UCEED Cut-off

As per the information given in the UCEED 2026 information brochure, 10% of seats in every course will be reserved for Gen-EWS category. 

Note that to apply under this category, you must meet the conditions given in the OM No. 20013/01/2018-BC-II,  issued by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. When applying for UCEED 2026, you can select your category.

UCEED seat allotment will be provisional and will be confirmed by admitting institutes only after fees are paid, documents are duly verified, and their formalities are completed. 

If any of the steps are left incomplete, the seat allotment can be cancelled.

In such a case, the vacant seats will be offered to the candidate next in the order of merit.

There will be a total of around 245 seats in IITs for the UCEED 2026 B.Des Programme. IIT Bombay will offer 37 seats, IIT Delhi will have 20 seats and IIT Guwahati will have 56 seats.

IIT Bombay will release a common application form for all the IITs for the UCEED 2026 Joint Seat Allocation on March 14, 2026, at 10 PM. The registration will be open till April 10, 2026, 5:30 PM. 

The allotment of seats for UCEED admission to the B.Des programme offered by participating colleges is based on the following parameters:

• UCEED 2026 merit rank of the candidate
• College option selected during registration.

UCEED Round 2 Counselling will begin on May 19, 2026. The last day to accept the seat and pay the seat acceptance fee is May 27, 2026,6:00 PM.

UCEED 2026 seat-acceptance fee for GEN/EWS/OBC-NCL candidates is INR 60,000. SC, ST, and PwD candidates only need to pay INR 15,000. The fee will have to be 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 candidate needs the following documents to participate in UCEED 2026 counseling.

• Signed copy of the first page of the completed application form

• UCEED 2026 scorecard

• Qualifying exam (Class 12 or equivalent) mark sheet

• Photo

• Signature

• OBC-NCL/ SC/ ST/ PwD certificate (if applicable)

• OCI/ PIO card (if applicable)

UCEED Counselling Round 1 will begin on April 21, 2026. The seat acceptance fee must be paid by April 29, 2026, 6 PM.

No, you cannot participate if you have not been given a merit rank in the UCEED 2026.

Counseling process for UCEED 2026 will be conducted as a Joint Seat Allotment process. To participate in the counseling, the candidate must have qualified for the UCEED 2026 and assigned a merit rank in the UCEED exam. If the candidate doesn't have a merit rank, he or she is not eligible to participate the counseling-cum-seat allotment process.