The UCEED 2026 cut-off plays a key role in candidates’ chances of admission. Candidates must first clear the UCEED 2026 Part A cut-off to qualify for Part B evaluation and ranking. The final UCEED 2026 cut-off will depend on the combined scores of Part A and Part B. The UCEED authorities have released the UCEED 2026 round 1 cut-off along with the seat allotment on its official website. All the shortlisted candidates who are interested in perusing B.Des programme have to pay the seat acceptance fees before April 29, 2026. IIT Bombay conducted the UCEED entrance exam for admission into B.Des programme of 6 IITs and IIITDM Jabalpur on January 18, 2026. Read the complete article by Careers360 to know the UCEED 2026 cut-off prediction based on past trends, including the expected Part A and final cut-offs.
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Candidates can check the UCEED 2026 cut-off of round 1 for all the categories:
| Open | Open-PwD | EWS | EWS-PwD | OBC-NCL | OBC-NCL-PwD | SC | SC-PwD | ST | ST-PwD | FN | ||||||||||||
| Institute | Opening | Closing | Opening | Closing | Opening | Closing | Opening | Closing | Opening | Closing | Opening | Closing | Opening | Closing | Opening | Closing | Opening | Closing | Opening | Closing | Opening | Closing |
| IIT Bombay | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| IIT Delhi | 17 | 28 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 31 | - | - | 8 | 10 | - | - | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| IIT Guwahati | 15 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | - | - | 19 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 22 | - | - | 2 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| IIT Hyderabad | 19 | 40 | - | - | 9 | 14 | - | - | 16 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | - | - | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| IIT Indore | 42 | 66 | - | - | 18 | 19 | - | - | 36 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 27 | - | - | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
| IIT Roorkee | 59 | 90 | - | - | 15 | 20 | - | - | 37 | 51 | - | - | 23 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 17 | - | - | - | - |
| IIITDM Jabalpur | 91 | 142 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 29 | - | - | 52 | 70 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 22 | - | - | - | - |
The UCEED 2026 exam analysis indicates that the exam was easy, which impacts the UCEED 2026 cutoff estimates. An easy paper points to relatively higher UCEED cut-offs and vice versa.
The predictions around UCEED 2026 will be impacted primarily by the UCEED exam difficulty level and the extent of competition represented by the number of candidates who appeared for the exam. Some other influencing factors are the seat intake, IIT preferences, and reservation criteria.
The UCEED 2026 expected cut-off is likely to be in the range of 125 to 150 marks out of 300. The UCEED cut-off rank 2026 for IIT B.Des admission is expected to be below 100 for the general category. In the sections below, let’s discuss the expected UCEED 2026 part A cut-off and final cut-off.
The table below provides the expected UCEED 2026 cut-off marks for Part A based on the past year. As per the student feedback about the exam, the exam was relatively easy, which points to higher cut-offs. The UCEED total marks for Part A are 200.
Category | Cut-Off Marks |
General | 80+ out of 200 |
EWS | 72+ out of 200 |
OBC-NCL | 72+ out of 200 |
SC | 40+ out of 200 |
ST | 40+ out of 200 |
The UCEED 2026 ranks will be assigned based on the candidate’s combined score in Part A and B. Last year’s trends show that IIT Mumbai and IIT Delhi are the most preferred IITs among candidates. Given below are the UCEED 2026 expected cut-off ranks for final UCEED 2026 admission for various categories of candidates.
It must be noted that while the UCEED cutoff for the general category is represented as an All India rank, the UCEED cutoff for other categories is represented as a category rank.
IIT | Open | EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST |
IIT Bombay | 14 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 5 |
IIT Delhi | 41 | 15 | 28 | 11 | 8 |
IIT Guwahati | 96 | 21 | 50 | 27 | 7 |
IIT Hyderabad | 61 | 19 | 44 | 19 | 11 |
IIT Indore | 119 | 23 | 61 | 31 | 13 |
IIT Roorkee | 111 | 18 | 56 | 33 | 12 |
IIITDM Jabalpur | 267 | 39 | 104 | 51 | 19 |
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