How Many Students Appeared for UCEED 2026?

How Many Students Appeared for UCEED 2026?

Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 18 Jan 2026, 11:04 AM IST

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay will release the number of students who appeared for UCEED 2026 on its official website - uceed.iitb.ac.in. Along with the data about the number of candidates appearing for UCEED 2026, IIT Bombay will also release data about the registered and qualified candidates in UCEED 2026. In this article, get details about the number of candidates in UCEED 2026, including past year trends.

This Story also Contains

  1. How many students appeared for UCEED 2026?
  2. UCEED Result 2026
  3. Number of Candidates Appeared in UCEED in Previous Years
How Many Students Appeared for UCEED 2026?
How many students appeared for UCEED?

Candidates will be offered admission into the B.Des programmes of participating IITs and other institutions through the Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design. As per last year's data, a total of 15408 candidates appeared for UCEED 2025, out of which 5703 candidates qualified.

How many students appeared for UCEED 2026?

Candidates will be able to check the number of students who will appear for the UCEED exam 2026 on this page soon after the official announcement. As per previous year trends, more than 15000+ students appear for the entrance exam, out of which around 5000 qualify it.

UCEED Result 2026

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay will declare the UCEED result on March 6, 2026. Candidates have to visit uceed.iitb.ac.in to download the result of UCEED. The login credentials used to download the UCEED result are application number and password. The UCEED 2026 scorecard will be available from March 10, 2026.

Steps to download UCEED scorecard

  • Visit uceed.iitb.ac.in
  • Click on the result link
  • Login using the application number and password
  • Upon successful login, the scorecard will be displayed on the screen
  • Download and take a printout of the same
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Number of Candidates Appeared in UCEED in Previous Years

The tables below provide details about the number of candidates appeared and qualified in the previous years.

How many students appeared for UCEED 2025?

A total number of 15408 candidates appeared for UCEED 2025, out of which 5703 candidates have qualified. 3420 are females out of the qualified candidates. In the table below we have added the number of candidates that have appeared for the exam, qualified based on the category.

Category

PwD Status

RegisteredAppearedQualified

OPEN

No

10626

9772

3215

Yes

56

53

31

OBC-NCL

No

3955

3743

1295

Yes

27

26

17

EWS

No

597

575

235

Yes

2

2

2

SC

No

1086

1007

750

Yes

6

6

1

ST

No

246

224

157

Yes

0

0

0

Total

16601

15408

5703

How many students appeared for UCEED 2023?

In 2023, the total number of UCEED students who appeared for the entrance exam were 13,549, out of which only 4,836 qualified. Aspirants can below check details on the number of students registered, appeared and qualified for the UCEED entrance exam.

UCEED 2023 result statistics

Gender

Registered

Appeared

Qualified

Male

5691

4970

2290

Female

9797

8578

2546

Transgender

3

1

0

Total

15, 491

13, 549

4, 836

UCEED exam stats 2023 - PwD Category

Category

Registered

Appeared

Qualified

PwD

53

49

31

UCEED number of test taker - Foreign Candidates

Nationality

Registered

Appeared

Qualified

Foreign

46

44

30

How many students appeared in UCEED 2020?

As per the UCEED result statistics, the number of aspirants who took and qualified the Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design in 2020 can be checked in the table below.

UCEED result statistics 2020

Particular


Details

Number of UCEED test takers


12,084

Number of students qualified


2,885

How many students appeared in UCEED 2019?

The table below provides details about the number of students who appeared in UCEED 2019.

UCEED 2019 Candidates Statistics

Particular

Details

Number of UCEED appeared candidates

12,414

Number of students qualified

2930

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: How many students appear for UCEED?
A:

As per last year, a total number of 15408 candidates appeared for UCEED 2025, out of which 5703 candidates have qualified.

Q: Is UCEED mandatory for BDes at IITs?
A:

Yes, candidates have to qualify UCEED exam to get admission to BDes courses at IITs.

Q: What is UCEED exam date 2026?
A:

UCEED 2026 was held on January 18, 2026.

Q: Is UCEED tough?
A:

The difficulty level of UCEED exam is generally moderate. 

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