10 Dos and Don’ts for UCEED Prep 2025
Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design 2025 ( UCEED )
Result - 10 Mar '25 - 31 Jul '25
UCEED 2025 exam will be conducted on January 19, 2025. The application form for the exam will open online at uceed.iitb.ac.in. Here we bring tips for UCEED preparation tips that can help you crack the exam.
UCEED is among the top design entrance exams in the country. This means, competition is high and the exam is also tough. So, to get a good score in the exam and have a chance at admission to the UCEED 2025 participating college of your choice, your preparation needs to be first-rate. Note that preparation for the UCEED 2025 will demand a slightly different strategy as compared to NID or any other traditional design entrance exam. This is mainly because UCEED is a mix of computer-based (Part A) and offline-based (Part B) tests. Further, it does not have a second round of testing (studio, material handling, interviews, or portfolios) like other design entrance exams have. UCEED test paper is divided into Part A and Part B. Please note that IIT Bombay had revised the syllabus and exam pattern for the exam in the previous edition.
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The application form for UCEED 2025 is closed. IIT Bombay will release UCEED 2025 admit cards on January 3, 2025. Candidates who complete the application process will be issued admit cards for the exam. The candidate has to download the admit card using their candidate credentials. On the day of the UICEED 2025 exam, the candidate needs to bring the admit card and a valid photo-ID proof. Note that without these documents, the candidate will not be allowed to sit in the entrance exam. The admit card will contain details like the name and address of the UCEED 2025 exam center allocated, exam timings, reporting time, and roll number.
To appear in the UCEED 2025 exam, the candidate needs to meet the following criteria:
Age limit: The candidate must be born on or after October 1, 2000. In the case of candidates belonging to SC, ST, and PwD categories, there is a relaxation of 5 years.
Number of attempts - A candidate is allowed to appear in UCEED exam for a maximum of two times and that too in consecutive years.
Academic requirements - The candidate must have passed 10+2 exam in 2024 or 2025. Those who appeared for the first time in their qualifying examination in 2023 or earlier are NOT eligible.
If you have six months to prepare for UCEED and not an year, you need to be smart. Here are a few tips to prepare for the exam in six months: Make a study time table. Consult the exam pattern and get isights. Also, refer to the exam syllabus. Another point to note is the difficulty level of the exam. Start your preparation without any delay. Take notes during study. Solve sample papers and take mock tests.
UCEED Syllabus 2025
The candidate needs to carefully consult the UCEED 2024 exam syllabus. Then they need to make a study plan accordingly. You can also divide the topics into different heads - difficult, easy, and moderate.
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In some cases, it may also happen that some topics may end up more time than you anticipated, whereas some other topics may turn out to be a walk in the park.
UCEED 2025 Part A Syllabus
| Topics |
Description |
|---|---|
| Visualization and spatial reasoning |
Ability to visualize and transform 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships. |
| Practical and scientific knowledge |
Capacity to detect concealed properties in day-to-day life and think critically about them. Attention to details, classification, analysis, inference and prediction. |
| Observation and design sensitivity |
General awareness of environmental, social and cultural connections with design. |
| 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. |
UCEED 2025 Part B Syllabus
| Topics |
Description |
|---|---|
| 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. |
The questions asked in UCEED Part A are of three types:
- Numerical answer type (you have to enter a numerical value as the answer)
- Multiple select questions (one or more than one answer can be correct)
- Multiple choice questions (you have to choose only one as the correct answer).
Revised UCEED 2025 exam pattern
Aspirants can go through the revised UCEED exam pattern for UCEED 2024 in the table below.
| Particulars | Part A | Part B |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum Time | 2 hours | 1 hour |
| Mode of Exam | Online as a Computer Based Test (CBT) | Offline |
| Medium of Instruction | English | English |
| Sections and number of questions |
|
Sketching-based - 1 Design Aptitude-based - 1 |
| Number of Questions | 57 | 2 |
| Total Marks | 200 | 100 |
Listed below are the Do’s and dont's that act as a guide for your preparation for UCEED:
The UCEED 2024 exam will be conducted for a duration of 3 hours, tentatively from 9 am - 12 noon.
On the day of the exam, the candidate needs to report at the exam centre at least 2 hours before exam commences. So, ideally, the candidate will have to report at 7 am. Note that no candidate will be allowed entry inside the exam hall once the exam commences. So, the candidate must be punctual about reaching the UCEED 2025 exam venue.
To do well in UCEED 2025 exam, improve these skills: Improve your drawing skills - Practice free-hand drawing. Use 2 grades of pencil - H-grade to do rough work and B to do quick sketch and shading. Work on improving your creativity and be innovative Solve previous years question papers to improve problem-solving and time-management skills. Understand the basic concept of drawing, and learn various forms of drawing - composition, proportion, line drawing, etc. Taking mock tests will help the candidate get an idea as to how much time it takes to solve a section or question.
IIT Bombay may conduct any complementary seat allotment round for UCEED counseling only if there are vacant seats left after the five regular seat allotment rounds. Note that, IIT Bombay will conduct FIVE seat allotment rounds. The seat allotment will be based on the merit rank of the candidate in UCEED 2025 and campus selected at the time of counseling registration. Candidates who qualify in UCEED 2025 exam can participate in counseling.
The counseling for UCEED 2025 will be held as a Joint Seat Allotment process. The participating institutes of UCEED 2025 can participate in counseling.
The 1st step of UCEED 2025 counseling is online registration.
The counseling registration process for UCEED 2025 will be conducted starting the 2nd week of March 2025. Candidates who have qualified in the entrance exam and have been assigned a merit rank in UCEED 2024 were eligible to participate in the counseling process.
The 2nd step is selection of campuses.
Eligible candidates had to register for counseling and select their choice of colleges in the order of priority at the time of registration.
In the 3rd step, seat allotment is made.
The allotment of seats is as per the merit rank of the candidate in UCEED 2025 and choices selected. Post the allotment of seats, the candidate have to pay the sea-acceptance fee and confirm their admission.
IIT Bombay will conduct the UCEED 2025 exam on January 19, 2025 (9 am - 12 noon). The exam will have two mandatory parts. The computer-based Part A and offline-based Part B.
The UCEED 2025 admission portal is uceed.iitb.ac.in. The portal will contain all the important updates about the UCEED 2025 exam, including information brochure, eligibility criteria, syllabus, candidate portal, and useful resources.
Among resources the candidate can download include - previous years question and answer keys.
The online application forms for UCEED 2025 are open from October 1-31, 2024. With late fees, applications will be accepted till November 8, 2024.
Dos for UCEED 2025
Here are a few exercises that you need to fo llow as part of your UCEED 2025 exam preparation. Read on.
1. Go through the UCEED Brochure for 2025 to get insights into the exam pattern and syllabus. Practice previous years’ question papers to improve problem-solving ability.
2. Understand concepts and theories of drawing like perspective, human figure and proportion, shade, shadows, and textures. Questions will be based on the fundamentals of drawing, even though the UCEED exam does not have a drawing section.
3. Understand elements and basic principles of design, like color theory, typography, and animation techniques. For example: Walk cycles etc.
4. Improve your vocabulary, and GK & current affairs by reading newspapers and general knowledge books like Manorama. Also, research on the internet, or watch youtube videos related to these topics.
5. Brush up on basic topics of science and math. For example Pulleys and gears, mensuration, geometry theory, and statistics. Questions are also asked on computer science basics such as-How many kilobytes are there in 1 gigabyte? What is the full form of CD ROM ?, What is Hex Codes? What does USB stand for? etc.
6. Familiarise yourself with important UCEED topics listed below:
- Famous designers and iconic products
- General knowledge and current affairs
- Art history and movements (including literature and sculpture)
- Architectural history, monuments, elements, terminology
- Verbal and non-verbal reasoning
- English vocabulary and comprehension skills
- Logical reasoning
- Basic maths like mensuration, geometry theory, statistics etc.
- Basic science fundamentals, mechanisms like gears and pulleys
- Biomechanics
- Colour theory
- Typography
- Popular logos - automobiles, companies or organizations
- Animation techniques like walk cycle, etc.
- Photography terms and techniques
- Mirroring, tessellations, sciography, lights and shadows
- Globally recognised Indians in the corporate or technology sector, sports or Olympics, Performing and fine arts, and also any famous international personalities.eep in mind, UCEED is an open-ended exam, therefore topics need not be limited to the above.
7. Strike a balance between studying smart and trying to cover everything in a topic. For example: If you are studying logos for cars, first give priority to the top 20 fastest, most expensive, highest-selling brands by volume, etc., before you attempt to study every car logo ever manufactured.
8. Plan yourself with the time available such that you can cover as many topics as possible rather than focusing on mastery over fewer topics.
9. Start your studying well in advance because the range of knowledge and aptitude tested for UCEED is vast.
10. Understand that this exam will test you for thorough knowledge gained over a period of time. General knowledge is not a topic that can be studied at the last minute. You are required to make research and reading a part of your everyday mental marathon.
Don’ts for UCEED 2025
1. Do not limit yourself to the topics mentioned above, cover as many topics as you can.
2. Do not underestimate the amount of practice and time required for this exam. The only way to crack UCEED is by starting as early as you can.
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About the Author:
Shaun D’Sa has a Master’s degree in Industrial Design from IIT Delhi. He is Director at Design Quotient Labs (DQ Labs), a coaching platform for Architecture and Design entrance exams. He began his career with General Motors Advanced Design Center at Bangalore, where he had the opportunity to work with design teams for car brands like Hummer, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Holden, Buick to name a few. Shaun has also been a part of many teams of International and Indian designers for design-centric ethnographic studies across India and abroad. Due to his passion for Design and Architecture, he has travelled extensively abroad and has been a part of many design workshops in many countries across Europe.
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UCEED Notifications
The application form for UCEED 2025 is now closed.
The last date to apply with regular fee was October 31; with late fees, applications were accepted till November 18, 2024.
IIT Bombay opened the application form for UCEED 2025 on October 1, 2024. Candidates who met the prescribed eligibility criteria were able to apply for admission.