Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design
UCEED is the design aptitude examination conducted by IIT Bombay for admission to the B.Des. programmes at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Indore, IIT Roorkee and IIITDM Jabalpur. One three-hour English paper has a computer-based Part A of numerical, multiple-select and multiple-choice questions, and a Part B of drawing and design questions answered in a booklet. Qualified candidates then apply through a joint seat allocation process; UCEED 2027 is scheduled for 17 January 2027.
Eligibility (summary)
One 3-hour, 300-mark paper: Part A computer-based (NAT, MSQ, MCQ; 200 marks, 2 hours) and Part B drawing and design aptitude (100 marks, 1 hour)
Summarised from the official notification. Patterns change; confirm in the latest notice.
| Stage | Pattern |
|---|---|
| UCEED examination (Part A and Part B) | One paper of 3 hours, 300 marks, English only. Part A (computer-based, 200 marks, 2 hours): 14 NAT questions of 4 marks with no negative marks; 15 MSQs with +4 full, +3/+2/+1 partial and -1 otherwise; 28 MCQs of 3 marks with -0.71 for a wrong answer. Part B (100 marks, 1 hour): two drawing and design-aptitude questions answered in a booklet. Part A is used to shortlist candidates for evaluation of Part B.UCEED 2027 Information Brochure · source |
PYQSathi lists 24 UCEED papers from 2015 to 2026, each linked to its official source. Open the paper library above and pick a year.
UCEED is conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (UCEED-CEED Implementation Committee). Notifications, dates and results are published on its official website.
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