Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) 

at IIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad

Candidates seeking admission to the IIT Hyderabad BDes course are required to appear for the UCEED 2023 exam, which is conducted by IIT Bombay. UCEED releases qualifying cut off in the form of mean deviation and standard deviation. Appearing in UCEED 2023 or being on the admission rank list does not guarantee admission to IIT Hyderabad BDes courses.

Candidates who have passed UCEED 2023 must apply separately to the UCEED participating institute for BDes admission. Apart from passing the UCEED exam, the candidates are required to fulfil the eligibility criteria, category certificates and other documents, as well as the UCEED score, to be verified by IIT Hyderabad.

For the General AI category students, the IIT Hyderabad cutoff 2025 for UCEED Round 1 is 52. The cutoff rank differs for each round and category; students who don’t qualify in the first round can wait for the last round results to be announced. They can also start searching for institutions with less competitive UCEED BDes cutoff ranks. Students can refer to the table below to view the other colleges' cutoffs for BDes admission among the General category students.

Yes, with a cutoff of 36, you can get into IIT Hyderabad for B.Des admission in Round 2 of the UCEED Seat Allotment process. The Round 2 closing rank for B.Des was 36 for OBC category students, so a cutoff of 36 should be sufficient for admission. 

Candidates can refer to the table below to check out the round 1 and the round 2 B.Des cutoff 2024 for the OBC category candidates: 

BDes is offered by IIT Hyderabad which is now conducted using the Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED). The test focuses on the aspects of design aptitude, creativity, logical thinking ability, and visual perception ability. The obtained rank is used in counselling and seat allocation.

To apply to BDes in IIT Hyderabad the students must have cleared Class 12 in any discipline with qualified marks and must appear in UCEED. The admission is made based on the UCEED rank. There are also an attempt and age restriction according to UCEED instructions.

No, IIT Hyderabad does not have a dedicated interview round in case of BDes admission. The process of selection is exclusively made on the UCEED rank and centralized seat allocation. To confirm the admission then candidates are supposed to meet eligibility criteria and pass through the processes of counselling.