UCEED

No, you cannot come out of the UCEED exam centre before the final bell rings. The candidate is not allowed to leave the exam hall until the exam is over. Once the exam is over, the invigilator will collect the answer sheets and complete any other formalities. 

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.

UCEED 2026 exam will be conducted for a duration of 3 hours from 9 am - 12 noon. On the day of exam, candidate needs to report at the exam centre at least 2 hours before exam commences.  Candidate will have to report at 7 am. No candidate will be allowed entry inside the exam hall once the exam commences. So, the candidate must be punctual about reaching the UCEED 2026 exam venue.

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.

As per the exam analysis done by Shiksha.com, the UCEED 2024 question paper was easy.

 That being said, some candidates felt that the paper was a bit lengthy. The paper cotained few surprises, though; note that the UCEED syllabus was revised starting 2024.

The NAT sections was the most difficult of the three sections and included a few area-based questions. Drawing section was of moderate difficulty.

 The candidate by consulting the exam analysis can analyze their performance.

The UCEED 2026 exam is conducted for admission to the B.Des program. Candidates seeking admission to the M.Des programme need to appear in the CEED 2026 exam. The exam analysis for the M.Des programme is therefore available at CEED 2026 exam analysis page. 

The exam analysis for the M.Des programme will include details like the difficulty level of the CEED exam, types of questions asked, topic-wise weightage, and expected cut-off. The candidate by consulting the cut-off would be able to access their performance and thus their chances of admission.

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.