Pearl Academy B.Des Admissions 2025
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Indian Institute of Technology, Indore will offer BDes admission through UCEED entrance exam. As per UCEED exam latest news, candidates who have passed Class XII (or equivalent) from CBSE, State Boards, ICSE, and IB in any stream can apply for UCEED 2025 for admission to IIT Indore. Aspirants who qualify the entrance exam can apply for IIT Indore BDes admission 2025 from March 14 to 31.
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UCEED is the Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design. IIT Indore offers admission into the Bachelor of Design courses for a 4 year duration. IIT Indore offers a total of 16 seats for BDes admission 2025. Read the full article to know more about IIT Indore admission through UCEED.
IIT Indore offers BDes programme as an interdisciplinary one with the specialisations in Urban System Innovation, Healthcare Systems, Ed-Tech., and Sustainable Energy. On completion of this programme, the candidates will be able to address the problems easily with innovative solutions. Also, the students will be able to develop creative and innovative skills, problem-solving techniques, system design, project management, planning, visual sensitivity, communication, research & documentation, collaborative working and team building skills and more, etc.
The BDes programme offered by IIT Indore helps the candidates to shape their future in the design sector. The aspirants need to meet the eligibility criteria to appear for UCEED. The basic eligibility criteria required is as below.
Candidates must have passed their Class XII or equivalent from CBSE, State Boards, ICSE, and IB in any stream such as Science, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities.
Also the age limit is specified for the students to check before proceeding to apply. Please refer to the table below for category-wise eligibility.
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Category | IIT Indore BDes Eligibility |
OPEN/EWS/OBC-NCL | Should be born on or after October 1, 2000 |
SC, ST or PwD | Should be born on or after October 1, 1995 |
UCEED registrations began on October 1 and were closed on November 18, 2024. The UCEED entrance exam will be held on January 19, 2025. The UCEED 2025 results will be declared on March 7. Candidates shortlisted in the UCEED exam need to appear for the UCEED counselling process to obtain admission at the IIT Indore campus.
Particulars | Dates |
UCEED entrance exam | January 19 2025 |
UCEED result | March 7, 2025 |
Submission of Online Application for BDes | March 14 to 31, 2025 |
Last date for Score Card downloading | June 11, 2025 |
Seat allotment round 1 | April 21, 2025 |
Seat allotment round 2 | May 19, 2025 |
Seat allotment round 3 | June 10, 2025 |
Seat allotment round 4 | June 24, 2025 |
Seat allotment round 5 | July 03, 2025 |
To get admission in the BDes course offered at IIT Bombay, candidates are required to apply and qualify the IIT Bombay BDes entrance exam - UCEED. Aspirants who qualify the UCEED entrance exam will be eligible to participate in the IIT Bombay BDes centralised counselling in which candidates can select IIT Indore as their preferred campus.
Based on the choices filled in by the authorities and UCEED result, candidates will be allotted a seat. As per UCEED seat allotment 2025 dates, round 1 counselling result will be announced on April 21.
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IIT Indore authorities released the BDes seat matrix for the academic year 2025-26. The BDes seat matrix is provided as per the category. Candidates can find the below table that consists of the number of seats available category-wise at IIT Indore.
Category | Number of seats |
Open | 6 |
Open-PwD | 1 |
EWS | 2 |
EWS-PwD | 0 |
OBC-NCL | 4 |
OBC-NCL-PwD | 0 |
SC | 2 |
SC-PwD | 0 |
ST | 1 |
ST-PwD | 0 |
Total | 16 |
The authorities at IIT Indore are yet to release the BDes fee structure for 2025. Candidates will be able to check the IIT Indore BDes fee structure at the official website - iiti.ac.in after the release.
The authorities will release the UCEED cutoff 2025 along with the seat allotment results. After each round of seat allotment, the candidates will be able to check the IIT BDes 2025 cutoff. The IIT BDes cutoff 2025 are the minimum and maximum marks required for the students to obtain admission at the institute.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The total number of seats available for the BDes programme at IIT Indore is 16.
Candidates need to appear for the UCEED exam conducted by IIT Bombay and the BDes admission process is based on the UCEED scores.
The BDes programme at IIT Indore is offered for a duration of 4 years.
The IIT Indore official website is - iiti.ac.in
On Question asked by student community
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!
Currently, NSUT does not offer a B.Des. program. However, other institutes like IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, and IIITDM Jabalpur offer B.Des. through UCEED.
Expected UCEED Cutoffs (General Category):
IIT Bombay: Around Rank 14
IIT Delhi: Around Rank 35
IIITDM Jabalpur: Around Rank 165
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