The UCEED 2026 cutoff scores will be announced soon. The UCEED exam is for admission to Bachelor of Design (B.Des) programs at IITs and other participating institutes. The cutoff marks are expected to be higher this year. The final answer key has been released, and candidates can expect the cutoffs on February 05, 2026 , on the official UCEED website.
A total of 7 IITs and IIITDM Jabalpur are participating in the UCEED 2026 admissions. These institutes offer Bachelor of Design (B.Des) programs. The admissions will be based on the All India Rank (AIR) obtained by candidates in the UCEED exam. The rank list is prepared by combining marks from Part-A and Part-B of the exam.
This year, there will be five rounds of seat allotment. The first round of seat allotment will begin on April 21, 2026 .
Participating Institutes
Here are the institutes that accept UCEED scores for B.Des admissions:
| IIT Bombay | IDC School of Design |
| IIT Delhi | Department of Design |
| IIT Guwahati | Department of Design |
| IIT Hyderabad | Department of Design |
| IIT Roorkee | Department of Design |
| IIITDM Jabalpur | Design Discipline |
| IIT Indore | School of Innovation |
Expected Cutoff Scores
The UCEED exam for 2026 was considered easier than the previous year. Because of this, the expected cutoff marks are likely to be higher. Experts predict the cutoff to be around 80-100 marks for the general category.
The table below shows the expected closing ranks for the last round of admission in some IITs. These are for the General-All India category. (Note: Data for 2023, 2024, and 2025 are shown for reference).
| College | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| IIT Bombay | 16 | 14 | 14 |
| IIT Delhi | 40 | 35 | 41 |
| IIT Hyderabad | 67 | 58 | 61 |
| IIT Guwahati | 86 | 80 | 96 |
| IIT Roorkee | -/- | 110 | 111 |
| IIT Indore | -1- | -1- | 119 |
Seat Distribution (Expected)
The UCEED 2026 admission will also follow category-wise seat reservations as per government norms. The total number of seats across all participating institutes is 245.
| Institute | Open | Open-PwD | EWS | EWS-PwD | OBC-NCL | OBC-NCL-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 Roorkee | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| IIITDM Jabalpur | 25 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 66 |
| 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 |
