidates who score the qualifying cut-off marks in both Part-A and Part-B, each section of the question paper, and the minimum total marks will be included in the rank list.

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IIT Bombay will release the UCEED 2024 cutoff in a form of a mean and standard deviation in online mode on February 8, 2024. As per the last year's data, the mean and standard deviation for Part-A (UCEED) are 57.63 and 24.52, respectively.

The cutoff for the UCEED entrance exam 2024 is determined by certain parameters. The actual cutoff for seat allotment differs from institute to institute and category-wise. Candidates can check the UCEED 2024 Qualifying Cutoff below as well as the last year's cutoff marks to get an idea.

UCEED qualifying cutoff - Previous year

Mode of Counselling: Online, Offline

Candidates who cleared UCEED 2024 have to register for UCEED 2024 counselling and seat allotment from the March 14 to March 31, 2024. Students have to enter their personal, educational, and contact details in the registration form and also fill out the institutes according to their choice. 

Once candidates accept the seat at the time of UCEED 2024 seat allotment, they have to confirm their admission by paying the necessary fee. Seat allotment will be announced in three rounds. The list of selected candidates in the 1st round of admissions to the BDes programme at IIT Guwahati, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Bombay, and IIITDM Jabalpur for the Academic Year 2024-2025 will be announced. 

Candidates will be allotted seats on the basis of UCEED exam scores and choice of institutes as entered by them. Provisional letters will be sent to selected students on their registered email IDs. Thereafter they must pay the seat acceptance fee of Rs. 60,000 (Rupees Sixty Thousand Only) for GEN/ EWS/ OBC-NCL and Rs. 15,000 (Rupees Fifteen Thousand Only) for SC/ ST/ PWD through an online payment system 

Guidelines for UCEED 2024 seat allotment are:

• Selected candidates should remit the seat acceptance fee before the given deadline or decline the admission else their application will stand cancelled. 
• Candidates who are allotted their first choice of the institute can either ACCEPT (‘freeze’) the choice or DECLINE the offer.
• Candidates who have been allotted their second or third choice of the institute can opt to either ACCEPT (‘freeze’) the choice or ACCEPT WITH THE OPTION TO BE CONSIDERED FOR UPWARD MOVEMENT (‘float’) the choice for subsequent rounds.
• Candidates who choose, "Freeze" cannot participate in further rounds. 
• Candidates who have opted for "Float",  indicate that, if admission to an institute of their higher preference is offered, they will accept it. Else, they will continue with the currently accepted institute. Such candidates will be considered in subsequent rounds of admission and need not pay the acceptance fee again.
• The seat acceptance fee will be adjusted with the institute fee at the time of admission.
• Candidates who have paid the seat acceptance fee and withdrawn from the UCEED 2024 counselling can claim a refund wherein Rs 3000 will be deducted as processing charges and the rest refunded. Refunds will only be processed till the third round. Thereafter no such claim will be entertained by the authorities.
• Withdrawal is not allowed after the announcement of the third round of UCEED 2024 seat allotment.