UCEED Eligibility Criteria 2026: Age Limit, Qualifying Exam, Minimum Marks, Reservation
Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design 2026 ( UCEED )
Result - 6 Mar '26
Candidates seeking admission to B.Des through UCEED 2026 must meet the prescribed eligibility criteria, which include the no. of attempts, age limit, qualifying exam, minimum marks, etc. If a candidate fails to meet these criteria, then they can be disqualified at any stage of the admission process. So, go through the detailed eligibility criteria of UCEED below.
IIT Bombay will close registration for B.Des UCEED 2026 today, on November 05, 2025 with regular fees. The last date to fill out the application form is November 05, 2025 with regular fees and November 10, 2025 with late fees of INR 500. Meanwhile, the UCEED 2026 exam will be conducted on January 18, 2026.
UCEED 2026 scores will be considered for admission to the B.Des program offered by UCEED 2026 participating colleges. Interested candidates need to ensure that they meet the eligibility criteria before proceeding to fill out the form. The eligibility criteria of UCEED 2026 for the B.Des program include parameters like age limit, qualifying exam, minimum marks, and other important details.
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Go through the rest of the article to learn about the full details of the UCEED 2026 eligibility criteria.
- UCEED 2026 Eligibility Criteria
- Institute-specific Eligibility Criteria for Admission to B.Des course through UCEED 2026
- UCEED 2026: List of Qualifying Exams
- UCEED 2026 Reservation Criteria
UCEED 2026 Eligibility Criteria
The candidate needs to meet the following eligibility criteria to appear in UCEED 2026.
- Age limit - The candidate must be born on or after October 1, 2001. Relaxation in the upper age limit of 5 years applies to candidates belonging to SC, ST, and PwD categories.
- Number of attempts - A candidate is allowed to take the UCEED exam a maximum of two times and that too in consecutive years.
- Qualifying exam - The candidate must have passed all the subjects in the qualifying exam (10+2 or equivalent) in 2024 or should be appearing in the qualifying exam for the first time in 2026. Candidates who have appeared in the qualifying for the first time in 2024 or earlier are not eligible.
Additionally, the candidate also needs to meet the institute-specific eligibility requirements discussed below.
NIT Manipur JEE Main cutoff 2024 has been released for admission to the BTech courses. During the Round 1 cutoff, the closing rank for CSE was 25886 for the General category students under the AII India Quota. Among OBC candidates, the closing rank for B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering stood at 8750. Candidates seeking admisison to NIT Manipur can refer to the table below to check out the Round 1 closing ranks for BTech in CSE course for various categories under the AI quota:
Category | JEE Main 2024 Expected Cutoff |
|---|---|
Common Rank List | 90-91 |
Gen-EWS | 75-76 |
OBC-NCL | 73-74 |
SC | 51-52 |
ST | 37-38 |
PwD | 0.0013527 |
Institute-specific Eligibility Criteria for Admission to B.Des course through UCEED 2026
Apart from the eligibility criteria mentioned above, the participating institutes have their own eligibility conditions, given below.
- Candidates from the Science Stream with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics are eligible to apply to all the participating institutes.
- Candidates from any other stream (Science without Mathematics or Physics or Chemistry, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities) are eligible to apply to IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, and IIT Hyderabad.
- For admission to BDes at IIITDM Jabalpur, only students with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/Biology at 10+2 are eligible.
- Students from Arts or Humanities at 10+2 are not eligible to apply for BDes admissions at IIITDM Jabalpur.
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UCEED 2026: List of Qualifying Exams
Candidates can go through the list of qualifying exams that are accepted as part of UCEED eligibility criteria 2026 in the table below:
| S No |
List of UCEED 2026 Qualifying Examinations |
|---|---|
| 1 |
The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by a Central or State Board recognised by the Association of Indian Universities. |
| 2 |
Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a Board or University recognised by the Association of Indian Universities. |
| 3 |
Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy. |
| 4 |
Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects. |
| 5 |
Any Public School, Board or University examination in India or in a foreign country recognised as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). |
| 6 |
HSC vocational examination. |
| 7 |
A Diploma recognised by the All India Council for Technical Education (www.aicte-india.org) or a State Board of Technical Education of at least 3 years duration. |
| 8 |
General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London, Cambridge or Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level. |
| 9 |
High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva. |
| 10 |
Candidates who have completed Class XII (or equivalent) examination outside India or from a Board not specified above should produce a certificate from the Association of Indian Universities to the effect that the examination they have passed is equivalent to the Class XII examination. |
| 11 |
In case the Class XII examination is not a public examination, the candidate must have passed at least one public (Board or Pre-University) examination earlier. |
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UCEED 2026 Reservation Criteria
The category-wise reservation of seats in UCEED 2026 is given in the table below:
| Category |
Reservation of Seats |
|---|---|
| Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) |
10% |
| Other Backward Classes belonging to the Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL) |
27% |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) |
15% |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) |
7.5% |
| Person with Disability (PwD) |
5% |
| Note: 5% reservations for PwD candidates, which will be horizontal. Candidates with benchmark disabilities as per RPwD Act 2016 are eligible for reservation in this category. Unfilled PwD seats (if any) will be reallotted to the respective category. |
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To fill the Common application form for B.Des released by IIT Bombay,
- Digital copies of relevant supporting documents, and the signed copy of the completed application form.
- Supporting documents required for the application are digital copies of photograph, signature, UCEED Score Card, qualifying e
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The qualifying cut-off for UCEED 2026 will be prepared based on the following formulae: 𝜇 + (𝜎⁄2) = 𝛿, where 𝜇 and 𝜎 are the average marks and standard deviation of distribution of marks obtained by all the candidates in Part-A of UCEED 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 candidat
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Yes, UCEED Cutoff will be round specific. It will be released separately for each round of seat allotment. Candidates who meet cut-off criteria in their categories will be considered for admission to the B. Des programme.
Cut-off for each round will be different for various categories like OPEN, OBC-
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The closing rank for IIT Hyderabad was 43. So, if you secure a merit rank of 100 in the UCEED 2026 exam, you chances of admission to the B. Des will be very low. To have a good chance of admission into the institute, you must target a UCEED merit rank within the top 40. However, note that if you bel
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Admission cutoff for UCEED 2026 is the minimum marks a candidate needs to secure in their category for admission to B.Des programme.
Candidates who meet cutoff criteria will be considered for admission. If the candidate fails to meet the cutoff, he or she will not be considered for admission. Admissi
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If you have biology as a subject in 10+2, then you can apply for B.Des programme at IIITDM Jabalpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad and IIT Indore.
To apply at IIITDM, you need to have Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics/Biology subjects in 10+2.
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No, you cannot apply for B.Des programme at IIT Roorkee even if you have cleared the UCEED Entrance Exam because Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics are compulsory subjects in 10+2. But you can apply for B.Des programme at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad and IIT Indore.
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To be eligible to apply for B.Des programme through UCEED, candidates should have Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as subjects in 10+2.
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Yes, students from all the streams can apply for B.Des programme at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad and IIT Indore. They can fill the Joint seat allocation form if they have cleared the UCEED 2026 Entrance Exam.
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