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UCEED Exam Date:18 Jan' 26 - 18 Jan' 26
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay is expected to release UCEED application form 2026 in the first week of October 2025 on the official website - uceed.iitb.ac.in. Aspirants seeking admission to the undergraduate design programmes through the UCEED exam need to apply before the last date. The applicants will be required to pay the UCEED form fees to complete their registration which is Rs 4000 as per last year. The UCEED application form last date will be announced through the official brochure. The institute will conduct the UCEED 2026 on January 18, 2026. Through the UCEED entrance exam, candidates will be admitted into B.Des programmes of participating IITs.
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The students are advised to check the UCEED eligibility criteria before filling out the UCEED 2026 application form. Read the full article to know the UCEED registration details, steps to fill up the UCEED 2026 application form and more.
Candidates will be able to access the application form of UCEED entrance exam 2026 after its release at uceed.iitb.ac.in.
Particulars | Details |
UCEED Conducting Authority | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay |
UCEED registration website | uceed.iitb.ac.in |
Start date of UCEED application form 2026 | October 2025 (tentative) |
UCEED exam registration fee | General - Rs. 4000 Females of all categories/SC/ST/PwD - Rs. 2000 |
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IIT Bombay will release the UCEED application form 2026 dates at uceed.iitb.ac.in. The application notification will include the UCEED registration fees, UCEED form dates and other details. Candidates can check the UCEED important dates 2026 in the table below.
UCEED registration events | Event Dates (tentative) |
UCEED application form 2026 start date | October 2025 |
UCEED 2026 application form last date | October 2025 |
Start date for UCEED application form 2026 with a late fee | November 2025 |
Last date to submit the UCEED 2026 application form with late fee | November 2025 |
UCEED 2026 entrance exam date | January 18, 2026 |
Applicants will be given the opportunity to apply for UCEED 2026 with a regular application fee and a late fee. The candidates must take note of both the dates to successfully register for the exam.
As the UCEED 2026 eligibility criteria is yet to be released, candidates can refer to the previous year’s UCEED eligibility criteria.
Age Limit:
As per the UCEED eligibility, the candidates have a certain age limit for appearing in the UCEED entrance exam. However, SC/ST/PwD candidates have relaxation in it.
Number of Attempts:
A candidate can appear in the UCEED exam a maximum of two times in consecutive years as per UCEED eligibility.
Qualifying Exam:
The candidates who have passed or are appearing 12th in any stream can apply for UCEED 2026.
If a candidate fulfills all three criteria listed above, they can proceed with the UCEED application form.
While filling out the UCEED application form 2026, aspirants are required to submit their personal details, academic details and upload necessary documents. Therefore, students are advised to have the documents required for fill UCEED application form ready.
Passport Size Photograph: The photograph must be recent and in colour with full frontal view. The head must be in center covering 70-80-% of the photograph. The accepted image is JPEG only.
The scanned copy of the candidate's full signature on a blank white sheet of paper. The accepted format is JPEG only.
Qualifying exam certificate if the candidate has appeared and passed the exam. The accepted file format is pdf only.
In case the candidate is appearing for the qualifying exam, he/she must procure a certificate from the college principal in the specified format as mentioned in Appendix 1 of the official brochure. The accepted file format is pdf.
In case of discrepancy of name on 12th certificate, the candidate must get a gazette notification showing name change in pdf format only.
OBC-NCL, Caste, Tribe, EWS, PwD certificates must be authentic and from valid authorities in pdf formats.
Dyslexic candidates must submit FORM DYSLEXIC 1&2 (From official brochure appendix 8&9). For further details please go through the official brochure.
A request letter must be updated by the candidates seeking compensatory time or scribe during the exam. (Appendix 10 of official brochure)
Documents Required | Size of the document | File format |
The scanned image of passport size photograph | Must be between 5kb to 100 kb | JPEG (.jpg extension) |
The scanned image of the signature on white sheet | Must be between 5kb to 100 kb | JPEG (.jpg extension) |
The scanned image of the qualifying certificate | Must be between 30 kb and 500 kb | Pdf format |
Certificate for students who are going to appear the qualifying exam | Must be between 30 kb to 500 kb | Pdf format |
The UCEED exam application form 2026 will be made available on the official website - uceed.iitb.ac.in. The UCEED registration 2026 will be an online process. Candidates willing to apply can check the detailed steps to fill up the UCEED 2026 application form, which are as follows.
Step 3: Information regarding Educational Qualifications
After filling the personal details in UCEED application form 2026, candidates need to provide educational details and correct certificates for UCEED 2026 registration as per the UCEED eligibility.
Candidates need to fill their first name, middle name, and last name
They need to choose whether they have any changes in their name from a selection option
Gender
- Birth Category details
- Date of Birth
- Candidates need to fill in the disability check box
- Valid mail address and phone number
- Alternate mobile number
- Nationality details
- Current address for correspondence
- Educational details like - qualifying exam, passing year, stream, name of the college and board etc must be provided carefully and correctly
- Candidates then need to select an UCEED exam centre that is accessible to them
- They must click on the save button
- Candidates can preview and recheck the details they provided after clicking the save button.
- In case of no discrepancy they can click the confirm button.
Also Check: UCEED entrance exam syllabus | UCEED exam pattern
Candidates need to select three test centres out of the list of given cities in the UCEED 2026 application form. Candidates need to mention the cities in the order of preference during the UCEED application process. The selection of UCEED exam centre needs to be done carefully as once the UCEED application form 2026 is submitted, no change in the cities will be accepted.
The UCEED exam centres across India according to the official brochure are - Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh/Mohali, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Ernakulam, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Hubballi (Hubli), Jaipur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Panaji, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, and Visakhapatnam.
In order to complete the UCEED 2026 registration process, candidates need to upload the mentioned documents in prescribed formats as mentioned in the UCEED application form.
A digitally scanned copy of the documents mentioned below needs to be uploaded for UCEED 2026:
Candidates have to finally pay the UCEED application form fees to complete the UCEED 2026 registration. There is an option of credit card/ debit card /net banking to pay the UCEED registration fee. The UCEED 2026 registration last date without late fee is expected to be in the last week of October. After the UCEED application form 2026 last date, candidates need to pay an extra amount of Rs. 500. With the late fee UCEED 2026 registration last date might be in the third week of November.
Female candidates (All Categories) | INR 2000 |
SC, ST, PwD candidates | INR 2000 |
All other candidates | INR 4000 |
Step 7: UCEED Application form PDF Download
After the candidates fill the form of UCEED registration form 2026 successfully, they also need to complete the UCEED application form 2026 download pdf for further reference.
The UCEED exam centres will be released through the official brochure on the web portal. However, candidates can check the UCEED exam centres as per the previous year that are mentioned here: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh/Mohali, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Ernakulam, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Hubballi (Hubli), Jaipur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Panaji, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, and Visakhapatnam. The candidates will be notified about their UCEED exam centre in the admit card. The UCEED exam centres are selected from the availability and the order of preference given by a student in the UCEED 2026 application form.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
IIT Bombay will be the conducting authority for UCEED 2026.
The last date to submit the UCEED application form 2026 is expected to be in October 2025 last week without late fee.
Yes, the authorities will provide the exact UCEED application fee amount in the official brochure.
If any candidate faces trouble during the UCEED registration 2026, they need to click on the tab that will be given as 'report problem' on the right hand side of application window.
The UCEED 2026 application form is expected to be released in October 2025.
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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