The Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design (UCEED) is used for admission to the Bachelor of Design (BDes) programs at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Roorkee, and IIITDM Jabalpur. This exam is conducted by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay under the guidance of the UCEED-CEED implementation Committee 2025.
The UCEED Score Card is also accepted by several institutions for entrance to their BDes program. The official UCEED website has a list of result sharing institutions that use UCEED scores to admit students to their BDes program.
UCEED 2025
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay will carry out UCEED 2024 under the direction of the UCEED-CEED Implementation Committee 2024 (henceforth referred to as the UCI Committee).
All nationals, Indian and foreign, are eligible to apply to UCEED 2024. The UCEED 2024 exam must be taken by applicants who wish to be considered for admission to the Bachelor of Design (BDes) program at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), and Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Kolkata (IIITDMJ).
UCEED is a test centre-based examination and has two parts: Part- A is computer based and Part- B contains questions related to sketching that needs to be attempted on the provided sheet. It is compulsory for the candidates to attempt both the parts in the given time. The total time for the examination is three hours.
UCEED 2025 Exam Dates
Candidates can check the given section to know UCEED 2025 exam dates:
| Events |
Date-2025 (Tentative) |
| Online registration starts |
1st week of October 2024 |
| End date for the registration |
2nd week of November 2024 |
| Admit card Release |
1st week of January 2025 |
| Last date for modification in admit card |
2nd week of January 2025 |
| UCEED 2025 exam |
3rd week of January 2025 |
| Final answer key release |
4th week of January 2025 |
| UCEED 2025 cut-off marks |
2nd week of February 2025 |
| Announcement of Results |
2nd week of March 2025 |
| Scorecard downloading date |
2nd week of March 2025 |
| Last date to download the score card |
2nd week of June 2025 |
| Application starts for B.Des program |
3rd week of June 2025 |
| 1st round of seat allocation |
2nd week of April 2025 |
UCEED 2025 Application process
The first week of October 2024 is when the application form is expected to be made available. For applying for this entrance examination the candidates should have passed in their 12th examination or should have appeared for the qualifying examination will be eligible for the entrance examination.
Registration process for UCEED 2025
Candidates should follow the steps to apply for 2025:UCEED
- Candidates should have visited the official website of the institute.
- Candidates should have simultaneously satisfied all the eligibility criteria.
- In the registration form candidates should have provided the correct information regarding the qualifying examination.
- After applying for the registration candidates should have uploaded all the valid documents in the required format.
- After the registration process, candidates should have to pay the fee for the registration.
Registration fee for UCEED 2025
Following is the registration fee structure for UCEED 2025
| Application Fee |
| Indian Nationals |
Female Candidates |
Rs. 1900 |
| SC, ST, PwD candidates |
Rs. 1900 |
| All other candidates |
Rs. 3800 |
| Foreign Nationals(holders of OCI/PIO cards issued On or BEFORE 4th March2021) |
All candidates |
Rs. 3800 |
| Foreign Nationals(including holders of OCI/PIO cards issued AFTER 4thMarch 2021) |
Candidates from SAARC countries |
US $ 400 |
| Candidates from Non-SAARC countries |
US $ 500 |
UCEED 2025: Eligibility
Candidates can check the course-wise eligibility criteria for 2025:
- Age Limit: The candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1999.
- Number of Attempts: A candidate can attempt UCEED a maximum of two times.
- Qualifying examination: The candidate should have passed all subjects in the qualifying examination (Class XII or equivalent) in 2023 OR should be appearing for the qualifying examination for the first time in 2024 to be eligible for attempting UCEED 2024. Students from ALL STREAMS (Science, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities) are eligible. Those who appeared for the first time in their qualifying examination (Class XII) in 2022 or earlier are NOT eligible to appear in UCEED 2024.
UCEED 2025: Syllabus
The authority of the University will release the specific syllabus for UCEED 2025 on the official website. Candidates must go through the syllabus before starting to prepare for the entrance exam.
The table below mentions the syllabus of the Exam
Part A
| Topics |
Details |
| Visualisation and spatial reasoning |
Ability to visualise and transform 2D shape and 3D objects and their spatial relationships. |
| Practical and scientific knowledge |
Know how to scientific principles and everyday objects. |
| Observation and design sensitivity |
The capacity to detect concealed properties in daily life and think critically about them. Attention to detail, classification, analysis, inference and prediction. |
| Environment and society |
General awareness of environment, social and cultural connections with design. |
| Analytical and logical reasoning |
Ability to analyse qualitative and quantitative information |
| Language |
Proficiency in reading and comprehending standard english. |
| Creativity |
Grasp of verbal and non-verbal analogies, metaphors, signs and symbols |
Part- B
| Topics |
Details |
| Drawing |
Ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion, perspective and shading. |
| Design |
Capability to practically and appropriately respond to problems/ situations with ingenuity and empathy. |
UCEED 2025: Exam Pattern
The official website of the UCEED 2025 entrance exam conducting authorities specifies the exam pattern. The exam will take place online and last for 120 minutes.
| Particulars |
Details |
| Exam Level |
State-level entrance exam |
| Exam duration |
120 minutes |
| No. of questions |
57 questions |
| Exam pattern |
Numerical, Multiple select question and Multiple choice question |
| Mode |
Computer-based mode |
| ICET total marks |
300 |
UCEED 2025: Admit Card
Candidates should have downloaded the hall ticket from the official website of the University. To download the admit card, candidates should have to enter their registered email ID and password that was generated during the registration process.
Candidates have to carry a print copy of the hall ticket along with two passport-size recent colour photographs at the exam centre on the day of the exam.
How to download?: UCEED 2025 Hall Ticket
Candidates can download the UCEED hall ticket 2025 by following the steps are given below:
Step 1: visit the official website
- To download the admit card, candidates should have to visit the official website
Step 2: Log in to the portal
- Candidates have to log in to the portal using the application number and password.
Step 3: download the admit card
- Click on the tab “UCEED 2025 Admit Card”
- Admit cards will appear, check all the details.
- After checking all the details, download the admit card/ hall ticket..
UCEED 2025: Result
IIT Bombay will declare 2025 on the result in March 2025. The link to check the result will be updated on the website. To check the result candidates have to provide their email ID and password to check the result of UCEED 2025.
Candidates who have qualified for the will be eligible to appear in the counselling. The counselling of the candidates will be conducted based on the ranking of students.
UCEED 2025: Cut Off
- To check the UCEED 2025 cutoff candidates should have visited the official website of the institute ucee.iitb.ac.in . The cutoff for admission to IITs in 2025 has been made public by the authorities.
- UCEED 2025 Minimum percentage of marks.
- UCEED entrance exam accepting colleges, candidates should meet the minimum UCEED 2025 cut off marks.
- The UCEED 2025 qualifying marks will be different for each category of candidates and are based on the performance of the candidates who appeared on the entrance examination. After the declaration of the result, the UCEED rank list will be released.
Below the table is available to check the minimum qualifying marks:
| Merit list |
Minimum percentage of Marks in each section in Part A and Part B |
Minimum overall marks |
| Common rank list (CRL) |
10% |
100 |
| OBC- Non- Creamy Layer rank list |
9% |
90 |
| SC-Rank list |
5% |
50 |
| ST- Rank list |
5% |
50 |
| PwD- Rank list |
5% |
50 |
