IIT Bombay has started the UCEED counselling process for students who passed the UCEED exam and applied for B.Des courses at IITs. This is for the admission year 2026. The first round of seat allotment is happening now.
UCEED Counselling Round 1 Begins
The UCEED counselling for Round 1 has started. Students who are eligible and have filled the common B.Des application form can take part. IIT Bombay is managing the counselling to give seats in the B.Des program.
Seats will be given based on your rank in the UCEED 2026 exam, your category, and the colleges you chose. Students who get a seat will receive a provisional allotment letter by email. To accept the seat, you need to pay a fee.
The seat acceptance fee is ₹60,000 for General, EWS, and OBC-NCL categories. For SC, ST, and PwD categories, the fee is ₹15,000 .
UCEED Seat Allotment Round 1 Dates
Here are the important dates for the first round of counselling:
| Seat Allotment Round | Date of Announcement | Payment of Seat Acceptance Fees: Start Date | Payment of Seat Acceptance Fees: End Date / Time | Withdrawal of seat/exit from seat allocation process: Start Date | Withdrawal of seat/exit from seat allocation process: End Date / Time |
| I | April 21, 2026 | April 21, 2026 | April 29, 2026; 6:00 PM | April 30, 2026 | May 11, 2026; 6:00 PM |
Eligibility for IITs
Different IITs have different subject requirements for admission to the B.Des program. Make sure you check the rules for the IITs you are interested in:
| Participating Institute for B.Des Admission | Subjects in 10 + 2 |
| IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Indore | All streams |
| IIT Guwahati and IIT Roorkee | Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics |
| IIITDM Jabalpur | Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/Biology |
