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    How to Fill UCEED 2026 Application Form, Check Step-by-Step Process

    How to Fill UCEED 2026 Application Form, Check Step-by-Step Process

    Rajyalaxmi VenkatapuramUpdated on 26 Dec 2025, 11:32 AM IST

    Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has closed the UCEED 2026 application form on November 10, 2025. Candidates can no longer apply for the UCEED 2026 entrance exam. All candidates who have completed the exam registration will be able to download the UCEED admit card 2026 from January 2, 2026, onwards. The admit card is a mandatory document to appear for the UCEED entrance exam. The last date to rectify any discrepancies in the admit card for the UCEED exam is January 8, 2026. UCEED 2026 will be held on January 18, 2025.

    This Story also Contains

    1. How to fill UCEED Application Form 2026?
    2. UCEED Registration Dates 2026
    3. How to fill out the UCEED 2026 Application Form?
    4. UCEED Application Fee 2026
    How to Fill UCEED 2026 Application Form, Check Step-by-Step Process
    how to fill UCEED form

    Aspirants had to fill the UCEED 2026 application form completely and pay the UCEED registration fees to complete the online application process. UCEED is the entrance exam for B.Des admission in IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Roorkee, IIT Indore, and IIITDM Jabalpur.

    How to fill UCEED Application Form 2026?

    The UCEED 2026 application form had to be filled online by following the steps given below:

    1. Visit the official UCEED website

    2. Click on the 'Registration Portal' button and register for the exam

    3. Fill in the essential UCEED registration details

    4. Upload documents

    5. Pay the application fee

    6. Take a printout of the acknowledgement page to complete the UCEED exam registration 2026 application submission process.

    UCEED Registration Dates 2026

    Aspirants need to track the UCEED exam dates to avoid missing any crucial events. The important dates for the UCEED 2026 exam registration are as follows.

    UCEED Exam Registration 2026 Dates

    Events

    UCEED Dates

    Release of UCEED application form 2026

    October 1, 2025

    UCEED 2026 registration last date without the late fees

    October 5, 2025

    Dates to fill the UCEED 2026 registration form with a late fee of Rs 500

    November 10, 2025

    UCEED 2026 exam date

    January 18, 2026

    UCEED Application Form 2026 - Documents to be kept beforehand.

    Aspirants willing to seek design admission had to keep the required documents before filling in the UCEED registration form 2026. The list of the required documents and details to be kept beforehand are as follows.

    • A recent passport photograph taken within the last six months with the head in the center covering the frame 70% to 80% of the photograph.

    • Scanned copy of the candidate’s signature.

    • Qualifying exam certificate if appeared in 2025.

    • For the candidates who will appear in the qualifying exam in 2026 - A certificate from the school/ college principal in the specified format is mentioned (UCEED Appendix 1) in the official brochure.

    • A gazette notification showing the change of name if the candidate's name is not the same in the class 10+2 certificate.

    • OBC - NCl, ST, SC, EWS, or PwD certificates, if applicable

    • PwD candidates who will require scribe and/or compensatory time - A request letter in accordance with the specified format in UCEED Appendix 10 of the UCEED official brochure.

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    UCEED Application Form 2026 - Format and size of the documents

    Applicants had to upload the required documents in the specified format and size that was mentioned in the UCEED 2026 application form. Candidates can check the format and size of the document that was to be uploaded in the UCEED application form from the table below.

    Dimension and the specification in which the document was to be uploaded

    Document

    Size

    Format

    Scanned Image of the photograph

    5 kb to 100 kb

    JPEG (file extension .jpg)

    Scanned Image of the signature

    5 kb to 100 kb

    JPEG (file extension .jpg)

    Scanned image of the qualifying exam certificate

    30 kb to 500 kb

    PDF format

    Scanned Image of the Certification from the Principal of the School/ College for the candidates who will appear for board exam of 2026

    30 kb to 500 kb

    PDF format

    Suitable browser to fill UCEED Registration 2026

    • Google Chrome

    • Mozilla Fox

    • Internet Explorer, etc

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    How to fill out the UCEED 2026 Application Form?

    Aspirants eligible had to fill out the application form for UCEED 2026 in online mode. If candidates failed to submit the form before UCEED 2026 registration last date of November 5, 2025, then they had to fill the UCEED application form 2026 by paying a late fee (Rs 500) within November 10, 2025. The steps to fill out the UCEED application form was as follows.

    Step 1 - UCEED Registration

    Visit the official website - uceed.iitb.ac.in for UCEED exam registration and fill out the UCEED application form 2026. For a new UCEED registration, candidates will have to click on the ‘Register button’ and provide the following details.

    • Name

    • Email Id

    • Mobile Number

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    After entering the email id, click on the ‘Submit’ button. A notification will pop up on the screen stating that ‘An email with activation URL will be sent to the email address provided by the candidates’. Students have to visit the provided email address and then click on the activation URL within 12 hours and fill in the details as directed.

    Candidates must note that they must provide a valid email Id at the time of UCEED registration 2026 as important information regarding the UCEED design entrance test will be sent on the same email id.

    Step 2: Filling the online UCEED 2026 application form

    After clicking on the activation link received on the registered email id, candidates would be redirected to the new window where they have to fill in the following details according to the specification.

    • Registered email ID (It will be auto-filled)

    • Salutation

    • Candidate's full name

    • First Name

    • Middle Name

    • Last Name

    • Date of Birth

    • Mobile Number

    • Address

    • Nationality

    • Country

    • State

    • District

    • Pin code

    • Question

    • Secret Answer

    • Password

    • Confirm Password

    • Enter Captcha

    After providing the requisite information, click on the ‘Proceed’ button.

    Note that the entered date of birth and the secret answer will be required later if candidates forget their password and want to reset it. After completing the first step of email registration on the IIT Bombay external user registration portal, candidates will have to visit the official website of UCEED to fill out the UCEED 2026 registration form.

    Click on the ‘Go to UCEED Home Page’ button. Candidates will be redirected to the home page of UCEED.

    Step 3 - Click on the ‘login’ button

    After clicking on the login button enter the following credentials.

    • Email Id

    • Password

    Then click on the ‘login’ button. After this, provide the following details in the given space.

    • Physical disability - Yes or No

    • Birth Category

    • Date of Birth

    • Qualifying year

    • Mobile number

    Then click on the ‘Mobile Verification’ button. Candidates will receive the OTP number on their registered mobile number. Enter the OTP number in the provided space then click on the ‘Mobile Verification’ button again.

    Step 4 - Fill the UCEED Application Form 2026

    In the UCEED 2026 application form, candidates need to fill out the following information. However, the information that has been already provided during the registration process will be auto-filled in the application form for UCEED 2026.

    • First name

    • Middle name

    • Last name

    • Name

    • Have you ever changed your name - Yes or No

    • Gender

    • Birth Category

    • Do you belong to the economically weaker section - Yes or No

    • A person with Disability - Yes or No

    • Date of birth

    • Mobile number

    • Alternate mobile number (Optional)

    • Indian National - Yes or No

    Correspondence Address

    • Address

    • Country

    • State

    • District

    • City/Town/Village

    • Pin code

    Details of Educational Qualification

    • Qualifying examination

    • Year of passing the exam

    • Select Board

    • Stream

    • Name of the School or College

    • School/College Address

    Examination Cities

    In the UCEED registration form 2026, candidates need to select the UCEED exam centres. Candidates got the liberty to select a maximum of three UCEED exam centres.

    • Exam City Choice 1

    • Exam City Choice 2

    • Exam City Choice 3

    Answer Yes or No to the question ‘I authorize IIT Bombay to share my personal information with other result-sharing institutes (even if I do not qualify)?’

    After entering the aforementioned details in the UCEED application form 2026, candidates need to click on the ‘Save’ button. Then they needed to review the details that have been provided in the UCEED registration form and then click on the ‘Confirm’ button’.

    Step 5: Uploading scanned images

    In the process of filling the UCEED application form 2026, candidates have to upload the following documents.

    • Scanned image of the candidate’s photograph

    • Scanned image of the candidate’s signature

    • Birth of certificate

    • Qualifying exam certificate

    After which they had to click on the ‘Upload document’ button. And then check the tick on the declaration box where they were certified that the documents that were uploaded and furnished are correct. After this they had to click on the ‘Save and Proceed For Payment’ button.

    Step 6: Pay the UCEED 2026 application fees

    The candidates need to pay the UCEED registration fees as per their category while filling the UCEED 2026 application form. Students have to note that after the payment of the application fee, they won't be able to rectify the UCEED registration form. Students could rectify the UCEED registration form 2026 before the payment is made.

    The application fee for UCEED will vary for different categories. Candidates can pay the application fee in online mode through net banking/ debit card/ credit card/ wallet/ UPI/ Google Pay/ Scan and Pay.

    To pay the UCEED registration fees, candidates needed to click on the ‘Make Payment and Submit’ button

    NOTE: Candidates had to pay Rs 500 more if they pay the fee after the stipulated time.

    Payment details would be reflected on the screen. Candidates can to select the payment mode and click on the ‘Proceed’ button and then click on the ‘Make Payment’ button.

    After clicking the payment button, students would be redirected to the Payment gateway. They can select the payment mode and provide the required information. After which they have to click on the ‘Pay’ option.

    UCEED Application Fee 2026

    The UCEED application fee varied for different categories. Students can check the application fee in the UCEED registration details with respect to their categories from the table mentioned below.

    UCEED application fee

    UCEED 2026 Registration Fees

    Type of Candidate

    Category

    Fees

    Indian Nationals

    Female candidates (all categories)

    Rs 2000

    SC, ST, PwD candidates

    Rs 2000

    All Other Candidates

    Rs 4000

    Foreign Nationals

    (holders of OCI/PIO cards issued

    before March 4, 2021)

    Female candidates and PwD candidates

    Rs 2000

    All other candidates

    Rs 4000

    Foreign Nationals

    (including holders of OCI/PIO cards issued on or after March 4,

    2021)

    Candidates from SAARC countries

    USD 200

    Candidates from Non-SAARC Countries

    USD 250


    Step 8 - Download the UCEED application form 2026

    After the successful payment of the UCEED registration fees, candidates can to download the UCEED 2026 application form and take a printout of the same for future reference.

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    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: What is the mode of payment for UCEED registration fee?
    A:

    Candidates needed to pay the UCEED application fee in online mode through net banking/ debit card/ credit card/ wallet/ UPI/ Google Pay/ Scan and Pay.

    Q: Is the registration fee for the UCEED exam 2026 will be same for all the candidates?
    A:

    The UCEED 2026 application fee for the entrance exam vary for different categories. General and reserved category candidates had to pay Rs 4000 and Rs 2000 respectively as registration fees.

    Q: What is the late fee of UCEED application form 2026?
    A:

    The late fee to submit the UCEED 2026 application form was Rs 500.

    Q: Who are eligible for UCEED 2026?
    A:

    Students who have passed Class 12 (or equivalent) in 2025, or appearing in 2026, in any stream in Science, Commerce, or Arts & Humanities would have been eligible to appear for UCEED 2026.

    Q: How do I submit my UCEED application form?
    A:

    UCEED application form 2026 needed to be filled and submitted online at the official website - uceed.iitb.ac.in.

    Q: What documents are required for UCEED?
    A:

    To apply for UCEED, candidates had to upload the following documents in PDF format:

    • A passport-size photo of yourself, taken in the last six months, with your face occupying 70% to 80% of the frame.
    • A scanned copy of your signature on a blank paper.
    • A certificate or mark sheet of your qualifying exam (Class 12 or equivalent), or a letter from your school/college principal as per Appendix-1 of UCEED information brochure, if you are appearing for the qualifying exam in 2026.
    • A certificate of your caste (SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS), if applicable, as per the prescribed format.
    • A certificate of your disability (PwD), if applicable, as per the prescribed format.
    • A certificate of your nationality (PIO/OCI), if applicable. The documents should be clear and readable.
    Q: When will the authorities release the UCEED 2026 application form?
    A:

    IIT Bombay released the UCEED application form 2026 on October 1, 2025.

    Q: When will be the UCEED exam 2026 conducted?
    A:

    UCEED 2026 entrance exam will be conducted on January 18, 2026.

    Q: Can I edit the UCEED application form 2026 after paying the registration fee?
    A:

    Applicants will not be able to rectify the UCEED 2026 registration form after they make payment of the application fee. Rectification in the UCEED 2026 application form can only be made before paying the registration fee.

    Q: What are the steps to fill the UCEED registration form 2026?
    A:

    The steps to fill the application form of UCEED 2026 are as follows.

    • Registration 

    • Fill the application form 

    • Upload the documents 

    • Pay the application fee

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    Hello,

    With an SC category rank of 92 in UCEED, you may be eligible for admission to some IITs, depending on the cutoff and seat availability during the counselling process. The cutoff varies each year, so you can check the details for the previous year's cutoff here: UCEED Previous Years

    Hi! To check the UCEED 2025 opening and closing rank, click on the link provided below.
    Link: UCEED 2025 cutoff

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