UCEED syllabus (Effective from the year 2024
onwards)
UCEED will test candidates for open, creative and
inquisitive disposition, ability to think critically, capacity to comprehend
and communicate, and breadth of worldview.
It will have two parts.
Part-A will have questions from the following
topics:
Visualization and spatial reasoning:
Ability to visualise 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: Capacity
to detect concealed properties in day to-day life and think critically about
them. Attention to details, 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 will have questions from the following
topics:
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.
Note: The topics given above are exhaustive and indicative of the
nature of the questions. However, the UCEED may not cover all the topics.
Application to BDes Programmes at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad and IIITDM Jabalpur (Participating Institutes) will begin from March 14, 2023 (Tuesday), 17:00 Hrs. The admission portal will be closed on March 31, 2023 (Friday).
Click here to see information on Eligibility Criteria for BDes, Reservation of Seats and supernumerary seats for foreign nationals before applying. This information is also available in the Information Brochure on the UCEED website.
Click here to apply for BDes Admission to IITB, IITD, IITG, IITH and IIITDMJ.
For admissions to "Result Sharing Institutes", please visit the respective institutes' website.
1. World University of Design, Sonepat
2. Alliance University, Bengaluru
3. RV University, Bengaluru
4. JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur
5. Department of Design, Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), New Delhi
6. Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI)
7. Institute of Design, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
8. Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru
9. FLAME University, Pune
10. Presidency University, Bangalore
11. Lovely Professional University, Phagwara
12. MIT ID Indore - Avantika University
13. CEPT University, Ahmedabad
14. ARCH College of Design and Business, Jaipur
15. O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat
16. Navrachana University, Gujarat
17. Aayojan School of Architecture, Jaipur
18. Symbiosis School of Planning Architecture and Design, Nagpur
19. Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University, Delhi NCR
20. Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Design, Pune
21. Delhi Technological University, Delhi (formerly Delhi College of Engineering)
22. VIT School of Design (V-SIGN), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
Please contact the above result sharing institutes directly for admission related queries.