UPES B.Des Admissions 2026
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Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay released the seat matrix for BDes 2026 - 27 academic year on their official brochure on uceed.iitb.ac.in. The UCEED 2026 participating institutes include 6 IITs and IIITDM Jabalpur. Candidates can check the UCEED 2026 seat matrix on the official website. The total seats in UCEED 2026 have been increased over recent years. Now, UCEED colleges have a total of 7 IITs with revised total seat count as 245. IIT Bombay conducted UCEED 2026 on January 18, 2026.
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The candidates will be allotted BDes seats in IITs based on their performance in UCEED entrance exam. In this article candidates can check UCEED seats in IIT Bombay and other campuses. Read the complete article to know more about UCEED seat matrix pdf 2026.
As per UCEED seat matrix pdf in 2024, the total seats allotted to candidates who qualified in the entrance exam were 225, out of which, 87 were assigned to general category candidates. Aspirants looking to get seats in IITs can check the category-wise UCEED seat matrix below according to 2024 and 2026.
Category | Number of seats (2024) | Number of seats (2026) |
|---|---|---|
Open | 87 | 94 |
Open-PwD | 4 | 5 |
EWS | 22 | 25 |
EWS-PwD | 1 | 2 |
OBC-NCL | 57 | 63 |
OBC-NCL-PwD | 3 | 1 |
SC | 32 | 34 |
SC-PwD | 1 | 3 |
ST | 16 | 16 |
ST-PWD | 2 | 2 |
Total | 225 | 245 |
Candidates can check the UCEED seat matrix pdf 2026 on this page provided as per the UCEED official release. Aspirants can check institute-wise and category-wise UCEED seat matrix as below.
Category | Number of seats |
|---|---|
Open | 14 |
Open-PwD | 0 |
EWS | 4 |
EWS-PwD | 1 |
OBC-NCL | 9 |
OBC-NCL-PwD | 0 |
SC | 5 |
SC-PwD | 1 |
ST | 3 |
ST-PWD | 0 |
Total | 37 |
Category | Number of seats |
|---|---|
Open | 8 |
Open-PwD | 1 |
EWS | 2 |
EWS-PwD | 0 |
OBC-NCL | 5 |
OBC-NCL-PwD | 0 |
SC | 3 |
SC-PwD | 0 |
ST | 1 |
ST-PWD | 0 |
Total | 20 |
Category | Number of seats |
|---|---|
Open | 22 |
Open-PwD | 1 |
EWS | 6 |
EWS-PwD | 0 |
OBC-NCL | 15 |
OBC-NCL-PwD | 0 |
SC | 7 |
SC-PwD | 1 |
ST | 3 |
ST-PWD | 1 |
Total | 56 |
Category | Number of seats |
|---|---|
Open | 11 |
Open-PwD | 1 |
EWS | 3 |
EWS-PwD | 0 |
OBC-NCL | 8 |
OBC-NCL-PwD | 0 |
SC | 4 |
SC-PwD | 1 |
ST | 2 |
ST-PWD | 0 |
Total | 30 |
Category | Number of seats |
Open | 8 |
Open-PwD | 0 |
EWS | 2 |
EWS-PwD | 0 |
OBC-NCL | 4 |
OBC-NCL-PwD | 1 |
SC | 3 |
SC-PwD | 0 |
ST | 2 |
ST-PWD | 0 |
Total | 20 |
Category | Number of seats |
|---|---|
Open | 25 |
Open-PwD | 1 |
EWS | 6 |
EWS-PwD | 1 |
OBC-NCL | 18 |
OBC-NCL-PwD | 0 |
SC | 10 |
SC-PwD | 0 |
ST | 4 |
ST-PWD | 1 |
Total | 66 |
Category | Number of seats |
Open | 6 |
Open-PwD | 1 |
EWS | 2 |
EWS-PwD | 0 |
OBC-NCL | 4 |
OBC-NCL-PwD | 0 |
SC | 2 |
SC-PwD | 0 |
ST | 1 |
ST-PWD | 0 |
Total | 16 |
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Candidates belonging to certain categories such as EWS, OBC, SC and ST are offered UCEED admissions under the seats reserved. Aspirants should note that the benefit of reservation will be given only to those castes and tribes that are mentioned in the respective central list of corresponding states published by the Government of India. Moreover, the benefit of reservation will be given to them subject to verification of documents. If it is discovered at any stage that a candidate has used a false / fake / incorrect document, or has furnished false, incorrect or incomplete information, in order to avail the benefit of reservation, then such a candidate shall be excluded from all admission processes.
Category | Percentage of Seats Reserved |
|---|---|
Economically Weaker Sections (GEN-EWS) | 10% |
Other Backward Classes belonging to the Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL) | 27% |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 15% |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 7.5% |
Persons with Disability (PwD) | 5% |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The total seats in UCEED 2026 are 245 and for 2024 it was 225.
The total number of seats available in IIT Bombay for BDes 2026 are 37.
IIT Bombay conducted the UCEED 2026 exam on January 18, 2026.
For BDes course, the total seats available for general category students in IIT Delhi are 8.
UCEED result 2026 date is March 6, 2026.
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