UCEED — B.Des eligibility, paper pattern, reservation & fees

UCEED 2027 is conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay under the guidance of the UCEED-CEED Implementation Committee 2027. It is open to Indian and foreign nationals, and qualifying it is compulsory for B.Des admission at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Indore, IIT Roorkee and IIITDM Jabalpur. [1]

UCEED and B.Des admission are two separate steps. A rank does not give a seat: qualified candidates must apply again through the joint seat allocation run by the UCEED office. The score is valid only for 2027-28 admissions. Many other institutes also accept the UCEED score card. [1]

UCEED 2027 calendar [1]

The exam is held only in 30 cities; you must pick three in order of preference, and the city cannot be changed after registration. [1]

• Age: born on or after 1 October 2002 (Open, EWS, OBC-NCL) or on or after 1 October 1997 (SC, ST, PwD).
• Attempts: at most two, and only in consecutive years.
• Qualifying exam: you must have appeared in Class 12 (or equivalent) for the first time in 2026 or 2027, in any stream — Science, Commerce, or Arts & Humanities. First appearance in 2025 or earlier makes you ineligible.
• Accepted equivalents include NIOS Senior Secondary (five subjects), H.S.C. vocational, GCE A-level, IB and a 3-year AICTE / State Board diploma — though the admitting institutes may not accept a 3-year diploma for the B.Des seat. [1]

Class 12 subjects needed for the B.Des seat (2027-28) [1]

Students in Class 12 in 2027 must submit proof of passing to the admitting institute by 30 September 2027. [1]

Part-A (computer-based, 2 hours, 200 marks) [1]

• Part-B (1 hour, 100 marks): two questions — Sketching (50) and Design Aptitude (50). The questions appear on screen; you answer in a paper booklet. Only pencils and shades of black are allowed — no colours.
• Part-B is marked by two examiners independently (double-blind); a third or more join if they differ by over 10 marks. There is no re-evaluation of either part.
• Part-A syllabus: visualisation and spatial reasoning, practical and scientific knowledge, observation and design sensitivity, environment and society, analytical and logical reasoning, English, creativity. [1]

• Shortlisting: a Part-A cut-off is worked out from the mean and standard deviation of all candidates' Part-A marks; OBC-NCL / EWS need 0.9 times and SC / ST / PwD 0.5 times the Open cut-off. If more than 6,400 clear it, only the top 6,400 (plus ties) go forward. Part-B of others is not marked.
• Part-B cut-off to qualify: 15 (Open), 13.5 (OBC-NCL / EWS), 7.5 (SC / ST / PwD) out of 100.
• Rank = Part-A + Part-B marks. Ties go to higher Part-B, then Section 2 (MSQ), then Section 1 (NAT). [1]

Reserved seats in each course (Indian nationals) [1]

• OBC-NCL and EWS certificates for B.Des admission must be issued on or after 1 April 2027; for the exam itself, on or after 1 April 2026.
• Vacant SC, ST, EWS and OBC-NCL seats are not transferred to other categories; unfilled PwD seats go back to the same category.
• Foreign nationals get supernumerary seats capped at 10% of each course; OCI / PIO cards issued before 4 March 2021 compete for Open seats. There are no female supernumerary seats, as women already exceed 20% of B.Des admits.
• There are no domicile or state quotas. IITs hold no spot round after counselling; IIITDM Jabalpur may hold one. [1]

• Step 1 — create a login on uceed.iitb.ac.in and fill the form, choosing three exam cities.
• Step 2 — upload a photo and signature (.jpg), age proof, a Class 12 certificate (or the Appendix 1 certificate if appearing in 2027) and any category / PwD certificate in the Central Government format (.pdf).
• Step 3 — pay online by 31 October 2026, or by 6 November 2026 (5 PM) with the ₹500 late fee. The category entered cannot be changed later. [1]

UCEED 2027 registration fee (non-refundable) [1]

At B.Des seat allotment you pay a seat acceptance fee of ₹65,000 (GEN / EWS / OBC-NCL) or ₹20,000 (SC / ST / PwD), including a ₹5,000 non-refundable processing fee. It is adjusted against the institute fee when you join; withdrawing by Round IV refunds ₹60,000 / ₹15,000. [1]

B.Des seats in the previous year (2026-27), all categories [1]

The 2027-28 seat matrix will be published on the UCEED website at application time. IIT Bombay offers a 4-year B.Des and a 5-year B.Des + M.Des dual degree; IIT Delhi also admits to a B.Tech in Design through JEE Advanced, but only for candidates who have qualified UCEED in the same year. Fees are set by each institute. [1]

Beyond the seven, 47 institutes shared UCEED 2026 results for their own B.Des admissions — among them IIIT Delhi, DTU, NSUT, CEPT University, Nirma University, FDDI Noida, Tezpur University, GGSIPU and MAHE Manipal. [1]

1. IIT Bombay — UCEED 2027 Information Brochure (v1.0, 1 Oct 2026) (opens in a new tab) Participating institutes, calendar, cities, reservation, age / attempts / qualifying exam, stream rules, fees, paper pattern, marking, cut-offs, ranking, 2026-27 seat matrix, seat acceptance fee, result-sharing institutes · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

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