UCEED Seat Allotment 2026: Check Final Cut-Off and Admission Process

Overview: Get ahead in your design career with our insider's guide to UCEED Seats Allotment 2026. Crucial dates, seat allocation strategies, and exclusive insights into top design institutes - all in one place. 

IIT Bombay has released the schedule officially on its official website. UCEED seats will be assigned based on your current year's UCEED rank, category, and institute preferences.

There are three rounds of seat allocation for UCEED 2026, and the seat allocation through UCEED will be completed once the UCEED seats are filled.

UCEED Seats Allotment 2026

The seat allotment process will be conducted online as a joint admission process to 5 participating universities - IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad and IITDM Jabalpur.

UCEED Seat Allotment Dates

The following are important dates for UCEED Seat Allotment 2026:

Events	Dates
UCEED 2026 Examination	January 2026 (Expected)
Declaration of UCEED result	March 2026 (Expected)
Score Card Downloading	March 2026 (Expected)
Application for B. Des. programme	March 2026 (Expected)
Seat allotment for UCEED round 1	April 2026 (Expected)
Seat allotment for UCEED round 2	May 2026 (Expected)
Seat Allotment for UCEED round 3	Jun 2026 (Expected)

The dates for the seat allotment rounds for UCEED are tentative. The date change(s) (if any) will be posted on the official website.

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UCEED Participating Institutes 2026 and Seat Matrix

Five institutes will take part in the UCEED test to admit students to their BDes programs. Below is a list of UCEED participating institutes for 2026 and the UCEED number of seats offered. 

UCEED Seat Matrix for 2026-27

Particulars	Open	Open-PwD	EWS	EWS-PwD	OBC-NCL	OBC-NCL-PwD	SC	SC-PwD	ST	ST-PWD	Total
IIT Bombay	14	1	4	0	9	1	5	0	3	0	37
IIT Delhi	7	1	2	0	5	0	3	0	2	0	20
IIT Guwahati	23	0	5	1	15	0	7	1	3	1	56
IIT Hyderabad	10	0	3	0	6	1	4	0	2	0	26
IIITDM Jabalpur	26	1	6	0	17	1	10	0	4	1	66
IIT Roorkee	7	1	2	0	5	0	3	0	2	0	20
Total	87	4	22	1	57	3	32	1	16	2	225

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Previous Year's UCEED Seat Matrix

Here is the institute-wise Previous Year's UCEED Seats Matrix:

Institute Name	2021	2022	2023
IIT Bombay	37	37	37
IIT Delhi	-	20	20
IIT Guwahati	56	56	56
IIT Hyderabad	20	20	26
IIITDM Jabalpur	66	66	66
Total	179	199	205

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UCEED 2026 Seat Allotment Process

After the online application for the UCEED B.Des program is submitted, the UCEED Seat Allotment Process 2026 has three stages.

• Seat allocation for UCEED will be based on rank, category, and preference.
• Provisional allocation letters will be provided to you via your registered email.
• You must pay INR 60,000 as a Seat Acceptance Fee.
• SC/ ST/ PWD applicants would be asked to pay an online seat acceptance fee of INR 15,000/-.

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UCEED Seat Allotment Guidelines

The following rules will govern the UCEED Joint Seat Allotment process:

• Your application will be cancelled if you do not remit the seat acceptance fee before the deadline or decline admission. These vacant seats will be filled in the subsequent rounds of UCEED Seat Allotment 2026. 
• If you are allotted your FIRST choice of institute, you can either ACCEPT ('freeze') the choice or DECLINE the offer. If you choose to DECLINE the offer, you will NOT be considered for subsequent rounds. 
• Suppose you are allotted your SECOND/THIRD/FOURTH choice of the institute. In that case, you can opt to either ACCEPT ('freeze') the choice or ACCEPT WITH THE OPTION TO BE CONSIDERED FOR UPWARD MOVEMENT ('float') the choice for the subsequent round(s), if any, of the joint seat allocation. 
• If you choose the 'freeze' option, it means you have ACCEPTED the offer and do not wish to participate in further rounds of seat allocation, and you will NOT be considered in subsequent rounds of admission. 
• If you choose the 'float' option, it means you have ACCEPTED the offer and have indicated that you will accept admission to an institute of your higher preference. Otherwise, you will continue with the currently accepted institute. 
• If you choose the 'float' option, allocating a seat in an institute of your higher preference would automatically result in the forfeiture of the seat accepted by you in the earlier round. 
• You must remit the seat acceptance fee only once if offered a seat. Thus, those allotted another seat (because they chose the 'float' option) do not have to pay the seat acceptance fee again. 
• Suppose you have paid the seat acceptance fee and opted for withdrawal after the first round and one day before the announcement of the third round. In that case, you will get a refund after deducting seat cancellation and processing charges of ₹ 5000. 
• Refund requests after the announcement of the third round will not be entertained, and no refund shall be given after that. 
• After the last round of seat allocation is announced, you do not have the option to withdraw an accepted/allotted seat. 
• No refund is given post the 3rd round as there is no option of "float" of the seats after the 3rd round.

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UCEED Seats Allotment 2026: Result-Sharing Institutes

The list of result-sharing institutes has undergone some significant revision. These are some of the institutes that will accept the UCEED score for undergraduate admission to the B.Des program.

Institute Name	Seat Intake
World University of Design, Sonipat	420
Alliance University, Bangalore	-
RV University, Bangalore	120
JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur	-
Department of Design, Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), New Delhi	60
Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI)	1640 (Across all campuses)
Institute of Design, Nirma University, Ahmedabad	80
Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore	-
FLAME University, Pune	120
Presidency University, Bangalore	-
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara	140
MIT ID Indore – Avantika University	60
CEPT University, Ahmedabad	80
ARCH College of Design and Business, Jaipur	150
O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat	30
Navrachana University, Gujarat	40
Aayojan School of Architecture, Jaipur	-
Symbiosis School of Architecture and Design, Nagpur	60
Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University, Delhi NCR	-
Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Design, Pune	60
Delhi Technological University, Delhi	120
VIT School of Design, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore	30
ITM Skills University, Navi Mumbai	-

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Key Takeaways

• Note that the UCEED Seats Allotment 2026 for PwD reservations at 5% will be horizontal. You must check the final seat matrix when applying for B.Des admissions.
• The UCEED seat allotment process might seem intricate, but you can navigate it confidently with the right information and a strategic approach. Remember, this is a crucial step towards securing your dream B.Des program.
• By understanding the process, considering your options carefully, and adhering to deadlines, you'll be well on your way to starting your exciting design journey.
• During the counselling process, e-mail or phone queries regarding the status of vacant seats at various institutes will NOT be entertained. For such queries, check the official UCEED 2026 website. 

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