Best B.Des Colleges accepting UCEED Score in India

UCEED Counselling Round 1 will begin on April 21, 2026. The seat acceptance fee must be paid by April 29, 2026, 6 PM.

• The 1st step of UCEED 2026 counseling is online registration. The counseling registration process for UCEED will be conducted starting the 2nd week of March 2026. Candidates who have qualified in the entrance exam and have been assigned a merit rank in UCEED were eligible to participate in the counseling process. 
• The 2nd step is the selection of campuses. Eligible candidates must register for counseling and select their preferred colleges in order of priority during registration.
• In the 3rd step, seat allotment is made. The allotment of seats is as per the merit rank of the candidate in UCEED and the choices selected. Post the allotment of seats, the candidate has to pay the seat acceptance fee and confirm their admission.

The counselling process for UCEED 2026 will be conducted by IIT Bombay as a Joint Seat Allocation process.

To participate in UCEED 2026 counselling, the candidate must have qualified in the UCEED 2026 entrance exam and been allocated a merit rank.

This means that if the candidate has failed to qualify Part A exam, he or she will not be allocated a merit rank, and therefore is not eligible to take part in the counselling process.

IIT Bombay will release a common application form for all the IITs for the UCEED 2026 Joint Seat Allocation on March 14, 2026, at 10 PM. The registration will be open till April 10, 2026, 5:30 PM. 

There will be a total of around 245 seats in IITs for the UCEED 2026 B.Des Programme. IIT Bombay will offer 37 seats, IIT Delhi will have 20 seats and IIT Guwahati will have 56 seats.

Yes, candidates from all streams can fill the application form of UCEED. Also, note that Biology will not be considered in place of Mathematics. The application form for UCEED 2026 must be filled out by candidates after ascertaining their eligibility. IIT Roorkee has the same eligibility criteria as IIT Guwahati.