UCEED

IIT Bombay will release the list of exam centres for UCEED 2024 sometime in September 2023. Note that IIT Bombay will only release the list of exam cities. The name of the exam UCEED 2024 centre allocated to be candidate will be mentioned on the admit card. The candidate can check the list of exam cities in the information brochure. In the previous edition of UCEED the exam was administered in 24 cities across India. The candidate had to select their choice of exam city at the time of filling out the application form.

The seat allotment to UCEED 2024 participating colleges will be through the Joint Admission Process conducted by IIT Bombay. Note that only such candidates who have been allocated a merit rank in UCEED 2024 are eligible to participate in the seat allotment process. The allotment of seats will be on the basis of merit rank of the candidate in UCEED 2024 and college option opted at the time of counseling registration. Also, to be included in the UCEED 2024 merit list, the candidate needs to have qualified Part A. Note that Part B answer booklets will be evaluated if the candidate qualifies Part A.

IIT Bombay is among the top design colleges in the country. So, most candidates appearing in the UCEED exam will want to know about the category-wise seat matrix at the institute:
Open category - 15 seats
EWS - 3 seats
OBC-NCL - 10 seats
SC - 5 seats
ST - 2 seats
ST-PwD - 1 seat
Note that candidates belonging to open category will not be considered for admission under other categories. However, candidates belonging to reserved categories will also be considered for admission under open category.

The VIT School of Design (V-SIGN), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, is not a participating institute of UCEED. In fact, in the previous edition of the exam, the institute was a result-sharing institute. Note that the list of UCEED result-sharing institute is updated every year. So, it cannot be confirmed just yet whether VIT School of Design will be a result-sharing institute of UCEED 2024 or not. It the institute joins as one of the result-sharing institutes, then it will allocate some seats in its UG programme on the basis of UCEED 2024 scores.

The application process for UCEED 2024 will open around the last week of September 2023. The candidate has the option to fil out the form both with regular and late fees. The UCEED 2024 exam will be conducted around the 4th week of January 2024. Candidates who meet the prescribed eligibility criteria need to apply before the last date. Before filling out the application form, the candidate needs to ensure that he or she meets the prescribed eligibility criteria.

The result-sharing institutes of UCEED 2024 will offer admission to some of their B. Des seats based on UCEED 2024 scores. However, they will not participate in the Joint Admission Process conducted by IIT Bombay. There were 22 result-sharing institutes for UCEED 2023. Since the participate institutes do not participate in the joint counseling conducted by IIT Bombay, the candidate needs to apply to them separately. Note that the participating institutes will also accept scores of other top exams like NIFT and NID that to offer admission to their design courses.

Candidates who have qualified UCEED 2024 do not have to apply separately to each participating college. Instead, IIT Bombay will conduct a joint counseling for the participating institutes. The online registration for counseling will open sometime in March 2024. Candidates who have been allocated a merit rank in UCEED 2024 are eligible to participate in the counseling-cum-seat allotment. As part of the registration process, the candidate needs to enter their choices of colleges in the order of priority.

Candidates may note that admission to the M.Des programme will be through the CEED 2024 exam, which is also conducted by IIT Bombay. There are 8 participating institute of CEED 2024. These are: IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee, and IIT Jodhpur. Note that IIT Bombay will not conduct any Joint Seat Allotment process for CEED 2024 participating colleges. Instead, the candidate has to apply directly to the participating institute on the basis of the CEED 2024 merit rank.

Admission to the B. Des programme at UCEED 2024 participating colleges will be on the basis of UCEED 2024 merit rank. So, candidates with a higher rank will get preference in the seat allotment process. The admission committee will also consider the college option opted by the candidate and their order of priority. Note that to get a merit rank in UCEED 2024, candidates must have qualified Part A. In case the candidate fails to qualify Part A, his or her Part B answer booklet will not be evaluated.

The candidate has to select a participating institute at the time of filling the UCEED 2024 counseling application form. The registration for UCEED 2024 counseling will open sometime in March 2024. Note that the allotment of seats will be based on the merit rank of the candidate in UCEED 2024 and college option opted for at the time of registration. The admission committee will given preference to the higher ranked candidate in the allotment process. So, to give oneself a better chance of getting admission to ones preferred college, one must try to get a higher rank.