UCEED Exam Dates 2025 (OUT): Counselling & Seat allotment Schedule Here

Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design 2025 ( UCEED )

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Sayeba Naushad
Updated on May 19, 2025 16:06 IST

By Sayeba Naushad, Assistant Manager

UCEED Important Dates 2025 - IIT Bombay started the Seat Allotment Round 2 on May 19, 2025. The window for Seat Allotment Round II opens from May 19, 2025, to May 27, 2025, 6 PM. Candidates can withdraw or exit from the seat till May 28, 2025. The payment of seat acceptance fees begins on the same day, May 19, 2025, and will remain open until May 27, 2025, at 6:00 PM. Candidates who wish to withdraw their seat or exit from the seat allocation process may do so from May 28, 2025, to June 9, 2025, by 6:00 PM.

  • UCEED Round I, Seat allotment for B Des 2025–26 is announced. The window for payment of seat acceptance fees opened on the same day, i.e., April 21, 2025, and close on April 29, 2025, at 6:00 PM. Candidates were given an opportunity to accept their seat, choose either the FREEZE or FLOAT option, and complete payment of the seat acceptance fee by April 29, 2025, 06:00 PM.
  • The deadline for submitting applications for the Bachelor of Design (BDes) admissions was officially extended to April 3, 2025 (Thursday), 17:30 Hrs. Candidates were given additional time to complete their applications for admission to premier institutes, including IIT Bombay (IITB), IIT Delhi (IITD), IIT Guwahati (IITG), IIT Hyderabad (IITH), IIT Indore (IITI), IIT Roorkee (IITR), and IIITDM Jabalpur (IIITDMJ). Previously, the application portal was scheduled to close on March 31, 2025 (Monday), 17:00 Hrs.
  • IIT Bombay conducted the UCEED 2025 exam on January 19, 2025 (9 am - 12 noon). The final answer key of UCEED 2025 was released on January 29, 2025. The institute had earlier released the draft answer key on January 20, 2025. The candidate was able to submit comments against the draft key. UCEED 2025 admit cards were released on January 3, 2025. 
  • IIT Bombay released the UCEED 2025 Part A cutoff on February 6, 2025. The candidate needs to check the cut-off to check their chances of admission.
  • The exam analysis of UCEED 2025 will be available once the exam ends. IIT Bombay has released the detailed schedule for the UCEED 2025 exam.
  • The draft answer key of UCEED 2025 was released on January 21, 2025. The UCEED 2025 results were released by IIT Bombay on March 07, 2026
  • The UCEED 2025 application form with regular fees was open until October 31, 2024. Applications with late fees closed on November 18, 2024 (extended from November 8, 2024). The application opened on October 1, 2024. The admission portal includes all key updates related to the UCEED 2025 exam, including important dates.   

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Q:   What is the eligibility criteria for UCEED 2025?
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To appear in the UCEED 2025 exam, the candidate needs to meet the following criteria:

  • Age limit: The candidate must be born on or after October 1, 2000. In the case of candidates belonging to SC, ST, and PwD categories, there is a relaxation of 5 years.

  • Number of attempts - A candidate is allowed to appear in UCEED exam for a maximum of two times and that too in consecutive years.

  • Academic requirements - The candidate must have passed 10+2 exam in 2024 or 2025. Those who appeared for the first time in their qualifying examination in 2023 or earlier are NOT eligible.

Q:   When will the UCEED 2025 exam be conducted?
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IIT Bombay will conduct the UCEED 2025 exam on January 19, 2025 (9 am - 12 noon). 

IIT Bombay has released the detailed admission schedule, including exam dates and application process.

The exam will be conducted in 27 cities aross India. Part A will be offline-based, while Part B will be conducted offline.

The application form commences on October 1, 2024. 

Q:   What is the application fee for UCEED 2025 exam?
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The application form for UCEED 2025 has opened. As per the official notification, the application fee has been revised.

Here we provide the category-wise UCEED application fee.

  • Female candidates (all categories) and SC/ST/PwD candidates had to pay INR 2,000.
  • All other candidates needed to pay INR 4,000 as the application fee.

Mode of fee payment

The fee has to be paid online using credit card/ debit card/ internet banking. Note that the UCEED application fee is no-refundable. This means, once the fee is paid, it will not be refunded whether you appear in the UCEED 2025 exam or not.

Q:   When will the UCEED 2025 application form open?
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The application form for UCEED 2025 is now closed.

The last date to apply with regular fee was October 31; with late fees, applications were accepted till November 18, 2024.

IIT Bombay opened the application form for UCEED 2025 on October 1, 2024.  Candidates who met the prescribed eligibility criteria were able to apply for admission.

Table of content
  • UCEED 2025 Important Events & Dates
  • UCEED 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
  • UCEED 2025 Application Form Date
  • UCEED 2025 Exam Date
  • UCEED 2025 Counselling and Seat Allotment
  • UCEED Important Dates 2025 - FAQs
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UCEED 2025 Important Events & Dates

Candidates appearing for the UCEED exam can go through important exam events for the design entrance exam below.

Step 1: UCEED Application Form

To fill out the application form for UCEED, aspirants have to register online. Next, they have to duly fill in all the sections in the online application form and then pay the UCEED application fee. UCEED 2025 application fee is INR 3,600 (for General and OBC candidates) and INR 1, 800 (for SC, ST, PwD, and female candidates).

Step 2: UCEED Admit Card

IIT Bombay will release the UCEED admit card 2025 tentatively in the 1st week of January 2025. The admit card will contain information like the candidate’s name, roll number, photograph, signature, exam schedule, examination center address, and exam instructions.

On the day of the exam, the candidate has to bring with him or her a valid photo ID proof alongside the UCEED admit card.

Step 3: UCEED Exam

UCEED paper comprises three sections containing different types of questions, including Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions, Multiple Select Questions (MSQs), and Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). 

Step 4: UCEED Result and Rank List

UCEED results are declared on the official website of the exam. Candidates can view their UCEED results by using their registered email ID and password. 

Step 5: UCEED Counselling

After securing a valid UCEED rank, aspirants need to further apply for admission at the colleges that are accepting UCEED 2025 ranks/ scores. Thereafter, candidates need to fulfill the admission criteria as listed by their respective colleges. A centralized UCEED seat allocation process will be conducted for admission in participating institutes of the UCEED 2025 exam

Step 6: UCEED Admission List

Three admission lists will be announced by IIT Bombay on the official website of the exam.  

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   How can I prepare for UCEED 2025 in 6 months?
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If you have six months to prepare for UCEED and not an year, you need to be smart. Here are a few tips to prepare for the exam in six months: Make a study time table. Consult the exam pattern and get isights. Also, refer to the exam syllabus. Another point to note is the difficulty level of the exam. Start your preparation without any delay. Take notes during study. Solve sample papers and take mock tests.

Q:   How many sample papers do I need to solve to prepare for UCEED 2025?
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There is no specific number as such that you need to solve. But that being said, you must try to solve as many sample papers as possible for UCEED 2025. Note that at the initial stage, when you are starting of you exam preparation, you will not be able to solve the complete sample paper. It is only in the last few months, or may be weeks, that you can solve all the questions given in the sample papers. So, if you are able to solve may be say 10 odd sample papers before the exam, you will be in a good place to do well. There are multiple benefits of solving sample papers. The prime being, it will help you develop problem-solving and time-management skills.

Q:   What are the important topics candidates need to prepare for Part B of UCEED 2025?
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Note that IIT Bombay revised the syllabus for the UCEED exam starting 2024. As per the revised syllabus, Part B will now have two sections: 1) Drawing and 2) Design Aptitude. Note that in the previous editions of the exam, the Part A included only a sketching-based section. The important topics for UCEED 2024 Part B are given below: Drawing: Ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective and shading. Design Aptitude Capability to practically and appropriately respond to problems/situations with ingenuity and empathy.

UCEED 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of UCEED 2025 exam

DatesUpcoming Exam Dates
15 Jun ' 25 - 19 Jun ' 25

Round III: Withdrawal of seat / exit from seat allocation process

ONGOING
24 Jun ' 25 - 28 Jun ' 25

Seat Allotment Round IV

29 Jun ' 25 - 11 Jul ' 25

Round IV: Withdrawal of seat / exit from seat allocation process

03 Jul ' 25 - 09 Jul ' 25

Seat Allotment Round IV

DatesPast Exam Dates
10 Jun ' 25 - 14 Jun ' 25

Seat Allotment Round III

28 May ' 25 - 09 Jun ' 25

Round II: Withdrawal of seat / exit from seat allocation process

19 May ' 25 - 27 May ' 25

Seat Allotment Round II

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UCEED 2025 Application Form Date

IIT Bombay opened the application form for UCEED 2025 on October 1, 2024. 

The UCEED 2025 application form is available online at uceed.iitb.ac.in.

IIT Bombay also launched the admission portal for the exam along with the release of the application form.

The admission portal will include key resources related to the entrance exam, including the UCEED 2025 information brochure, previous years' question papers and answer keys, eligibility criteria, fee details, etc.

The candidate has to carefully go through the important details before filling out the UCEED 2025 application form.

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   When will UCEED 2025 application correction window open?
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There is no option to edit the UCEED application form once it is submitted. IIT Bombay has released the application schedule for UCEED 2025 exam; there is no application edit window.

So, it is recommended that when filling out the application form, you can the necessary precaution.

The UCEED 2025 application form opened on October 1, 2024. With regular fees, the application can be filled till October 31, 2024. However, with late fees, you can submit applications till the November 8, 2024.

The UCEED 2025 exam will be conducted on January 19, 2025.

Q:   When will the admission notification for UCEED 2025 be released?
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IIT Bombay released the admission notification for UCEED 2025 on October 1, 2024. Candidates can check out the notification online at the UCEED admission portal - uceed.iitb.ac.in.

The admission notification carries updates about the exam, for instance, when will the exam be conducted, the deadlines to fill out the application form, etc. It also contain the eligibility criteria that candidates need to fulfill for admission. The candidate needs to careful go through the admission notification to learn about the upcoming exam, especially if any new update is released. 

The UCEED 2025 exam will be conducted on January 19, 2025.

Q:   What kind of questions will be asked from the UCEED 2025 visualization and spatial reasoning section?
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This section will include pictorial and diagrammatic questions that will evaluate the candidates understanding of the transformation and manipulation of 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships. The candidate needs to practice the following topics to prepare for the section: Conventional/Unconventional Materials for Construction, Design, and Decoration Texture Making Materials, Production Materials, Decoration Materials - Flooring, Cladding (protective material which covers the surface of something), Wall Protection and Decoration - Paints, Plasters, etc. Pattern and Design of Paper Folding Materials and Type of Texture Optical Illusion (2D/3D objects and understanding).

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UCEED 2025 Exam Date

The UCEED 2025 exam was conducted on January 19, 2025.

The scores of the UCEED 2025 exam will be considered for admission to the B.Des courses offered by the UCEED participating colleges.

The UCEED 2025 exam will have two parts: 1) The computer-based Part A, which will be 1 hour long and include NAT, MCQ, and MSQ-type questions; 2) Part B will include two subjective-type questions and will be 2 hours long. 

Note that Part B answer booklets will be evaluated only if the candidate qualifies Part A.

The cut-off marks for Part A will be declared before or at the time of the declaration of UCEED 2025 results.

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UCEED 2025 Counselling and Seat Allotment

DeskCalendarCounselling: 15 Jun ' 25 - 19 Jun ' 25

UCEED Round I, Seat allotment for B Des 2025–26 was announced on April 21, 2025. The window for payment of seat acceptance fees opened on the same day, April 21, 2025, and closed on April 29, 2025, at 6:00 PM. Candidates were given an opportunity to accept their seat, choose either the FREEZE or FLOAT option, and complete payment of the seat acceptance fee by April 29, 2025, 06:00 PM

The deadline for submitting applications for the Bachelor of Design (BDes) admissions was officially extended to April 3, 2025 (Thursday), 17:30 Hrs. Candidates had additional time to complete their applications for admission to premier institutes, including IIT Bombay (IITB), IIT Delhi (IITD), IIT Guwahati (IITG), IIT Hyderabad (IITH), IIT Indore (IITI), IIT Roorkee (IITR), and IIITDM Jabalpur (IIITDMJ). Previously, the application portal was scheduled to close on March 31, 2025 (Monday), 17:00 Hrs.

As part of the registration process, the candidate has to fill in their institute preferences and other information.

UCEED 2025 counseling seat allotment will be conducted in five Rounds. The first round of seat allotment for UCEED 2025 was released on April 21, 2025. The seat allotment will be based on the UCEED 2025 merit rank of the candidate and the institute opted for at the time of admission (and their order of priority).

B.Des 2025-26 Seat Allotment Schedule

Seat Allotment Round Date of Announcement Payment of Seat Acceptance Fees Start Date Payment of Seat Acceptance Fees End Date / Time Withdrawal of Seat / Exit from Seat Allocation Process Start Date Withdrawal of Seat / Exit from Seat Allocation Process End Date / Time
I April 21, 2025 April 21, 2025 April 29, 2025; 6:00 PM April 30, 2025 May 11, 2025; 6:00 PM
II May 19, 2025 May 19, 2025 May 27, 2025; 6:00 PM May 28, 2025 June 09, 2025; 6:00 PM
III June 10, 2025 June 10, 2025 June 14, 2025; 6:00 PM June 15, 2025 June 19, 2025; 6:00 PM
IV June 24, 2025 June 24, 2025 June 28, 2025; 6:00 PM June 29, 2025 July 01, 2025; 6:00 PM
V July 03, 2025 July 03, 2025 July 09, 2025; 6:00 PM    

 

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UCEED Important Dates 2025 - FAQs

Go through the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to the UCEED important dates 2025 below.

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Q:   What is UCEED 2025 important dates?
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The important dates of UCEED 2025 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 2025 has been released by IIT Bombay. Note that IIT Bombay has the authority to change a pre-announced date; so candidates need to stay updated by visiting this space.

Q:   What is the last date to apply for UCEED 2025 with regular fee?
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The application form for UCEED 2025 OPENED on October 1, 2024.

Note that the application can be filled with both regular and late fees.

With regular fees, the candidate will have to fill out the form latest by october 31, 2024. Meanwhile, the last date to fill out the UCEED 2025 application form with late fees is November 8, 2024. 

The candidate has to apply for UCEED 2025 following the instuctions given by the exam conducting body. 

Q:   When will the results of UCEED 2025 exam be declared?
A: 

IIT Bombay will declare the results of UCEED 2025 on March 7, 2025.

The candidate has to check the results online at the UCEED 2025 admission portal - uceed.iitb.ac.in.

The results would be declared for all candidates who appear in the design entrance exam. However, merit ranks will be released only for candidates who qualify Part A and get shortlisted. Part B answer booklets of candidates who fails to qualify Part A will not be evaluated. IIT Bombay will release the qualifying marks for Part A at the time of declaration of results or sometime thereabout.

Q:   When will the draft answer key available for UCEED 2025?
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The draft answer key for UCEED 2025 will be released on January 21, 2025.

Note that the draft key will only be released for Part A of the exam. However, no answer keys will be released for Part B.

To download the draft answer key, the candidate needs to go to the admission portal and click the draft answer link. No log in is required to download the answer key.

The draft key will contain the official answers to all the questions asked in the UCEED 2025 exam. The candidate is also allowed to challenge the draft key. The objection filing window will be available soon after the draft key is released.

Q:   What is the last date to fill the UCEED 2025 application form with late fees?
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The last date to apply for UCEED 2025 with a regular fee is October 31, 2024. The late fee application window will open once the regular window closed. 

With a late fee of INR 500, application forms can be submitted from November 1-8, 2024. 

Note that the late fee amount has to be paid in addition to the application fees. The UCEED 2025 application form opened on October 1, 2024. 

Q:   When will the new website be launched for UCEED 2025 exam?
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IIT Bombay has launched the new website for the UCEED 2025 exam on October 1, 2024 - https://www.uceed.iitb.ac.in/2025/index.html.

The new website carries information like important dates, information brochure, and the candidate portal. There is also a download section, from where the candidate will be able to download useful resources like previous years question papers and answer keys.

The candidate can get all exam-related updates from the UCEED 2025 admission website.

Q:   When will the admission notification for UCEED 2025 be released?
A: 

IIT Bombay released the admission notification for UCEED 2025 on October 1, 2024.

Candidates can check out the notification online at the UCEED admission portal uceed.iitb.ac.in. IIT Bombay has launched a new admission portal for UCEED 2025 - https://www.uceed.iitb.ac.in/2025/index.html. 

The admission notification carry updates about the exam, for instance, when will the exam be conducted, the deadlines to fill out the application form, etc. It also contain the eligibility criteria that candidates need to fulfill for admission. The candidate needs to careful go through the admission notification to learn about the upcoming exam, especially if any new update is released. 

Q:   When will UCEED 2025 admit cards be released for the design entrance exam?
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The admit cards for the UCEED 2025 exam will be released on January 3, 2025.

Admit cards will be released for all candidates who successfully complete the application form. The admit card will be released online at uceed.iitb.ac.in. 

To download the admit card, you need to log in to the portal using your email ID and password. 

On the day of the exam, the candidate needs to bring with them a valid photo id proof and admit card.

Q:   When can I upload comments against the draft answer key of UCEED 2025?
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The draft answer keys of UCEED 2025 will be released on Janaury 21, 2024.

The candidate will be given an option to upload comments against the draft key from Janaury 21-23, 2024.

To upload comments, the candidate will have to go to the UCEED 2025 admission portal and click on the relevant link. The candidate will have to next log in using their candidate credentials. After logging in, fill in the objection form, upload supporting documents, and pay the relevant fees.

Comments have to be submitted online through the candidate portal. The admission committe will consider the comments and then publish the final answer key. 

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