The UCEED Exam Pattern 2025 will consist of two parts Part A: This part will be conducted online and will have 57 questions, including NAT, MSQ, and MCQ-type questions. The duration of this part will be 2 hours and Part B: This part will be conducted offline.
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The UCEED 2025 exam will be conducted on January 19, 2025. The admit card for the exam will be available from January 3, 2025. You can check the official website, uceed.iitb.ac.in, for more updates and information
The Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) is a highly competitive exam for aspiring designers. To crack the exam, it’s essential to understand the exam pattern and prepare accordingly. Here’s a detailed overview of the UCEED Exam Pattern 2025:
Marking Scheme
- There will be ONE question paper of total 3 hours duration.
- The question paper will be in English only.
- The question paper will carry a total of 300 marks.
- The question paper will consist of two parts: Part-A and Part-B. It is compulsory to attempt questions from both parts.
UCEED Part A Exam Patter 2025
| Type of Questions | Number of Questions | Marks for Correct Answer | Marks deducted for wrong answer | Marks for Question not at tempted | Total Marks for the Section |
| Numerical Answer Type (NAT) | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Multiple Select Question (MSQ) | 15 | *Patial Marking | -1 | 0 | 60 |
| Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) | 28 | 3 | 0.71 | 0 | 84 |
| Total | 57 | Duration Of Exam – 2 hours | 200 | ||
*Partial Marking for Multiple Select Question (MSQ)
| Criteria | Marks given |
| Choose only correct option | 4 marks |
| All four options are correct but only three options are chosen and none of the incorrect options is chosen. | 3 Marks |
| 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. | 2 Marks |
| 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 | 1 Marks |
| Non of the options is chosen | Zero Marks (0) |
| In case all other Cases | 1 marks deducted. |
UCEED Part – B Exam Pattern 2025
| Type of Question | Number of Questions | Total Marks |
| Sketching | 1 | 50 |
| Design Aptitude | 1 | 50 |
| Duration of Exam – 1 hour | ||
UCEED Exam Centres 2025 (27 Exam Centres)
Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh/Mohali, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Ernakulam, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Hubballi (Hubli), Jaipur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Panaji, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, and Visakhapatnam.
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Seat Matrix for B. Des Course Previous Year
| Institute | Seat Matrix |
| IITB | 37 |
| IITD | 20 |
| IITG | 56 |
| IITH | 26 |
| IITR | 20 |
| IIITDMJ | 66 |
| Total | 225 |
Syllabus for UCEED 2025
| PART- A | |
| Visualization and spatial reasoning | Ability to visualize and transform 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships. |
| Practical and scientific knowledge: | Know-how of 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 environmental, 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 | |
| Drawing | Ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective and shading |
| Design aptitude | Capability to practically and appropriately respond to problems/situations with ingenuity and empathy. |
FAQs
The Exam will be conducted on January 19, 2024.
January 09, 2025