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UCEED Participating Institutes 2025 -Â IIT Bombay has released the updated list of participating colleges for UCEED 2025 on its admission portal - https://www.uceed.iitb.ac.in/2025/.
UCEED 2025 participating institutes include six colleges. Â
These institutes offer a combined intake of 225 seats for the B.Des program. The detailed institute-wise breakdown and category-wise reservation of the seats are given below.Â
Admission to B.Des program offered by participating institutes will be based on UCEED 2025 merit rank. Scores of other entrance exams, including NIFT, NID DAT, SEED, etc. will not be accepted.
However, UCEED 2025 scores by result-sharing institutes will also accept scores of other entrance exams for admission purposes.Â
Another key difference between a participating institute and a result-sharing institute is the former will participate in the Joint Admission Process (or centralized counseling) conducted by IIT Bombay. However, result-sharing institutes will not participate in the Joint Admission Process, and will instead conduct institute-wise counseling. Candidates must apply directly to these institutes based on their UCEED 2025 scores.
IIT Bombay will conduct the UCEED 2025 exam on January 19, 2025.
Q: Â How many B.Des seats are offered by the participating institutes of UCEED 2024?
There are SIX participating institutes of UCEED 2024.
IIT Roorkee has newly joined the list of UCEED 2024 participating colleges.
These participating institutes offer a combined intake of 225 (up from 205 seats in the previous edition) seats for the B. Des programme. Admission to the B. Des programme will be based on UCEED 2024 merit. Of the five participating institutes, IIT Jabalpur has the highest intake at 66 seats. Meanwhile, IIT Bombay, which is the most sought after college has an intake of 37 seats. Note that the seat intake has been divided into various categories like Open, SC, ST, OBC-NCL, and PwD.
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Q: Â At what time will the UCEED 2025 results be declared?
UCEED 2025 exam results will be declared on March 7, 2025.
Note that scorecards will be available for download from March 10, 2025. On result day, the candidate will only be able to see their qualifying status and scores.
The results will be declared for all candidates who have appeared in the entrance exam. However, the scorecard will contain the merit ranks, Part B, and total score only for shortlisted candidates.
Upvote Q: Â Who can participate in UCEED counseling?
The counseling process for UCEED 2025 will be conducted by IIT Bombay as a Joint Seat Allocation process.
To participate in UCEED 2024 counseling, the candidate must have qualfied in the UCEED 2025 entrance exam and been allocated a merit rank.
This means, if the candidate has failed to qualify Part A exam, he or she will not be allocated a merit rank, and therefore are not eligible to take part in the counseling process.
Note that the seat allotment for the B.Des program is done in five rounds.
Upvote Q: Â When can I register for UCEED 2025 counselling for admissions to the B.Des program?
The counseling registration window will be open from March 14-31, 2025.
As part of the counseling registration process, the candidate has to select their choice of participating colleges in the order of priority.
Note that UCEED 2025 counseling is conducted as a Joint Seat Allotment Process. There will be a total of FIVE seat allotment rounds, with the allotment of seats to be done as per the merit rank of the candidate.
As part of the eligibility criteria to participate in UCEED 2025 counseling, the candidate must have been assigned a merit rank in UCEED 2025.
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There are SIXÂ participating institutes of UCEED 2025. IIT Roorkee was newly added in the previous edition of the exam.
The participating institutes offer B.Des courses and have an intake of 225 seats. Admission to the course will be strictly based on UCEED 2025 merit ranks.
- IIT Bombay
- IIT Delhi
- IIT Guwahati
- IIT HyderabadÂ
- IIITDM Jabalpur
- IIT RoorkeeÂ
Q: Â What is the criteria for admission to B.Des programme offered by a UCEED 2024 participating institute?
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The seat intake for the B.Des program for the academic year 2025-26 is given in the table below. Admission to these seats will be based on UCEED 2025 merit ranks.
| Institute |
Open |
Open-PWD |
EWS |
EWS-PWD |
OBC-NCL |
OBC-PWD |
SC |
SC-PwD |
ST |
ST-PwD |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IIT Bombay |
14 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
37 |
| IIT Delhi |
7 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
20 |
| IIT Guwahati |
23 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
15 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
56 |
| IIT Hyderabad |
10 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
26 |
| IIT Jabalpur |
26 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
17 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
66 |
| lIT Roorkee |
7 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
20 |
| Total |
87 |
4 |
22 |
1 |
57 |
3 |
32 |
1 |
16 |
2 |
225 |
Horizontal Reservation
- 5% of seats in each category will be reserved for PwD candidates.
- PwD candidates will be considered for seat allotment only in their birth category quota.
B.Des. ProgramSchool of Innovation, IIT Indore
IIT Indore will admit the first batch of students to its School of Innovation for a Four-Year, Full-Time Bachelor of Design program.Â
Admission will be based on a valid UCEED 2025 score. All candidates who passed Class XII (or equivalent) from CBSE, State Boards, ICSE, and IB in any stream (Science, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities), can apply for the B.Des. program at IIT Indore.
Seat Matrix for B.Des. at IIT Indore 2025
| Â | Open | Open-PwD | EWS | EWS-PwD | OBC-NCL | OBC-NCL-PwD | SC |
| IIT Indore | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
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UCEED 2025 Result-sharing Institutes
The result-sharing institutes will allot some seats in their UG programs for admission through UCEED 2025.
However, the remaining seats may be filled based on scores of other entrance exams. This is in contrast to participating institutes that only accept UCEED scores.Â
Further, UCEED 2025 result-sharing institutes will not participate in the Joint Seat Allotment Process conducted by IIT Bombay. Instead, these institutes will conduct their counseling at an institute level.
UCEED 2025 result-sharing Institutes
IIT Bombay is updating the list of UCEED 2025 result-sharing institutes on its admission portal. So far the following institutes have given consent to use UCEED 2025 scores.
- BITS Design School
- FLAME University, Pune
- School of Creativity, Rishihood University
- Institute of Design, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
- CEPT University, Ahmedabad
- Mahindra University, Hyderabad
- Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal
- Alliance University, Bengaluru
- Jain (Deemed-to-be-University), Bangalore
- Department of Design, Shiv Nadar IoE, Delhi NCR
- MODY University of Science and Technology, Rajasthan
- Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra
- MIT ID Indore - Avantika University
- JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur
- GLS University, Gujarat
- JS Institute of Design, New Delhi
- Dr D Y Patil School of Design, Pune
- Somaiya School of Design, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai
The list of result-sharing institutes for UCEED 2024 is given below for reference.
- O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat
- University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun
- School of Creativity, Rishihood University
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal
- Tezpur University, Assam
- Dr D Y Patil School of Design, Pune
- Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies
- Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI)
- VIT School of Design (V-SIGN), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
- BITS Pilani
- Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru
- Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra
- Dr Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune
- Department of Design, Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), New Delhi
- Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab
- RV University, Bengaluru
- Somaiya School of Design, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai
- JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur
- CMR University, Bengaluru
- ITM Skills University, Navi Mumbai
- World University of Design, Sonipat
- JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), School of Design, Media and Creative Arts
- Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi
- Department of Design, Shiv Nadar IoE, Delhi NCR
- GLS University, Gujarat
- Navrachana University, Gujarat
- MIT ID Indore - Avantika University
- CEPT University, Ahmedabad
- Alliance University, Bengaluru
- Institute of Design, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
- MODY University of Science and Technology, Rajasthan
- FLAME University, Pune
UCEED 2025 - BDes Fee Structure
| Participating Institute |
Fee Structure (as per 2020) |
|---|---|
| IIT Bombay |
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| IIT Guwahati |
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| IIT Hyderabad |
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| IIITDM Jabalpur |
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UCEED 2025 - JOINT Seat Allocation Process
The counseling for UCEED 2025 participating colleges will be conducted by IIT Bombay in online mode as a Joint Seat Allotment process. Candidates who have qualified UCEED 2025 and been assigned a merit rank in the design entrance exam can participate in the counseling process.
The allotment seats to the B.Des program will be based on the following factors:
- The UCEED 2025 merit rank
- Reservation category
- Seats available in each institute at the time of seat allocation.
- Choices of institutes picked at the time of filing the counseling application form.
The seat allotment process of UCEED 2024 will be conducted in THREE rounds. The seat acceptance fee is INR 60,000 for GEN/EWS/OBC-NCL category candidates. For SC/ST/PwD candidates, the acceptance fee is INR 15,000.
UCEED 2025 - Eligibility Criteria for admission
IIT Bombay has outlined the eligibility criteria of UCEED 2025 on its admission portal - uceed.iitb.ac.in. The eligibility criteria pertains to the age limit, number of attempts, academic qualification, etc., that candidates need to meet for admission. If a candidate fails to meet these conditions, he or she will be disqualified.Â
UCEED 2025 eligibility criteria
- Age limit - OPEN/EWS/OBC-NCL category candidates need to have been born on or after October 1, 2000. SC, ST or PwD category candidates must be born on or after October 1, 1995.Â
- UCEED 2025 qualification - The candidate must have qualified UCEED 2025 and obtained a merit rank.
- Qualifying examination - The candidate must have passed all five subjects in the qualifying exam (10+2 or equivalent) in 2024 or 2025. Candidates who appeared in the qualifying exam for the first time in 2023 or earlier are not eligible for admission.
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UCEED Participating Colleges 2025 - FAQs
Go through the frequently asked questions (FAQs) related to UCEED colleges 2025 below.
Q: Â Is VIT School of Design, Vellore, a participating institute of UCEED 2024?
Upvote Q: Â What are UCEED 2024 result-sharing institutes?
Upvote Q: Â Will I be considered for admission to the B. Des programme at UCEED 2024 participating colleges if I do not get a merit rank?
Upvote Q: Â Do I need to apply separately to UCEED 2024 participating institute?
Upvote Q: Â What are the participating institutes of UCEED 2024?
Upvote Q: Â Is the application process open for admission to the B. Des programme through UCEED 2024?
Upvote Q: Â What is the category-wise seat intake for the B. Des programme at IIT Bombay through UCEED 2024?
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 weeks ago
No, one can not join IDC IIT Bombay without qualifying UCEED for B.Des. The eligibility criteria for getting admission into the college is that one should have passed the qualifying examination (Class XII or equivalent ) from the recognised Board/Examination.
UCEED is an exam of 300 marks. It has 3 s
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Yes, CEPT University accepts UCEED scores for admission to its BDes courses. To be eligible candidates must pass a Class 12 with 50% aggregate from Gujarat state board or any other State boards or CBSE/CISCE/NIOS/IB. Candidates must apply and appear for the UCEEDÂ and score good aggregate to grab th
Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
It is very much possible for candidates to prepare for the UCEED 2025 exam at home.
To prepare for the exam follow these tips:
- Make a study plan
- Divide the syllabus into smaller chunks and allocate time accordingly.Â
- Refer to the exam pattern
- Take notes during study
- Work on your drawing and visulalization
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Answered 2 months ago
The Department of Design, IITD, is set ton introduce a B.Tech in Design program from the upcoming admission session.
It will have an intake of 20 students in the first batch. It is a 4 year program. The intake will be based on JEE advanced merit rank.
The aspirants also must have qualified the design
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Answered 2 months ago
To study BDes at IIT Bombay, candidate must appear in the UCEED and attain the require the neccessary rank. IIT Bombay BDes Cutoff 2024 among the General AI category candidates was 14.Â
IIT Bombay will release the cut-off marks for the 1st round of UCEED 2025 seat allotment on April 21, 2025.
The cut-
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The counseling for UCEED 2025 will commence on March 14, 2025. The counseling process will have five seat allotment rounds.
The candidate is allowed to withdraw seats till the 4th round of counseling. However, after the announcement of the last round of seat allocation, an option to withdraw/decline
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To avoid any last-minute unforeseen transaction issues, the candidate should pay the seat acceptance fee for a round well before the end time/date of the
corresponding round.
Note that if the fee is not paid within the given deadline, the allotment will be cancelled. Also, such seats will be offered t
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Yes, the seat-acceptance fee paid by the candidate will be adjusted against the institute fees of the admitting institute at the time of joining. In case the candidate
declines the offered seat after remitting the seat acceptance fee, the refund of the seat acceptance fee will be done per the policie
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The candidate has to pay the seat-acceptance fee only once. If the candidate is allotted another seat (because they chose the ‘float’ option), they aren't required to pay the fee again.
However, the seat-acceptance fee will have to be paid within the given deadline. Or else, the allotment will be can
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The candidate can contact UCEED 2025 admission officials at the following address:
Chairperson,
UCEED-CEED Office,
IIT Bombay,
Powai, Mumbai – 400 076.
Website: www.uceed.iitb.ac.in
Email: uceed@iitb.ac.in
Phone: +91-22-2576 4063/9093/9094
The candidate may use any of the contact options provided here. Â
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