Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design (UCEED) 2019 Notification Released

Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design (UCEED) 2019 Notification Released

Admissions to the Bachelor of Design (B. Des.) programmes at IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati and IIITDM Jabalpur are done through the Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design (UCEED). Students who have passed Class XII (or equivalent) in 2018 or appearing in 2019 in ANY STREAM (Science, Commerce, or Arts & Humanities), are eligible to appear for UCEED 2019.

Eligibility Criteria:

A candidate, including a foreign national, must fulfil each and every one of the following three criteria to appear in UCEED 2019.

Criterion 1 – Age limit: The candidate should have been born on or after October 1, 1994 if belonging to the OPEN or OBC-NCL category and on or after October 1, 1989 if belonging to the SC, ST or PwD category.

Criterion 2 – Number of attempts: A candidate can attempt UCEED for a maximum of two times and that too in consecutive years. Note that UCEED score is valid for one year, and only for admissions in the corresponding academic year.

Criterion 3 – Qualifying examination: The candidate should have passed the qualifying examination (Class XII or equivalent) in 2018, OR appearing in 2019. Students from ALL STREAMS (Science, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities) are eligible.

Those who appeared for the first time in their qualifying examination in 2017 or earlier are NOT eligible.

Mode of Application: Online

Application Fee:

Registration Fee for Examination Centres in India

Indian Nationals (including PIO/OCI)	Female Candidates (all categories)	INR 1200
	SC, ST, PwD Candidates	INR 1200
	All Other Candidates	INR 2400
Foreign Nationals	Candidates from SAARC countries	USD 160
	Candidates from Non-SAARC countries	USD 300

Registration Fee for Examination Centres in Dubai

Indian Nationals (including PIO/OCI)	All Indian Nationals	USD 160
Foreign Nationals	Candidates from SAARC countries	USD 160
	Candidates from Non-SAARC countries	USD 300

The registration fees shown above DOES NOT INCLUDE service charges, processing fees and any other charges that the banks may charge.

Important Dates:

Activity	Date
Start date for Online Registration	9th October, 2018
Last date for Online Registration with regular fee	9th November, 2018
Last date for Online Registration with late fee	16th November, 2018
Start date for Admit Card downloading	1st January, 2019 onwards
Last date for rectification of discrepancies in the admit card	5th January, 2019
UCEED 2019 Examination	Saturday 19th January, 2019
Release of Draft Answer Key	25th January, 2019
Last date for sending Comments about Draft Answer Key	31st January, 2019
Declaration of result	1st March, 2019
Start date for Score Card downloading	1st March, 2019
Application for B. Des. Programme (We have to discussed with Chairs)	8th to 30th June 2019
Seat allotment round 1	4th July, 2019
Seat allotment round 2	11th July, 2019
Seat allotment round 3	15th July, 2019

Mode of Exam: Online

Exam Pattern:

⇒ There will be ONE question paper of 3 hours duration.

⇒ The question paper will carry a total of 300 marks.

⇒ The question paper will consist of 3 sections.

Section A: Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions. For these questions, the answer is a number that needs to be entered using a virtual keyboard in the computer screen. No choices will be shown for these questions.

Section B: Multiple Select Questions (MSQ). Each MSQ has one or more correct answer(s) out of the four given choices.

Section C: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ). Each MCQ has four choices out of which only one is the correct answer.

Documents required for Registration for UCEED 2019:

Given below is a list of certificates and other documents that are to be uploaded at the time of online registration for UCEED 2019. The certificates must be in the Central Government format as given in the appendices below.

⇒ A recent colour photograph of full frontal (face) view, with the head centered in the frame covering 70–80% of the photograph and taken within the last six months. The photograph should be such that it allows unambiguous identification of the candidate (only JPEG image formats with file extension .jpg will be accepted).

⇒ Scanned copy of candidate’s full signature on white paper (only JPEG image formats with file extension .jpg will be accepted).

⇒ Qualifying examination certificate, if appeared in 2018 (only PDF formats with file extension .pdf will be accepted).

⇒ Candidates who will be appearing in 2019 for the board exam, a certificate from the school/college principal in the given format (Appendix 1) should be uploaded (only PDF formats with file extension .pdf will be accepted).

⇒ If the name is not same as in the Class XII certificate, gazette notification showing the change of name (only PDF formats with file extension .pdf will be accepted).

Candidates seeking admission under the OBC-NCL, SC, ST or PwD category

⇒ OBC-NCL (Appendix – 2), Caste (for SC), tribe (for ST) (Appendix – 3) or PwD certificate (Appendix 4 – 7) issued by a competent authority (only PDF formats with file extension.pdf will be accepted).

PwD Candidates requiring Scribe and/ or Compensatory Time

⇒ PwD candidates requiring scribe and/or compensatory time (20 min/hr) during the exam need to upload a request letter as per appendix (8 & 9).