UCEED Admission 2025: Result Out, Cutoff, Selection Process, Counselling

UCEED Admission 2025: Result Out, Cutoff, Selection Process, Counselling

Edited By Team Careers360 | Updated on Apr 21, 2025 02:31 PM IST | #UCEED
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Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay started the UCEED counselling 2025 on April 21. As per the UCEED official notification, the UCEED 2025 counselling will be held in 5 rounds as per schedule. Candidates who are allotted with the seats need to confirm their UCEED seat allotment by making the admission fee payment. The result for Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination were declared on March 7 at uceed.iitb.ac.in. Candidates must use their login credentials such as a registered email ID and password to download the UCEED result 2025. The authorities at IIT Bombay conducted the IIT BDes entrance exam on January 19, 2025. Candidates who wish to get BDesign admission in IITs have to qualify the UCEED entrance exam.

This Story also Contains
  1. UCEED Admission Selection Process
  2. UCEED Admission Dates 2025
  3. UCEED Admission Portal 2025
  4. UCEED Entrance Exam 2025
  5. UCEED Admission 2025: Participating IITs
  6. UCEED Admission Colleges Apart from IITs
  7. UCEED Admission Procedure: Counselling
  8. UCEED Admission Allotment 2025
  9. UCEED Admission Fee
  10. UCEED Admission Process 2025
  11. UCEED Admission Eligibility 2025
  12. UCEED Admission Form 2025
UCEED Admission 2025: Result Out, Cutoff, Selection Process, Counselling
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BDes admission at IITs are offered under the courses like product design, interaction design, communication design, furniture design, visual communication etc. Read the complete article to know more about UCEED admission 2025 dates, criteria, form filling process and more.

UCEED Admission Selection Process

The students qualified in the UCEED exam, and have obtained a good rank above the cut off then they can take admission into the following Indian Institute of Technology campuses - IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIIT DM Jabalpur, IIT Guwahati, and IIT Roorkee. However, apart from IITs, there are many other design colleges in India accepting UCEED score. Aspirants must also fulfil the eligibility criteria to get admissions into these colleges. The students have to qualify the UCEED 2025 exam and fulfil the minimum educational qualification of 10 + 2 level or equivalent.

UCEED Admission Dates 2025

The UCEED admission dates for the year 2025 were out along with the notification. The students must not miss out on any of the important UCEED dates. Here are some important dates regarding the UCEED admission.

UCEED 2025 Admission Dates

UCEED Admission Process Events

UCEED Admission Dates

Start date for Online Registration

October 1, 2024

Last date for Online Registration with regular fee

October 31, 2024

Last date for Online Registration with late fee

November 18, 2024

Start date for Admit Card downloading

January 3, 2025

UCEED 2025 Exam

January 19, 2025

Declaration of results

March 7, 2025

Start date for Score Card downloading

March 10, 2025

Last date for Score Card downloading

June 11, 2025

UCEED Admission Portal 2025

The students can login to the portal using their login credentials and check the current updates on UCEED 2025. The students can find the admit card details, results and other subsequent details on the dashboard of the admission portal.

UCEED Entrance Exam 2025

The UCEED entrance exam or IITs BDes entrance test was conducted for 3 hours to test the students' design aptitude and drawing skills. IIT Bombay conducts the UCEED entrance exam every year to select the students for B.Des admission. Candidates who qualified the entrance exam have to participate in the counselling process.

UCEED Admission 2025: Participating IITs

The IITs taking part in the UCEED exam admission include:

  • IIT Bombay

  • IIT Delhi

  • IIT Guwahati

  • IIT Hyderabad

  • IIITDM Jabalpur

  • IIT Roorkee

  • IIT Indore

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UCEED Admission Colleges Apart from IITs

There are several colleges apart from IITs that offer admission to courses based on the marks obtained by the students in the UCEED exam. The list provided below gives the UCEED participating institutes for 2025.

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UCEED Admission Procedure: Counselling

The UCEED counselling process comprises of submission of the online application for BDes programme which was from March 14 to April 3, 2025. The counselling process will take place in an online mode. The students need to take the following steps for the UCEED counselling process:

  • The students must have a valid UCEED rank followed by which they can register for the counselling process through the official website.
  • The students need to login with their email id and create a password to fill out the application form for counselling.
  • They must select their preference of Institute and fill in other personal details.
  • They need to upload the documents such as photograph, signature, UCEED scorecard, qualifying examination scorecard, caste, or tribe certificate etc.
  • A payment of Rs. 4000/- needs to be made as a counselling fee.
  • Once the application form is submitted, they need to take a printout of the same for future reference.
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UCEED Admission Allotment 2025

The UCEED seat allotment of the candidates will be done on the basis of all India rank that they have obtained. The candidates will be sent professional allotment letters through their email id and they will be directed to an online payment system in order for them to pay the seat acceptance fee which is Rs. 60,000 for General, EWS, OBC NCL and Rs 15,000 for SC, ST and PWD. The students who have not paid the seat acceptance fee will be declined admission.

In the first round of the UCEED seat allotment the students can either accept (freeze) or decline it. If the students choose to decline it, they won't be able to participate in the subsequent rounds of counselling. In the second, third, fourth or fifth round of counselling the candidates will be given a freeze/float option. If the candidates choose the freeze option it means that they have accepted the offer, and if they choose the float option it means that they are willing to accept the higher preference.

UCEED Admission Fee

The students should know about the UCEED admission fee structure for various colleges. As per previous year trends candidates can check the table below showing the fee structure of the different colleges.

UCEED participating institution

Fee Structure

IIT Bombay BDes Fees

Rs. 1,23,350

IIT Delhi BDes Fees

Rs. 1,22,400

IIT Guwahati BDes Fees

Rs. 1,54,150

IIT Hyderabad BDes Fees

Rs. 1,61,965

IIT Roorkee BDes Fees

Rs. 1,53,300

IIITDM Jabalpur BDes Fees

Rs. 82,750

UCEED Admission Process 2025

The UCEED admission process into various IITs and other colleges accepting UCEED marks can be checked below. Here is a detailed UCEED admission process given step wise that the students can follow.

  • The students must fulfil the required UCEED admission eligibility, which includes age requirements, minimum educational qualification, along with stream specifications.
  • The students must fill up the admission form of UCEED before the deadline along with all the correct details and relevant documents. The students must make a UCEED admission form fee payment without which their admission form will not be accepted.
  • The students must prepare for the UCEED entrance exam and secure a rank above the cutoff of the college that they want to take admission in.
  • The students who have qualified the UCEED entrance exam must sit for the counselling process. The students must register for the counselling process and upload their preferences of institution along with documents required. The students also need to pay Rs. 4000 to complete the registration.
  • After the UCEED counselling process is over the students who are allotted the seats need to pay the seat acceptance fee and further pay the UCEED admission fee to ensure that their seat is secure.

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UCEED Admission Eligibility 2025

Students who want to take admissions into the IIT must fulfil certain UCEED admission eligibility criteria. The UCEED admission criteria was released along with the notification for the UCEED application 2025. The UCEED admission criteria include the student's minimum educational qualification and age limit. The UCEED Admission Criteria are listed below:

  • The students should be under the age of 25 on the first October of the year of admission.
  • The candidate should have qualified the UCEED and must have a valid rank.
  • The students are allowed to appear the exam only twice within 2 years of qualifying 12th class.
  • These students must have qualified the 10 + 2 level of examination or equivalent.
  • The students who want admissions into IIITDM Jabalpur must have physics chemistry mathematics/biology in the 10 + 2. The students who want admissions into IIT Guwahati and IIT Roorkee must be from science stream with physics, chemistry, and mathematics as compulsory subjects. IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad accept students from all streams.

UCEED Admission Form 2025

The UCEED application process included registration of the students for the exam, appearing the exam, and qualifying it followed by a counselling process. The students must follow the steps given below in order to complete their UCEED admission form.

  • The students must visit the official website of UCEED.
  • They need to fill out the details such as the candidate's name, mobile number and email address
  • The students need to give additional details such as address, educational qualifications, parents' name and personal details.
  • Relevant documents which include recent passport size photograph, signature, educational qualification, certificate of caste/tribe/PwD certificate etc should be provided.
  • After the completion of uploading the documents, the students need to pay the UCEED admission fee for application using net banking/debit card/credit card. Without the payment of the application form the UCEED admission form is invalid.

After the UCEED admission form is completely filled out the students must submit it and download it for further reference.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. Who can appear for UCEED 2025?

The students who have completed the 10 + 2 level of exam and are under the age of 25 in the year of admission can appear for the UCEED 2025 exam.

2. Does 12th marks matter for UCEED?

The students need to qualify the 10 + 2 level of examination however there are no restrictions on how much the score is.

3. How many times is UCEED conducted in a year?

The UCEED entrance exam is conducted once a year.

4. Which IIT is best for design?

IIT Bombay is known to be the best for design studies.

5. Does UCEED have an interview?

No, the UCEED exam does not consist of interviews.

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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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