Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED-2025)

The candidates should have checked the examination pattern before appearing in the examination. Below are some examination pattern are listed:

1. There will be one question paper of a total three hours duration.
2. The question paper will be in English mode only .
3. The question paper will carry a total of 300 marks.
4. The question paper will consist of two parts: Part-A and Part-B. It is compulsory to attempt questions from both parts.
5. Utmost care is taken to prepare an error free question paper. However, if an error is detected in the examination paper, the UCI Committee shall take an appropriate decision after the examination, which shall be final.

Details of the two parts of the question paper are given below:

Part-A (total marks: 200; maximum time: 2 hours)

1. This part will be administered through a computer-based test.
2. This part will consist of three sections.

Section- 1: NAT (Numerical Answer Type):

1. 14 questions (4 marks each; no negative marks). For these questions, the answer is a number that need to be entered using a vital keyboard on the computer screen. No choices will be shown for these questions.

Section 2: MSQ (Multiple Select Question)

1. 15 questions. Each MSQ may have one or more than one correct choice out of the four given. The following is the marking scheme:
2. Full marks: +4 if only (all) the correct option is chosen and none of the incorrect options is chosen.
3. Partial marks: +3 if all four options are correct but only three options are chosen and none of the incorrect options is chosen.
4. Partial marks: +2 if three or more options are correct but only two options are chosen, both of which are correct and none of the incorrect options is chosen.
5. Partial marks: +1 if two or more options are correct but only one option is chosen and it is a correct option and none of the incorrect options is chosen.
6. Zero Marks: 0 if none of the options is chosen.
7. Negative marks: -1 in all other cases.

Section 3: MCQ (Multiple choice question) :

1. 28 questions (3 marks each for the correct answer; 0.71 negative marks for incorrect answer). Each MCQ will have four choices, out of which only one is the correct answer.

Part- B (Total marks: 100; maximum time: 1 hour)

1. Part- B consists of two questions to test the candidate’s drawing skills and design aptitude. The part-B questions will be displayed on the computer screen, and the answer must be written/ drawn in the answer book provided by the invigilator. In the case of PwD candidates availing the use of a scribe.
2. Part-B answer booklet will be collected at the end of the examination.
3. Part- B questions are mandatory.
4. The entire paper (Part-A and Part- B) must be finished within the stipulated time for each part.

Following is the question paper structure for UCEED 2025: