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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.
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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.
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 |
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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.
Aspiring candidates can check the UCEED qualifying marks as below based on each category according to the previous years.
Category | UCEED qualifying marks 2025 |
Open | 74.35 |
OBC-NCL/EWS | 66.92 |
SC/ST | 37.18 |
PwD | 37.18 |
Category | UCEED qualifying marks 2024 |
Open | 69.89 |
OBC-NCL/EWS | 62.90 |
SC/ST | 34.95 |
PwD | 34.95 |
Category | UCEED qualifying marks 2023 |
Open | 85.05 |
OBC-NCL/EWS | 76.54 |
SC/ST | 42.52 |
PwD | 42.52 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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.
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.
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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For admission to Ajeenkya D.Y. Patil University (ADYPU), you must score a minimum of 50% in your 12th grade for the general category. However, ADYPU conducts its own entrance exam, known as the ACET ADYPU Common Entrance Exam, which includes a studio test and a personal interview. So, you would have a chance for admission based on how well you score in the entrance exam.
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