UCEED Seat Matrix 2026 - Total Seats (B.Des), Colleges/ Category-wise Seat Intake, Reservation
Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design 2026 ( UCEED )
Result - 6 Mar '26
The Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) is an important exam for students who want to join the Bachelor of Design (B.Des) programs at top design colleges in India. For the 2026-2027 academic year, only students who qualify for UCEED 2026 can apply for admission to B.Des programs at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Roorkee, and IIITDM Jabalpur. Read the full article for more detailed information.
There are currently seven participating institutes of UCEED 2026 that offer a combined intake of 245 seats to the B.Des program. The participating institutes are IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Roorkee, IIITDM Jabalpur, and IIT Indore. Admission to the B.Des program was conducted through a Joint Admission Process, with the allotment of seats to be done based on UCEED 2026 merit rank. UCEED Cutoff will be out on February 05, 2026.
It may be noted that a participating institute has the right to make any changes to the seat matrix. IIT Bombay released the updated seat matrix for UCEED 2026 on its admission portal - uceed.iitb.ac.in. So, the candidates are urged to keep looking for any new updates. UCEED started its Counselling process from April 21, 2026. The UCEED 2026 Counselling will be conducted in five rounds.
Latest Updates:
- Seat Allotment Process Overview
- UCEED 2026 Seat Allotment Schedule
- UCEED Seat Matrix for B Des 2026-2027
- UCEED 2025-2026 Seat Matrix
- UCEED 2026-2027 Seat Matrix - Reservation of seats
- IIT Bombay UCEED Seat Matrix 2026
- UCEED Seat Matrix - Gradual increase in Intake Capacity
- UCEED 2026 Participating Institutes - Admission Process
- UCEED 2026 Result-sharing Institutes
Seat Allotment Process Overview
UCEED 2026 will conduct five rounds of seat allotment. Seats are provisionally allocated based on the candidate's All India Rank (AIR) in UCEED 2026, their category, and their preferred institutes. Selected candidates will receive provisional allotment letters via their registered email addresses. Upon receiving the allotment letter, candidates must remit a Seat Acceptance Fee of ₹60,000 for GEN/EWS/OBC-NCL categories and ₹15,000 for SC/ST/PwD categories through the provided online payment system.
- 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.
IIT Bombay will release UCEED 2026 seat allotment for Round I in the last week of April 2026.
The seat allotment will be released online at the UCEED - IIT Bombay admission portal UCEED.iitb.ac.in.
To download the seat allotment result, the candidate needs to click on the "Click Here" button given under B. Des 1st Round of Seat Allotment heading. Note that no log-in is required to download the seat allotment results pdf. Candidates who are allotted seats had to accept the seat and pay the fees within the given schedule for confirmation of their seats.
UCEED 2026 Seat Allotment Schedule
The schedule for UCEED Seat Allotment are as follows:
| Rounds |
Date |
|---|---|
| Round 1 | April 21, 2026 |
| Round 2 | May 19, 2026 |
| Round 3 | June 10, 2026 |
| Round 4 | June 24, 2026 |
| Round 5 | July 3, 2026 |
UCEED Seat Matrix for B Des 2026-2027
The category-wise distribution of available seats across IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Roorkee, IIITDM Jabalpur, and IIT Indore is as follows:
| Institute | Open | Open-PwD | EWS | EWS-PwD | OBC-NCL | OBC-NCL-PwD | SC | SC-PwD | ST | ST-PwD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IIT Bombay | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 37 |
| IIT Delhi | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| IIT Guwahati | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 56 |
| IIT Hyderabad | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 |
| IIT Roorkee | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| IIITDM Jabalpur | 25 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 66 |
| IIT Indore | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Total | 94 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 63 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 245 |
The evaluation of Part-B will be done manually by at least two expert evaluators separately and independently. Following is the scheme of evaluation for each question
in Part-B.
- If the difference in marks awarded by the two evaluators <= 10 marks, a simple average of the two evaluations will be considered.
- If the difference > 10 marks, the answer sheet of Part-B will be evaluated by a third expert examiner (and so on until the difference of marks <= 10).
- A simple average of the closest of two evaluations will be selected as the final marks.
- If the difference in marks of the closest of two evaluations is >10 after several evaluations, a moderator will be invited to examine the answers.
- If the difference in marks between the moderator and either of the examiners is the same, then the higher average will be considered for calculating the score.
Once the UCEED 2026 counseling process is over, the candidate is not allowed to shift from one institute to another. The candidate will have to select their preferred institute at the time of counseling registration.
IIT Bombay will conduct UCEED 2026 counseling registration in March 2026. Candidates who have been allotted a merit rank can apply.
The admission cut-off for UCEED 2026 will be released in last week of April, 2026.
The seat allotment will be released online at the UCEED 2026- IIT Bombay admission portal uceed.iitb.ac.in.
To download the seat allotment-cum-cutoff, you need to click on the seat allotment download button given under B. Des 1st Round of Seat Allotment heading. Note that no log-in is required to download the seat allotment results pdf.
Candidates who are allotted seats have to accept the seat and pay the fees. Note that candidates were also given the option to withdraw their seats.
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UCEED 2025-2026 Seat Matrix
The category-wise seat intake for the UCEED participating institutes is given in the table below.
| Institute |
Total |
|---|---|
| 37 |
|
| 20 |
|
| 56 |
|
| 30 |
|
| IIT Roorkee | 20 |
| 66 |
|
| IIT Indore |
16 |
| Total |
245 |
UCEED 2026-2027 Seat Matrix - Reservation of seats
IIT Bombay will reserve seats for Indian nationals belonging to certain categories in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Government of India. The categories and the extent of reservation for the Academic Year 2026-27 are given below:
IIT Bombay UCEED Seat Matrix 2026
The seat intake for IIT Bombay is given below:
| Category | Seats |
|---|---|
| Open | 14 |
| Open-PwD | 0 |
| EWS | 4 |
| EWS-PwD | 1 |
| OBC-NCL | 9 |
| OBC-NCL-PwD | 0 |
| SC | 5 |
| SC-PwD | 1 |
| ST | 3 |
| ST-PwD | 0 |
| Total Seats | 37 |
IIT Delhi UCEED Seat Matrix 2026
The seat intake for IIT Delhi is given below:
| Category |
No. of Seats |
|---|---|
| Open |
7 |
| Open – PwD |
1 |
| EWS |
2 |
| EWS – PwD |
0 |
| OBC – NCL |
5 |
| OBC – PwD |
0 |
| SC |
3 |
| SC – PwD |
0 |
| ST |
2 |
| ST – PwD |
0 |
| Total |
20 |
IIT Guwahati UCEED Seat Matrix 2026
The seat intake for IIT Guwahati is given below:
| Category |
No. of Seats |
|---|---|
| Open |
23 |
| Open – PwD |
0 |
| EWS |
5 |
| EWS – PwD |
1 |
| OBC – NCL |
15 |
| OBC – PwD |
0 |
| SC |
7 |
| SC – PwD |
1 |
| ST |
3 |
| ST – PwD |
1 |
| Total |
56 |
IIT Hyderabad UCEED Seat Matrix 2026
The seat intake for IIT Hyderabad is given below:
| Category | Seats |
|---|---|
| Open | 11 |
| Open-PwD | 1 |
| EWS | 3 |
| EWS-PwD | 0 |
| OBC-NCL | 8 |
| OBC-NCL-PwD | 0 |
| SC | 4 |
| SC-PwD | 1 |
| ST | 2 |
| ST-PwD | 0 |
| Total | 30 |
IIT Roorkee UCEED Seat Matrix 2026
The seat intake for IIT Roorkee is given below:
| Category |
No. of Seats |
|---|---|
| Open |
7 |
| Open – PwD |
1 |
| EWS |
2 |
| EWS – PwD |
0 |
| OBC – NCL |
5 |
| OBC – PwD |
0 |
| SC |
3 |
| SC – PwD |
0 |
| ST |
2 |
| ST – PwD |
0 |
| Total |
20 |
IITDM Jabalpur UCEED Seat Matrix 2026
The seat intake for IITDM Jabalpur is given below.
| Category |
No. of Seats |
|---|---|
| Open |
26 |
| Open – PwD |
1 |
| EWS |
6 |
| EWS – PwD |
0 |
| OBC – NCL |
17 |
| OBC – PwD |
1 |
| SC |
10 |
| SC – PwD |
0 |
| ST |
4 |
| ST – PwD |
1 |
| Total |
66 |
UCEED Seat Matrix - Gradual increase in Intake Capacity
With every passing year, the seat intake for UCEED has been increasing gradually. For instance, in 2021, the intake was 179 seats. By 2023, this number will have increased to 205 seats. Refer to the table below to check how the UCEED seat intake has changed over the years.
| Institute Name |
Seat Intake (2021) |
Seat Intake (2022) |
Seat Intake (2023) |
Seat Intake 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IIT Bombay |
37 |
37 |
37 |
37 |
| IIT Delhi |
- |
20 |
20 |
20 |
| IIT Guwahati |
56 |
56 |
56 |
56 |
| IIT Hyderabad |
20 |
20 |
26 |
30 |
| IIT Roorkee | - | - | - | 20 |
| IIITDM Jabalpur |
66 |
66 |
66 |
66 |
| IIT Indore | - | - | - | 16 |
| Total |
179 |
199 |
205 |
245 |
UCEED 2026 Participating Institutes - Admission Process
Candidates seeking admission to the B.Des program at UCEED 2026 participating colleges need to qualify in the exam and must be assigned a merit rank. The UCEED 2026 exam was conducted on January 18, 2026 (9 am - 12 noon). The UCEED 2026 question paper will have two parts - Part A and Part B. Part B answer booklets will be evaluated only if the candidate meets the UCEED 2026 cut-off marks for Part A.
Also, all candidates who meet the cut-off marks will be assigned a merit rank and will be eligible to participate in UCEED 2026 counseling. UCEED 2026 results are declared on the official website and shortlisted or merit-list candidates will have to register for counseling. Application to BDes Programmes at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Indore, IIT Roorkee and IIITDM Jabalpur (Participating Institutes) will begin from March 14, 2026 (Saturday), 10:00 Hrs. The application portal will be closed on April 10, 2026 (Friday), 17:30 Hrs. The candidate will have to register and fill in their choice of participating institutes in order of priority. The allotment of seats will be based on the UCEED 2026 merit rank of the candidate and the college option selected.
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UCEED 2026 Result-sharing Institutes
The result-sharing institutes of UCEED 2026 will not participate in the Joint Admission Process. Instead, they will conduct their counseling at the institute level. The counseling application for the result-sharing institutes will open soon after the UCEED 2026 results are declared. The participating institute will only fill some of the UG seats based on UCEED 2026 scores. However, for the remaining seats, they may use scores from other entrance exams.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered Yesterday
UCEED 2026 counselling will be conducted by IIT Bombay. The counselling process will have five rounds.
UCEED 2026 Joint Admission Process will not have any spot rounds. If there are any spot counselling rounds, it will be notified.
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The allotment of seats for UCEED admission to the B.Des programme offered by participating colleges is based on the following parameters:
- UCEED 2026 merit rank of the candidate
- College option selected during registration.
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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
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The counselling for UCEED 2026 will be conducted online as a Joint Seat Allocation process. The counseling will be conducted in a centralized manner.
IIT Bombay will conduct counseling registration from March 14, 2026. All candidates who qualify in the UCEED 2026 exam will be eligible to register fo
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UCEED Round 2 Counselling will begin on May 19, 2026. The last day to accept the seat and pay the seat acceptance fee is May 27, 2026,6:00 PM.
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UCEED 2026 seat-acceptance fee for GEN/EWS/OBC-NCL candidates is INR 60,000. SC, ST, and PwD candidates only need to pay INR 15,000. The fee will have to be paid within the schedule notified by IIT Bombay. If the candidate fails to make the payment within the given deadline, then the allotment will
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The candidate needs the following documents to participate in UCEED 2026 counseling.
Signed copy of the first page of the completed application form
UCEED 2026 scorecard
Qualifying exam (Class 12 or equivalent) mark sheet
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Signature
OBC-NCL/ SC/ ST/ PwD certificate (if applicable)
OCI/ PIO card (if ap
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UCEED Counselling Round 1 will begin on April 21, 2026. The seat acceptance fee must be paid by April 29, 2026, 6 PM.
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No, you cannot participate if you have not been given a merit rank in the UCEED 2026.
Counseling process for UCEED 2026 will be conducted as a Joint Seat Allotment process. To participate in the counseling, the candidate must have qualified for the UCEED 2026 and assigned a merit rank in the UCEED ex
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- 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 couns
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The important dates of UCEED 2026 cover events like the commencement and deadline to fill out the UCEED application, admit card release and exam date, result date, and seat allotment schedule. This means the important dates will cover all the events starting from the release of admission notification to the completion of the admission process. The candidate can keep track of upcoming events by consulting the important dates.
The important dates for UCEED 2026 have been released by IIT Bombay. IIT Bombay has the authority to change a pre-announced date; so candidates need to stay updated by visiting this space.