UCEED 2018 Counselling Process

After UCEED result is announced, candidates can download their UCEED scorecard from the official website of the exam. The scorecard of UCEED exam consists of the candidate’s name, roll number, score and UCEED rank. Aspirants who find a place for themselves in UCEED 2018 merit list need to fill a common BDes course application form. Joint Seat Allocation process is conducted to offer admission to aspirants in BDes course basis their UCEED 2018 ranks. Informing about the same, the official website of Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) states: “The UCEED Office, IIT Bombay will process the common application form and carry out the joint seat allocation process”.

After candidates complete the application process, they need to take part in three seat allotment rounds in order to secure admission in BDes programmes. UCEED 2018 seat allotment round ends when seats are filled in colleges accepting UCEED ranks for admission.

UCEED 2018 Seat Allocation Application Processing Fee
For all categories & genders	Rs 1000

 

UCEED 2018 Eligibility Criteria for Seat Allocation

The eligibility criteria that aspirants need to fulfill in order to apply for UCEED joint seat allocation is as follows:

Criterion 1: Age Limit

Aspirants who were born on or after October 1, 1998 for Open or OBC-NCL category and on/after October 1, 1993 for SC, ST or PwD category meet UCEED 2018 eligibility criteria.

Criterion 2: UCEED Qualification

Candidates who possess a valid UCEED 2018 rank are eligible to apply for UCEED counselling process.

Criterion 3: Qualifying Examination

Aspirants who have cleared their qualifying examination, that is, Class XII or equivalent in 2017 or 2018 meet UCEED eligibility criteria. However, those candidates who appeared for their qualifying exam for the first time in 2016 or earlier do not meet UCEED 2018 eligibility criteria.

The official website informs: “The candidates appearing for their qualifying examination (Class XII or equivalent) in 2018 should ensure that, all parts of their final examination are completed by the date of registration in respective admitting institute, and proof of having passed the qualifying examination with required eligibility is submitted by September 30, 2018 to the admitting institute”.

Criterion 4: Stream in Qualifying Exam

Aspirants who are from the Science Stream (with Physics, Chemistry and Maths as subjects) meet the admission criteria as specified by all the colleges accepting UCEED ranks for admission. However, candidates who are from any other stream, that is “Science without Maths or Physics or Chemistry, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities, are eligible to apply to only IIT Bombay and IIITDM Jabalpur”, as specified by UCEED 2018 official website.

UCEED 2018 Joint Seat Allotment Process

In the counselling process for UCEED exam, candidates will be allotted seats for admission basis their UCEED rank, category and college selected by them. Candidates who secure admission basis these criteria will be sent a provisional allotment letter on their registered email address.

After receiving UCEED allotment letter candidates will be directed to the online payment system where they will have to pay UCEED Seat Acceptance Fee amounting to Rs 60,000.

Rules and regulations that aspirants need to follow as part of UCEED 2018 counselling process is as mentioned below:

• Application will stand cancelled if a selected candidate does not pay the seat acceptance fee before the mentioned deadline or declines admission. Seats left vacant by such candidates will be filled during subsequent rounds of UCEED seat allotment.
• Aspirants who are allotted their first choice (of institute) can either accept (that is, freeze) the seat allotted or decline the offer.
• Aspirants who are allotted their second or third choice (of institute) can either accept (that is, freeze) the seat allotted or “accept with the option to be considered for upward movement (that is, float) the seats allotted for subsequent rounds of UCEED joint seat allocation.
• If an aspirant selects the ‘freeze’ option, he/she will not be able to take part in subsequent rounds of seat allotment.
• If an aspirant selects the ‘float’ option, he/she states that they “accept the offered seat and indicate that, if admission to an institute of his/her higher preference is offered, they will accept it. Else, they will continue with the currently accepted institute. Such candidates will be considered in subsequent rounds of admission”, informs the official UCEED information brochure.
• Any aspirant who selects the ‘float’ option and is offered a seat in a college of his/her higher preference needs to know that if this scenario takes place then the forfeiture of the seat accepted by him/her in the earlier round would automatically take place.

Candidates who secure seats on the basis of UCEED counselling round will have to pay the seat acceptance fee once only. Thus, any aspirant who has selected the ‘float’ option would not have to pay the seat acceptance fee again.

“For candidates who accept 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 will be governed by the policies of the admitting institute”, informs the official website.