IIT Bombay has released the Official notification of the UCEED 2023 examination. There have been some modifications in the UCEED exam pattern.

We have enlisted those modifications in our article along with the detailed syllabus. We recommend you go through it thoroughly and start preparing accordingly. 

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UCEED Entrance Exam Pattern for B.Design 2023

UCEED is a computer-based test and the exam paper is divided into two parts, that is, Part A and Part B. 

The Part A of the UCEED exam comprises three sections-

• NAT (Numerical Answer Type):
• MSQ (Multiple Select Questions)
• MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

Refer to the table given below to understand a detailed overview of these 3 sections of Part -A:

UCEED Test Pattern 2023 for PART-B

Part B consists of one question that is aimed at testing drawing skills which will require subjective evaluation.

The question in Part B will be displayed on the computer screen and the answer has to be written/drawn in the answer book provided by the invigilator only. 

You will be given 30 minutes to solve it. The invigilator will collect the booklet at the end of the exam. Also, note that it is mandatory to answer Part B questions.

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UCEED Exam Pattern 2023: What are the New Changes?

UCEED has introduced some modifications to the marking scheme. These changes have been made in one section of Part-A i.e., Multiple Select Questions (MSQ).

However, the number of questions for both parts A and B will remain the same. Also, note that earlier there was no such distribution of marks present in the marking scheme. 

New Marking scheme: 

Each multiple select questions may have one or more than one correct choice(s) out of the four given options.

• Full Marks: + 4 If only (all) the correct option(s) is(are) chosen and NONE of the incorrect options are chosen.
• Partial Marks: + 3 If all the four options are correct but ONLY three options are chosen and NONE of the incorrect options are chosen.
• Partial Marks: + 2 If three or more options are correct but ONLY two options are chosen, both of which are correct and NONE of the incorrect options are chosen.
• Partial Marks: + 1 If two or more options are correct but ONLY one option is chosen and it is a correct option and NONE of the incorrect options are chosen.
• Zero Marks: 0 If none of the options is chosen (i.e., the question is unanswered).
• Negative Marks: -1 In all other cases.

The entire paper (both part-A and Part-B) must be finished within the overall time duration of 3 hours.

 UCEED Marking Scheme 2023

Negative marking has been introduced in the MSQ section of the UCEED exam, this year. View the marking scheme for UCEED 2022 in the table below:

UCEED Exam Pattern & Time for Scribe 2023

The services of a scribe (amanuensis) are available to those who have a disability in the upper limbs or have lost fingers/hands thereby preventing them from operating the computer for the exam.

• To avail of this service, you should select the option in the online registration portal and upload a copy of the PwD certificate (Appendix 4-7), at the time of online registration for UCEED 2022.
• If a PwD candidate wants to avail of compensatory time (maximum of one hour), the same request should be mentioned while filling the registration form. PwD certificate is to be uploaded along with such requests (Appendix 8 & 9).
• The UCEED-CEED Implementation Committee 2022 will assess the request along with the supporting document and if found eligible, you will be notified post scrutiny.
• If it is found that you have used the services of a scribe and/or compensatory time, but do not possess the extent of disability that warrants the use of a scribe and/or compensatory time, he/she will be excluded from the process of evaluation, ranking and admission. If you have already been admitted,/her admission will be canceled.

UCEED Review or Re-totalling 2023

The list below gives you a basic idea of the review and re-total patterns in the UCEED Exam-

• Part-A of the examination is a computer-based test, there is no scope for review, re-grading or re-totaling of the Part-A marks of the examination paper.
• Part B contains only one question which is going to be manually evaluated through the sheet provided by the invigilator irrespective of it being marked online.
• Marks obtained in Part-A will be used to shortlist candidates. The cut-offs for Part-A marks for shortlisting candidates in the Open category will be X + yΣ, where X is the average marks obtained by all candidates in Part A, Σ is the standard deviation, and y is calculated on the basis of the total number of the seats.
• The evaluation of Part B will be done manually by two evaluators 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.
• The 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.
• UCEED 2022 Question Paper and Draft Answer Key (Part-A) will be released on the UCEED website on January 25, 2020.
• Candidates can check the draft answer key and compare their answers to know the correct answers.
• Any discrepancy/comment must be addressed to uceed@iitb.ac.in, on or before January 31, 2022. Candidates have to mention "Comments on Answer Keys" in the subject of the mail.
• The final decision regarding the answer keys will be taken by the UCEED committee after consolidating all the comments from the candidates and the paper-setting team. This decision will be binding on all the candidates.