Indian Indian Institute of Technology Indore is the newest IIT to join UCEED. It admitted its first batch of B.Des students last year. With the addition of IIT Indore, the total number of IITs in the UCEED entrance exam currently stands at six. The only non-IIT that is part of the Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design is IIITDM Jabalpur, which has been part of the design entrance exam for more than six years. Analysis of the UCEED 2025-26 cut-off of IIT Indore and IIITDM Jabalpur shows interesting insights. In this article, let’s find out how the data corroborates the popularity of the IIT brand among students
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Candidates shortlisted in UCEED entrance exam will be eligible to secure admission into the 4-year B.Des programme of participating IITs and other result-sharing institutes.
IIT Indore started admitting the first batch of students into its 4-year B.Des programme in 2025-26. It is the newest institute and IIT in the UCEED exam. The institute offers the B.Des programme through its School of Innovation. IIT Indore offers 16 B.Des seats
IIITDM Jabalpur started its B.Des programmes a decade ago. Even though it is not an IIT, IIITDM Jabalpur is considered an Institute of National Importance and is among the top design colleges in India. IIITDM Jabalpur offers 66 B.Des seats.
Category | IIT Indore | IIITDM Jabalpur |
Open | 6 | 25 |
Open-PwD | 1 | 1 |
EWS | 2 | 6 |
EWS-PwD | 0 | 1 |
OBC-NCL | 4 | 18 |
OBC-NCL PwD | 0 | 0 |
SC | 2 | 10 |
SC PwD | 0 | 0 |
ST | 1 | 4 |
ST-PwD | 0 | 1 |
Total | 16 | 66 |
The UCEED cut-off shows that the closing ranks for IIT Indore are much higher than IIIDM Jabalpur. This indicates that higher-ranked candidates prefer to opt for IIT Indore during the UCEED counselling rounds. IIT Indore has emerged as a preferred choice ahead of the much older IIITDM Jabalpur in UCEED
Although the B.Des programme is newly launched and there is no precedent for candidates to rely on, they are opting for IIT Indore over IIITDM Jabalpur, which is the participating non-IIT. Past UCEED cut-off trends show that IIITDM Jabalpur has the lowest cut-off among participating institutes in UCEED. Despite the addition of a new IIT, the trend still remains unbroken.
This goes on to show that students still prefer and value the IIT Brand that comes along with pursuing B.Des at IIT Indore.
The tables below provide the category-wise opening and closing ranks for IIT Indore and IIITDM Jabalpur last year for five rounds of counselling. The cut-offs are much higher for IIT Indore than IIITDM Jabalpur. A smaller number of seats at IIT Indore could also be at play for this higher preference for IIT Indore.
Category | IIT Indore | IIITDM Jabalpur | ||
Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | |
Open | 56 | 80 | 78 | 144 |
Open-PwD | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
EWS | 19 | 22 | 21 | 30 |
OBC-NCL | 49 | 54 | 45 | 78 |
SC | 23 | 24 | 30 | 42 |
ST | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 |
Category | IIT Indore | IIITDM Jabalpur | ||
Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | |
Open | 56 | 83 | 78 | 162 |
Open-PwD | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
EWS | 19 | 22 | 21 | 30 |
OBC-NCL | 49 | 54 | 55 | 82 |
SC | 23 | 24 | 30 | 42 |
ST | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 |
Category | IIT Indore | IIITDM Jabalpur | ||
Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | |
Open | 67 | 99 | 78 | 202 |
Open-PwD | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 |
EWS | 22 | 23 | 24 | 38 |
OBC-NCL | 52 | 61 | 56 | 93 |
SC | 23 | 24 | 31 | 46 |
ST | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 |
Category | IIT Indore | IIITDM Jabalpur | ||
Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | |
Open | 67 | 100 | 78 | 231 |
Open-PwD | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 |
EWS | 22 | 23 | 24 | 39 |
OBC-NCL | 52 | 61 | 56 | 99 |
SC | 23 | 24 | 31 | 47 |
ST | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 |
Category | IIT Indore | IIITDM Jabalpur | ||
Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | |
Open | 67 | 119 | 93 | 267 |
Open-PwD | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 |
EWS | 22 | 23 | 24 | 39 |
OBC-NCL | 52 | 61 | 63 | 104 |
SC | 24 | 31 | 36 | 51 |
ST | 13 | 13 | 14 | 19 |
On Question asked by student community
Hello Student,
To start your NID DAT and UCEED preparation, begin with the syllabus, exam pattern, and previous years' question papers. You can also refer to the Careers360 preparation resources and sample papers for regular practice using the links provided below.
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You can practise previous-year UCEED, NIFT and NID questions and check the correct answers or solutions after attempting them. For UCEED, Careers360 provides previous-year papers with answer keys, while NIFT papers are available with solutions. NID previous-year papers with solutions are also available for practice.
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Hello Dear Student,
With UCEED AIR 130 (Open category) and currently allotted IIITDM Jabalpur under the FLOAT option, your chances after Rounds 4 and 5 depend on how many higher-ranked candidates withdraw or move to their preferred institutes.
Based on recent Round 5 Open-category closing ranks:
Hello Anvi, as you have to apply for design programs other than NIFT, NID and UCEED. There are various institutions which provides fashion design courses such as, Pearl University , MIT institute of Design , Symbiosis Institute of Design , FDDI , BITS Design School and many more. These colleges
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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
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