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New Delhi, Updated on Oct 29, 2025 22:11 IST

Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) and CEPT University will now accept UCEED 2026 scores for BDes admissions. Check more details below.

UCEED 2026 Update

UCEED 2026 Update

Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI), Noida and CEPT University, Ahmedabad, will accept UCEED 2026 scores for admission to its Bachelor of Design (Honours) programme for the 2026 intake. This means that FDDI and CEPT University will provide admission to candidates in the BDes program offered by them on the basis of UCEED results 2026. However, the institute will not be a part of the Joint Admission process conducted by IIT Bombay for B.Des admissions.

These institutes will allot some seats in their undergraduate programme for admission through UCEED for the academic year 2026-2027. For more details on the number of seats, application process, and admission for the B.Des course, refer to their website. In case of any query, candidates should contact the institute.

UCEED Participating Institutes 2026

The list of institutes at IITs through UCEED 2026 is:

Sr No.

Institute

Design Department

1

IIT Bombay

IDC School of Design

2

IIT Delhi

Department of Design

3

IIT Guwahati

Department of Design

4

IIT Hyderabad

Department of Design

5

IIT Roorkee

Department of Design

6

IIITDM Jabalpur

Design Discipline

7

IIT Indore

School of Innovation

Q: Β  Which academic stream should I have studied in Class 12 to be eligible for UCEED 2026 exam?
A:

Candidates from any academic stream are eligible to apply for UCEED exam. However, for admission to IIT Guwahati it is mandatory for candidates to have passed Class 12 from Science stream. The candidate needs to carefully go through the eligibiity criteria before they apply. It is because the candidate will not be considered for admission to the B. Des programme even if they get a rank in UCEED 2026 if they don't meet the prescribed eligibility criteria. Also, any candidate who is found to be using incorrect information about their eliigibity stands to be disqualified if caught.

Q: Β  Do I need to qualify Part A to be included in the UCEED 2025 merit list?
A:

Note that the Part B answer booklet will be evaluated only if the candidate qualifies Part A. Further, only such candidates who have qualified Part A will be shortlisted and allocated a merit rank. 

This means if the candidates fails to qualify Part A of UCEED 2025, they will not be issued any merit ranks. The scorecards of such candidates will merely includes Part A scores. In contrast, the screcards of shortlisted will include a merit rank, total and sectional scores. Further, all shortlisted candidates will be eligible to participate in UCEED 2025 and seat allotment.

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