UCEED 2026 | Registration Date, Exam Dates, Eligibility

UCEED 2026 | Registration, Exam Dates, Eligibility: Aspirants can find all the important details about the Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design (UCEED) 2026 in this post. IIT Bombay, the conducting body, will hold the UCEED exam to offer admissions into B.Des (Bachelor of Design) programs at top institutes including IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur. This national-level design entrance test is the gateway to prestigious design education in India.

To know the extra information like UCEED 2026 Eligibility, UCEED 2026 Registration Fee, and the procedure to fill in the UCEED 2026 Application Form move on to the next parts of the post. Interested candidates have to submit their UCEED 2026 Application Form from First Week of October 2025.

UCEED 2026

Aspirants can fetch the complete information on UCEED 2026 Application Form from this post. It is mandatory for the candidates to fill in all the details in the Application Form.  Below this page we have provided UCEED 2026 Registration Link. Moreover the UCEED 2026 Exam will be conducted on 18th January 2026.

New Update: The UCEED 2026 exam will be held on 18th January 2026 (Sunday) from 9 AM to 12 PM. The official notification is expected on 1st October 2025.

UCEED 2026 – Overview

UCEED 2026  – Important Dates

UCEED 2026 Eligibility Criteria

Before applying for UCEED 2026, candidates (including foreign nationals) must ensure they meet all three eligibility criteria set by IIT Bombay:

1. Age Limit

• OPEN/EWS/OBC-NCL candidates: Born on or after 1st October 2001

• SC/ST/PwD candidates: Born on or after 1st October 1996

2. Number of Attempts

• A candidate can attempt UCEED a maximum of two times, and only in consecutive years

• UCEED score is valid for one year and only for admission in the same academic year

3. Qualifying Examination

• Must have appeared for Class 12 (or equivalent) for the first time in 2025 or 2026

• Students from any stream – Science, Commerce, Arts, or Humanities – are eligible

• Those who appeared for Class 12 in 2024 or earlier are not eligible for UCEED 2026

UCEED 2026 Registration Fee

The UCEED 2026 application will start in the first week of October and close by the end of October (regular fee). With a late fee, applications can be submitted until the first week of November. The application fee is Rs.4,000 for all candidates and is non-refundable and non-transferable.

How To Apply For UCEED 2026?

For the convenience of the candidates, we arranged a stepwise process to apply for the UCEED 2026. Aspirants can easily follow the below steps.

• Firstly all the candidates should visit the official site @ uceedapp.iitb.ac.in/UCEED.
• Then the homepage of the UCEED 2026 Exam gets displayed.
• Now, give a click on the Register Online button.
• Read the complete instructions mentioned on that page.
• Now give a CLICK TO REGISTER ONLINE.
• And if the candidate is a first-time user then sign in with an account.
• Fill in all the valid details in the registration form
• Finally, submit the application form.

UCEED 2026 – Important Links

UCEED 2026 Syllabus

UCEED 2026 will have two parts.

Part-A will have questions from the following topics

• Visualization and spatial ability: Pictorial and diagrammatic questions to test understanding of transformation and/or manipulation of 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships, knowledge of practical and everyday mechanical and scientific concepts.
• Observation and design sensitivity: Ability to detect concealed properties in ordinary things, people, situations, and events, and thinking critically about them. Applying attention to certain details, analyzing, reasoning, classifying, inferring, and predicting. Ability to discern subtle differences in visual properties and aesthetic outcomes.
• Environmental and social awareness: General awareness of environmental factors such as climate, population, water, vegetation, pollution, weather, natural resources, etc., and their implications on the design of products, images, infrastructure, and environment. Awareness of social and cultural connection with the design, history of the designed artifact, and socially responsible and environmentally sustainable design responses. History of art, sculpture, and literature.
• Analytical and logical reasoning: Ability to look at information, be it qualitative or quantitative in nature, and discern patterns within the information. Ability to weigh opinions, arguments, or solutions against appropriate criteria. Ability to check for hidden bias or hidden assumptions and whether evidence and argument support conclusions. Ability to use logic and structured thinking to deduce from a short passage, which of a number of statements is the most accurate response to a posed question. Data interpretation, brainteasers, and patterns.
• Language and creativity: Ability to understand and use Standard English. Reading comprehension, knowledge of English grammar. Ability to think creatively in terms of alternatives, ability to distinguish innovative options, and to think out of the box.
• Design thinking and problem-solving: Ability to use visual analogies, metaphors, signs, and symbols. Ability to understand complexity, identify problems, generate alternatives, evaluate options, and select solutions.

Part-B will have ONE question from the following topic

• Drawing: Ability to draw products, people, or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective, and shading.
• Note: The topics given above are exhaustive and indicative of the nature of the questions.
• However, the UCEED 2026 may not cover all the topics.

UCEED 2026 Exam Pattern

UCEED 2026 Exam Date

UCEED 2026 Exam will be conducted by Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay (IIT) officials. The UCEED 2026 Exam is scheduled to be conducted on 18th January 2026. All the applicants must attend the exam on scheduled date.

UCEED 2026 Admit Card

Aspirants applying for UCEED 2026 must download their admit card without fail. IIT Bombay will release the UCEED 2026 Admit Card in the first week of January 2026 on the official website. Candidates can access and download it by logging in with their credentials.

UCEED 2026 Result

Checking the UCEED 2026 result is mandatory for all candidates who appear for the exam. The result will be declared in the first week of March 2026 on the official website. Candidates should log in to view and download their scores.

We suggest all the candidates to check this web portal @ Exams.Freshersnow.Com on a regular basis for all the latest information and updates on UCEED 2026.