UCEED 2026 Registration, Eligibility, Dates, Exam Pattern, Syllabus

UCEED 2026: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has commenced the application process for admission to the B.Design Program based on the Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED 2026). UCEED is the Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay under the guidance of the UCEED-CEED Implementation Committee for Design courses. Candidates who pass UCEED will be admitted to the Bachelor of Design programme at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur.

UCEED 2026 Overview

UCEED 2026 Notification PDF

Admissions to the Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) programs at IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur are done through the Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design (UCEED). UCEED 2022 score is valid only for admission to the academic year 2026.  The Vision of IIT Bombay is to be the fountainhead of new ideas and of innovators in technology and science. UCEED is a national-level exam every year to offer admission into the B.Des programme. All candidates who qualify in the UCEED 2026 can secure admission to the applied course. Aspirants should read the notification carefully before applying for the UCEED 2026. The UCEED score is valid for one year and only for admissions in the corresponding academic year. Here, we provide complete details of the UCEED application process, Exam Dates, Eligibility, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, etc, below on this page.

Application Fee

Late Fee: ₹500 (or USD 50) for registrations after October 31, 2025, until November 7, 2025.

UCEED 2026 Exam Centers

UCEED 2026 will be held only in the following 27 cities in India: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Ernakulam, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Mysuru, Nagpur, Noida, Panaji, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, and Visakhapatnam.

Number of attempts:

A candidate can attempt UCEED a maximum of two times in consecutive years. The UCEED score is valid for one year, and only for admissions in the same corresponding academic year.

UCEED 2026 Qualifying Exam

1. Final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by a Central or State Board recognized by the Association of Indian Universities.
2. Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a Board or University recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (www.aiu.ac.in).
3. Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
4. Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects.
5. Any Public School, Board or University examination in India or a foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
6. H.S.C. vocational examination.
7. General Certificate of Education (GCE) examination (London, Cambridge or Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
8. High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.
9. Candidates who have completed Class XII (or equivalent) examination outside India or from a Board not specified above should produce a certificate from the Association of Indian Universities to the effect that the examination they have passed is equivalent to the Class XII examination.
10. If the Class XII examination is not public, the candidate must have already passed at least one public (Board or Pre-University) examination before appearing for UCEED.
11. A Diploma recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (www.aicte-india.org) or a State Board of Technical Education of at least THREE years. It is important to note that the eligibility criteria of the participating Institutes may not consider candidates with a Diploma of three year duration.

How to Apply

Follow these steps to apply for UCEED 2026:

• Visit the official Website of IIT Bombay i.e. uceed.iitb.ac.in
• Click on New Registration page
• Enter the Valid Email ID, phone number and Other details
• Click on Submit
• A email is received with login details
• Login with the Registration number and Password received
• Fill the application form with relevant details
• Upload the required Scanned documents such as Photograph, Signature and Other documents
• Check the details once again, Click on Submit
• Save the application form and Take a printout of it for future reference.

Official Links

• UCEED Official Website: uceed.iitb.ac.in
• Direct Registration Link: Apply Here

UCEED 2026 Question Paper Format

1. There will be ONE question paper of total THREE hours duration.
2. The question paper will be in English only.
3. The question paper will carry a total of 300 marks.
4. The question paper will consist of two parts: Part A and Part B. It is compulsory to attempt questions from both parts.
5. Utmost care is taken to prepare an error-free question paper. However, if an error is detected in the question paper, the UCI Committee shall take an appropriate decision after the examination, which shall be final.

UCEED 2026 Exam Pattern

Part A –  Total marks: 240 marks; Maximum time: 2 hours 30 mins

Section 1: NAT (Numerical Answer Type): 14 questions (4 marks each; no negative marks). For these questions, the answer is a number that needs to be entered using a virtual keyboard on the computer screen. No choices will be shown for these questions.

Section 2: MSQ (Multiple Select Question): 15 questions. Each MSQ may have one or more than one correct choice(s) out of the four given. The following is the marking scheme:

• Full Marks: + 4 If only (all) the correct option(s) is(are) chosen and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
• Partial Marks: + 3 If all the four options are correct but ONLY three options are chosen and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
• Partial Marks: + 2 If three or more options are correct but ONLY two options are correct, NONE of the incorrect options are chosen.
• Partial Marks: + 1 If two or more options are correct but ONLY one option is chosen and it is a correct option and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
• Zero Marks: 0 If NONE of the options is chosen (i.e., the question is unanswered).
• Negative Marks: -1  In all other cases.

Section 3: MCQ (Multiple Choice Question): There are 28 questions (3 marks each for the correct answer; 0.71 negative marks for incorrect answers). Each MCQ has four choices, of which only one is the correct answer.

Part-B (Total marks: 100; Maximum time: 1 hour)

• Part-B consists of TWO questions to test the candidates’ drawing skills and design aptitude. This will require subjective evaluation. The questions in Part-B will be displayed on the computer screen, and the answer must be written/drawn in the answer book provided by the invigilator. In the case of PwD candidates availing a scribe, assistance in attempting Part B is not permitted, as the question is aimed at evaluating their drawing skills.
• Part-B answer booklets will be collected at the end of the examination.
• Part-B question is mandatory.
• The entire paper (Part-A and Part-B) must be finished within the stipulated time for each part.

UCEED 2026 Syllabus

UCEED  Syllabus 2026 is very useful to the candidates to qualify for the Exam. Based on the Syllabus and Exam Pattern of UCEED 2026, candidates can get an idea about the Exam. All the applicants, after successfully submitting the online application, are searching for the Syllabus to prepare themselves for the Exam. Here, we provide a direct link to Download UCEED Syllabus 2026 at the end of this page for the sake of candidates.

UCEED 2026 will have two parts.

Part-A will have questions on the following topics:

Part-B will have questions on the following topics:

Note: The topics listed above are exhaustive and indicative of the nature of the questions. However, the UCEED 2026 may not cover all the topics.

Download UCEED Syllabus 2026 PDF  – Click Here