IIT Delhi To Launch 4-year BDes Program From Next Year, Admission On Basis Of UCEED

IIT Delhi will launch a four-year program on Bachelor of Design from the academic year 2022-23.

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. (File Photo)

From the next academic session, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi is going to start a new undergraduate course - Bachelor of Design (BDes). The BDes program will be offered by the institute's design department, which came into existence in 2017. The four-year program will have 20 seats to start with and will be open to all specialization (science, arts, commerce, etc.) students.

Explaining the new program launched by the Institute, Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi, said, "We are happy to launch this new undergraduate program in design as this is the first time IIT Delhi is admitting undergraduate students (BDes) other than Physics, Chemistry and Maths. We expect students who graduate from IIT Delhi with BDes to gain leadership positions in industry, academic, government, consulting and entrepreneur."
Prof. Rao added, "Bachelor of Design (BDes) programs and other programmes in design, which are in the pipeline of IIT Delhi, will bridge the huge gap between the demand and supply of quality design professionals, which our country needs to excel as a creative economy..

Students for BDes programme will be admitted on the basis of UCEED (Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design) rank. Registration for UCEED exam has started on the official website uceed.iitb.ac.in. And the last date of registration for the UCEED exam is October 10, 2021. However, the application form can be submitted by October 17, 2021, with late fees.

How to Apply for UCEED 2022:

• First visit the official website of the UCEED uceed.iitb.ac.in.
• Click on registration link on homepage
• Fill out the form with the required credentials.
• Upload documents.
• Pay the application fee.
• Download the filled application form for future use.

UCEED 2022 Exam Pattern
UCEED will be conducted in computer-based test mode and will have two sections - Part A and B which will have multiple-choice questions (MCQs) as well as numerical questions. The exam will have a total of 300 marks and there will be no negative marking. UCEED 2022 exam will be held from 9 am to 12 noon on Sunday, January 23, 2022.

IIT Delhi has been running the Master of Design (MDes) program since 1994. The Design Department in IIT Delhi also has a concrete PhD program with more than 35 research scholars currently enrolled on the program.