UCEED

Exam Announced? YES

Course offered: B.Design (4 Years)

Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam For Design (UCEED) is conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, under the guidance of the UCEED-CEED Implementation Committee. UCEED is open to all nationals (Indian/Foreign).

Candidates seeking admission to the Bachelor Degree programme in Design (B. Des.) at

- Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) https://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/

- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) https://design.iitd.ac.in

- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) http://www.iitg.ac.in/design

- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) https://design.iith.ac.in

- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) https://dod.iitr.ac.in/ and

- Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur (IIITDMJ) http://design.iiitdmj.ac.in

must appear in UCEED.

Check important differences regarding admission eligibility for each institute under the 'Eligibility' tab.

Note that UCEED 2026 qualified candidates MUST apply separately for BDes admissions as per the prescribed procedure described in Part 2 of the Information Brochure through the joint seat allocation process.

Intake

- IIT Bombay: 37

- IIT Delhi: 20
- IIT Guwahati: 56
- IIT Hyderabad: 30

- IIT Roorkee: 20

- IIT Indore: 16
- IIITDM Jabalpur: 66

Total: 245 (Open 94, Open-PwD 5, EWS 22, EWS-PwD 2, OBC-NCL 63, OBC-NCL-PwD 1, SC 34, SC-PwD 3, ST 16, ST-PwD 2)

PwD reservations @ 5% will be horizontal

Candidate may refer to the final seat matrix for the academic year 2026-2027 from the official UCEED website at the time of application for BDes admissions.

Check the list of institutes participating / accepting UCEED scores.

Imp Notes
1. Foreign nationals (including OCI/PIO card holders) are outside the ambit of reservation of seats under the EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, and PwD categories.
2. Seats allotted to foreign nationals including OCI (Overseas Citizen of India)/PIO (People of Indian Origin) card-holders are supernumerary with a cap of 10% of total seats in a program.

3. Foreign nationals holding OCI/PIO cards issued ON or BEFORE 4th March 2021 will be considered for the seats in the OPEN category.

Conducted by: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Conducting organization type: Institute of National Importance

Additional info: The exam is popular across All India