UCEED Exam Date 2026 (Jan 18): Late Fee Registration Dates Extended (till Nov 10), Check Exam Schedule Here

Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design 2026 ( UCEED )

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Sayeba Naushad
Updated on Nov 6, 2025 11:37 IST

By Sayeba Naushad, Assistant Manager

UCEED Important Dates 2026 - IIT Bombay will conduct the UCEED Entrance Exam on January 18, 2026. The exam will be held between 9 AM to 12 PM at the allotted centers.

The UCEED 2025 application form with regular fees is closed. Application can now be filled with late fees of INR 500 till November 10, 2025. The last date of application with regular fees was extended till November 05, 2025 with regular fees and November 10, 2025, with late fees.

The admission portal includes all key updates related to the UCEED 2026 exam, including important dates.

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  • UCEED 2026 Important Events & Dates
  • UCEED 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
  • UCEED 2026 Exam Date
  • UCEED 2026 Counselling and Seat Allotment
  • UCEED Important Dates 2026 - FAQs
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UCEED 2026 Important Events & Dates

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

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 Admit Card

IIT Bombay will release the UCEED admit card 2026 on January 02, 2026. 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.

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). 

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. 

UCEED Counselling

After securing a valid UCEED rank, aspirants need to further apply for admission at the colleges that are accepting UCEED 2026 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 2026 exam

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 many sample papers do I need to solve to prepare for UCEED?
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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 2026. 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 2026?
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The important topics for UCEED 2026 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 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of UCEED 2026 exam

DatesUpcoming Exam Dates
06 Nov ' 25 - 10 Nov ' 25

UCEED 2026 Application DATE (Late Fees)

ONGOING
02 Jan ' 26

UCEED 2026 Issue of Admit Cards

18 Jan ' 26

UCEED 2026 Exam DATE

20 Jan ' 26

UCEED 2026 Release of Draft Answer Key

22 Jan ' 26

UCEED 2026 - Challenges Against Draft Answer Key

28 Jan ' 26

UCEED 2026 Release of FINAL Answer Key

06 Mar ' 26

UCEED 2026 Result Date

DatesPast Exam Dates
01 Oct ' 25 - 05 Nov ' 25

UCEED 2026 Application DATE (Regular Fee)

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UCEED 2026 Exam Date

The UCEED 2026 exam will be conducted on January 18, 2026. The scores of the UCEED 2026 exam will be considered for admission to the B.Des courses offered by the UCEED participating colleges.

The UCEED 2026 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 2026 results.

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   When will the UCEED 2026 application form open?
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UCEED 2026 Application is expected to open by October 01, 2025, on the official website. The last date to apply with regular fees will be in the second week of November 2025. Candidates who met the prescribed eligibility criteria were able to apply for admission.

Q:   What is UCEED 2026 important dates?
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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.

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UCEED 2026 Counselling and Seat Allotment

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UCEED Round I, Seat allotment for B Des 2026-2027 will be announced in the last week of April 2026. The window for payment of seat acceptance fees will open on the same day. Candidates will be given an opportunity to accept their seat, choose either the FREEZE or FLOAT option, and complete payment of the seat acceptance fee.

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

UCEED 2026 counseling seat allotment will be conducted in five Rounds. The seat allotment will be based on the UCEED 2026 merit rank of the candidate and the institute opted for at the time of admission (and their order of priority).

B.Des 2026-2027 Seat Allotment Schedule

The expected scheule for UCEED 2026 Seat allotment rounds are:

Seat Allotment Round Date of Announcement
I Last week of April 2026
II Third week of May 2026
III Second week of June 2026
IV Last week of June 2026
V First week of July 2026

 

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   What is the last date to fill the UCEED 2026 application form with late fees?
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The last date to apply for UCEED 2026 with a regular fee is November 05, 2025. The late fee application window will open once the regular window closes.  With a late fee of INR 500, application forms can be submitted from November 05, 2025 to November 10, 2025. The late fee amount has to be paid in addition to the application fees. 

Q:   What is the last date to apply for UCEED 2026 with regular fee?
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The last date to apply for UCEED 2026 is November 05, 2025. The application process started on October 01, 2025. Meanwhile, the last date to fill out the UCEED 2026 application form with late fees is November 10, 2025.

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UCEED Important Dates 2026 - FAQs

Go through the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to the UCEED important dates 2026 below.

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Q:   What is UCEED 2026 important dates?
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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.

Q:   When will the draft answer key available for UCEED 2026?
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The draft answer key for UCEED 2026 will be released on January 20, 2026. 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 login is required to download the answer key.

 

Q:   When will the new website be launched for UCEED 2026 exam?
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IIT Bombay has launched the new website for the UCEED 2026 exam on October 1, 2025 https://www.uceed.iitb.ac.in/2026/index.html.

The new website carries information like important dates, an 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.

Q:   When will the admission notification for UCEED 2026 be released?
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IIT Bombay released the admission notification for UCEED 2026 on October 1, 2025.

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 2026. 

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No, UCEED 2025 entrance exam has been concluded at this point of time. Saintgits Design School BDes course admissions also accept different entrance exam scores as well including the SDAT entrance exam conducted by Saintgits Design School itself. Candidates can find all the accepted entrance exams f

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For students belonging to the SC category under the AI quota, the UCEED last round closing rank was 31 for IIT Indore B.Des admission. Please note that the cutoff ranks vary for different rounds. The round-wise UCEED 2025 closing ranks for IIT Indore are tabulated below for the SC category. 

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Yes, the IIT Indore cutoff 2025 varies across different rounds and categories. For the last round, IIT Indore cutoff UCEED 2025 was 119 for BDes admission for the General AI quota. On the other hand,  for the OBC category candidates, the cutoff rank was 61 for the last round. Refer to the table belo

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