UCEED 2020 – Answer Key, Cutoff, Exam Date, Pattern

UCEED 2020 – IIT Bombay has released UCEED 2020 answer key at uceed.iitb.ac.in. Candidates who have appeared for the Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) can check the answer key and question paper. It is a national level design entrance exam conducted for admission to B.Des courses, offered by 4 IITs. Other institutes besides the IITs also accept its scores. The paper comprises of two parts A and B, that evaluate a candidate’s visualization, observation, drawing, logical reasoning, etc. Candidates who have completed 10+2 can apply online for the exam. Check more details on UCEED 2020 from this page.

Latest: UCEED 2020 Answer Key has been released. Click Here to download it.

UCEED 2020

UCEED 2020 is also open for international candidates who do not fall under PIO / OCI category. However, the seats for these candidates are supernumerary with a cap of 10% of total available seats in the course. PIO / OCI are considered under open category. Know dates for UCEED 2020 from the table below.

UCEED 2020	Important Dates
Application Form available from	09 Oct 2019
Last date to submit applications	09 Nov 13 Nov 15 Nov 2019
Last date to submit applications with late fee	16 Nov 20 Nov 2019
Admit Card download	01 Jan 2020 27 Dec 2019
last date of removing errors in admit card	05 Jan 2020 31 Dec 2019
Official mock test releases on	14 Jan 2020
UCEED 2020 Exam date	18 Jan 2020
Release of Answer Key	21 Jan 2020
Last date to file Answer Key Challenge	27 Jan 2020
Declaration of result	13 Mar 2020

UCEED 2020 Answer Key

The answer key for UCEED 2020 is uploaded on the official website in the form of a PDF file. Using the answer key of UCEED, candidates can cross-check their answers and calculate their probable score. Along with the answer key, question paper is also released in the pdf form.

To calculate the score using the answer key of UCEED 2020, the candidates have to use the marking scheme of the exam. The marking scheme is as follows:

• For correct answers, the candidates have to add 4 or 3 marks as per the question
• For wrong answers, the candidates have to deduct 0.19 marks in Sec B and -1.71 marks in Sec C

 The candidates can also pose a challenge against the answer key if they are not satisfied with the draft answer key. Candidates can send their comments related to answer key via email from their registered email id by addressing it to uceed@iitb.ac.in. Based on all the objections received, the committee prepares the final answer key. No changes are made to the answer key once the final answer key has been released.

UCEED 2020 Cutoff

Given below is a list of minimum marks for qualifying UCEED 2020 for each category. All candidates have to score these in order to be eligible for qualifying the exam:

Category of Candidate	Minimum percentage of marks in each of the 3 sections	Total Minimum Marks
Common rank list (CRL)	10	100
OBC-NCL rank list	9	90
SC/ST/PwD rank list	5	50

UCEED 2020 Result

Once the final UCEED 2020 Answer Key has been prepared and released, the results of each candidate are prepared. Since the UCEED 2020 exam is conducted in the CBT mode, the computer software prepares the result of all the candidates and the same is published on the official website for the candidates.
The marks of each candidate are calculated using the marking scheme explained above and the results are displayed as per schedule. The candidates can download their UCEED 2020 Results using their registered email id and password as a login from the official UCEED website.

Preparation of the merit list for UCEED 2020:

The rank list is prepared as per the marks of the candidates in UCEED 2020. In case 2 or more candidates get the same marks, then the tie-breaking for the allotment of rank is done as follows:

1. Higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Part-B.
2. Higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Part-A’s Section 2.
3. If this does not break the tie, higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Part-A’s Section 1.
4. If there is a tie even after this, candidates will be assigned the same rank.

UCEED 2020 Admit Card

The admit card of UCEED is only issued online. No hard copy is sent at the candidate’s postal address. On the exam day, candidates have to carry a print out of the admit card. It should be clear and all the details in it must be correct.

In case of errors in your admit card:

Contact the Chairman JEE (Advanced), UCEED & CEED 2020 at IIT Bombay before the specified date via email at uceed@iitb.ac.in

In case the admit card is unavailable:

Contact the Chairman JEE (Advanced), UCEED & CEED 2020 at IIT Bombay before the specified date via email at uceed@iitb.ac.in or call at +91-22-2576 4063/9093/9094

The UCEED 2020 Admit Card contains the following information like

• Candidate’s Name
• UCEED registration ID
• Roll Number for UCEED 2020
• Candidate’s photograph and signature
• Examination date and time
• Examination center venue
• Important instructions

8 New Changes In UCEED 2020

The information brochure, website and dates of UCEED 2020 is out and with that, the below given major changes have been introduced:

1 – The exam pattern has been changed.
2 – Syllabus has been changed, drawing syllabus has been added.
3 – The question paper will now have 2 parts- Part A and Part B, earlier there was one part only.
4 – The mode of exam will be now both CBT and pen and paper-based.
5 – EWS reservation introduced – 10% seats.
6 – Registration fee for UCEED 2020 hiked for all categories.
7 – Number of seats available this year via UCEED 2020 has been increased by 29. In 2020 admission shall be made against 144 total seats.
8 – Admission fee during counselling will be Rs. 2000 this year, which was Rs. 1000 last year.

UCEED 2020 Exam Pattern (New)

The exam pattern for UCEED has been changed. Candidates can check the new exam pattern from below:

• Number of papers: 1 with two parts, A and B
• Language: English
• Mode: Computer-based test (Part A) and paper-based test (Part B)
• Total marks: 300
• Number of section: 3 in Part A and 1 in Part B

Check the distribution of marks and question among the sections in the question paper form below:

Sections in Part A	Number of Questions	Total marks
NAT	18	72
MSQ	18	72
MCQ	32	96
Sections in Part B	Number of Questions	Total marks
Drawing	1	60
Total (Part A+B)	69	300

Marking scheme: Check the negative marking and marks per question from the table below:

Section Name	Marks per correct answer	Is there negative marking?	Negative marking
NAT	+4	X	0
MSQ	+4	√	-0.19
MCQ	+3	√	–0.71

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

UCEED 2020 Syllabus

The UCEED 2020 Syllabus has changed. There are 2 parts now in the syllabus -Part A and B. Check the detailed syllabus below:

Part A: This part covers the below topics –

#1. Visualisation and Spatial Ability

Pictorial and diagrammatic questions to test, understanding of transformation and/or manipulation of 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships, knowledge of practical and everyday mechanical and scientific concepts.

#2. Observation and Design Sensitivity

Ability to detect concealed properties in ordinary things, people, situations, and events, and thinking critically about them. Applying attention to certain details, analysing, reasoning, classifying, inferring and predicting. Ability to discern subtle differences in visual properties and aesthetic outcomes.

#3. Environmental and Social Awareness

General awareness of environmental factors such as climate, population, water, vegetation, pollution, weather, natural resources etc., and their implications on the design of products, images, infrastructure and environment. Awareness of social and cultural connection with the design, history of the designed artefact, and socially responsible and environmentally sustainable design responses. History of art, sculpture, and literature.

#4. Analytical and Logical Reasoning

Ability to look at information, be it qualitative or quantitative in nature, and discern patterns within the information. Ability to weigh opinions, arguments or solutions against appropriate criteria. Ability to check for hidden bias or hidden assumptions and whether evidence and argument support conclusions. Ability to use logic and structured thinking to deduce from a short passage, which of a number of statements is the most accurate response to a posed question. Data Interpretation, brainteasers, and patterns.

#5. Language and Creativity

Ability to understand and use Standard English. Reading comprehension, knowledge of English grammar. Ability to think creatively in terms of alternatives, ability to distinguish innovative options and think out of the box.

#6. Design Thinking and Problem Solving

Ability to use visual analogies, metaphors, signs and symbols. Ability to understand complexity, identify the problem, generate alternatives, evaluate options and select solutions.

Part B: This part covers the below topics –

Drawing: Ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective, and shading.

UCEED 2020 Important Books

To prepare for UCEED 2020 you can refer to the below-recommended books.

Name of the Book	Writer/Publisher	Buy Here
UCEED (B.DES) Entrance Books and Test Series	AFAINDIA	Click Here
Guide for NIFT/NID/IIFT	Arihant	Click Here
Cracking CEED and UCEED	Ashok Goel	Click Here
UCEED Mock Test Series 2019-20 (As Per New B.design Pattern)	IIT Alumni	Click Here

UCEED Previous Years Question Papers

The UCEED exam is being conducted from the year 2015 by IIT Bombay. Given below are links to all official UCEED question papers from the past five years:

UCEED examination year	Previous year question paper
2015	Get here
2016	Get here
2017	Get here
2018	Get here
2019	Get here

How to Prepare for UCEED 2020?

Proper discipline is the most important factor while preparing for any exam. Since the exam is conducted for candidates who are either appearing for their class 12th exams or have recently passed the examination. Hence finding time for entrance exam studies is a little difficult, however by following the below-mentioned steps the candidates can expect to pass the exam with flying colours:

• Create a study schedule in such a way that you practice for UCEED 2020 at least for 2 hours every day. Do not forget to set some time aside for revision later.
• Follow up on the exam syllabus and previous year exam patterns to get to know the kind of expected questions that are asked in the UCEED exam.

Focus on understanding concepts using a meaningful, associative, and active learning methodology as the examination body tests your thorough knowledge says UCEED topper, Arnesh Kundu.

• Achieve small daily goals, practice Numerical Aptitude based questions every day.
• Reward yourself whenever you achieve your daily goal.
• Make sure you devote sufficient time to all the important topics that need to be covered according to the syllabus.

Solve all the available previous year question papers and mock tests on the official UCEED website, says previous years’ UCEED topper Vishwaprasanna Hariharan.

UCEED 2020 Exam Centers

The following 24 cities are designated as the exam test centers for conducting UCEED 2020. However, IIT Bombay reserves the right to cancel any examination city if not enough candidates apply for the particular center. The candidates have to choose 3 cities for testing, out of which they are allotted an examination center:

For students opting for international center: Candidates opting for Dubai center should also compulsorily opt for 2 cities of their choice from above 24 Indian cities, in the order of preference at the time of registration.

Ahmedabad	Jaipur
Bengaluru	Lucknow
Bhopal	Kolkata
Bhubaneshwar	Kozhikode
Chandigarh	Mumbai
Chennai	Nagpur
Dehradun	Patna
Delhi	Pune
Ernakulam	Raipur
Panaji	Thiruvananthapuram
Guwahati	Visakhapatnam
Hyderabad	Thrissur
Dubai

You can also check the exam centers of UCEED 2020 in the map below:

UCEED 2020 Counselling

The candidates who qualify UCEED 2020 have to apply for admission to the B. Des programme. The candidates who qualify the entrance test can apply at IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad and IIITDM Jabalpur for admission in the academic year 2020-2021. All 4 institutes have a common application form for admission in B. Des programmes.

Process of the UCEED 2020 Counselling:

#1 The candidates who are selected have to register at the official website of UCEED and fill in their personal particulars and select institutes of their choice in order of their preference.

#2 The candidates are then allotted seats according to their rank and preferences. The result of the allotment is published online at the website.

#3 The candidate can then choose to Accept “freeze” their allocated Institute or Decline the offer. The candidates can also select the “float” option to say that they accept the current seat allocated to them, however, if a seat of higher preference is allotted to them, they shall accept it.

#4 the candidates who accept the seat have to pay an online acceptance fee and book their seats.

• The seat acceptance fee for admission via UCEED 2020 is INR 2000.

New Institutes Accepting UCEED 2020 Scores

Here are the new institutes that will accept the scores of UCEED 2020:

1. Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar
2. Chitkara University, Punjab
3. CEPT University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
4. World University of Design, Sonepat, Haryana
5. Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab
6. Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru
7. JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur
8. Department of Design, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
9. Manipal University, Jaipur
10. UPES School of Design, Dehradun

Seat Matrix of the IITs for B.Des program

The candidates can check below the available seats for B.Des courses across the 4 participating IITs of UCEED:

Category	IITB	IITG	IITH	IIITDMJ	Total
Open	15	22	6	15	58
Open-PWD	–	1	0	0	2
EWS	4	6	1	3	14
EWS-PWD	0	0	0	0	0
OBC NCL	10	14	3	10	37
OBC NCL – PWD	–	1	0	0	1
SC	5	7	2	6	20
SC – PWD	–	1	0	0	1
ST	3	4	1	3	10
ST – PWD	–	0	0	0	0
Total	37*	56	13	38	144

As per the graph above the below-given conclusions can be drawn:

• The most number of seats is offered by IIT Guwahati – 56
• *In IIT B PWD reservations @ 5% (total 2 seats in all above programmes) will be horizontal (i.e. PWD candidates will consume seats from their birth category quota)
• In all the total number of available seats across the 4 IITs are 144

List of institutes that accept UCEED Score for Admission in B.Des.

Given below is a list of colleges that accept the UCEED Score for admission in the B.Des. Course. Apart from the participating Institutes, 16 other Institutes share the UCEED Scores to give admission in the course. However, these institutes do not participate in the Joint Admissions Exercise conducted by IIT Bombay and have their own counselling and admission procedures.

Name of Institute	Official Website
Participating Institute
IIT Bombay	Official Website
IIT Hyderabad	Official Website
IIT Guwahati	Official Website
IIITDM Jabalpur	Official Website
Result Sharing Institute
Manipal University Jaipur	Official Website
Nirma University, Ahmedabad	Official Website
World University of Design, Delhi NCR	Official Website
Chitkara University, Punjab	Official Website
Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru	Official Website
Anant National University, Ahmedabad	Official Website
VIT University, Vellore	Official Website
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab	Official Website
UPES, Dehradun	Official Website
CIT, Kokrajhar	Official Website
Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur	Official Website
Delhi Technological University, Delhi	Official Website
Khyati School of Design, Ahmedabad	Official Website
MIT World Peace University, Pune	Official Website
U.P. Institute of Design, Noida	Official Website
ARCH College of Design and Business, Jaipur	Official Website

UCEED 2020 Registration

The UCEED 2020 Registration can be only done online on uceed.iitb.ac.in. The registration is completely carried out online, no offline forms are accepted. Candidates need their scanned photographs, signature and necessary documents for uploading in the application form.

The brief steps to apply for UCEED 2020 are as follows:

Step 1: Visit the official UCEED 2020 website, and register using your email id.

Step 2: Check your inbox for the verification link, verify your email and proceed to fill the application form.

Step 3: Fill in all the personal details in the form.

Step 4: Fill the UCEED 2020 application form.

Step 5: the necessary documents and save and Preview the application.

Step 6: Submit the form and proceed to pay the stipulated fee given below.

UCEED 2020 Application Fee

The candidates need to pay an online application fee to submit the UCEED 2020 Application Form. The application fee category wise is given in the table below:

Late fee: Rs. 500 + the original application fee.

Category	Fee for exam centers in India	Fee for exam centers in Dubai
Female Candidates	Rs. 1500	USD 200
SC, ST, PwD	Rs. 1500	USD 200
All Other Candidates	Rs. 3000	USD 200
Candidates from SAARC countries	USD 200	USD 200
Candidates from Non-SAARC countries	USD 325	USD 325

Mode of paying the UCEED 2020 Application Fee: Online only via any of the below available modes:

1. Net Banking
2. Credit Card
3. Debit Card

List of documents to be submitted along with the UCEED 2020 Application Form

The candidates need to submit some important documents along with their application form which is verified at later stages, The list of documents are as follows:

• Scanned recent Photograph of the candidate
• Scanned signatures of the candidate
• Proof of class 12th passing year
• Category certificate (SC/ST/OBC/ PwD)

Exam conducting Body of UCEED 2020

The UCEED exam was first conducted in the year 2015 to fill the B.Design seats at IIT Bombay. Since then the UCEED Committee of IIT Bombay conducts the UCEED exam every year and carries out the application process, question paper preparation, result declaration and publishes an all India rank list.

Over the years other institutes have become the participating institutes of UCEED exam. The newest addition to the UCEED participating institutes is IIT Hyderabad. There are other institutes who also participate in the UCEED Rank sharing process and accept the UCEED score as eligibility for filling B.Design seats at their respective institutes.

UCEED 2020 Eligibility Criteria

The candidates must fulfill certain eligibility criteria in order to be considered qualified to undertake the UCEED 2020 exam. Check the UCEED Eligibility Criteria from the points below:

Age limit

• Candidates born on or after October 1, 1995, for Open or OBC-NCL category.
• Candidates born on or after October 1, 1990, for SC, ST or PwD category

Number of Attempts

• A candidate can appear for UCEED exam for a maximum number of two attempts and in consecutive years only.

Qualifying Examination

• Candidates from any stream (Humanities, Commerce, Science) who passed their class 12th exam in 2019 or are appearing in 2020.

UCEED 2020 Information Brochure

With all the dates, the detailed UCEED 2020 Inormation Brochure is also out. Click on the image to download the UCEED 2020 Information Brochure:

Check UCEED 2020 Information Brochure: Download Brochure Here.

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