UCEED Counselling

In case of a tie between two or more candidates with the same total marks, UCEED 2025 has a defined tie-breaking policy. The following criteria will be used in order of priority:

• Higher marks in Part B of the exam will be considered first.

• If the tie still persists, higher marks in Section 2 of Part A will be considered.

• If there is still no resolution, higher marks in Section 1 of Part A will be taken into account.

• If the tie remains unresolved, the candidate with an earlier date of birth will be given priority.

IIT Bombay will conduct the counseling process for UCEED 2026 for B.Des admission only. 

Candidates who have qualified in CEED 2026 exam need to apply directly to the particiating college. Note that IIT Bombay will not conduct any Joint Admission Process for CEED 2026. So, once CEED 2026 results are declared, go to the admission portal of the participating instititues for updates.

Tabulated below is the round-wise UCEED 2024 Schedule:

The counseling for UCEED 2026 will be conducted online as a Joint Seat Allocation process. The counseling will be conducted in a centralized manner.

The counseling process for UCEED 2026 will be conducted by IIT Bombay as a Joint Seat Allocation process.

To participate in UCEED 2026 counseling, the candidate must have qualfied in the UCEED 2026 entrance exam and been allocated a merit rank.

This means, if the candidate has failed to qualify Part A exam, he or she will not be allocated a merit rank, and therefore are not eligible to take part in the counseling process.

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.

The UCEED 2026 seat-acceptance fee for GEN/EWS/OBC-NCL candidate is INR 60,000. However, note that SC, ST, and PwD candidates only need to pay INR 15,000. The fee will have to paid within the schedule notified by IIT Bombay. If the candidate fails to make the payment within the given deadline, then the allotment will be cancelled. Also, the seat vacated in such cases will be allocated to the candidate next in the order of merit. 

The UCEED 2026 counseling will have five seat allotment rounds. Note that the seat-acceptance fee will have to be paid as per the seat allotment round.

Eligibility criteria to participate in UCEED counselling are given below.

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

• Candidate must have qualifed 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.