UCEED Participating Colleges 2026 – There are SIX institutes that will participate in UCEED 2026 admission process – IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Roorkee, IIITDM Jabalpur, and IIT Indore.
These institutes have a combined intake of 245 seats for the B.Des program.
The seat matrix for UCEED participating colleges was revised in last edition (UCEED 2025). If the UCEED 2026 seat matrix is also revised, the same will be updated here.
Note that all latest updates on UCEED 2026 participating colleges will be released online at the IIT Bombay admission portal – uceed.iitb.ac.in. IIT Bombay has notified that the UCEED 2026 exam will be held on January 18, 2026.
A detailed exam notification will be released on October 1, 2025.
Admission to the B.Des program offered by the participating colleges will be based on UCEED 2026 merit rank. IIT Bombay will conduct an online Joint Admission Process (or UCEED 2026 counseling) for the participating colleges. However, result-sharing institutes will conduct institute-level counseling.
Latest Updates:
- UCEED 2026 exam notification OUT – Exam Date (Jan 18), Check Details
- UCEED 2026 Application Form (Expected to open on October 1) – Register Here, How to Apply, Fees
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UCEED Participating Institutes 2026 – Key Highlights
| Particulars | Description |
| UCEED 2026 exam date | January 18, 2026 (9 am – 12 noon) |
| UCEED 2026 exam notification | IIT Bombay notified the exam date on July 30, 2025 – Read notice here It will release a detailed exam notification on October 1, 2025 |
| Application START Date | Likely to open on October 1, 2025 |
| What are UCEED 2026 participating colleges? | UCEED participating colleges will only accept UCEED 2026 merit ranks for admitting candidates to their B.Des courses. Scores of other entrance exams – NIFT, NID, Pearl Academy, etc., will not be accepted for the admission process. Further, IIT Bombay will conduct a Joint Seat Allocation Process (counseling) for the participating colleges. |
| Academic program offered | B.Des |
| Seat Intake | 245 |
| How many institutes are there in the UCEED 2026 participating institute list? | SIX |
| Seat allotment process | Allotment of seats to the B.Des will be based on: Category-wise UCEED 2026 merit rank Academic option selected at the time of counseling registration Availability of seats |
| When will UCEED 2026 counseling registration open for the participating colleges? | 2nd week of March to 2nd week of April 2026 (Expected) The allotment of seats will be done in multiple rounds (in the previous edition, there were FIVE rounds). |
| What are UCEED result-sharing institutes? | Unlike the participating institutes, the UCEED 2026 result-sharing institutes will also accept scores of other entrance exams for admission purposes. For instance, Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI), which is a result-sharing institute, also conducts the FDDI AIST entrance exam for B.Des admission. |
| Download | UCEED 2025 Participating Institutes Admission Brochure |
List of UCEED Participating Institutes 2026
The list of UCEED 2026 participating colleges includes SIX institutes. The total B.Des seat intake available at these six colleges stands at 245.
| Name of the Institute | Total Seat Intake |
| IIT Bombay | 37 |
| IIT Delhi | 20 |
| IIT Guwahati | 56 |
| IIT Hyderabad | 30 |
| IIT Roorkee | 20 |
| IIITDMJ | 66 |
| IIT Indore (Newly added) | 16 |
| Total Seat Intake | 245 |
UCEED Participating Institutes 2026 – Institute, Category-wise seats
The category-wise B.Des seat intake at the 6 participating colleges of UCEED are given in the table below. The date given is from previous edition (it will be updated as and when information for current session is released.
| Institute | Open | Open-PWD | EWS | EWS-PWD | OBC-NCL | OBC-PWD | SC | SC-PwD | ST | ST-PwD | Total |
| IIT Bombay | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 37 |
| IIT Delhi | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| IIT Guwahati | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 56 |
| IIT Hyderabad | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 |
| IIT Jabalpur | 25 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 66 |
| lIT Roorkee | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| IIT Indore | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Total | 94 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 63 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 245 |
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UCEED 2026 Result-sharing Institutes
The result-sharing institutes of UCEED will not participate in Joint Seat Allotment Process or Counseling conducted by IIT Bombay. Instead, these institutes will conduct the counseling process at an individual level.
Also, only a certain fraction of the available seats will be available for UCEED qualified candidates. Remaining seats may be filled using scores of other entrance exams.
In contrast, UCEED participating institutes will only consider UCEED 2026 merit ranks for admission purposes.
List of UCEED 2025 result-sharing colleges
- 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
- Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI)
- Nitte (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru
- Department of Design, Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), New Delhi
- Lovely Professional University, Phagwara
- Navrachana University, Gujarat
- Anant National University, Ahmedabad
- Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata
- VIT School of Design (V-SIGN), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
- MIT Vishwaprayag University, Solapur
- CMR University, Bengaluru
- Delhi Technological University, Delhi
- U. P. Institute of Design, Noida
- Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi
- Dr Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune
- O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat
- RV University, Bengaluru
- D Y Patil University School of Design, Pune
- Ajeenkya D Y Patil University School of Design, Pune
- University School of Design & Innovation, GGSIPU, New Delhi
- Tezpur University, Assam
- ATLAS SkillTech University, Mumbai
- Ratan Tata Maharashtra State Skills University
UCEED Participating Institutes 2026 – Admission Process
Admission to UCEED 2026 participating colleges will be conducted through the UCEED 2026 entrance exam. The allotment of seats will be based on UCEED 2026 merit rank and choices opted during counseling registrartion.
Candidates who have qualified in the UCEED 2026 exam and are assigned a merit rank must register for counseling.
IIT Bombay will conduct UCEED 2026 counseling registration starting sometime in from 2026. As part of the counseling registration process, the candidate will have to fill in their choices of UCEED 2026 participating colleges in the order of priority and pay the counseling fee.
UCEED 2026 counseling will have FIVE seat-allotment rounds.
Candidates who meet the UCEED 2026 cut-off criteria for a seat-allotment round will be eligible for admission in that round. Or else, they will be considered for admission in subsequent rounds (if available).
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