UCEED 2026: Application Form, Exam Dates, Eligibility, Pattern, Syllabus

UCEED 2026 5th Round Seat Allotment has been released on 3rd July 2026. 1st Round Seat Allotment has been Released on 10th April 2026. Score Card has been available on 11th March 2026.  UCEED is known as the Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design is a national level entrance exam held jointly by IITs and IISc in the rotational shift. The exam will be held for those candidates willing to get admission in B.Des program of IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur.

Through this exam candidates can also apply for other UCEED score accepting institutes. Below in this article, we have provided the complete information that candidates need to know about UCEED 2026 Admission.

UCEED 2026 Notifications – Application Releasing Soon

UCEED 2026 Exam Dates

Below we have provided the complete tentative exam dates for UCEED 2026 Examination:

Events	Date
Online registration begins	To Be Announced
Last date to register	To Be Announced
Last date of registration with late fee	To Be Announced
Release of admit card	To Be Announced
The last date of rectification in the admit card	To Be Announced
CEED 2026 exam date	To Be Announced
Draft answer key releases	To Be Announced
Uploading comments related to the draft answer key	To Be Announced
Final answer key releases	To Be Announced
Cut off announcement (Part A)	To Be Announced
Declaration of results	To Be Announced
Downloading of scorecard	To Be Announced
Last date for downloading Score Cards	To Be Announced

UCEED Application Form 2026:

Below we have provided the complete information with some key instruction for UCEED Application Form 2026:

• The Application Form will be released by the exam organizing authority through online mode.
• Applicants will be able to fill the application form by September 2026.
• Applicants must fulfill all the eligibility criteria before applying for the examination.
• The Application form should be filled with authentic details only and details in 10^th marksheet will be considered as authentic.
• Applicants shall submit the application form before October 2026 (Without late fee) or before 17th October 2026 (with Rs.500/- or 50$ as late fee).
• No candidates will be allowed to submit the application form after the completion of registration process.

Application Fee:

The Application form fee can be submitted through online mode only. Applicants can use online payment gateways including Credit Card, Debit Card, Net-Banking etc. for transaction of application fee.

Below we have provided the UCEED 2026 Application form fee:

For Exam Centers in India:

Nationality	Categories	Application Fee
Indian nationals/OCI/PIO candidates	For ST/SC/PWD/Female candidates	Rs.1750/-
	All other candidates	Rs.3500/-
Foreign Nationals	Students from SAARC countries	USD $350
	Students from non-SAARC countries	USD $450

For Exam Centers in Dubai:

Nationality	Categories	Application Fee
Indian nationals/OCI/PIO candidates	All Indian Nationals	USD $350
Foreign Nationals	Students from SAARC countries	USD $350
	Students from non-SAARC countries	US$450

UCEED Eligibility Criteria 2026:

Below we have provided the compete UCEED 2026 Eligibility Criteria:

• Age Limit: The candidate should have been born on or after October 1, 1997. 5 years reservation will be provided to the SC/ST candidates.
• Attempts Limit: Applicants can apply for maximum of two consecutive year.
• Qualifying Examination: Applicants should have passed 10+2 from any recognized institutions to be eligible for the UCEED 2026.
• Appearing: Applicants appearing in the final examination of 10+2 in 2026 can also apply for the UCEED.

(Note* Applicants appeared for the first time in their qualifying examination in 2020 or earlier are NOT eligible.)

UCEED Exam Pattern 2026:

Below we have provided the complete exam pattern for the UCEED 2026:

• Question Paper: There will be one Question Paper with 3 hours duration.
• Marks: The question paper will contain total 300 Marks.
• Parts: Question Paper will be divided into two parts as Part-A and Part-B respectively.
• Mode of Examination: The Part-A shall be held in Computer Based mode and Part-B will be organized in Pen-paper mode.

Below we have provided the complete UCEED 2026 Exam pattern:

Section	Number of Questions	S.No. of Question	Positive Marking	Negative Marking	Total Marks
Part-A
NAT	18	1-18	4	0	72
MSQ	18	19-36	4	-1	72
MCQ	32	37-68	3	-0.71	96
Part-B
	1	1	60	0	0	60
Total (Part A & Part B combined): 300 marks

UCEED Syllabus 2026:

The UCEED question paper will consist of the questions from 2 parts. Part-A will contain topic from the Visualization and spatial ability, Observation and design sensitivity, Environmental and social awareness, Analytical and logical reasoning, Language and creativity and Design thinking and problem solving.

Part-B will be the Drawing sections which will be based on the, Ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective and shading.

UCEED Admit Card 2026:

The Official Authority will release the UCEED admit card 2026 for every registered candidate through online mode. Applicants can check their admit card by 8th January 2026 by login into the website of authority.

Applicants are suggested to report to the authority in case of any discrepancies in admit card. The last date for correction in the discrepancies in admit card will be 14th January 2026.

Applicants will have to bring their admit card in the examination centre along with registered ID Proof.

UCEED Answer Key 2026:

Answer key of UCEED 2026 will be released by the official authority after few days from the completion of examination. Applicants can check the Answer key by 25th January 2026 through online mode.

The Official Authority will also provide the objection facility to the candidates after the release of provisional answer key. Candidates will be able to challenge the answer key within given period of time. Authority will release the final answer key after the complete of objection period.

UCEED Result 2026:

The Official Authority will declare the UCEED Result 2026 for every exam participated candidates individually through online mode. Applicants can check their result by 10th March 2026 by login into the candidate’s dashboard.

The result will not be sent by the authority to any candidates individually through by post or any other offline mode. Applicants will have to download it by themselves through the website of exam conducting authority.

UCEED Scorecard 2026:

The Scorecard of UCEED 2026 will also be released by the official authority along with the UCEED Result. Applicants will have to enter their registered Email Id and Password to check their score card.

The score card will contain the performance of candidates in the entrance examination. Applicants should keep their score card safe till the completion of Admission procedure scorecard can be required at the time of document verification.

UCEED Cut Off 2026:

The cut off is a minimum marks applicants will have to score to be eligible for further admission procedure. The cut off marks will be released by the official authority on the basis of various factors including No. of candidates appeared in the examination, total no. of qualified candidates, average marks scored by the candidates etc.

The cut off marks will also be released on the basis of seat matrix in the participating institutions. Following are the previous year seat matrix for B. Des programs of IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur.

Institutions	Open	EWS	OBC-NCL		SC	ST	Total
IIT Bombay	15	4	10	5		3	37
IIT Guwahati	23	6	15	8		4	56
IIT Hyderabad	9	2	5	3		1	20
IIITDM Jabalpur	26	7	18	10		5	66
Total	73	19	48	26		13	179

UCEED Merit List 2026:

Merit list will be release by the official authority for every successfully qualified applicants of UCEED 2026 Examination. The official authority will release the merit list through online mode only.

The merit list be released on the basis of cut off marks released by the authority. The merit list will contain the rank of candidates for the UCEED 2026 counselling procedure.

Below we have provided the cut off marks for various categories to be in the rank list:

Category Rank List	Minimum Marks in Percentages	Minimum total Marks
Common rank List	10%	100
ST	5%	50
SC	5%	50
OBC NCL	9%	90
PWD	5%	50

UCEED Admission 2026:

The UCEED offical authority will also organized the Joint Seat Allocation Process admission in B.Des program of IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIITDM Jabalpur. Applicants will have to fill the application form by paying the prescribe amount for participating in the admission/Counselling procedure.

The Application form for Joint Seat Allocation Process will be started from 14th to 31st March 2026. Candidates will have to submit their preference of institute with all require document in digital form before 31st March 2026.

On the basis of candidates score and rank in the merit list, official authority will allocate the seat in their preferred institution. Applicants will have to report in their allotted center within given period of time to confirm their seats.

UCEED Preparation Tips 2026:

Below we have provided some effective preparation tips for UCEED 2026 Examination:

• Applicants must must check complete syllabus and exam pattern before starting their preparation.
• Make a balanced time schedule for study and other activities.
• Applicants should participate in the mock test.
• Solving the previous year question papers and sample papers for better understanding of examination.
• Use the preparation special books for preparation of examination.