UCEED

To be considered for seat allocation, foreign national candidates must meet all the eligibility requirements.

UCEED seat allotment for foreign nationals will be held online. Eligible candidates may apply 

The candidate is urged to go through the admission process carefully. Read the details given in the admission brochure.

There are no separate supernumerary seats or sub-category for females in the foreign national supernumerary seats. So, female and male candidates will be treated as the same. 

The candidate is urged to consult the UCEED 2025 information brochure for the detailed admission process for foreign nationals. Note that the eligibility criteria for UCEED 2025 will be different for foreign nationals from Indian applicants.

Foreign national or candidates are outside the ambit of reservation of seats under the GENEWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, and PwD categories / sub-categories. So, they will be considered for admission to the B.Des program under open category.

Also, foreign nationals will only be considered for admission to supernumerary with a cap of 10% of total seats in each course.

Applicants under this category need to verify their eligibility before applying.

Candidates should register to appear in UCEED 2025. Registration can be done only online through the Registration Portal. Online Registration starts on October 01, 2024. A late fee of INR 500/US $50 applies to candidates registering after the closing date of October 31, 2024, and till the late registration closing date, i.e., November 08, 2024, (5:00 pm). It is not possible to register after 5:00 pm on November 08, 2024, as the online registration portal will close automatically. More information regarding the payment of registration fees is available on the online registration portal of UCEED. 

UCEED 2026 final answer key was released by IIT Bombay on January 28, 2026. Final key was released after considering objections filed by candidates against the draft key. There is no option to challenge final key. 

Objections/ comments against the draft UCEED 2026 answer key were submitted from January 20, 2026, to January 22, 2026.

The objections had to be made through the candidate portal. To file an objection, select the question number or answer key, and upload supporting documents. 

UCEED 2026 question paper released along with the draft answer key on January 20, 2026. Candidates could download the question paper from the IIT Bombay - UCEED admission portal.

Candidates can use the question paper with the answer key to calculate the number of correct attempts. Finally, the candidate can calculate the probable scores and thus chances of admission.

The answer key download link will be updated on the official website of UCEED 2025 on January 21, 2025.

Go to the portal, and clikc on the answer key download link. The answer key will be displayed in downloadable pdf-format. Download the key.

Note no log-in is required to download the answer key.

In UCEED 2025 answer key, aspirants can go through the question number and the corresponding correct answers for the questions asked in NAT, MSQ, and MCQ section of Part A of the exam.

Note that the answer key will be released only for Part A. No keys will be released for Part A. This is because there are no model solutions for the objective-based Part B question paper.

Here are a few reasons why the UCEED answer key is important:

• By viewing UCEED answer key and question paper, aspirants can determine their score in the design entrance exam.
• The answer key brings credebility to the examination process
• Since the candidate is also given the option to challenge an answer key, wrong scoring will be elimiated to a large extent.