Industrial / Product Design

Eligibility criteria to participate in UCEED counselling are given below.

• Candidate must be born on or after October 1, 2001.

• Candidate must have qualified in UCEED 2026 exam.

• Candidate must have passed all five subjects in 10+ 2 or an equivalent exam in 2025 or 2026. Candidates appearing in the qualifying exam for the first time in 2024 or earlier are NOT eligible.

To register for the UCEED 2026 Counselling, candidates need to fill the B.Des Application for Counselling. There is a common application form for all the IITs. The application portal was active from March 14, 2026 (Saturday) till April 10, 2026 (Friday), 5:30 PM.

IIT Bombay conducted the UCEED 2026 exam on January 18, 2026 (9 am – 12 noon). The exam had two mandatory parts: the computer-based Part A and the offline Part B. The exam was conducted at the UCEED test centres.

Exam analysis for the UCEED 2026 exam will be made available on this page within a few minutes of the conclusion of the entrance exam. 

The exam analysis will include section-wise and overall difficulty level, types of questions, topic-wise weightage, and expected cut-off.

UCEED Rank list is the rank given by IIT Bombay to all the candidates who have been shortlisted. It is prepared based on the total marks (Part-A marks and Part-B marks combined).

UCEED Scorecard was released on March 10, 2026. It was released on the website of UCEED. 

Yes, you need to qualify UCEED Part A to be included in the UCEED Merit List. 

UCEED Part B question paper is not evaluated unless the candidate qualifies Part A. Further, only such candidates who have qualified Part A are shortlisted and are allocated a merit rank. In case of candidates who have failed to qualify Part A of UCEED, they are not issued any merit rank. Their scorecard merely includes Part A scores. In case of candidates who are shortlisted and are issued a merit rank, they can participate in UCEED and seat allotment.

UCEED 2026 Result was announced on March 06, 2026. It was announced on the website of UCEED.

NIFT and UCEED are equally tough. NIFT has more levels or stage where as UCEED has only one level. UCEED focuses more on Graphic design, Product Design, etc., whereas NIFT focuses on Fashion design, Textile design, etc. The difficulty level of the exam depends on the preparation of the candidates.

The PhD admissions to the Institute Assistantship courses at IIT Guwahati require candidates to appear for the GATE or CEED. 

However, PhD admissions to the other categories of PhD courses at IIT Guwahati are not decided on the basis of the aforementioned entrance exams scores.