UPES B.Des Admissions 2026
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The Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) is one of the most prominent exam conducted by IIT Bombay. Students, after their 12th are eligible to appear for the UCEED exam. IIT Bombay conducts the UCEED entrance examination annually to offer design admissions into various IITs and design colleges. The UCEED 2026 is scheduled to be held on January 18, 2026. But most of the aspirants often have a question “Is the UCEED exam online or offline? “. Read the full article as this gives you the clarification and lets you know the mode of the UCEED exam.
The UCEED exam will be conducted as partial online and partial offline modes. The UCEED Part-A will be conducted in online mode whereas the Part-B will be in offline mode. The details of UCEED Part A & B are as follows.
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Conducting the UCEED exam in online and offline modes have several advantages for the students and the authorities. Some of the advantages are listed below.
Part-A
Part-B
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The official brochure has been released on October 1, 2026 by the UCEED conducting authority of IIT Bombay at the official website . THe exam modes still have two Parts; Part A with the online mode and Part B, being offline.
Aspirants can check the UCEED exam modes - offline and online in the brochure that has been officially released at - uceed.iitb.ac.in.
The UCEED 2026 exam will be held in both online (Part-A) and offline (Part-B) modes.
As Part-A will be based on analytical and logical reasoning, visualisation, english grammar and more etc, this section will be in online mode.
Candidates will be assessed on their creative and innovative skills, and drawing skills in offline mode which is the Part-B section of UCEED exam.
On Question asked by student community
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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
You can estimate your chances more accurately using the predictor here:
Yes, you can get live classes for preparation to design courses. Kindly refer the attached link below.
Some of the top-ranked UCEED coaching institutes in Noida include BRDS, Pahal Design, Bhardwaj Classes, MY Design Studio, and Design Aspirants.
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Please tell me your obtained marks, total marks, and the exam year so I can estimate your UCEED rank and percentile based on previous trends. Once you provide these details, I will calculate an approximate rank and percentile for you. You can also check UCEED college predictor tool
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