How Many Marks are Required to Crack UCEED 2026 Exam?

How Many Marks are Required to Crack UCEED 2026 Exam?

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Rajyalaxmi VenkatapuramUpdated on 07 Oct 2025, 03:34 PM IST

The UCEED is the most prominent entrance exam conducted by IIT Bombay to offer undergraduate design admission. These BDesign admissions are offered by various IITs and the participating institutions that accept UCEED scores. The UCEED entrance exam is conducted every year where a huge number of students compete to obtain the UCEED admission. Hence the student wants to know “How many marks are required to crack the UCEED?”. Go through and read the full article to know the marks required to crack the UCEED exam.

This Story also Contains

  1. How Many Marks Are Required To Crack The UCEED?
  2. Understanding the UCEED Exam Pattern
  3. UCEED Qualifying Marks vs UCEED Cutoff
  4. Marks required to qualify for UCEED
How Many Marks are Required to Crack UCEED 2026 Exam?
How Many Marks are Required to Crack UCEED 2026 Exam?

How Many Marks Are Required To Crack The UCEED?

As everyone knows, every year the exact number of UCEED marks vary. There are certain factors on which the UCEED marks depend on such as the UCEED cutoff. The factors on which the UCEED qualifying marks depend are the total number of applicants, the number of candidates who appeared for UCEED 2026, the difficulty levels of the exam, seat availability and the previous year cutoff trends. However, by referring to the past trends and by understanding the UCEED exam pattern, candidates will be able to make an analysis as to how many marks are required to crack the UCEED exam.

Understanding the UCEED Exam Pattern

Before moving forward to know the marks required, the aspirants are advised to check and know about the UCEED exam pattern. This has two parts, A & B, where the UCEED total marks are 300. The details of UCEED Part A and Part B are given below.

UCEED Part-A

UCEED Part-B

  • Total marks are 200

  • Test duration is 2 hours

  • Computer-based test

  • Includes the question types such as NAT, MSQ, and MCQ

  • Tests the candidate’s aptitude skills, logical reasoning, observation skills, creativity and design sensitivity.

  • Total marks are 100

  • Test duration is 1 hour

  • Pen and paper-based test

  • Evaluates the drawing and creative skills of the candidates

  • Also tests the problem-solving methodology

UCEED Qualifying Marks vs UCEED Cutoff

Candidates should know that there are two aspects to understand before appearing for the UCEED exam. They are the UCEED qualifying marks and the cutoff. UCEED qualifying marks are the minimum marks required for consideration to pass the exam which will be published by IIT Bombay after the declaration of UCEED results. Whereas the UCEED cutoff marks or ranks are required to obtain design admission into the IITs or other UCEED participating institutes. For clarity, candidates can note that the UCEED qualifying marks ensures that the student has cleared the exam, and the UCEED cutoff is used to decide that the candidate will get admission in their desired institute.

Marks required to qualify for UCEED

Aspiring candidates can check the UCEED qualifying marks as below based on each category according to the previous years.

Year - 2025

Category

UCEED qualifying marks 2025

Open

74.35

OBC-NCL/EWS

66.92

SC/ST

37.18

PwD

37.18

Year - 2024

Category

UCEED qualifying marks 2024

Open

69.89

OBC-NCL/EWS

62.90

SC/ST

34.95

PwD

34.95

Year - 2023

Category

UCEED qualifying marks 2023

Open

85.05

OBC-NCL/EWS

76.54

SC/ST

42.52

PwD

42.52

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Are the UCEED qualifying marks and UCEED cutoff the same?
A:

No, the qualifying marks and the cutoffs of UCEED differ. The qualifying marks are the marks to be obtained to pass the UCEED entrance exam whereas the cutoff marks decides the UCEED admission into IITs. 

Q: Will the UCEED cutoff be the same every year?
A:

No, the UCEED cutoff varies every year depending on the factors such as total number of applicants, previous year trends, seat availability, category reservation and the difficulty levels of the exam.

Q: How many marks are required to get into IITs through UCEED?
A:

Aspirants can refer to the tables of the previous years provided in the article to know about the marks required to get into the IITs. Scoring the qualifying marks does not guarantee the UCEED admission. Hence candidates should score higher marks to obtain a seat in IITs through UCEED.

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Questions related to UCEED

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Have a question related to UCEED ?

Hello,

NIFT 2026 admission - Applications release around November–December 2025.

UCEED 2026- Registrations open around September–October 2025.

Pearl Academy - They have multiple admission cycles (Jan, April, June). Applications usually open by October 2025 for Jan cycle.

Keep checking official sites regularly since dates shift slightly every year.

Thank you!

Hello!

UCEED is a competitive exam for design aspirants, testing design aptitude, logical thinking, creativity, and visualisation skills. To improve your score out of 300, start by understanding the exam pattern—Part A (objective) and Part B (subjective). For Part A, practice reasoning, numerical aptitude, and environmental & social awareness questions. For Part B, focus on drawing, sketching, and presenting your ideas clearly. Solve past year UCEED papers and join online mock test series. Spend at least 2–3 hours daily practising creative problem-solving and sketching. Also, work on time management because the exam requires quick thinking.

Thank you for reading, and I wish you the best


Hello Akanksha,

For NID DAT 2026, your eligibility is established based on your born date as you are born on or after July 1st 2005. For UCEED 2026, your eligibility is dependent on your born date by category. You are eligible if you are OPEN/EWS/OBC-NCL category and born on or after October 1, 2001. If you are SC/ST/PwD category you must be born on or after October 1, 1996 in order to be eligible. Based on your born date of December 20th, 2006 for both NID DAT 2026 and UCEED 2026; you will be eligible.

The UCEED exam is conducted by IIT Bombay, and the previous year’s question papers  you can download the papers along with answer keys directly from the link given below :

https://design.careers360.com/articles/uceed-previous-year-question-papers

Thank you and all the best!