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Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay has released the UCEED 2025 seat allotment for the fifth round of counselling on July 3, 2025 on its official website - uceed.iitb.ac.in. The UCEED seat allotment PDF is given below. Shortlisted candidates have to accept the allotted seat by July 9, 2025 6 pm and also pay the acceptance fee. The authorities have also released the cut-offs for the fifth round of UCEED seat allotment. Only those candidates who clear the UCEED cutoff 2025 for each round will obtain the seat allotment in the counselling rounds.
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Candidates have to qualify in the UCEED exam 2025 to be eligible to participate in seat allotment rounds. To download the UCEED seat allotment 2025 letter, aspirants have to use their login credentials such as email Id and password. IIT Bombay conducts 5 rounds for UCEED seat allotment 2025. UCEED seat allotment is done based on the scores obtained in the UCEED exam. With each round of UCEED seat allotment, the authorities will release the UCEED cutoff 2025. According to UCEED seat matrix, the total seats allotted for IIT Bdes programme are 245. Read the complete article to know more details about UCEED seat allotment 2025.
IIT Bombay announced the UCEED seat allotment 2025 dates at the official website. The UCEED seat allocation process consists of five rounds. Following each round of UCEED 2025 seat allotment, candidates are required to decide whether to accept the admission offer or continue to the next round. During the UCEED 2025 seat allotment rounds, the candidates have the select options to float, freeze, or decline. The UCEED seat allotment 2025 is determined by certain factors such as the candidates’ preferences, and the total number of available seats, etc among others.
Events | Dates |
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UCEED counselling 2025 registration dates | March 14 to April 3, 2025 |
UCEED round 1 allotment dates | |
Declaration of UCEED seat allotment round 1 | April 21, 2025 |
Payment of seat acceptance fee round 1 | April 21 to 29, 2025 |
Withdrawal of seat / exit from seat allocation process round 1 | April 30 to May 11, 2025 |
UCEED round 2 allotment dates | |
Declaration of UCEED seat allotment round 2 | May 19, 2025 |
Payment of seat acceptance fee round 2 | May 19 to 27, 2025 |
Withdrawal of seat / exit from seat allocation process round 2 | May 28 to June 9, 2025 |
UCEED allotment dates round 3 | |
Declaration of UCEED round 3 seat allotment | June 10, 2025 |
Payment of seat acceptance fee round 3 | June 10 to 14, 2025 |
Withdrawal of seat / exit from seat allocation process round 3 | June 15 to 19, 2025 |
UCEED allotment dates round 4 | |
Declaration of UCEED round 4 seat allotment | June 24, 2025 |
Payment of seat acceptance fee round 4 | June 24 to 28, 2025 |
Withdrawal of seat/exit from seat allocation process round 4 | June 29 to July 1, 2025 |
UCEED allotment dates round 5 | |
Declaration of UCEED seat allotment round 5 | July 3, 2025 |
Payment of seat acceptance fee round 5 | July 3 to 9, 2025 |
Candidates can check the UCEED seat allotment 2025 date from the official website - uceed.iitb.ac.in. Also, the shortlisted candidates will receive the UCEED provisional seat allotment letters to their registered email from the concerned authority. Provided below are the steps to check UCEED 2025 seat allotment result online.
Visit the official website - uceed.iitb.ac.in
Click on the direct link to check IITB UCEED allotment result.
Login using the email id and password.
Upon successful login, details on the allotted UCEED participating institute will be displayed on the screen.
Once the authorities declare the UCEED 2025 seat allotment result, candidates will have to select any one of the following:
Float: Keep the allotted seat and wish for an upgrade.
Freeze: Satisfied with the allotment and don’t want to participate in further rounds.
Withdraw: Accepted the seat but wish to withdraw before the final round.
After selecting any of the options mentioned above as per their preference, candidates will have to pay the UCEED 2025 seat acceptance fee before the last date.
Category | UCEED seat acceptance fee 2025 |
GEN/EWS/OBC-NCL | Rs. 60,000 |
SC/ST/PwD | Rs. 15,000 |
Also Check: IIT BDes Admission Courses and Fees
If a candidate fails to seat acceptance fee before the deadline or decline the admission, their application will stand cancelled. Moreover, such students will not be considered for further rounds of the UCEED seat allotment process.
If applicants are allotted their first choice of institute, they can either ACCEPT (‘freeze’) the offer or DECLINE it. If they choose to DECLINE the offer, they will not be considered for subsequent rounds, and their current seat allocation shall be cancelled.
In cases of ACCEPT/FLOAT/FREEZE, the candidates will have to pay the complete amount of the UCEED seat acceptance fee mentioned in the provisional seat allotment letter.
For candidates who accept the offered seat, the seat acceptance fee will be adjusted against the institute fees of the admitting institute at the time of joining. For candidates who decline the offered seat after remitting the seat acceptance fee, the refund of the seat acceptance fee will be governed by the policies of the admitting institute.
Aspirants can refer to the UCEED 2025 seat matrix to understand the category-wise distribution of seats. The UCEED seat matrix will provide information on the total number of seats available in UCEED 2025. The candidates can check the UCEED 2025 seat matrix from the below table.
Category | Number of seats for 2025 |
Open | 94 |
Open-PwD | 5 |
EWS | 25 |
EWS-PwD | 2 |
OBC-NCL | 63 |
OBC-NCL-PwD | 1 |
SC | 34 |
SC-PwD | 3 |
ST | 16 |
ST-PWD | 2 |
Total | 245 |
Note: There’s a 5% reservation specifically for PwD candidates. These reserved seats are distributed based on the candidates’ original categories. If any of these seats remain vacant, they will be returned to their initial categories.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The participating institutes include IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Bombay, IIITDM Jabalpur, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Roorkee, and IIT Indore.
The UCEED 2025 seat allotment is a process of steps that candidates must follow to secure a seat in the Bachelor of Design (BDes) programme at participating institutes. This process includes multiple rounds of UCEED seat allotment, acceptance or rejection of the allotted seat, payment of the Seat Acceptance Fee, and reporting to the allotted institute.
The Seat Acceptance Fee is ₹ 60,000 for GEN/EWS/OBC-NCL candidates and ₹ 15,000 for SC/ST/PwD candidates. This seat acceptance fee is to be paid online after a seat is provisionally allotted.
The UCEED 2025 seat allotment process is overseen by IIT Bombay.
After an allotment of seat, candidates have the option to either accept (Freeze) or decline (Float or Withdraw) the seat. If they accept the seat, they will be guided to an online payment system to pay the Seat Acceptance Fee.
If a PwD candidate does not accept their allotted seat, the seat will be reverted back to the original category.
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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