As per the official exam pattern, the UCEED 2025 question paper will have 59 questions. Part A will include 57 questions, whereas Part B will include an aptitude-based and a sketching-based question. Here are some UCEED preparation tips and tricks to help you sail through the exam smoothly.
The Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) is a mix of creative thinking and logical reasoning. The UCEED 2025 question paper will be drafted to evaluate the candidate based on their ability to visualize, use design aptitude, and create a design to solve the problem at hand. Thus, candidates appearing for UCEED 2025 should spend adequate time preparing for the entrance exam. Apart from this, to crack the UCEED exam, the candidates should have the right aptitude for design as well as the correct attitude to pursue such a course. The UCEED 2025 exam will be conducted on January 19, 2025. The application form for the exam is currently closed. The UCEED 2025 question paper will have TWO parts - 1) the computer-based Part A, and 2) the offline-based Part B. Note that Part B answer booklets will be evaluated only if the candidate qualifies Part A.
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How to Prepare for UCEED 2025?
Every year, around 15,000 students appear in the UCEED exam to fill 225 B.Des seats offered by UCEED participating colleges. Going by the limited number of seats, it is clear that there is very high competition. So, candidates are advised to go through the below-mentioned tips to crack UCEED 2025 with flying colors.
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.
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.
1. Focus on Mathematical Geometry
In the UCEED exam, a lot of importance is laid on Mathematics. So, when preparing for the exam aspirants should consider paying extra attention to solving complex Maths questions. By reviewing past years’ papers for UCEED, it has been found that the paper majorly consists of Mathematical Geometry questions that evaluate aspirants based on their creativity, observation and visualisation skills.
2. Sharpen Observation and Visualisation Skills
One of the key skills of candidates that is evaluated in the UCEED exam is observation and to ace this aspect of this Design exam, aspirants are advised to closely observe everything around them whether it is a ride on the way home, normal day-to-day activities of the house or their school proceedings. Aspirants are advised to recall such events and sketch the scenes they see before them. This exercise helps in improving the observation skills of candidates.
3. Solve Sample Papers & Mock Tests
For UCEED preparation, candidates are advised to go through as many mock tests and sample papers as they can get their hands on. Solving UCEED sample papers and mock tests is helpful to get an idea of the type of questions that will be asked in the entrance exam as well as to determine the strategy for completing the UCEED question paper on time on the day of the exam.
The candidate can find the previous years’ exam analysis for the UCEED exam on this page. The exam analysis will cover both Part A and Part B of the exam. Note that it is mandatory for candidates to qualify Part A; or else Part B answer booklet will not be evaluated.
The UCEED exam analysis for a particular year will cover in-depth analysis of the question paper for that year. Consequently, it will include details like sectional and overall difficulty, questions asked, marking scheme, good attempts, and expected cut-off. By consulting the cut-off for previous years, the candidate will be able to figure out what is a good score to get admission to one’s favorite college.
This section will include pictorial and diagrammatic questions that will evaluate the candidates understanding of the transformation and manipulation of 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships. The candidate needs to practice the following topics to prepare for the section: Conventional/Unconventional Materials for Construction, Design, and Decoration Texture Making Materials, Production Materials, Decoration Materials - Flooring, Cladding (protective material which covers the surface of something), Wall Protection and Decoration - Paints, Plasters, etc. Pattern and Design of Paper Folding Materials and Type of Texture Optical Illusion (2D/3D objects and understanding).
IIT Bombay had released a notification on its official website notifying that the UCEED exam starting in 2024 will be conducted following a revised syllabus. As per the revised syllabus, there has also been some changes to the UCEED exam pattern. For instance, the Part B question paper will now include two questions - 1) one question will be on Drawing and 2) the other question will be on Design Aptitude. Note that previously, Part B included a solitary, drawing-based question. Also, the time duration for Part B has been increased to 60 minutes from 30 minutes.
The UCEED 2025 exam will be conducted tentatively in the 4th week of January 2025.
The exam analysis for UCEED 2025 will be released on the same day of the UCEED 2025 exam. In fact, the exam analysis will be updated on this page soon after the exam has concluded. Our correspondents will visit the UCEED 2025 exam centre and bring you the exam analysis.
Note that the UCEED exam will be administered in a center-based mode. Part A of the exam will be held online, whereas Part B will held in an offline-based mode.
IIT Bombay doesn’t release any exam analysis for the UCEED exam. It simpy conducts the exam, and releases the draft and final answer keys. Consequently, no official analysis will be available for the UCEED 2025 exam.
So, the candidate has to rely on exam analysis brought to them by shiksha.com and a other unofficial sources. Shiksha.com correspondents visited the exam centre on exam-day and brings you student reactions and detailed exam analysis.
You can go through the analysis and get inputs like question paper difficulty level, types of and specific question asked, expected cut-off, etc.
Note that IIT Bombay will release the question paper for the UCEED 2025 exam soon after the exam is over.
4. Practice Past Years’ Papers
UCEED exam is of three hours duration wherein candidates need to attempt Numerical Answer Type (NAT), Multiple Select Questions (MSQ), Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and a drawing question. Thus, to crack the exam, candidates need to solve past years’ UCEED question papers to find out the complexity of questions asked in the design entrance exam and develop an idea of what to expect in UCEED exam.
5. Pay Extra Attention to Abstract Tests
To evaluate candidates on their pattern finding and problem-solving skills, UCEED 2023 is expected to have many abstract tests. Thus, candidates need to ensure that they practice as many questions related to mechanical and abstract problems as they can.
6. Practice English Comprehension
UCEED exam does not evaluate candidates on their fluency of the English language. But candidates are advised to read newspapers and magazines on a regular basis so that they become proficient in reading the language as well as enhance their ability to convey their ideas effectively.
7. Practice Reasoning Questions
Reasoning questions asked in UCEED are quite challenging and to ace this section of the exam, candidates are advised to solve as many riddles and puzzles that they can get their hands on. As it is often said that practice makes a man perfect, thus, solving maximum Reasoning questions can sharpen candidates’ skill to quickly solve the questions put before them on the day of the exam.
8. Be Acquainted with GK & Environmental Studies
UCEED exam is known to have its own share of general knowledge and current affairs questions and so candidates should be up-to-date with GK, current affairs and environment-related issues and events.
9. Practice Sketching
For UCEED preparation, candidates should spend as much time as they can on practicing figure sketching and free-hand drawing. This will prove helpful on the day of the exam when questions are put forth the candidates to sketch as well as convey their thought process through the designs made by them.
Along with the sketching, candidates need to ensure that the design made by them are environment friendly. Further, while enhancing their sketching skills, candidates need to ensure that they score the maximum marks from the designs made by them in the exam.
10. Read Newspapers Daily
Candidates should ensure that they read newspapers on a daily basis. Not only would this prove helpful in attempting current affairs questions but also the drawing questions. In UCEED exam, some questions require candidates to provide their solution in a storyline. It has been observed that students who go through creative visualisations and read comic strips in newspapers have a better time in building the storyline.
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The IIITDM Jabalpur UCEED cutoff 2025 has been released upto two rounds for different categories of students. For the General AI category students, the IIITDM Jabalpur B.Des cutoff 2025 stood at 144 and 162 in Round 1 and Round 2, respectively. Aspirants seeking admission to the B.Des course must ta
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The IIT Hyderabad cutoff 2025 for UCEED Round 1 is 52 for the general AI category students. If you are not meeting the admission cutoff at IIT Hyderabad for B.Des admission in Round 1, it is advisable to wait till the last round. The cutoff rank varies for each round and category. The second option
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IIT Bombay released the cutoff list upto second round, for BDes admission. Any rank below the cutoff rank would be considered good as it would ensure a seat at the institute. Among the General AI category candidates, a rank of 14 or below would be considered a good rank. The table given below consis
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The IIT Hyderabad B.Des cutoff 2025 has been released for Round 1. The cutoff was released for different categories of students belonging to the AI quota. As per the first round cutoff, the closing rank for UCEED was 52 for the students belonging to the general category. Candidates can refer to the
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IIT Bombay offers admission to the BDes course on the basis of performance in the UCEED exam. The cutoff was released as opening and closing cutoff ranks. For the SC All India category candidates, the cutoff rank in the Round 1 was closed at 7. In 2024 and 2023, the cutoff ranks were closed at 5. Th
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The first round of IIITDM Jabalpur cutoff was released. For the General AI category candidates, the cutoff was closed at 144. Therefore. with 150 rank, it is not possible to get admission if you belong to the General AI category. Looking at the previous years cutoff trends, we can say that there mig
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IIT Guwahati released the UCEED 2025 cutoffs upto the second round for admission to the BDes course. The Round 3 cutoff rank for IIT Guwahati is yet to be released. In 2024 and 2023, the round 3 cutoff ranks were 80 and 86, respectively, for the General AI category candidates. Therefore, looking at
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Whether 50 in UCEED a good rank for IIT Guwahati depends on the category the student belongs to. For students belonging to the General AI category, the cutoff rank in round 1 was 77. Therefore, attaing a rank of 50 can secure a seat at the college, for the General AI category candidates. Among the O
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To get admission to BDes course offered by IIT Guwahati, candidates must attain the rank as per the category they belong to. IIT Guwahati UCEED cutoff 2025 has been released for the first and the second round for different categories of students in the AII India quota. In the first round, the cutoff
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Given that UCEED is one of the most important and the toughest design entrance exams in the country, one should not wait till the last moments to prepare for the exam. Ideally, the candidate should have at least an year to prepare for the exam. That being said, if the candidate has above average understand of the basics, he or she can easily prepare for the exam in six months. When preparing for the exam, it is important to have a target in mind. For example, the merit rank the candidate wants to achieve. Note that the cut-off rank varies from one institute to another.