Industrial / Product Design

On the day of the UCEED Entrance exam, the candidate has to carry with them the admit card and a photo ID proof. These documents will be used to verify the identity of the candidate. Invigilators will be available at the exam center to verify the identity. Any candidate who fails the identification process may not be allowed to sit in the exam.

Impersonation in UCEED exam is not allowed. Any candidate who is found indulging in such activities will be disqualified. Criminal proceedings may also be brought against candidates. So it is asked that candidates follow guidelines issued by IIT Bombay for appearing in exam. 

Activities like cheating, disturbing other candidates during the exam, etc. are also not allowed.

Exam officials will not make any arrangements for stationery items for appearing in the exam. So, it is the sole responsibility of the candidate to bring the necessary stationery. Here are the basic stationery items one needs to take the UCEED exam: pens, pencils, sketch pens and colours for the examination. The candidate, however, mustn't bring any drawing sheets with them to the exam hall. It is recommended that the candidate carefully go through the list of allowed and barred items before arriving at the UCEED exam centre.

IIT Bombay released the updated list of UCEED 2026 exam centres through the information brochure. 

The list of exam cities to hold UCEED 2026 Centres: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Ernakulum, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, and Visakhapatnam, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, and Mysuru.

Note that each city could have one or more exam centres. The allotment of exam centres would be done based on the exam city selected by the candidate, the address, and the total applicants.

UCEED 2026 exam is conducted for admission to the B.Des program. For M.Des Analysis, candidates need to check the CEED Exam Analysis.

Exam analysis for M.Des programme will include details like difficulty level of CEED exam, types of questions asked, topic wise weightage and expected cut-off. 

Yes, the exam analysis will also include the expected cut-off.

On the day of the UCEED 2026 exam, shikha.com correspondents will do a live coverage of the exam. Our correspondents will speak to the exam takers once they come out of the exam hall and try to extract all the key information about the exam and corresponding events.

This student interaction will include insights on the expected cut-off as well. The student will also be asked to explain why they believe the cut-off would be what they think. The candidate, by consulting the exam analysis, will be able to access their performance.

The exam analysis for UCEED 2026 was released on the same day as the UCEED 2026 exam. In fact, the exam analysis will be updated on this page soon after the exam has concluded. Our correspondents will visit the UCEED 2026 exam centre and bring you the exam analysis.

Note that the UCEED exam will be administered in a center-based mode. Part A of the exam will be held online, whereas Part B will held in an offline-based mode.

IIT Bombay will release the question paper and answer keys for UCEED 2026 soon after the conclusion of the design entrance exam. However, it may be noted that the order in which a question appears may differ for each candidate. So, the candidates must use the Master Question Paper uploaded on the official UCEED website. Use it as a reference to upload comments or feedback against the draft key. If comments are uploaded using the Master Question Paper, it will help the committee to map the candidates comments/queries to the right question.