UCEED

The UCEED question paper will be of 3 hours and include two parts - The computer-based Part A and the offline-based Part B. It is mandatory for candidates to appear in both the paper. Also, Part B paper answer booklets will only be evaluated if the candidate qualifies Part A. IIT Bombay will release the cut-off marks for Part A before the declaration of results. Part A will include the following types of questions: Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Multiple Select Question (MSQ) Multiple Choice Question (MCQ). 

Note that the Part B answer booklet will be evaluated only if the candidate qualifies Part A. Further, only such candidates who have qualified Part A will be shortlisted and allocated a merit rank. 

This means if the candidates fails to qualify Part A of UCEED 2026, they will not be issued any merit ranks. The scorecards of such candidates will merely includes Part A scores. In contrast, the screcards of shortlisted will include a merit rank, total and sectional scores. Further, all shortlisted candidates will be eligible to participate in UCEED 2026 and seat allotment.

IIT Bombay will declare the results for UCEED 2024 exam on March 8, 2024. The result will be available online at the UCEED 2024 - IIT Bombay admission portal - uceed.iitb.ac.in.

To check your results, log into the result portal using your email ID and password. 

Note that candidates who are assigned a merit rank in UCEED 2024 are eligible to participate in Joint Seat Allotment-cum- counselling process conducted by IIT Bombay. Online registrations for UCEED 2024 counselling 2024 will be open from March 14-31, 2024.

To appear in the UCEED 2024 exam, the candidate needs to meet the following criteria:

• Age limit: The candidate must be born on or after October 1, 1999. In the case of candidates belonging to SC, ST, and PwD categories, there is a relaxation of 5 years.

• Number of attempts - A candidate is allowed to appear in UCEED exam for a maximum of two times and that too in consecutive years.

• Academic requirements - The candidate must have passed 10+2 exam in 2023. Candidates appearing in the qualifying exam in the exam year may also apply. Also, note that students from all streams are eligible for UCEED 2024. 

UCEED 2026 Exam will be conducted on January 18, 2026. The exam will be conducted in 27 cities in offline mode. The reporting time is 7 AM.

The seat allotment results for Round 1 of UCEED 2023 were declared by IIT Bombay on April 10, 2023. On May 10, 2023, the seat allotment results for Round 2 were announced. Subsequently, on June 10, the results for Round 3 were made available. 

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.