IIT Bombay conducted the exam on January 18, 2026. The exam was held at the centres. Now, has released Draft Answer Key for UCEED Part A. Read on to find when and where to download the answer key.
UCEED Answer Key 2026
UCEED Draft Answer Key is out now, January 19, 2026 for IIT B.Des Entrance Exam. The draft answer Key is out only for Part A. UCEED 2026 Question Paper and Draft Answer Keys of Part-A is released on the UCEED website: uceed.iitb.ac.in. The draft answer key will be open for two days only. So candidates can add comments till January 22, 2026, 5 PM. Comments can be added in the candidate portal only.
How to check UCEED Answer from the Answer Key?
The order in which a question appears may differ for each candidate. So, candidates must use the Master Question Paper uploaded on the UCEED website to upload their
comments/queries. Candidates should not send any comments or objections by mail or any other means.
UCEED Result will be released on March 05, 2026.
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UCEED Important Dates
Check out the dates for UCEED Exam.
| Events | Dates |
|---|---|
| Release of Draft Answer Key and candidates’ response for Part-A | January 19, 2026 (OUT) |
| Last date for uploading comments (if any) on the Draft Answer Key in the candidate’s portal |
January 22, 2026, 05:00 pm |
| Release of Final Answer Key for Part-A | January 28, 2026, 05:00 pm |
| Announcement of cut-off marks for Part-A | February 05, 2026 |
| Declaration of results | March 06, 2026 |
| Start date for Score Card downloading | March 10, 2026 |
LIVE UPDATE
UCEED Draft Answer Key Part A: Out; Answer Key PDF; Objection Window Out soon
- 10:53 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
UCEED Question Paper and draft answer key out
Candidates can download UCEED 2026 question paper and draft answer key.
- 10:44 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
CEED 2026 Answer Key: Use Candidate Portal
The candidates are advised to go through the above question paper along with the draft answer key and submit queries in the Candidate portal (If any).
- 10:42 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
UCEED Answer Key Out : Candidate Portal
The candidates are advised to go through the above question paper along with the draft answer key and submit queries in the Candidate portal (If any).
- 10:31 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
UCEED 2026 Answer Key Out Now
UCEED answer key is out now on the official website. Candidates can view the answer key now.
- 10:04 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
UCEED 2026 Cutoff
The expected cutoff will be high this year. Cut off marks will range from 80-100.
- 9:19 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
UCEED 2026 Answer Key Live updates: What is UCEED 2026 Rank List?
All shortlisted candidates will get a UCEED rank. All shortlisted candidates are considered as 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.
- 9:02 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
UCEED Tie Marking scheme 2026
If the total marks scored by two or more candidates are the same, then the following tie-break policy will be used for awarding UCEED ranks:
- A higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Part-B.
- If the criterion given in (i) does not break the tie, higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Section 2 of Part-A.
- If the criteria (i) and (ii) do not break the tie, higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Section 1 of Part-A.
- If there is a tie even after this, the candidates will be assigned the same rank.
- 8:33 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
UCEED Scorecard 2026
All the candidates who appeared in UCEED 2026 can download their Score Card from March 10, 2026 to July 31, 2026 from the official UCEED 2026 website.
- 8:01 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
UCEED BDes 2026-27 Seat Allotment Schedule
Check out the seat allotment rounds and dates.
Seat Allotment Round Date of Announcement Payment of Seat Acceptance Fees Withdrawal of seat / exit from seat allocation process Start Date End Date / Time Start Date End Date / Time I April 21, 2026 April 21, 2026 April 29, 2026;
6:00 PMApril 30, 2026 May 11, 2026;
6:00 PMII May 19, 2026 May 19, 2026 May 27, 2026;
6:00 PMMay 28, 2026 June 09, 2026;
6:00 PMIII June 10, 2026 June 10, 2026 June 14, 2026;
6:00 PMJune 15, 2026 June 19, 2026;
6:00 PMIV June 24, 2026 June 24, 2026 June 28, 2026;
6:00 PMJune 29, 2026 July 01, 2026;
6:00 PMV July 03, 2026 July 03, 2026 July 09, 2026;
6:00 PM - 7:28 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
UCEED Eligibility to IITs
Participating Institute for B.Des Admission Subjects in 10+2 for eligibility IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Indore All streams IIT Guwahati and IIT Roorkee Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics IIITDM Jabalpur Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/Biology - 6:52 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
UCEED Participating Institute 2026
The list of institutes at IITs through UCEED 2026 are:
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
- 6:33 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
UCEED 2026 Result : When
UCEED result will be out on March 05, 2026 on the website.
- 6:07 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
How to download UCEED Question Paper 2026?
To download question paper of UCEED 2026
- Go to UCEED 2026 website
- Click on UCEED Question Paper link
- View and download UCEED Question Paper 2026.
- Save UCEED Question Paper.
- 5:55 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
Can I add response via email for UCEED Part A?
No, response can be added only through Canddiate portal. Comments/objections sent via email or in any mode other than through the candidates’ portal will not be considered.
- 5:35 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
How to download UCEED Answer Key 2026?
UCEED answer key 2026 PDF can be downloaded by following the steps below.
- Go to UCEED answer key 2026 PDF download link/
- Click on Draft Part A Answer Key of UCEED.
- Screen will now display UCEED 2026 Drafy answer key in PDF format.
- Save and download UCEED answer key
- 5:27 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
Last date to add comments in UCEED Response Sheet
Last date for uploading comments (if any) on the Draft Answer Key in the candidate’s portal is January 22, 2026.
- 5:15 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
Link to download the UCEED Answer Key 2026
UCEED Answer key can be downloaded from UCEED website: uceed.iitb.ac.in
- 5:11 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
UCEED Draft Answer Key 2026: To be Out soon
The draft answer key for UCEED 2026 will be out soon on the website. Candidates will be able to check their answers.
Objections/ comments against the draft UCEED 2026 answer key can be submitted from January 20, 2026 till January 22, 2026.
The objections have to be made through the candidate portal. To file an objection, select the question number or answer key, and upload supporting documents.
The evaluated answer booklets of Part-B will not be shared with the candidates. Further, the answer booklets of Part – B will be preserved ONLY for a period of three months from the date of declaration of the UCEED results.
Part B answer booklets will be evaluated manually. The panel will have two expert evaluators who will do the evaluation separately and independently.
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Draft answer key for UCEED 2026 will be released on January 20, 2026. It will only be released for Part A of the exam. No answer keys will be released for UCEED Part B.
To download draft answer key, candidates need to go to the admission portal and click the draft answer link. No login is required to download the answer key.