UCEED Counselling 2025 (Ongoing): Round 5 Seat Allotment (Out), Withdraw/Exit Window

UCEED Counselling 2025 (Ongoing): Round 5 Seat Allotment (Out), Withdraw/Exit Window

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IIT Bombay released the B.Des seat allotment schedule at uceed.iitb.ac.in. The authority declared the UCEED seat allotment result for round-5 on July 3. The shortlisted candidates must make the UCEED seat acceptance fee payment from July 3 to 9, 2025 until 6 PM. Aspirants must login using email ID and password at portal.iitb.ac.in/bdesapp/ for UCEED seat acceptance fee payment. The UCEED seat allotment was held in 5 rounds, from April 21 to July 3.

This Story also Contains

  1. UCEED Counselling 2025 - Highlights
  2. UCEED 2025 Counselling Date
  3. UCEED Counselling Process 2025
  4. Steps for verification of UCEED score
  5. UCEED counselling and seat allotment 2025 - Eligibility criteria
  6. UCEED 2025 counselling and seat allotment
  7. UCEED Counselling and seat Allotment 2025 Rules and Regulations
  8. What do the freeze and float options mean?
  9. Reporting to the Allotted Institute and document verification
  10. UCEED Seat Matrix 2025
  11. UCEED Participating Institutes 2025
UCEED Counselling 2025 (Ongoing): Round 5 Seat Allotment (Out), Withdraw/Exit Window
UCEED Counselling

Candidates can check the UCEED 2025 seat allotment dates for all the 5 rounds on the official website. The UCEED 2025 counselling registration was open till April 3 until 5:30 PM. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, conducts the UCEED counselling 2025 for the shortlisted candidates. Aspirants who qualified in the UCEED exam could apply for the counselling and seat allotment at IITs. The UCEED counselling 2025 was held in 5 rounds of seat allotment. Read the complete article to get more details on UCEED counselling 2025, important dates, and the counselling process.

UCEED Counselling 2025 - Highlights

  • UCEED 2025 counselling and seat allotment round-5 date is July 3.
  • UCEED 2025 counselling and seat allotment round-4 date was June 24.
  • UCEED 2025 counselling and seat allotment round-3 date was June 10.
  • UCEED 2025 counselling and seat allotment round-2 date was May 19.
  • UCEED 2025 counselling and seat allotment round-1 was held on April 21.
  • UCEED counselling and seat allotment started on April 21 and was held up to July 3.
  • UCEED counselling registration last date extended to April 3, 2025 till 5.30 PM, instead of March 31.
  • UCEED counselling registration dates are from March 14 to 31, 2025.
  • UCEED 2025 counselling is conducted through the Joint Seat Allocation process.
  • UCEED 2025 qualified students can apply for admission to the BDes programme at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Roorkee, IIT Indore and IIITDM Jabalpur for the academic year 2025-2026 through UCEED counselling process 2025.
  • IIT Bombay UCEED counselling form 2025 is available for all participating institutes.
  • Link for IIT Bombay counselling admission portal was activated at uceed.iitb.ac.in.
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UCEED 2025 Counselling Date

IIT Bombay announced the UCEED counselling dates 2025 at uceed.iitb.ac.in. Candidates who qualified in the UCEED entrance exam could register for the UCEED counselling process.

UCEED Counselling 2025 Schedule

Events

Dates

Start date for registration of UCEED counselling and seat allotment

March 14, 2025

Last date for UCEED counselling 2025 registration

April 3, 2025

UCEED counselling & seat allotment date - Round 1

April 21, 2025

UCEED counselling & seat allotment date - Round 2

May 19, 2025

UCEED counselling & seat allotment date - Round 3

June 10, 2025

UCEED counselling & seat allotment date - Round 4

June 24, 2025

UCEED counselling & seat allotment date - Round 5

July 3, 2025

Payment of seat acceptance fee & Acceptance of seat allotment - Round 1

April 21 to 29, 2025

Payment of seat acceptance fee & Acceptance of seat allotment - Round 2

May 19 to 27, 2025

Payment of seat acceptance fee & Acceptance of seat allotment - Round 3

June 10 to 14, 2025

Payment of seat acceptance fee & Acceptance of seat allotment - Round 4

June 24 to 28, 2025

Payment of seat acceptance fee & Acceptance of seat allotment - Round 5

July 3 to 9, 2025

UCEED Counselling Process 2025

The UCEED counselling 2025 registrations were accepted in online mode only. The UCEED 2025 counselling process is conducted in online mode. The candidates listed in the UCEED 2025 counselling list will be sent provisional allotment letters from the UCEED Office to their registered email addresses or from the candidate's login. There are five rounds for the UCEED counselling 2025 seat allotment process. Candidates to note that the UCEED seat allocation 2025 will be completed once all the seats are filled.

Steps for verification of UCEED score

  • Candidates must enter their UCEED roll number
  • Enter the UCEED total marks obtained
  • Enter Date of Birth
  • Provide the details of the DIN
  • Fill in the email ID (Candidates must use the same login ID and password allotted at the time of the UCEED application process to login into the B.Des application portal)
  • Click tick on the declaration box, after furnishing all the required details
  • Then click on the 'Verify' button
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UCEED counselling and seat allotment 2025 - Eligibility criteria

Candidates need to fulfill the following UCEED eligibility criteria to participate in the counselling and seat allotment of the UCEED process.

UCEED 2025 counselling and seat allotment - Eligibility criteria

Age Limit - The candidate should have been born on or after October 1, 2000, if belonging to the OPEN/EWS/OBC-NCL category and on or after October 1, 1995, if belonging to the SC, ST or PwD category.

Qualification - Candidates who clear UCEED 2025 exam and obtain a rank will be eligible to participate in counselling and seat allotment of UCEED 2025.

UCEED qualifying exam 2025

As the official brochure for UCEED 2025 got released, candidates may refer to the details provided below. The qualifying exam details to participate in UCEED 2025 counselling and seat allotment session are mentioned in the table below.

Qualifying Exam

Qualifying exam details

  • The candidate should have passed all five subjects in the qualifying examination (Class XII or equivalent) in 2024 or 2025.

  • Those who appeared for the first time in their qualifying examination in 2023 or earlier are NOT eligible.

  • Candidates from the Science Stream (at 10+2 level) with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as subjects are eligible to apply to all the seven participating institutes (IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Indore, IIT Roorkee and IIITDM Jabalpur).

  • Candidates from any other stream (Science without Mathematics or Physics or Chemistry, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities) are eligible to apply to IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, and IIT Hyderabad.

  • Admission to the B.Tech. in Design programme at IIT Delhi will be based on JEE (Advanced) rankings. However, the aspirants will also have to qualify in UCEED.

  • For admission to BDes at IIITDM Jabalpur, only students with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/Biology at 10+2 can apply. Students from Commerce, Arts or Humanities at 10+2 are not eligible to apply for BDes admissions at IIITDM Jabalpur.

  • Candidates from the Science Stream with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as subjects are eligible to apply to IIT Guwahati and IIT Roorkee.

  • Candidates from any other stream (Science without Mathematics or Physics or Chemistry, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities) are NOT eligible to apply to IIT Guwahati and IIT Roorkee.

  • Candidates who are appearing for the qualifying exam (Class XII or equivalent) in 2025 must ensure that : (I) all parts of the final exam are finished by the date of application for admission process (b) candidates will have to provide proof that they have passed their qualifying exam and submit the proof by September 2025 to the admitting institute.

  • If the qualifying exam board merely awards only letter grades and does not mention anything about the passing grade on the grade sheet, in such a case, candidates have to get a certificate from the Board with the passing grade mentioned and upload it along with the grade sheet. If such a certificate is not provided, the decision taken by the B.Des Admissions Committee will be final.

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UCEED 2025 counselling and seat allotment

Candidates who appeared and cleared the UCEED 2025 entrance exam and secured a rank had to register for the counselling and seat allotment process. Students will be offered admission to the UCEED participating institutes 2025 through the counselling sessions. Application to BDes Programmes at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Indore, IIT Roorkee and IIITDM Jabalpur (Participating Institutes) was started from March 14, 2025 (Friday), at 10:00 am. The application portal was closed on April 3, 2025 (Thursday), at 5:30 pm. The steps to register for UCEED counselling and seat allotment 2025 are as follows.

Step 1 - Registration

To register for UCEED counselling and seat allotment 2025, candidates have to visit the official website - uceed.iitb.ac.in.

Step 2 - Login

Candidates have to use their email and password, created at the time of filling out the UCEED 2025 application form. In case candidates forget their login credentials, then they have to again register through the IIT Bombay external User Registration Portal.

Step 3 - Fill up UCEED counselling Form 2025

Candidates have to select the institutes and fill in personal details according to their preference.

Step 4 – Upload the documents

The applicants need to upload the following necessary documents.

  • Candidate’s scanned image of the signature
  • Candidate’s scanned image of photograph
  • UCEED Score Card 2025
  • Mark Sheet of the qualifying examination (Class 10+2 or equivalent)
  • SC/ ST/ OBC-NCL Certificate, PwD Certificate, and OCI/PIO Card (if applicable)

Step 5 - Make the Payment

Candidates have to pay Rs. 4000 as a UCEED counselling and seat allotment fees for application after furnishing all the details. Candidates can pay the UCEED counselling and seat allotment fees for registration through net banking, debit card, or credit card.

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UCEED 2025 Seat Acceptance Fee

Candidates can check the UCEED counselling and seat allotment fees for seat acceptance provided in the table below.

Category

Seat Acceptance Fee

UCEED seat acceptance fee (ST/SC/PwD)

Rs. 15,000

UCEED seat acceptance fee GEN/EWS/OBC-NCL)

Rs. 60,000

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Step 6 - Submit the UCEED application form

Candidates have to click on the ‘Submit’ button to submit the registration form for UCEED counselling and seat allotment 2025.

Step 7 - Print the Registration Form

After the successful submission of the UCEED 2025 counselling and seat allotment registration form, candidates have to take a printout of the registration form for counselling and seat allotment of UCEED 2025.

Note: Candidates can modify the details filled in the registration form for UCEED counselling and seat allotment if there are any discrepancies before the deadline. Candidates can edit the order of preference of the institute and submit it again. Candidates will not be allowed to make any changes after the deadline.

UCEED Counselling and seat Allotment 2025 Rules and Regulations

  • Candidates' application form will be cancelled if the shortlisted candidates do not pay the seat acceptance fee before the allotted date or refuse to take admission. The vacant seats will be filled in the subsequent rounds.
  • Candidates have the option to either accept (‘freeze’) the choice of institute allotted to them or refuse the admission offer.
  • Candidates have the option to either accept or freeze if they are allotted their second or third choice of an institute, or accept with the option which is considered for upward movement (‘float’) the choice for the subsequent round(s), if any, at the time of joint seat allocation.
  • Candidates must mention that they do not want to take part in subsequent rounds at the time of freezing the option. Those candidates are not eligible for other rounds.
  • As far as the ‘floating’ option is concerned, candidates can accept the offered seat on one condition: if they are offered admission to an institute of their choice, they will accept, otherwise, they will continue to study in the accepted institute. Such candidates will be eligible for further rounds of admission.
  • Candidates will have to forfeit the seat they had accepted in the previous round if they are allotted an institute of higher preference. This will apply to those candidates who choose the float option.
  • Candidates have to pay the acceptance fee only one time. There is no need for paying the acceptance fee again if a candidate is allotted another seat and if they choose the ‘float’ option.
  • For those candidates who accept the seat that they are offered, their UCEED counselling & seat allotment fees will be adjusted against the institute fees at the time of joining. For those candidates who refuse to take admission to the seat offered to them after making the payment, the fee will be refunded by the rules and regulations of that particular institute.
  • Candidates will get a complete refund if they decide to withdraw at the end of the first round or before the end of the second round and have paid the acceptance fee at the time of UCEED counselling and seat allotment 2025. However, candidates must note that processing charges of Rs 5,000/- will be deducted. But candidates will not get any refund at the end of the last round since there will be no "float" option after this round.

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What do the freeze and float options mean?

Candidates have the option to either the “freeze” or “ float” option in the counselling and seat allotment of UCEED 2025.

Float – Candidates can accept the seat allotted to them during the seat allotment session of UCEED 2025. If they are offered admission to the Institute of their higher preference in the remaining rounds, they can take admission there, or else, they can continue in the accepted college. Only those students who will choose the float option will be able to participate in subsequent rounds of UCEED seat allotment 2025.

Freeze – According to the “freeze” option, candidates who are satisfied with the seat allotted to them, can accept it and pay the fees to reserve their seats.

Details mentioned in the UCEED seat allotment result 2025

  • UCEED Roll Number of the candidate
  • Summary of UCEED Seat Allotment
  • Institute-wise opening and closing ranks of UCEED
  • Candidate’s seat category

Reporting to the Allotted Institute and document verification

After the completion of the UCEED 2025 counselling and seat allotment process, candidates have to report to the allotted institute to get their documents verified and complete the other admission formalities. The respective institute has the liberty to cancel the admission of the candidate if the institute authorities find any incorrect or false information at the time of the admission process.

UCEED Seat Matrix 2025

Check the table below to know the total seats in IITs through UCEED 2025 available for all the categories.

Name of the Institute

Open

Open-PwD

EWS

EWS-PwD

OBC-NCL

OBC-NCL-PwD

SC

SC-PwD

ST

ST-PWD

Total

IIT Bombay

14

0

4

1

9

0

5

1

3

0

37

IIT Delhi

8

1

2

0

5

0

3

0

1

0

20

IIT Guwahati

22

1

6

0

15

0

7

1

3

1

56

IIT Hyderabad

11

1

3

0

8

0

4

1

2

0

30

IIT Roorkee

8

0

2

0

4

1

3

0

2

0

20

IIITDM Jabalpur

25

1

6

1

18

0

10

0

4

1

66

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Total

94

5

25

2

63

1

34

3

16

2

245

NOTE: PwD reservation is 5% horizontal. The PwD seats are carved from the respective birth category. The unfilled seats will return to the original category.

UCEED Participating Institutes 2025

The UCEED 2025 cutoff is the minimum score required to qualify for the admission process of the UCEED participating institutes. The list of UCEED participating institutes 2025 and their seat matrix are given in the table below.

  • Ratan Tata Maharashtra State Skills University
  • ATLAS SkillTech University, Mumbai
  • Tezpur University, Assam
  • University School of Design & Innovation, GGSIPU, New Delhi
  • Ajeenkya D Y Patil University School of Design, Pune
  • D Y Patil University School of Design, Pune
  • RV University, Bengaluru
  • O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat
  • Dr Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune
  • Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi
  • U. P. Institute of Design, Noida
  • Delhi Technological University, Delhi
  • CMR University, Bengaluru
  • MIT Vishwaprayag University, Solapur
  • VIT School of Design (V-SIGN), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
  • Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata
  • Anant National University, Ahmedabad
  • Navrachana University, Gujarat
  • Lovely Professional University, Phagwara
  • Department of Design, Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), New Delhi
  • Nitte (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru
  • Footwear Design and Development Institute - Govt. of India.
  • Somaiya School of Design, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai
  • Dr D Y Patil School of Design, Pune
  • JS Institute of Design, New Delhi
  • GLS University, Gujarat
  • JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur
  • MIT ID Indore - Avantika University
  • Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra
  • MODY University of Science and Technology, Rajasthan
  • Department of Design, Shiv Nadar IoE, Delhi NCR
  • Jain (Deemed-to-be-University), Bangalore
  • Alliance University, Bengaluru
  • Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal
  • Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru
  • Mahindra University, Hyderabad
  • CEPT University, Ahmedabad
  • Institute of Design, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
  • School of Creativity, Rishihood University
  • FLAME University, Pune
  • BITS Design School

UCEED 2025 participating institutes are the colleges that accept UCEED scores to offer admission to candidates into the Bachelor of design programmes.

  • Manipal University Jaipur will admit candidates based on UCEED scores. Although Manipal University Jaipur is part of UCEED participating institutes, it will not take part in the joint admission process, which will be conducted by IIT Bombay.
  • Department of Design, Nirmala University, Ahmedabad, will also offer admission to candidates through UCEED. The university, however, will not be a part of the joint admission process conducted by IIT Bombay.
  • JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur will allot some seats to qualified students in the UCEED entrance exam. It is to be noted that the university will not participate in the Joint Admission Process conducted by IIT Bombay.
  • Srishti Institute of Art, Design, and Technology, Bengaluru will allot some seats to students who will qualify the UCEED exam. The institute, however, will not be part of the Joint Admission Process conducted by IIT Bombay.
  • Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab offers seats to students who will get through the UCEED exam. The university, however, will not participate in the Joint Admission Process held by IIT Bombay.
  • CEPT University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat will also have some seats for admission through UCEED at an undergraduate level. The University, however, will not be part of the Joint Admission Process conducted by IIT Bombay.
  • Jain University, Bangalore will allot some seats to students in the undergraduate programme through UCEED. It must be noted that the university will not be a part of the Joint Admission Process conducted by IIT Bombay.
  • VIT - Vellore will start offering a seat for undergraduate courses admission through UCEED for the academic year. However, the institute will not be a part of the Joint Admission Process held by IIT Bombay.

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Note: With UCEED marks vs rank, students can estimate the rank for the secured mark. The total marks secured in the two parts of the exam are used to determine the UCEED rank.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: When can I register for UCEED counselling and seat allotment 2025?
A:

The registration for UCEED 2025 counselling and seat allotment was started on March 14 and the last date to register was extended till April 3, which was earlier as March 31, 2025 on the official website uceed.iitb.ac.in.

Q: What are the steps to register for the counselling and seat allotment of UCEED 2025?
A:

The steps to register for UCEED counselling and seat allotment are as follows.

Registration, filling the application form, upload the documents, make the payment, submit the registration form, download and take the printout of the registration form of UCEED counselling and seat allotment.

Q: When will the UCEED 2025 counselling date be released?
A:

The UCEED counselling dates 2025 were released through the official brochure.

Q: What will be the details in the result card of UCEED seat allotment 2025?
A:

Candidate’s UCEED roll number, summary of UCEED seat allotment, institute - wise opening and closing ranks of UCEED and seat category.

Q: What are the next steps after the UCEED counselling and seat allotment 2025 process completion?
A:

After the completion of counselling and seat allotment of UCEED 2025, students need to report at the allotted institute and get the documents verified and complete the admission formalities.

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Have a question related to UCEED ?

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