UCEED 2021

uceed 2021

UNDERGRADUATE COMMON ENTRANCE EXAM FOR DESIGN
&
JOINT SEAT ALLOCATION FOR BDes

uceed iit logo Admissions to the Bachelor of Design (BDes) programmes at IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur are done through the Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design (UCEED). Only those students who have passed Class XII (or equivalent) in 2020 in all subjects, or are appearing in 2021, in ANY STREAM (Science, Commerce, or Arts & Humanities), are eligible to appear for UCEED 2021.

Part 1 of this brochure provides information related to UCEED 2021, and Part 2 provides information related to the subsequent joint seat allocation for BDes admissions in the four participating institutes for the Academic Year 2021–2022.

Important Dates

Activity Date
Start date for Online Registration September 09, 2020
Last date for Online Registration with regular fee October 10, 2020
Last date for Online Registration with late fee October 17, 2020
Start date for Admit Card downloading January 01, 2021 onwards
UCEED 2021 Examination Sunday January 17, 2021
09:00 am to 12:00 pm
Release of Draft Answer Key for Part-A January 21, 2021
Last date for sending Comments about Draft Answer Key January 24, 2021, 5:00 PM
Release of Final Answer Key for Part-A, Average and Std Deviation January 31, 2021
Declaration of result March 10, 2021
Start date for Score Card downloading March 10, 2021

Part 1 UCEED 2021

GENERAL INFORMATION

UCEED 2021 will be conducted by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, under the guidance of the UCEED-CEED Implementation Committee 2021 (henceforth referred as the UCI Committee ).

UCEED 2021 is open to all nationals (Indian/Foreign). Candidates seeking admission to the Bachelor Degree programme in Design (BDes) at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH), and Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur (IIITDMJ) must appear in UCEED 2021.

Candidates should note that the mere appearance in UCEED 2021 or being in the rank list neither guarantees nor provides any automatic entitlement to admission to BDes programs of the participating institutes. UCEED qualified candidates will have to apply separately for BDes admissions as per the prescribed procedure described in Part 2 of this Information Brochure, through the joint seat allocation process.

UCEED 2021 score is valid only for admission to the programmes in the academic year 2021-2022.

In all matters concerning UCEED 2021, and/or the interpretation of the provisions on any matter not covered in this Information Brochure, the decision of the UCI Committee will be final and binding on all the applicants.

Although UCEED 2021 is held at different centres across the country, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is the Organizing Institute and has the overall responsibility of conducting UCEED 2021. In case of any claims or disputes arising in respect of UCEED 2021, it is hereby made absolutely clear that the High Court of Bombay alone shall have the exclusive jurisdiction to entertain and settle any such claims and disputes.

THE INSTITUTES


SCHEDULE OF UCEED 2021

UCEED is a test centre-based examination and has two parts: Part-A is computer based and Part-B contains question related to sketching that needs to be attempted on the provided sheet. It is compulsory for the candidates to attempt both the parts in the given time.

The total time for the examination (that includes both Part-A and Part-B) is 3 hours duration and it will be held as per the following schedule:

DateJanuary 17, 2021 (Sunday)
Session9:00am to 12:00pm

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR APPEARING IN UCEED 2021

A candidate, including a foreign national, must fulfil each and every one of the following three criteria to appear in UCEED 2021.

Criterion 1 – Age limit:

The candidate should have been born on or after October 1, 1996 if belonging to the OPEN/EWS/OBC-NCL category and on or after October 1, 1991 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 same corresponding academic year.

Criterion 3 – Qualifying examination:

The candidate should have passed in all subjects in the Qualifying Examination (Class XII or equivalent) in 2020, OR should be appearing for the qualifying examination in 2021 in order to be eligible to attempting UCEED 2021. Students from ALL STREAMS (Science,Commerce, and Arts & Humanities) are eligible.

Candidates appeared for the first time in their qualifying examination in 2019 or earlier are NOT eligible.

QUALIFYING EXAMINATION

  • Each candidate must submit a valid certificate to avail reservation. Seat allocation will be based on the All India Rank (merit order), reservation `category and seat availability ineach institute at the time of seat allocation.
  • Candidates must note that the benefit of reservation will be given to them subject to verification of documents at the appropriate stage. Ifitis discovered at anystage that a candidatehas used afalse / fake/ incorrect document, orhas furnished false, incorrect or incomplete information, in order to avail the benefit of reservation, then such candidate shall be excluded from all admission processes. Incase such a candidate has already been given admission, then the admission shall stand cancelled.
  • If the PwD certificate is not valid and the candidate has availed the compensatory time and/or availed the services of an amanuensis (scribe), he/she cannot be rolled back to the OPEN category. His/her candidature will be cancelled.

REGISTRATION FOR UCEED 2021

  • Candidates should register for appearing in UCEED 2021. Registration can be done ONLY through the online registration portal linked from www.uceed.iitb.ac.in.
  • Candidates should simultaneously satisfy ALL THE THREE eligibility criteria [Refer ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR APPEARING IN UCEED 2021].
  • Registration will be cancelled if, at a later date, it is found that the candidate does not meet any of the three eligibility criteria
  • Registration fee is NEITHER refundable NOR transferable
  • It will entirely be the responsibility of the candidate to provide the correct information regarding the qualifying exam and category, and upload the correct documents in the required formats in the registration form. Registration forms, incomplete in any way, will be summarily rejected and the registration will be considered invalid. The admitting institutes have the right to cancel, at any stage, the admission of a candidate in accordance with the rules and regulations in force, if it is found that any information provided by the candidate is incorrect or the registration is incomplete.

Detailed instructions for the online registration are provided on the registration portal.

Online registration portal www.uceed.iitb.ac.in
Start Date September 9, 2020, 01:00 pm
End Date (with regular fee) October 10, 2020, 11:55 pm
End Date (with late fee) October 17, 2020, 11:55 pm

REGISTRATION FOR UCEED 2021

RegistrationFeefor ExaminationCentres in India

Indian Nationals (including PIO/OCI) Female Candidates(all categories) ₹ 1750
SC, ST, PwD Candidates ₹ 1750
All Other Candidates ₹ 3500
Foreign Nationals Candidates from SAARC countries USD $350
Candidates from Non-SAARC countries USD $450

RegistrationFeefor ExaminationCentres in Dubai

Indian Nationals (including PIO/OCI) All Indian Nationals USD $350
Foreign Nationals Candidates from SAARC countries USD $350
Candidates from Non-SAARC countries USD $450

The registrationfeesshown aboveDOESNOT INCLUDEservicecharges, processingfees and/or any other chargesthat thebanks maycharge.

  • The above registration fee is applicabletill the closing dateof October 10,2020, (11:55 pm).
  • Alate feeof₹500/ USD $50 is applicable to ALL candidates for registration done after the closing date of October 10,2020,and till the late registration closing date,i.e.,October 17, 2020,(11:55pm).It is not possible toregister after 11:55pm on October 17,2020, as the portal shallclose.
  • Detailed instructions related to the payment of registration fee will be available on the online registration portal.

RESULTS OF UCEED 2021

  • Results will be declared on March 13, 2021.
  • UCEED results will be available only on the official website (www.uceed.iitb.ac.in). Candidates need to use their user login and password (created during registration process) for viewing the results on the webpage.
  • All candidates who appeared in UCEED 2021 will be able to download their score card from March 10, 2021.
  • All shortlisted candidates will get a common merit rank (All India Rank). All shortlisted candidates are considered as qualified candidates in UCEED 2021.
  • Obtaining a rank in UCEED 2021 does not guarantee admission to the BDes programme. Hard copy of the UCEED score card will not be available and hence will NOT be sent to the qualified candidates either by post or by email.
  • The responses of the candidates for Part-A of UCEED 2021 will be available for download ONLY until the declaration of the UCEED result. Downloading of Part-A responses will be DISABLED once the UCEED results are declared. No further requests shall be entertained in this regard.

EVALUATION

  • Part-A of the examination is a computer-based test (CBT); there is NO scope for review, regrading or re-totalling of the Part-A marks of the examination paper.
  • Part-B contains only one question which is going to be manually evaluated by examiners. Part-B of UCEED is a subjective question and there is no model solution for it. It will be evaluated holistically on a set of criteria given in the question.
  • There is NO provision for RE-EVALUATION in UCEED. Request for re-evaluation will NOT be entertained under any circumstances
  • Shortlisting: Marks obtained in Part-A will be used to shortlist candidates. The cut-offs (𝛿) for Part-A marks to shortlist candidates in the Open category will be 𝜇 + (𝜎⁄2) = 𝛿, where 𝜇 and 𝜎 are the average marks and standard deviation of distribution of marks obtained by ALL the candidates in Part-A of UCEED 2021. The 𝜇 and 𝜎 will be rounded off after the first decimal place. The candidates belonging to the reserved categories shall have to fulfil a relaxed cut-off mark, which will be 0.9𝛿 for OBC-NCL, 0.5𝛿 for SC/ST and 0.5𝛿 for PwD.
  • Part-B paper of those candidates who do not get shortlisted, shall not be evaluated.
  • All shortlisted candidates will get a rank.
  • The evaluated answer booklets of Part-B will not be shared with the candidates.
  • Answer booklets will be preserved ONLY for a period of 3 months from the date of declaration of UCEED results.
  • The evaluation of Part-B will be done manually by at least two evaluators separately and independently
    • If the difference <= 12 marks (20%), a simple average of the two examiners will be considered.
    • If the difference > 12 marks (20%), the answer sheet of Part-B will be evaluated by a third examiner (and so on until the difference <= 20%).

    A simple average of the closest of 2 evaluators will be selected as the final marks.

  • Total UCEED score will be calculated by adding the marks obtained in Part-A and Part-B. This total score will be used to prepare the final result/rank.
  • UCEED 2021 Question Paper and Draft Answer Key will be released on the UCEED website on January 21, 2021. Any comments or objections to the draft answer key may be sent to the designated email address (uceed@iitb.ac.in) within a period of 3 days, i.e., till January 24, 2021, 05:00 pm.
  • The responses of the candidates for Part-A of UCEED 2021 will be available for download UCEED 2021 21 ONLY until the declaration of the UCEED result
  • Final decision regarding the answer keys will be taken by the UCI Committee after consolidating and considering all the comments from the candidates and the paper setting team. This decision is final and will be binding on all the candidates.

RANK LISTS

  • All shortlisted candidates will get a rank. All shortlisted candidates are considered as qualified candidates in UCEED 2021. For details on shortlisting criteria, please refer to Section 17 (See EVALUATION).
  • Rank list will be prepared based on the total marks (Part-A marks and Part-B marks combined) in UCEED 2021.
  • If the total marks scored by two or more candidates are same, then the following tie-break policy will be used for awarding ranks:
    • Higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Part-B
    • Higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Part-A’s Section 2.
    • 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.
    • If there is a tie even after this, the candidates will be assigned same rank.

PART 2 - B.Des Admissions

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR APPLYING FOR BDes

To apply for admission to the BDes programmes of the participating institute, i.e., IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur, an applicant is required to fulfil the following 3 criteria

Criterion 1 – Age limit: The candidate should have been born on or after October 1, 1996 if belonging to the OPEN/EWS/OBC-NCL category and, on or after October 1, 1991 if belonging to the SC, ST or PwD category

Criterion 2 – UCEED qualification: The candidate should have qualified, i.e., obtained a rank, in UCEED 2021.

Criterion 3 – Qualifying examination: The candidate should have passed in all subjects in the qualifying examination (Class XII or equivalent) in 2020 or 2021. Those who appeared for the first time in their qualifying examination in 2019 or earlier are NOT eligible.

Candidates from the Science Stream with Physics, Chemistry and Maths as subjects are eligible to apply to all the four institutes. Candidates from any other stream (Science without Maths or Physics or Chemistry, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities) are eligible to apply to IIT Bombay, IIT Hyderabad and IIITDM Jabalpur.

The candidates appearing for their qualifying examination (Class XII or equivalent) in 2021 should ensure that, (a) all parts of their final examination are completed by the date of application for admission, and (b) proof of having passed the qualifying examination with required eligibility is submitted by September 30, 2021 to the admitting institute

If a qualifying examination Board awards only letter grades without providing information on the passing grade on the grade sheet, the candidate should obtain a certificate from the Board specifying the passing grade and upload it along with the grade sheet. In case such a certificate is not provided, the decision taken by the UCI Committee will be final.

The criteria, as specified above, is applicable “in toto” to all the applicants including foreign nationals. Applications from foreign nationals including OCI (Overseas Citizen of India)/ PIO (People of Indian Origin) card holders are considered under the open category and they are outside the ambit of reservation of seats under the EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories. Seats allotted to foreign nationals are supernumerary with a cap of 10% of total seats. However, seats allotted to OCI/PIO candidates are not supernumerary

APPLICATION FORM FOR ADMISSION

Only UCEED 2021 qualified students can apply for admission to the BDes programme at IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad and IIITDM Jabalpur for the academic year 2021- 2022. There will be a common application form for admissions to their respective BDes programmes. The UCEED Office, IIT Bombay will process the common application form and carry out the joint seat allocation process.

The common application form will be available through the IIT Bombay Admissions Portal. The link for the same shall be available on the official UCEED website (www.uceed.iitb.ac.in). Applicants will be able to fill in their personal particulars and select institutes of their choice by indicating the order of preference

The application can be submitted after paying the application processing fee, uploading digital copies of relevant supporting documents, and uploading the signed copy of the completed application form (first page only). Detailed instructions on each step of the application process are provided within the online application form.

Supporting documents required for application are digital copies of Photo, Signature, UCEED Score Card, Qualifying Examination Mark Sheet (Class XII or equivalent), and where applicable, OBC-NCL/SC/ST Certificate, PwD Certificate, EWS certificate and OCI/PIO Card.

UCEED and BDes admission are two different activities. The category-wise rank obtained in UCEED exam is an indication of the candidates position in the respective category at the time of the result declaration

Seat allocation will be based on the All India Rank (merit order), reservation category and seat availability in each institute at the time of seat allocation.

Applicants will be able to edit their application form, including the order of preference of institutes and resubmit it, till the closing date of the application period. However, after the closing date, all institute choices and information filled in the applications are treated as FINAL. Requests for ANY changes in the application will be strictly NOT entertained.

It will entirely be the responsibility of the candidate to provide the correct and complete information regarding the qualifying exam and category, and upload the correct documents in the required formats in the application form. Application forms that are incorrect and/or incomplete in any way, will be summarily rejected and the application will be considered invalid. At the stage of admission, the admitting institutes will conduct a document verification exercise of each candidate. The admitting institutes have the right to cancel, at any stage, the admission of a candidate in accordance with the rules and regulations in force, UCEED 2021 30 if it is found that any information provided by the candidate is incorrect or the application is incomplete. Candidates may note that the offer of admission made to them during the online seat allocation process is provisional and will be confirmed by the admitting institutes only after the requisite fees are paid and the documents are duly verified.

SEATS AVAILABLE FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-2021

Open EWS OBC-NCL SC ST TOTAL
IITB 15 4 10 5 3 37
IITG 23 6 15 8 4 56
IITH 9 2 5 3 1 20
IIITDMJ 27 6 18 10 5 66
TOTAL 74 18 48 26 13 179

* 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)

RESERVATION OF SEATS

Indian nationals belonging to certain categories are admitted under the seats reserved for them in accordance with the rules of the Government of India. The categories and the extent of reservation are as follows:

  • Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) – 10% of seats in the course. EWS certificates issued only from April 1, 2020 onwards are accepted.
  • Other Backward Classes belonging to the Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL) – 27% of seats in the course. The name of the backward class should be in the current central list of OBCs (http://www.ncbc.nic.in). OBCs present in the state list, but not covered in the central list will not be entitled to claim the benefit of reservation. OBC-NCL certificates issued only from April 1, 2020 onwards are accepted. The candidates must ensure that they possess a valid and updated OBC-NCL certificate at the time of applying for admission to a programme.
  • Candidates belonging to the creamy layer of OBC are NOT entitled for reservation. Such candidates are treated as belonging to the Open (i.e., unreserved) category.
  • Scheduled Caste (SC) – 15% of seats in the course.
  • Scheduled Tribe (ST) – 7.5% of seats in the course.
  • The benefit of reservation will be given only to those castes and tribes that are mentioned in the respective central list of corresponding states published by the Government of India. (http://socialjustice.nic.in/sclist.php and http://tribal.nic.in/Content/list%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%20in%20India.aspx).
  • The 5% reservations for PwD candidates will be horizontal. PwD candidates will consume seats from their birth category.
  • Unfilled seats in the OBC-NCL category can be allotted to OPEN category candidates, whereas seats remaining vacant under the SC and ST categories shall NOT be allotted to candidates belonging to other categories.
  • Leprosy-cured candidates who are otherwise fit to pursue the course are also included in PwD category.
  • Candidates holding OCI/PIO cards are treated as OPEN category candidates.
  • Foreign nationals are outside the ambit of reservation of seats under the OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories as specified herein.
  • The category chosen by a candidate at the time of registration for UCEED 2021 is final and requests for any change of category will NOT be entertained at a later date.
  • Each candidate must submit a valid certificate to avail reservation. Seat allocation will be UCEED 2021 28 based on the All India Rank (merit order), reservation category and seat availability in each institute at the time of seat allocation.
  • If the PwD certificate is not valid and the candidate has availed the compensatory time and/or services of a amanuensis (scribe), he/she cannot be rolled back to the OPEN category. His/her candidature will be cancelled.

SEAT ALLOTMENT

Three rounds of seat allocation will be conducted. However, once the seats are filled, the seat allocation will be closed. Seats will be provisionally allotted based on the applicant UCEED rank, category and choice of institutes. Selected candidates will be sent provisional allotment letters via their registered email, and will be directed to an online payment system to remit the Seat Acceptance Fee of ₹ 60,000 (Rupees Sixty Thousand only) for GEN/EWS/OBC-NCL and ₹ 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand only) for SC/ST/PwD.

The joint seat allotment will be governed by the following rules:

  • If the selected candidates do not remit the seat acceptance fee before the given deadline or decline the admission, their application will stand cancelled. These vacant seats will be filled during the subsequent rounds of seat allotment
  • If an applicant is allotted his/her FIRST choice of institute, the candidate can either ACCEPT (‘freeze’) the choice or DECLINE the offer. If the candidate chooses to DECLINE the offer, he/she will NOT be considered for subsequent rounds.
  • If an applicant is allotted his/her SECOND/THIRD/FOURTH choice of institute, the candidate can opt to either ACCEPT (‘freeze’) the choice, or ACCEPT WITH THE OPTION TO BE CONSIDERED FOR UPWARD MOVEMENT (‘float’) the choice for subsequent round(s), if any, of the joint seat allocation
  • If the candidate chooses ‘freeze’ option, it means he/she has ACCEPTED the offer and does not wish to participate in further rounds of seat allocation. Such candidate will NOT be considered in subsequent rounds of admission.
  • If the candidate chooses ‘float’ option, it means he/she has ACCEPTED the offer and has indicated that, if admission to an institute of his/her higher preference is offered, they will accept it. Else, they will continue with the currently accepted institute. Such candidates will be considered in subsequent rounds of admission.
  • For candidates who choose the ‘float’ option, allocation of a seat in an institute of his/her higher preference would automatically result in the forfeiture of the seat accepted by him/her in the earlier round.
  • Candidates offered seats have to remit seat acceptance fee only once. Thus, candidates who are allotted another seat (because they chose the ‘float’ option) do not have to pay seat acceptance fee again
  • For candidates who accept offered seat, the seat acceptance fee will be adjusted against the institute fees of the admitting institute at the time of joining. For candidates who decline UCEED 2021 33 the offered seat after remitting the seat acceptance fee, the refund of the seat acceptance fee will be governed by the policies of the admitting institute.
  • If a candidate has paid the seat acceptance fee and opts for withdrawal after the first round and one day before the announcement of third round will get refund after deducting seat cancellation and processing charges of ₹ 5000 (Rupees five thousand only). Refund requests after the announcement of the third round will not be entertained and no refund shall be given thereafter.
  • Candidates do not have an option to withdraw an accepted/allotted seat after the announcement of last round of seat allocation.
  • No refund is given post 3rd round as there is no option of “float” of the seats after the 3rd round

UCEED Contact

UCEED
  • For UCEED & B. Des Seat Allocation related inquiries only:
  • Address:Chairman, JEE (Advance),UCEED-CEED 2021, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai – 400 076
  • Phone : +91-22-2576-4063/ 9093/ 9094
  • Email: uceed@iitb.ac.in
  • Website: www.uceed.iitb.ac.in
  • For all other information related to the B. Des programmes such as curriculum, course structure, facilities etc., at IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur or general information related to the institutes, please contact the respective department or institute.