UCEEDConducted by IIT Bombay (on behalf of UCEED participating institutes)
Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design
Official website ↗- Purpose
- Entrance test for B.Des admission at IITs and other participating institutes.
- Eligibility
- Class 12 pass/appearing, any stream, per the current UCEED brochure (year-of-passing rules apply).
- Age limits
- General-category birth-date criteria apply per the current brochure; relaxations for reserved categories.(may change — verify at the official source)
- Attempt limits
- A candidate may attempt UCEED a limited number of consecutive years — verify the current brochure.(may change — verify at the official source)
- Stages
- UCEED written test (Part A computer-based + Part B drawing) → Common rank list and category counselling
- Pattern
- Objective aptitude plus drawing; tests visualisation, observation, reasoning and design sensitivity.
- Subjects
- Visualisation and spatial reasoning, Observation and design sensitivity, Analytical reasoning, Drawing
- Total marks
- As per the current exam structure — verify the brochure.
- Duration
- About 3 hours in total.
- Interview / personality test
- Not applicable
- Physical test
- Not applicable
- Medical test
- Not applicable
- Held
- Once a year(may change — verify at the official source)
- Notes
- NID's own DAT is a separate route for NID campuses; many private design schools run their own entrances.