UCEED Entrance Exams are national exams and the format is unique. The entrance tests are created to test the design aptitude of the students. A good coaching centre will help you understand what to expect during such exams. It will also help to clear doubts and provide feedback so that your mind is free of confusion.

At SILICA, weekly UCEED Mock Tests are conducted in the same format as the actual entrance exam. Your performance in such mock tests will give you a fair idea where you are lacking and you can work on it. The result of your final mock tests will give you an idea how you will do in the actual entrance exams.

The UCEED study material at SILICA have been compiled by the experts to include all subjects of importance in the entrance examinations. The three books on general aptitude tests helps a candidate be thoroughly prepared for what is to be expected during the entrance exams.

The five books and drawing and design foundation help to clear the basics for students regarding drawing and design. It helps the students to perceive differently and have a greater understanding of the different design problems.

Apart from this, there are two books on mathematics that cover the Maths part of the entrance exams. These are comprehensive books covering all problems and questions that may be asked during the actual exam.

UCEED Mock Tests at SILICA have been designed to resemble the actual entrance exam as far as possible. As a candidate who aspires to pursue a design career, you need to take the mock tests seriously and consistently work to improve your results in these tests each week. Only students with true potential for a career in design are selected by SILICA. The aptitude test during the admission process is meant to gauge your potential as a designer.

A candidate at SILICA possesses the potential to achieve the desired results and clear entrance exams of UCEED. A mock test will help him understand what subjects he needs to work on. Consistent efforts are the only keys to success.

A glimpse at the statistics below will help you understand the scope of designing career in India:

• 40-50% more design graduates hired compared to engineering graduates
• Starting salary of designers range from 4-18 lakhs per annum
• Average salary of a designer is 6-9 lakhs per annum
• Many of the top companies like Cognizant, Infosys, SAP Labs, Samsung R& D and Wipro are always looking out for design graduates
• India produces barely 5000 design graduates each year while China produces 3 lakh design graduates each year and South Korea, which has only 3% of population of India produces also produces 25000 designers each year
• There are multiple career options in technological design including Transportation Design, Automobile Design, Product Design and Graphic Design among others

There are many aspects of SILICA that distinguish it from other coaching centres for design. Unlike majority coaching centres that rely on a general aptitude test spanning over varied topics like verbal reasoning, logical reasoning, spatial ability, abstract reasoning, mechanical reasoning and verbal reasoning, SILICA’s aptitude test is more pin pointed. It has been crafted by the experts to test the design aptitude of the candidates appearing for the entrance exams. The aptitude test includes a 10 minutes’ Creativity Quotient Test (CQT) and a 110 minutes’ Design Aptitude Test (DAT).

The coaching techniques at SILICA are full-fledged. At SILICA, we believe learning is a collaborative process where the teachers, co-ordinators and the parents co-operate to bring out the best in the candidate. The parents are kept up-to-date with the progress of their children. The parents get to track the performance of their children and also keep track of attendance and other factors. The coaching centre also goes for a bi-monthly feedback so that they can improve their performance.

The mock tests at SILICA are designed to resemble the actual entrance exam as far as possible. The UCEED mock tests help the students to understand and assess where they stand. SILICA also makes the best of the online media to communicate with the students and to share knowledge. SILICA launches design quizzes and design contests that make design a fun subject for the students.

The staff at SILICA belong to the designing fraternity and they share their knowledge and experience to help the candidates through the entrance exams. The competition is high and only the best candidates get shortlisted to IITs and IISc. We hone students to make sure they live up to the mark.

Design can broadly be classified into the following categories:

• Industrial Design
• Communication Design
• IT Integrated Design
• Fashion Design
• Interdisciplinary Design

Unlike the regular misconception that design is how things look, it is actually how things work. A designer knows best about optimum designing and how to make things work for a certain situation. It is never really about aesthetics and that is a mere side product of proper designing.

Here is a list of the top design colleges in India:

• Indian Institute of Technology
• National Institute of Design
• National Institute of Fashion Technology
• Other Design and Fashion Colleges: MIT-ID, Srishti, SOFT, SID, DJ Academy, Pearl Academy etc