UCEED 2024: Revised Syllabus, Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility & Latest Updates

The UCEED exam syllabus has been updated by IIT Bombay and will take effect in 2024. As a result, questions for the UCEED 2024 exam will no longer be based on the previous curriculum. The updated curriculum must be used by candidates to study for the test. Note that the test format has also been altered in addition to the material. For instance, Part B will now include TWO questions and the test will last 60 minutes. 

NOTE: Candidates taking the UCEED 2024 exam should be aware that the exam's syllabus has also been updated.

Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) is conducted to grant admission to the BDes program in some of the prestigious institutions across the country such as IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIITDM Jabalpur & Other Private Institutes. IIT Bombay is the conducting body of UCEED exam 2024.

The UCEED exam pattern has been divided into two parts - Part A and Part B. The candidate needs to score qualifying marks in the exam to get admission at the participating Institutes in the BDes program. 

UCEED 2024 Highlights

The candidates can check the major highlights of the UCEED 2024 exam mentioned below in the table.

Candidates who fulfilled the eligibility criteria for the BDes program were able to fill out the application form of UCEED 2023. The application process was done in an online mode.  

What is the Process to Fill Out the Application Form for UCEED 2023?

Candidates can follow the steps listed below to get registered for the UCEED exam. 

Step 1  - Registration

The candidates have to click on the application link. Then, they will be redirected to an application form. Fill in the details for the registration process like name, contact number, email id, etc. Once you are done with it, an account will be created for the candidate.

Step 2 - Fill in the details in the application form

The candidate has to fill in the application form that includes information like personal, academic, and contact, educational degree. The candidates have to fill in all the details of each section. The candidates need to make a selection for the exam center of UCEED entrance test. There will be a maximum of THREE exam cities based on the candidates priority that can be selected by the candidate.

Step 3 - Upload documents 

Next, the candidate has to upload documents like date of birth, signature, birth proof, photograph, and certificates if applicable. The qualifying exam certificates have to be uploaded in the prescribed format mentioned in the application form..

Step 4 - Pay the application fee 

The candidates have to pay the application fee in online mode. The fee can be paid via credit card/ debit card or net banking.

Step 5 - Take a printout of the application form

The candidate must take out the printout for future reference.

UCEED 2024 Application Fee

The candidates can check the application fee for the UCEED 2024 exam.

The candidates can check out the important dates for the UCEED 2023 exam. The tentative dates are mentioned below.

Note: The dates for the seat allotment rounds are tentative. The change in date(s) (if any) will be posted here. Candidates are advised to visit the website from time to time.

The candidate should meet the following eligibility criteria for getting admission into the  BDes program offered by the participating institutes through UCEED 2024.

UCEED Reservation Criteria 2024

Check the category-wise reservation criteria for the BDes program at participating colleges mentioned in the table below.

The candidates can check the step-wise admission procedure of UCEED 2024.

Step 1: Fill in the UCEED application form

Step 2: Download the admit card when released

Step 3: Appear for the UCEED exam 2024

Step 4: Check the result of UCEED when declared and also the rank list

Step 5: Attend the counselling process of UCEED 2024.

Step 6: Check for the Final admission list released by the participating institutes of UCEED 2024.

The admit card of UCEED 2024 is always released a few days before the exam. In order to access the UCEED 2024 admit card, registered candidates will have to visit the official website at www.uceed.in. Candidates are required to enter their email ID and password to download the UCEED 2024 admit card.

The admit card for the UCEED 2024 exam will be available in the second week of January 2024. All applicants who successfully completed the UCEED application form and paid the exam cost will be issued admit cards.

The admit card of UCEED 2024 includes information like candidates' application ID, exam schedule, exam roll number and exam centre. Before downloading the UCEED admit card/hall ticket, candidates must check all the details mentioned on the admit card. If any candidate finds any discrepancy, then the same must be immediately reported to the concerned authority before the last date for rectification of errors. The candidate will not be allowed to enter the exam hall without the admit card.

TheUCEED exam is conducted across 24 test centres in India and one test centre in Dubai. The exam centres of UCEED are selected while filling out theapplication form for the UCEED entrance exam. The applicants have the jurisdiction to shortlist any three exam centres of UCEED as per their preference and liking. The candidates must choose the exam centres wisely so that they may not face any issues on the exam day while reaching the exam centre.

The below table lists the  UCEED 2024 test cities:

IIT Bombay has announced that the entrance test will hereafter be administered using a redesigned syllabus beginning with UCEED 2024. The following are the salient features of the updated syllabus for UCEED 2024:

• The UCEED 2024 exam paper will still be divided into two parts, Part A and Part B, in accordance with the updated curriculum.
• Three components (NAT, MSQ, and MCQ) make up Part A of the computer-based test that will be used to administer it.
• The questions in Part B will now be divided into two categories: aptitude for design and drawing. The computer will display the question for Part B, and the student must write or draw their answer in the answer book that the invigilator will supply.
• Part B would last for 60 minutes.

IIT Bombay specifies the UCEED 2024 exam pattern, which will cover all of the exam's requirements. The following information is mentioned in the UCEED exam pattern:

• The test will last three hours, and the questions will be written in English.
• There will be two sections to the exam: Part A and Part B, all of which are required.
• The total marks would be 300.
• A computer-based test in Part A will have 240 possible points and take 2 hours and 30 minutes to complete.
• This portion of the UCEED exam consists of 3 components.

UCEED: Part A

• There will be NAT (Numerical Answer Type) questions in Section 1: An answer is a numeric value that must be input using the computer's screen's virtual keyboard. For these queries, there will not be any available options.
• Multiple Select Questions (MSQs) with one or more correct answers will make up Section 2. There will be four options available.
• There will be four options for the MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) in Section 3 but only one of them will be the right response.

UCEED: Part B

A drawing test worth 60 marks must be finished in 30 minutes. One drawing-related question will be posed to candidates. Candidates must either write their answer to the question or draw it on the given paper/sheet when it is presented on the computer screen. After the test, the Part B answer booklet will be removed for analysis

The marking scheme for the UCEED 2024 exam is as follows: 

• If all of the appropriate answers are selected for each question, +4 marks will be given.
• Only if three of the four right choices are selected and no wrong response is selected will there be +3 marks awarded.
• If three or more of the choices are accurate but only two of them are picked and none of the erroneous choices is made, you will receive +2 marks.
• If just one choice is selected out of two or more valid alternatives and none of the erroneous options are selected, a +1 will be added.
• The attempted question received a score of zero (-).
• -1 for wrong responses.

Within a day or two of the UCEED 2024 exam's completion, IIT Bombay will provide the UCEED 2024 answer key. Additionally, the UCEED 2024 exam questions will be made available. The official answers to the questions in the entrance exam were included in the draught answer key. The candidate can compute the likely scores using the keys. Additionally, within the specified window, candidates may submit any complaints they may have regarding the draught answer key using the candidate site; comments or objections received through mail or other methods will not be considered. 

It should be reminded that each candidate's question sequence may differ, therefore they must input any complaints or questions using the Master Question Paper. Only up to the announcement of exam results is it possible to obtain the candidates' replies for Part A of the UCEED 2023 exam. Following consideration of candidate input, the final answer key for the UCEED 2024 exam will likely be made public during the final week of January 2024.

Around the second week of April 10, 2023, IIT Bombay disclosed the category-wise cut-off marks for admission to the B.Des programme for Round I. Candidates who reach the category cut-off rank are eligible for admission to the B.Des programme. Part A cutoff marks will be issued early, around the second week of February 2024. The cut-offs were published as mean and standard deviations. 

It is important to note that the qualifying cut-off is only used to select candidates. Only if the candidate is shortlisted are the Part B answer booklets reviewed. Here is some important information about the UCEED 2024 cut-off marks for Part A: 

• The cut-offs will be announced in each category.
• The candidate's Part B answer booklets will be reviewed only if he or she meets the cut-off.
• All candidates who meet the cut-off will be considered.
• A particular formula is used to compute the cut-off mark.
• All applicants that are shortlisted will be assigned a rank.
• Candidates' Part B papers will not be reviewed, and they will not be allocated any ranks if they are not shortlisted.
• Part B assessed papers will not be shared by IIT Bombay.
• Part B assessment will be done manually.

Five institutes are taking part in the UCEED 2024 exam to award applicants admission to their BDes degrees. Check out the list of participating institutes and the number of seats they are offering below:

The UCEED 2023 result was released on March 9, 2023, in an online mode. The result can be checked on the official website followed by the merit list. The UCEED Scorecard was made available on March 11, 2023, by the authorities. Candidates must have to enter their login credentials to check the scorecard of UCEED 2023.

UCEED 2024 results will be announced by IIT Bombay in the second week of March 2024. The results will be posted on the UCEED 2024 - IIT Bombay entrance page. Candidates can get their UCEED exam results by logging in using their registered email address and password.

Apart from  the participating institutes, a number of other various institutes also grant admission through UCEED scores for admission into undergraduate design courses.

However, there is a difference between these institutes UCEED result-sharing institutes will not participate in the joint seat allotment process conducted by IIT Bombay for the participating institutes of UCEED 2023.

IIT Bombay is the  conducting body of UCEED 2024. IIT Bombay is the the second-oldest institute of the Indian Institutes of Technology system after IIT Kharagpur. Founded in 1958, the institute is located at Powai, Mumbai. IIT Bombay offers various programmes in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The institute is responsible for conducting UCEED.

The candidates can check the contact details of UCEED 2024.