IIT UCEED Cutoffs are to be announced soon after the release of the Final Answer Key. Check out the expected opening and closing rank of the participating IITs.
UCEED Expected Cutoff 2026
UCEED Cutoff will be declared on February 05, 2026 on the website of UCEED. UCEED Entrance Exam was easy compared to last year, so the expected cutoff will be high for 2026. The UCEED 2026 expected cutoff is around 80-100.Â
All shortlisted candidates will be allotted a common merit rank (All India Rank). All shortlisted candidates are considered qualified candidates in UCEED 2026. Rank list will be prepared based on the total marks (Part-A marks and Part-B marks combined) in UCEED 2026. There will be five seat allotment rounds for UCEED 2026 this year. First Seat allotment will begin from April 21, 2026.
How many IITs are participating in UCEED Entrance Exam 2026?
There are 6 IITs participating in UCEED Joint Counselling 2026.
| 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 |
UCEED Expected Cutoff 2026
Check out the Cutoffs for Last Round Closing Rank (General-All India) for IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Guwahati, IIT Roorkee.
|
College |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
IIT Bombay |
16 |
14 |
14 |
|
IIT Delhi - Indian Institute of Technology |
40 |
35 |
41 |
|
IIT Hyderabad - Indian Institute of Technology |
67 |
58 |
61 |
|
IIT Guwahati - Indian Institute of Technology |
86 |
80 |
96 |
|
IIT Roorkee - Indian Institute of Technology |
- |
110 |
111 |
|
IIT Indore - Indian Institute of Technology |
- |
- |
119 |
UCEED 2026 Participating Institutes - Category-wise seats (Expected)
Admission to these seats will be based on UCEED 2026 merit ranks.
| 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 |
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The admission cut-off for Round I of UCEED 2026 will be released alongside the seat allotment results on April 21, 2026.
This will be followed by 2nd allotment on May 19, 2026. The 3rd round of allotment will be declared on June 10, 2026.
The cut-off has been released in the form of category-wise opening and closing ranks. Also, the cut-off is released for all the participating institutes. Candidates who meet the cut-off criteria will get admission to the B. Des programme. However, if the candidate fails to meet the cut-off criteria, he or she will be considered for admission in subsequent rounds. Note that UCEED 2026 counseling will have FIVE seat allotment rounds, and for each round a separate cut-off would be released.
The cut off marks for UCEED 2026 Part A will be released on February 05, 2026.
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UCEED 2026 question paper will have two parts, Part A and Part B. Part B answer booklet will be checked only if a candidate qualifies Part A or meets cut-off. The qualifying cut-off for Part A will be determined by admission committee. It will be used to shortlist candidates for Part A. All candidates who qualify Part A will be allocated a merit rank and total score.