IIT Bombay will conduct the UCEED 2025 exam on January 19. On the day of the exam, the candidate needs to bring the admit card and a photo ID proof. They also need to reach the exam center on time. Go through the list of documents one must carry to their UCEED 2025 exam centre.
IIT Bombay will conduct the UCEED 2025 exam on January 19 (9 am - 12 noon). The candidate has remain in the seats for the entire duration of the paper. No student will be allowed to exit the examination hall until the test ends. The UCEED 2025 question paper will carry 300 marks. Questions will be asked from topics like visualisation and spatial ability, observation and design sensitivity, environmental and social awareness, analytical and logical reasoning, language and creativity as well as design thinking and problem-solving. The validity of the UCEED 2025 scorecard is one year.
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Some important things and documents you should not forget to carry on UCEED exam day are as mentioned below:
1) Admit Card: The candidate needs to carry with them a printout of the UCEED 2025 admit card. Any candidate who doesn’t possess a valid admit card for UCEED exam will not be allowed take the exam.
The admit card will contain the following information like the candidate’s name, roll number, photograph, signature, examination schedule, examination centre details, and other exam-related instructions.
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2) ID Proof: Candidates need to carry a valid photo ID proof to their UCEED exam centre. The official website informs: “Each candidate’s identity will be verified by invigilators as well as IIT representatives. If the identity of the candidate is in doubt, the candidate may not be allowed to appear for the examination. However, the authorities at their discretion may permit the candidate to appear for the examination after completing certain formalities. No extra time will be allowed for completing the examination in lieu of the time taken for completing these formalities”.
The ID proof that candidates need to carry to their UCEED test centre can be any one from the below-mentioned list:
- Student ID card issued by current school/college
- Passport
- Driving license
- Aadhar Card
- Voters ID Card
- PAN Card
3) Wrist Watch: Time is a matter of grave concern in UCEED 2025. So, the candidate may wear an analog wristwatch to the UCEED 2025 exam centre as it will help them keep a tab on time and complete the questions within the time frame that you fixed before commencing the exam. But be careful of the fact that your watch doesn’t have a calculator or any other text because of which you can be pulled up for using unfair means in the exam.
Candidates need to note that they cannot carry electronic devices like – mobile phones, smartphones, calculators, tablets, etc., to their UCEED 2025 exam centre. Apart from this, students will also not be allowed to carry abacus, log books, slide rule, geometry box as well as study material of any kind inside the exam hall.
4) The candidate must also bring their own stationery to the exam hall, including pencils, erasers, sharpeners, ball-point pen, etc. Exam officials will not provide any stationery to the candidate.
UCEED 2025: Last Minute Tips
UCEED exam is just round the corner and some tips you should keep in mind to fare well in the exam are as mentioned below:
1) Work on Time Management
One of the first and most important tasks you need to perform in UCEED 2025 exam is to manage your time in the best possible way. The question paper for UCEED is expected to be tricky and how you plan to navigate through the test paper is what will define your success ultimately.
View time management tips for UCEED in detail here.
2) Revise
Go through topics that are your strengths as well as ones in which you get confused easily. However, refrain from studying new topics as this will only make you more nervous which can ultimately harm you on UCEED 2025 exam day. Also, try and check if you have studied all the important topics, basis of previous years' question papers of UCEED.
Some important topics you should consider revising before UCEED exam are as mentioned below:
- Math problems
- Colour theory
- Puzzles involving images, patterns etc
- Famous personalities – designers, writers etc
- Indian Architectural history and facts about culture
- History and evolution of art
- Photography concepts
3) Be cautious of negative marking
The marking scheme for UCEED exam has changed. There is negative marking in UCEED exam and so you should think twice before making any guesses because this can harm you immensely in UCEED 2025. The new marking scheme for UCEED exam is as mentioned below:
| Section | Marks Added for Every Correct Answer |
Marks Deducted for Every Wrong Answer |
|---|---|---|
| NAT | 4 | 0 |
| MSQ | Partial Marking | -1 |
| MCQ | 3 | -0.71 |
| Drawing Question and Aptitude Questions | 100 | 0 |
| Total Marks | 300 | |
Apart from this, make sure that you take adequate sleep right a night before UCEED 2025 so that you head out to appear for the UCEED exam with a fresh mind.
All the Best for UCEED 2025!
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The candidate can contact UCEED 2025 admission officials at the following address:
Chairperson,
UCEED-CEED Office,
IIT Bombay,
Powai, Mumbai – 400 076.
Website: www.uceed.iitb.ac.in
Email: uceed@iitb.ac.in
Phone: +91-22-2576 4063/9093/9094
The candidate may use any of the contact options provided here.
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