The Registration for UCEED 2026 opened today on Navami shardiya nauratre October 1, 2025. You can apply online via the UCEED official website (iitb / UCEED portal) by filling in personal details, academic info, uploading documents, and paying the fee. Check all Information to apply for UCEED 2026 in this post include – Registration, Date, Exam Pattern, Eligibility, Syllabus
UCEED 2026 Registration Date
| Events | Dates |
| Detail Announce | October 01, 2025 |
| Last date of Registration | 31 October 2025 |
| Last Date of Registration with late fee | 7 November 2025 (5:00 pm) |
| Start Admit Card Downloading | January 2026 (01:00 pm) |
| Last Date of Rectification Discrepancies at Admit Card | January 2026 (05:00 pm) |
| Exam Date Exam preparation books | January 2026 (09:00 am to 12:00 noon) |
| Releasing Draft Answer key | January 2026 |
| Releasing Final Answer key (Part-A) | January 2026 (05:00 pm) |
| Announcement of cut-off marks for Part-A | February 2026 |
| Declaration of results | March 2026 |
| Start date for Score Card Downloading | March 2026 |
Registration Last Date UCEED 2026
The last date for UCEED 2026 registration with the regular fee is 31 October 2025. If you miss that, a late registration window will likely be open until 5 November 2025 with an extra late fee of Rs.500
UCEED 2026 Exam Date
The UCEED 2026 exam will be conducted on January 18, 2026. The admit card for the exam will be available from January 02, 2026. Candidates can check exam dates from UCEED Official website.
UCEED Exam Pattern 2026 – Part A and Part B
The UCEED Exam Pattern 2025 will consist of two parts Part A: This part will be conducted online and will have 57 questions, including NAT, MSQ, and MCQ-type questions. The duration of this part will be 2 hours and Part B: This part will be conducted offline.
Common Qs
NID DAT and UCEED 2026 are the same?
No both are different identity courses they offer is of Design, But course may look like same but there is engineering thing in UCEED 2026
UCEED 2026 Exam Pattern – Part A
| Type of Questions | Number of Questions | Marks for Correct Answer | Marks deducted for wrong answer | Marks for Question not attempted | Total Marks for the Section |
| Numerical Answer Type (NAT) | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Multiple Select Question (MSQ) | 15 | Partial Marking | -1 | 0 | 60 |
| Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) | 28 | 3 | 0.71 | 0 | 84 |
| Total | 57 | Duration Of Exam – 2 hours | 200 | ||
Exam Pattern Part B – UCEED 2026
| Type of Question | Number of Questions | Total Marks |
| Sketching | 1 | 50 |
| Design Aptitude | 1 | 50 |
| Duration of Exam – 1 hour | ||
UCEED 2026 Partial Marking for Multiple Select Question (MSQ)
| Criteria | Marks given |
| Choose only correct option | 4 marks |
| All four options are correct but only three options are chosen and none of the incorrect options is chosen. | 3 Marks |
| Three or more options are correct but Only two options are chosen, both of which are correct and None of the incorrect options is chosen. | 2 Marks |
| Two or more options are correct but only one option is chosen and it is a correct option and None of the incorrect options is chosen | 1 Marks |
| Non of the options is chosen | Zero Marks (0) |
| In case all other Cases | 1 marks deducted. |
Marking Scheme UCEED 2026
- There will be ONE question paper of total 3 hours duration.
- The question paper will be in English only.
- The question paper will carry a total of 300 marks.
- The question paper will consist of two parts: Part-A and Part-B. It is compulsory to attempt questions from both parts.
UCEED 2026 Seat Matrix for B. Des Course (Expected)
| Institute | Seat Matrix |
| IITB | 37 |
| IITD | 20 |
| IITG | 56 |
| IITH | 26 |
| IITR | 20 |
| IIITDMJ | 66 |
| Total | 225 |
Eligibility UCEED 2026
| UCEED 2026 Educational Qualification | UCEED 2026 Age Criteria |
| • You must have passed (or be appearing in) Class 12 (or equivalent) for the first time in 2025 or 2026. • Any stream (Science, Commerce, Arts / Humanities) is acceptable. | • For OPEN / EWS / OBC-NCL: born on or after October 1, 2001 • For SC / ST / PwD: born on or after October 1, 1996 |
UCEED 2026 Number of attempts
• You can attempt UCEED for at most 2 times , in two consecutive years.
UCEED 2026 Application Fee
| Category | Application Fee |
| General / Other category | Rs. 4,000/- |
| Female candidates/ SC / ST / PwD | Rs. 2,000/- |
| Apply Late Fee Amount | Rs. 500/- late fee |
Brochure UCEED 2026
The UCEED 2026 information brochure / notification is expected to be released on October 1, 2025 . The brochure will contain full details : schedule, eligibility, syllabus, exam pattern, registration process, fees, instructions. You can download UCEED brochure by link below.Download UCEED 2026 Brochure
How To Apply UCEED 2026
- Click on New Registration and create your account.
- Login with your email ID and password.
- Fill in your personal details.
- Fill in your education details.
- Upload your photo, signature, and certificates.
- Select your exam city choices.
- Pay the UCEED 2026 registration fee online.
- Check all details and click Submit.
- Download and save the confirmation page
Syllabus UCEED 2026
| PART- A | |
| Visualization and spatial reasoning | Ability to visualize and transform 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships. |
| Practical and scientific knowledge: | Know-how of scientific principles and everyday objects |
| Observation and design sensitivity | The capacity to detect concealed properties in daily life and think critically about them. Attention to detail, classification, analysis, inference and prediction. |
| Environment and society | General awareness of environmental, social and cultural connections with design |
| Analytical and logical reasoning | Ability to analyse qualitative and quantitative information. |
| Language | Proficiency in reading and comprehending Standard English. |
| Creativity | Grasp of verbal and non-verbal analogies, metaphors, signs and symbols. |
| PART-B | |
| Drawing | Ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective and shading |
| Design aptitude | Capability to practically and appropriately respond to problems/situations with ingenuity and empathy. |
Exam Centres
Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh/Mohali, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Ernakulam, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Hubballi (Hubli), Jaipur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Panaji, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, and Visakhapatnam.
UCEED 2026 Admit Card
Candidate will able to download The UCEED Admit Card In first week of January 2026. The UCEED Exam 2026 will be held on January 18, 2026 at 27 exam Cities Centres in India. To download your admit card, you can visit the official UCEED website and follow the instructions provided. The admit card is a Necessary Document that you need to carry with you to the examination center, so make sure to download it as soon as possible and print out multiple copies. (changeable)
Answer key UCEED 2026
The UCEDD answer Key 2026 will release after two days of conducting exam. Candidates can raise objection till 22 January 2026. UCEED 2025 exam will conducted on 18 January 2026 at 9 AM to 12 PM. To raise objection you must need to pay fee.
Result UCEED 2026
The Result date will announce soon on UCEED official website.
