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UCEED Reservation Policy 2023
Updated On : January 18, 2023
The Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design, known as UCEED, is a national-level entrance exam conducted by IIT Bombay for providing admissions to the Bachelor’s of Design (B.Design) program at IIT Bombay IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IITDM Jabalpur.
The participating institutes will offer seat reservations for different categories. Indian nationals belonging to certain categories will be given reservations under the rules of the Government of India.
This post shall guide you through the UCEED Reservation Policy, seat matrix, and the percentage of seats reserved for each category.
Reservation of Seats for UCEED 2023
As said above, a certain number of seats will be reserved for Indian nationals appearing for the exam.
Check out the table below to know the percentage of seats reserved for different categories.
Check: UCEED Counselling
| Category | Percentage of Seats Reserved |
| Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) | 10% |
| Other Backward Classes belonging to the Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL) | 27% |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 15% |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 7.5% |
| Persons with Disability (PwD) | 5% |
Check: UCEED Colleges
UCEED 2023 Reservation Policy
As per the official notification, the category you chose while filling out the UCEED Application Form is final for the exam and admission process.
Here is detailed information about the UCEED Reservation Policy 2023 and the important points you need to remember before applying for the exam.
- Those belonging to the EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, and PWD categories will be declared qualified based on the relaxed criterion.
- The participating colleges will benefit from reservations subject to the verification of documents at the final stage.
- Your admission will get canceled if you submit any false/fake/invalid/incorrect document.
- If you submit the invalid PwD certificate and have availed the compensatory time and/or availed the services of an amanuensis, you can not be rolled back to the OPEN category. Your candidature will get canceled.
- You must make sure to submit a valid and updated category certificate while applying for BDes admission to avail of reservation.
- You will be allotted a seat based on your All India Rank (merit order), reservation category, and seat availability at each institute.
- The name of the backward class must be in the current central list of OBCs.
- OBC-NCL certificates issued only from April 1, 2022, onwards are accepted for the examination.
- Those belonging to the creamy layer of OBC are NOT entitled to reservation. Such students are treated as belonging to the Open/ Reserved category.
- The benefit of reservation can be availed only by those castes and tribes mentioned in the respective central list of corresponding states published by the Government of India.
- Vacant seats in the OBC-NCL category can be allotted to those in the OPEN category during the counseling.
- Seats remaining vacant under the SC and ST categories shall NOT be allotted to any other categories.
- Foreign nationals (including OCI/PIO card holders) will be treated as an unreserved category and allotted 10% of the total seats.
Check: UCEED Syllabus
Last Year's UCEED Seat Matrix
Let us look at the table below to know the number of seats available for the B.Des program at UCEED participating institutes.
| Name of the Institute | Open/Unreserved | EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST | Total |
| Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati | 23 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 56 |
| IIT, Bombay | 15 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 37 |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design, and Manufacturing, Jabalpur (IIITDMJ) | 27 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 66 |
| IIT, Hyderabad | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Total | 58 | 14 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 144 |
Check: UCEED Admit Card
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there any UCEED Reservation Policy for OBC-creamy layer category?
How much UCEED Reservation will be given for EWS category?
Do the Overseas Citizens of India given UCEED reservation?
How much UCEED reservation is provided for PwD category?
Is there any reservation for general category in UCEED exam?
Why wasn't the fee payment procedure successful?
There are many reasons behind this, such as slow internet, bad connection to the payment gateway, time-outs, browser settings. When an error occurs, make sure to retry payment and ensure to use recommended browser. Clear the cookies and cache of your browser before retrying the payment. If the problem does not fix, you can contact the authority with your allocation details. The students have to sort out all the payment-related problems before the last date of application submission.
Why wasn't the application fee payment procedure successful?
There are many reasons behind this, such as slow internet, bad connection to the payment gateway, time-outs, browser settings. When an error occurs, make sure to retry payment and ensure to use recommended browser. Clear the cookies and cache of your browser before retrying the payment. If the problem does not fix, you can contact the authority with your allocation details. The students have to sort out all the payment-related problems before the last date of application submission.
Are the online coaching for UCEED are easier than the conventional classes?
The online UCEED coaching offers all the benefits of the conventional coaching classes and also some additional advantages. Many factors such as flexibility, cost-effectiveness, easy scheduling, and other things make online coaching easier. But to get all the advantages, make sure to choose the best online coaching for UCEED.
How many IITs are participating in UCEED 2024?
5 IITs are participating in UCEED 2024: IIT BOMBAY, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IITDM Jabalpur.
How many UCEED result-sharing institutes are there for the year 2024?
The list of result-sharing institutes has undergone some significant revision for the year 2024. At present, TEN (10) institutes will accept the UCEED score for undergraduate admission to the B.Des program.
Does IIT Delhi also participate in UCEED?
Yes. IIT Delhi will also be participating in the UCEED exam to provide the admission to B.Des program.
Are the number of UCEED result-sharing institutes fixed?
No, the number of result-sharing institutes is not fixed. For example, in the year 2022, there were 19 result-sharing institutes offering admission to the undergraduate B.Des program.
