Industrial / Product Design

The official mock tests for CEED will be hosted online at ceed.iitb.ac.in. But note that IIT Bombay hasn't noticed yet whether it will conduct any mock tests or not.

If the mock tests are indeed conducted, they will be held a few days before the actual exam.

To take the mock tests, the candidate will have to go to the official portal and log in. Upon logging in, the mock tests will be displayed on the screen.

IIT Bombay will not release the detailed list of CEED 2026 exam centres. It has, however, released the list of exam cities where the CEED 2026 exam will be conducted.

The name of the exam centre allocated to the candidate will be mentioned in the CEED 2026 admit card.

The allotment of exam centres will be done based on the exam city selected by the candidate, address of the candidate, exam centres available in the selected cities and also seat intake.

Note that each of the exam cities may have one or more exam centres. 

The candidate will not be provided with any stationery at the exam venue. So, it is incumbent the candidates themselves bring these essential stationery items with them.

Here are the basic minimum stationery items needed to take the CEED 2026 exam.

• Pens

• Pencils

• Sketch pens 

• Colours for the examination

However, note that sheets are not allowed inside the exam hall. 

When filling CEED form, the candidate should compulsorily choose THREE cities in the order of preference. There is no option to select an exam centre when filling out the form. A candidate can only select an exam city. 

IIT Bombay will release the exam cities for CEED 2026. The list can be found in the CEED 2026 Information Brochure. In the previous edition, the design entrance exam was held in 27 cities.

Note that exam officials have the authority to drop a city in some cases.

Check out this information given in the CEED information brochure:

“If a sufficient number of candidates are unavailable in a city, that city may be dropped from the final list, and candidates will be allotted to a city of their second or third choice.”

The allotment of UCEED 2024 seats will be based on:

1. UCEED 2023 merit rank of the candidate and 

2. Choice opted at the time of choice filling.

IIT Bombay will conduct registration for counseling from March 14-31, 2024. Candidates who are allocated a merit rank in UCEED 2024 have to select campuses in the order of priority. Note that the allocation of seats will be done institute and category-wise. Candidates who have been allocated seats will have to get their documents verified and pay the admission fees.

UCEED 2024 counseling will have THREE seat allotment rounds. The 1st allotment will be made on Apri 10, 2024.

UCEED 2026 scorecard will be valid for a period of one year from the date of its release. The scorecard was made available for download on March 10, 2026. 

Scorecard contains Part A marks for all candidates who appeared in the UCEED 2026 entrance exam. However, Part B, total marks, and merit ranks are released only for candidates who qualify Part A. 

The UCEED question paper will be of 3 hours and include two parts - The computer-based Part A and the offline-based Part B. It is mandatory for candidates to appear in both the paper. Also, Part B paper answer booklets will only be evaluated if the candidate qualifies Part A. IIT Bombay will release the cut-off marks for Part A before the declaration of results. Part A will include the following types of questions: Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Multiple Select Question (MSQ) Multiple Choice Question (MCQ). 

Note that the Part B answer booklet will be evaluated only if the candidate qualifies Part A. Further, only such candidates who have qualified Part A will be shortlisted and allocated a merit rank. 

This means if the candidates fails to qualify Part A of UCEED 2026, they will not be issued any merit ranks. The scorecards of such candidates will merely includes Part A scores. In contrast, the screcards of shortlisted will include a merit rank, total and sectional scores. Further, all shortlisted candidates will be eligible to participate in UCEED 2026 and seat allotment.