What is the eligibility criteria for UCEED entrance exam?

UCEED (Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design) is an entrance exam that you can take if you want to apply to IDC (Industrial Design Centre). IDC is the design branch of the IITs. Every year IIT opens admissions for design applicants. For the bachelor’s programme you take the UCEED and for the master’s programmes you take the CEED.

But of course, like every other institute, IDC also has some eligibility criteria that you are required to meet. It’s not a super big deal, and we are pretty sure you’ve got everything covered. But still, we’ll be listing everything down, right here, so that you can check off some boxes.

Criterion 1: Age Limit

The candidate should have been born on or after October 1, 1998 if belonging to the OPEN/EWS/OBC-NCL category and born on or after October 1, 1993 if belonging to the SC, ST or PwD category. The dates are from the academic year 2023-24 and are subject to change. But the general idea remains the same. 

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 2022, OR should be appearing for the qualifying examination for the first time in 2023 in order to be eligible for attempting UCEED 2023. Students from ALL STREAMS (Science, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities) are eligible.

That's all for the eligibility criteria when it comes to education and age. After this, its all upto what you do in the entrance exam! Good luck!

All the information above is from the UCEED official website 2023 and is subject to change year by year. For more information, please visit the UCEED official website at; https://www.uceed.iitb.ac.in/2023/index.html

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