UCEED 2026 Exam - Registration (Closed), Admit Card (Jan 2), Exam Date (Jan 18), Syllabus, PYQs, Pattern & More

Summary: Are you someone with an inclination towards creativity and design? Dive into the UCEED 2026 entrance exam by IIT Bombay for admission into Design programs offered by top IITs across India. Explore the UCEED exam syllabus, UCEED eligibility criteria, and other important details to secure a spot in the design industry.

The Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design (UCEED) is an annual entrance examination conducted by IIT Bombay for admissions into B.Des programs offered by prestigious UCEED colleges i.e. IITs, such as Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, and IITDM Jabalpur.

But the list doesn't stop there; UCEED 2026 scores are also accepted by many other top universities offering Design programs across India. Let's have a comprehensive look at the UCEED entrance exam 2026.

Live Updates on UCEED 2026:

• UCEED 2026 Notification Out (October 1st): The online registrations with regular fees starts 17.00 pm, 1st October 2025. The deadline for the same is 31 October, 2025.
• Registration deadline (with late fee) extended to 5 November 2025, and further extended to 10 November 2025 (5:00 pm) for late‑fee window.
• UCEED 2026 Exam Date Out: UCEED 2026 will be held on Sunday, 18th January, 2026 (9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon). 
• UCEED 2026 Admit card download begins: 2 January 2026 at 1:00 pm.
• UCEED 2026 Result declaration: 6 March 2026. Scorecards downloadable from 10 March 2026 to 31 July 2026.

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Table of Contents

• UCEED 2026 Exam Dates
• Eligibility Criteria for UCEED 2026
• UCEED 2026 Application Process
• UCEED Admit Card 2026 
• Exam Pattern of UCEED 2026
• UCEED Sample Question Paper
• UCEED Syllabus 2026

UCEED 2026 Exam Date & Schedule

The table below shows all the essential UCEED exam dates 2026 for all events:

UCEED 2026 Events	UCEED 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule (tentative)
Start date for Online Registration	1 October 2025, 5 pm
Last date for Online Registration with a regular fee	31st October 2025
Last date for Online Registration with a late fee	November 07, 2025, 5:00 pm
Start date for Admit Card downloading	January 02, 2026, 01:00 pm onwards
The last date for rectification of discrepancies in the Admit card	January 08, 2026, 05:00 pm
UCEED exam date 2026	18 January 2026
Release of Draft Answer Key and candidates’ response for Part-A	January 20, 2026
Last date for uploading comments (if any) on the Draft Answer Key in the candidate’s portal	January 22, 2026, 5:00 pm
Release of Final Answer Key for Part-A	January 28, 2026, 5:00 pm
Announcement of cut-off marks for Part-A	February 05, 2026
Declaration of results	March 06, 2026
Start date for Score Card downloading	March 10, 2026
Submission of Online Application for BDes Programme	March 14 to April 10, 2026
Seat Allotment Round (1 to 5)	21 April 2026 to 3 July 2026
Last date for Score Card downloading	July 31, 2026

UCEED 2026 Eligibility Criteria

Let's look at all about UCEED Eligibility Criteria 2026 set by IIT Bombay for the B.Des program:

UCEED Eligibility- Age Limit

If you are in the OPEN/EWS/OBC-NCL category, you must have been born on or after October 1, 2001, and if you are in the SC, ST, or PwD category, you must have been born on or after October 1, 1996 to fulfil the age related requirements of UCEED eligibility.

Number of Attempts

A candidate can attempt the UCEED 2026 entrance exam a maximum of two times in consecutive years. Note that the UCEED score is valid for one year and only for admissions in the same corresponding academic year.

Qualifying Examination

The candidate must have passed all subjects in the qualifying examination (Class XII or equivalent) in 2025 OR should be appearing for the qualifying examination for the first time in 2026 for UCEED exam eligibility. There's no mention of any UCEED eligibility percentage or minimum marks required to apply for the exam.

Students from ALL STREAMS (Science, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities) are eligible.

Those who appeared for the first time in their qualifying examination (Class XII) in 2024 or earlier are NOT eligible to appear in the UCEED entrance exam 2026.

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UCEED 2026 Registration & Application Fee

According to previous year trends, UCEED notification for 2026 will be released on October 1, 2025, and the exam is scheduled for January 18, 2026

You can complete the UCEED application form on the official website for UCEED (www.uceed.iitb.ac.in).

Steps to apply for the UCEED 2026 Exam

• Visit the official website of the exam 
• Click on the registration link
• Enter details such as name, mobile number, date of birth, and email ID
• Submit the details
• Note down the application number and password
• Login to the registered account using the application number and password
• Fill in all details asked in the application form
• Give preference for three exam cities and enter them
• Upload the scanned copies of all the prescribed documents
• Pay the application fee

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UCEED 2026 Application Form

• You can only do the UCEED registration 2026 through the official website. 
• As mentioned above, you must meet all three qualifying requirements.
• The registration will be cancelled if it is later discovered that you do NOT fulfil either of the three qualifying conditions.
• You must submit accurate information about the qualifying test and category and upload VALID documents in the required format.
• The admitting institutes have the authority to cancel your admission at any point if it is discovered that any information you provide is inaccurate or the registration is incomplete, which is in line with the rules and regulations in effect.
• The registration fee is NEITHER refundable NOR transferable.

UCEED 2026 Application Fees [Category-wise]

Following is the registration fee structure for UCEED 2026:

Indian Nationals	Female Candidates (all categories)	₹ 2,000/-
	SC, ST, PwD Candidates	₹ 2,000/-
	All Other Candidates	₹ 4,000/-
Foreign Nationals (holders of OCI/PIO cards issued BEFORE 4th March 2021)	Female Candidates and PwD Candidates	₹ 2,000/-
	All Other Candidates	₹ 4,000/-
Foreign Nationals (including holders of OCI/PIO cards issued ON or AFTER 4th March 2021)	Candidates from SAARC countries	US $ 200
	Candidates from Non-SAARC countries	US $ 250

Note: A late fee of ₹ 500/US $ 50 is applicable to candidates registering after the closing date of October 31, 2025, and till the late registration closing date, i.e., November 07, 2025, (5:00 pm).

Documents required for UCEED 2026 Application Process

Keep the following documents ready while filling out the UCEED entrance exam application form:

• Recent coloured passport-sized photograph
• A scanned copy of the full signature on the white sheet/paper 
• Qualifying examination certificate if appeared in 2025
• Certificate from school/college principal, if they appear in 2026
• Date of birth proof, such as passport, SSC certificate, or birth certificate

Note that, in case of incomplete/incorrect information on the form including failing to meet UCEED eligibility criteria, or  in case you fail to provide required documents in valid format, your application for the exam can be rejected, without any prior notification.

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UCEED 2026 Admit Card

Candidates whose registration is complete in all aspects can download the Admit Card for UCEED 2026 from the registration portal (www.uceed.iitb.ac.in) once the conducting body releases the admit card for UCEED entrance exam. A printed copy of the downloaded Admit Card MUST be produced during the examination.

How to download the UCEED 2026 Admit Card/Hall Ticket?

• Visit the online registration portal.
• Find and click the direct link to download the admit card   
• Enter the registered login ID and password
• After submitting the details, admit card appears on the screen
• Verify the details and then download the admit card 

Details Mentioned in the UCEED Admit Card 2026

The UCEED 2026 exam Admit Card will bear the following details of the candidate -

• Name
• UCEED Registration 2026 ID
• Roll Number
• Date of Birth
• Category
• photograph
• signature
• examination schedule
• examination centre details
• instructions to candidates

Candidates should carefully examine all the entries in the Admit Card, and in case of any discrepancy or if the Admit Card is unavailable for downloading, the candidates should contact the UCEED Office at IIT Bombay immediately via email or phone -

• Email: uceed@iitb.ac.in
• Phone: +91-22-2576 4063/9093/9094

UCEED 2026 Exam Centres List

UCEED 2026 examination will be held in 24 cities in India. You must mention three exam cities from the list of UCEED Exam centres in order of preference.

The city allocation depends on the number of candidates applying from each location. The exam conducting authority may add a new city or remove an existing one.

The table below gives the list of UCEED Exam centres 2026:

Ahmedabad	Jaipur	Lucknow	Bengaluru
Bhopal	Kolkata	Kozhikode	Bhubaneshwar
Chandigarh/Mohali	Mumbai	Nagpur	Chennai
Dehradun	Patna	Pune	Delhi
Ernakulam	Raipur	Thiruvananthapuram	Panaji
Guwahati	Thrissur	Vishakhapatnam	Hyderabad
Coimbatore	Hubbali (Hubli)	Noida

• Once the registration is complete, a request for a city change will NOT be entertained.
• In case sufficient number of candidates are not available in a listed city, that city may be dropped from the final list, and those candidates will be allotted a centre in the city of either their 2nd or 3rd preference.
• Candidates are required to make their own arrangements for appearing at the allotted centre.

UCEED 2026 Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme

The UCEED entrance exam is conducted as a computer-based test and lasts a total of 3 hours. 

UCEED 2026 Exam Pattern carries a total of 300 marks, and consists of Part A and Part B, and it is compulsory to attempt both parts.

UCEED Part A Paper Pattern 2026

Mode of Exam	Online
Medium of Exam	English
Duration	2 Hours
Types of Questions	Numerical Answer Type (NAT)
	Multiple Select Questions (MSQ)
	Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Total Questions	57
Total Marks	200

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Part-A (2 hours)
Section	Type of ques- tions	Number of questions	Marks for correct answer	Marks for wrong answer	Marks for question not at- tempted	Total marks for the section
1	Numerical An- swer Type (NAT)	14	4	0	0	56
2	Multiple Select Question (MSQ)	15	Partial Marking (as detailed in the section 2 above)	-1	0	60
3	Multiple Choice Ques- tion (MCQ)	28	3	-0.71	0	84
Total		57				200

UCEED 2026 Drawing Paper Pattern (Part B)

Part B will be a drawing test for 60 marks to be completed in 30 mins. The table below gives the details of the exam pattern for the UCEED Drawing Test:

Mode of Exam	Offline
Medium of Exam	English
Duration	1 Hour
Total Questions Asked	2
Total Marks	100

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Part-B (1 hour)
Type of question	Number of questions	Total marks
Sketching	1	50
Design Aptitude	1	50

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UCEED Entrance Exam Question Paper Overview

The UCEED question paper consists of a 3-hour duration and is divided into two sections: 

• Part-A is computer-based, while Part B is pen-and-paper-based.
• Part A will consist of numerical-answer, multiple-choice, and multiple-select questions, whereas Part B will include sketching/drawing-type problems. 
• Both the sections are mandatory to attempt as per UCEED eligibility requirement for final selection.

UCEED Question Paper Structure & Marking Scheme

Following is the question paper structure for UCEED 2026:

Part A (2 hours)

Section	Type of Questions	Number of Questions	Marks for Correct Answer	Marks for Wrong Answer	Marks for questions not attempted	Total Marks for the Section
1	Numerical Answer Type (NAT)	14	4	0	0	56
2	Multiple Select Questions (MSQ)	15	Partial Marking	-1	0	60
3	Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)	28	3	-0.71	0	84
Total	-	57	-	-	-	200

Part B (1 Hour)

Type of Questions	Number of Questions	Total Marks
Sketching	1	50
Design	1	50

UCEED 2026 Syllabus [Part A & Part B]

As per the official UCEED notification, UCEED Entrance Exam 2026 Syllabus has two parts.

UCEED Part A Syllabus 2026

Part A of the UCEED 2026 entrance exam will cover the following UCEED important topics. These areas form the core of the test and are crucial for scoring well

Topics	Description
Visualization and spatial ability	Pictorial and diagrammatic questions are used to test understanding of the transformation and/or manipulation of 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships.
	Knowledge of practical and everyday mechanical and scientific concepts.
Observation and design sensitivity	Ability to detect concealed properties in ordinary things, people, situations, and events and think critically about them.
	Attention to certain details, analysing, reasoning, classifying, inferring and predicting.
	Ability to discern subtle differences in visual properties and aesthetic outcomes.
Environmental and social awareness	General awareness of environmental factors such as climate, population, water, vegetation, pollution, weather, natural resources etc., and their implications on the design of products, images, infrastructure and environment.
	Awareness of social and cultural connection with the design, history of the designed artefact, and socially responsible and environmentally sustainable design responses.
Analytical and logical reasoning	Ability to look at qualitative or quantitative information and discern patterns within the information. Ability to weigh opinions, arguments or solutions against appropriate criteria.
	Ability to check for hidden bias or assumptions and whether evidence and argument support conclusions.
	Ability to use logic and structured thinking to deduce from a short passage which of several statements is the most accurate response to a posed question.
Language and creativity	Ability to understand and use Standard English. Reading comprehension and knowledge of English grammar.
	Ability to think creatively in terms of alternatives, ability to distinguish innovative options, and ability to think out of the box.
Design thinking and problem-solving	Ability to use visual analogies, metaphors, signs and symbols.
	Ability to understand complexity, identify problems, generate alternatives, evaluate options and select solutions.

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UCEED Part-B Syllabus 2026

Part-B of the UCEED entrance exam will have questions on the following topics:

Topic	Description
Drawing	Ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective and shading.
Design aptitude	Capability to practically and appropriately respond to problems/situations with ingenuity and empathy.

Note: The topics listed above are exhaustive and indicative of the nature of the questions. However, the UCEED 2026 may not cover all the topics.

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UCEED 2026 Answer Key

UCEED entrance exam 2026 Question Paper and Draft Answer Key will be released on the UCEED website in January 2026 after a few days of the exam conclusion, based on the trends of previous years.

In UCEED 2025, any comments or objections to the draft answer key were submitted only through the candidates’ portal within a period of two days from the release of the UCEED answer key 2025. Comments/objections sent via email or in any mode other than through the candidate’s portal were not considered.

The order in which a question appears may differ for each candidate. Hence, the candidates are advised to use the Master Question Paper uploaded on the UCEED 2026 official website as a reference to upload their comments/queries.

This would help the committee to map the candidates’ comments/queries to the right question.

The UCI Committee will make the final decision on the contested answer keys after reviewing and considering all feedback from candidates and the exam-setting team. This decision will be final and obligatory for all candidates.

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UCEED 2026 Result & Merit List

UCEED results will be available on the official website (www.uceed.iitb.ac.in) once the conducting body releases the result for 2026.

Candidates can use their user login and password (created during registration) to view the results on the webpage.

Here are some important things to remember for your UCEED entrance exam results:

• All candidates who appeared in UCEED 2026 can download their Score Card from the official UCEED 2026 website.
• All shortlisted candidates will get a common merit rank (All India Rank). 
• Obtaining a rank in UCEED 2026 does NOT guarantee admission to the B.Des program at participating IITs.
• Hard copies of the UCEED Score Card will not be available. and won't be sent to qualified candidates by post or email.

UCEED 2026 Entrance Exam Rank List

All shortlisted candidates will get a rank and all of them are considered as qualified candidates in UCEED 2026. Rank list will be prepared based on the total marks (Part-A marks and Part-B marks combined) in UCEED 2026. Remember, scores and rank related UCEED eligibility for top IITs like IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi is usually quite high. A rank up to a maximum of 15 or 20 is generally considered competitive for general or open category candidates.

As per the record of UCEED 2024 and 2025, the cut-off for this category has consistently been 14 (AIR) for IIT Bombay.

UCEED 2026 Entrance Exam Tie-Breaking Policy

If the total marks scored by two or more candidates are the same in the UCEED 2026 entrance exam, then the following tie-break policy will be used for awarding ranks:

• A higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Part B.
• If the criterion given in first point does not break the tie, a higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Section 2 of Part A.
• If the criteria (i) and (ii) do not break the tie, higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Section 1 of Part-A.
• If there is a tie, even after this, the candidates will be assigned the same rank.

UCEED 2026 Cut-Off

UCEED Cut-off marks are the minimum marks to be scored to be eligible for admission to UCEED courses or B.Des programs at participating institutes.

Based on this, the rank list will be prepared based on the total marks (Part-A and Part-B combined) in UCEED 2026.

• However, the UCEED Committee reserves the right to decrease the minimum % of marks in each section and the minimum total marks such that 10×N ranks can be announced, where N is the total number of available seats.
• The cut-offs (A) for Part-A marks to shortlist candidates in the OPEN category will be B + (C/2) =A, where B is the average marks and C is the standard deviation of distribution of marks obtained by all the candidates in Part-A of UCEED 2025.
• The candidates belonging to the reserved categories shall have to fulfil a relaxed cut-off mark, which will be 0.9A for OBC-NCL/EWS, 0.5A for SC/ST/PwD, where A is the cut-off mark for OPEN category.

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UCEED 2026 Admission Process

Only UCEED 2026-qualified students can apply for admission to the B.Des program at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Roorkee, and IIITDM Jabalpur for the academic year 2026-27.

A common application form will be available through the IIT Bombay Admissions Portal for UCEED admissions 2026 for all the participating IITs and IIIT.

IIT Bombay will process the standard application form and conduct the joint seat allocation process.

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UCEED 2026 Seat Allotment Rounds

UCEED entrance exam seat allocation will be conducted in five rounds. The seat allocation will be closed once the seats are filled.

A seat will be provisionally allotted based on the applicant’s All India Rank (AIR) in UCEED 2026, category and choice of institutes.

The tentative schedule for UCEED seat allotment is given below -

Seat Allotment Round	Date of Announcement (Tentative)
Round 1	April 2026
Round 2	May 2026
Round 3	June 2026
Round 4	June 2026
Round 5	July 2026

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UCEED 2026 Seat Acceptance Fees

Selected candidates will receive provisional allotment letters via their registered email and be directed to an online payment system to remit the Seat Acceptance Fee.

Here's the category-wise seat acceptance fee for the UCEED entrance exam 2026 -

Reservation Category	Seat Acceptance Fee
GEN/EWS/OBC-NCL	₹60000
SC/ST/PwD	₹15000

Important Points for UCEED Seat Allotment 2026

• If the selected candidates DO NOT remit the seat acceptance fee before the deadline or DECLINE the admission, their application will stand cancelled.
• If applicants are allotted their FIRST choice of institute, they can either ACCEPT (‘freeze’) the offer or DECLINE it.
• If the candidates choose the ‘freeze’ option, it means they have accepted the offer and do not wish to participate in further rounds of seat allocation. Such candidates will NOT be considered in subsequent round(s) of seat allocation.
• If they choose to DECLINE the offer, they will not be considered for subsequent rounds, and their current seat allocation shall be cancelled. 
• If applicants are allotted their SECOND/THIRD/FOURTH/FIFTH choice of institute. In that case, they can opt to either ACCEPT (‘freeze’) the choice or ACCEPT with the option to be considered for upward movement (‘float’) choice for subsequent rounds (if any) of the joint seat allocation.

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UCEED 2026 Seat Matrix

Five institutes will participate in UCEED 2026 to admit students to their B.Des programs achieving a UCEED good score is essential for securing admission.
Below is the list of UCEED participating institutes in 2026, along with the category-wise seat matrix.

Category	IITB	IITD	IITG	IITH	IITR	IIITDMJ
OPEN	14	7	23	10	7	26
OPEN-PwD	1	1	0	0	1	1
EWS	4	2	5	3	2	6
EWS-PwD	0	0	1	0	0	0
OBC-NCL	9	5	15	6	5	17
OBC-NCL-PwD	1	0	0	1	0	1
SC	5	3	7	4	3	10
SC-PwD	0	0	1	0	0	0
ST	3	2	3	2	2	4
ST-PwD	0	0	1	0	0	1

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UCEED Seat-Reservation Policy:

Category	Percentage of Seats	Certification Requirements/Other Essential Requirements
General-EWS	10% of seats in every course	EWS certificates issued only on or after April 1, 2025
Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL)	27% of seats in every course	OBC-NCL certificates issued only on or after April 1, 2025
Scheduled Caste (SC)	15% of seats in every course	Must be mentioned in central list
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	7.5% of seats in every course	Must be mentioned in central list
Persons with Disability (PwD)	5% seats in each of OPEN, GEN-EWS, OBC- NCL, SC, and ST category seats.	At least 40% impairment, irrespective of the type of disability

Seats remaining vacant under the SC, ST, EWS, and OBC-NCL categories will not be allotted to candidates belonging to other categories.

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Conclusion

In the realm of IITs, the UCEED 2026 entrance exam offers aspiring designers a unique opportunity. With a blend of creative challenges and problem-solving, the UCEED exam offers a path to renowned design programs in top universities.

• The UCEED exam emphasizes design thinking and problem-solving skills, assessing your ability to approach challenges creatively.
  With focused UCEED preparation in 2 months, you can master important topics and sharpen your design aptitude effectively.
• UCEED is a two-part exam. Part A focuses on computer-based testing of visualization, observation, analytical reasoning, and design sensitivity. Part B is a drawing test to evaluate your drawing skills and ability to depict objects, scenes, or people.
• Sketch everyday objects and environments to sharpen your observation skills. Practice analytical thinking with puzzles and logic problems. Refine your communication skills through reading and writing.
• Utilize UCEED prep books for guidance on specific topics and exam formats, but remember, the key lies in showcasing your raw design potential.
• Regularly solve past UCEED papers and take mock tests to build exam temperament, improve speed and accuracy, and identify areas needing work.
• While the UCEED exam doesn't require a portfolio, creating one can demonstrate your design interests and creativity.

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