Raffles Design International, Mumbai News & Updates 2026: Notifications, Notice, Result

UCEED Registration 2026: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has extended the last date to register for the UCEED 2026 entrance exam without a late fee. The revised UCEED registration 2026 date is November 7, 2025.  Candidates who will not apply within the stipulated timeline will have to pay late fees of Rs 500/- and submit their application by November 10. Do note, admit cards for the UCEED 2026 examination will be issued only to the registered candidates.

Design Thinking for the NIFT 2026 exam is more of a problem solving technique where you focus on approaches like empathy i.e. how you can understand the needs of the user, ideation i.e. creating creative solutions and prototyping i.e. visualise and test ideas. To be successful in this particular section you are not only required to draw beautifully but at the same time it is important to express your ideas very clearly and also visualise what you are thinking. In order to score good marks in CAT and situation tests, design thinking is particularly helpful as it assists you to generate ideas, connect and visualise them. During your preparation phase, for this section mind maps and sketches in design thinking can boost your level of preparedness. You can check this article to know more about how to use these techniques in the CAT and situation tests. 

One of the most important sections of NIFT CAT (Creative Ability Test) is Freehand Sketching. In this section, your creativity level, imagination, visualisation and confidence in drawing is tested which are all quite essential for your career in the field of design. To improve NIFT CAT 2026 freehand sketching you need to understand what freehand sketching means, practice basic forms daily, train your observation skills, improve line quality, and work on creative composition. If your foremost requirement is to improve your score in the NIFT CAT 2026 then you must focus on Freehand Sketching. 

The NIFT CAT is a test of a student’s creative abilities, and there are certain skills you must have to crack NIFT CAT 2026 exam. Since design is a vocation that not only requires good artistic skills but also a good sense of intuition, observational skills, and visualization skills, a student must make sure they hone all these skills before appearing for NIFT CAT. That being said, all of these skills can be improved before the NIFT exam so that you can achieve a high score and apply for admission to your preferred design course.

CEED 2026 registration without late fee will close today, ie, October 31, 2025. The candidates who are yet to register for MDes and PhD courses can do the same till 11:55 PM. Moreover, if the candidates fail to register themselves before October 31, then they can do it before November 7, 2025. However, doing the same will levy them a late fee of Rs. 500. The CEED registration 2026 process will include steps like signing up with either a Gmail ID or through an email with which they want to register. Here are the details.