No change in UCEED reservation policy for 2026
IIT Bombay has clarified no changes in the reservation policy for the Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) 2026.
UCCED exam has been scheduled for January 18, 2026, and reservation policy will be implemented during counselling and admission of BDes courses. It is offered by IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad and IIT Roorkee.
As per the official brochure, reservation percentages for UCEED admissions remains same with previous years, in line with Government of India regulations.
Other backward Class- Non Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL) candidates have 27 per cent of seats reserved, Scheduled Caste candidates 15 per cent, Scheduled Tribe candidates 7.5 per cent and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) candidates 10%. Persons with benchmark disabilities (PwD) have a five % horizontal reservation across all categories.
Additionally, supernumerary seats have been created for female candidates to improve gender diversity in IITs. The exact number of such seats will be decided during counselling. Candidates applying under reserved categories will have to upload valid certificates at the time of counselling, with OBC-NCL and EWS certificates issued after April 1, 2025, to be considered valid. It states, PwD candidates must have at least 40 per cent disability.
IIT Bombay in the official brochure has emphasised stricter scrutiny of category certificates this year to ensure fairness.
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- The 1st step of UCEED 2026 counseling is online registration. The counseling registration process for UCEED will be conducted starting the 2nd week of March 2026. Candidates who have qualified in the entrance exam and have been assigned a merit rank in UCEED were eligible to participate in the counseling process.
- The 2nd step is the selection of campuses. Eligible candidates must register for counseling and select their preferred colleges in order of priority during registration.
- In the 3rd step, seat allotment is made. The allotment of seats is as per the merit rank of the candidate in UCEED and the choices selected. Post the allotment of seats, the candidate has to pay the seat acceptance fee and confirm their admission.
The admission cut-off for UCEED 2026 will be released in last week of April, 2026.
The seat allotment will be released online at the UCEED 2026- IIT Bombay admission portal uceed.iitb.ac.in.
To download the seat allotment-cum-cutoff, you need to click on the seat allotment download button given under B. Des 1st Round of Seat Allotment heading. Note that no log-in is required to download the seat allotment results pdf.
Candidates who are allotted seats have to accept the seat and pay the fees. Note that candidates were also given the option to withdraw their seats.
No, you cannot come out of the UCEED exam centre before the final bell rings. The candidate is not allowed to leave the exam hall until the exam is over. Once the exam is over, the invigilator will collect the answer sheets and complete any other formalities.
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