The UCEED 2027 registration process has started for students planning to join Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) programmes through the Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay opened the online registration process on October 1, 2026. Candidates can register with the regular fee until October 31, 2026.
UCEED 2027 will be conducted on January 17, 2027, from 9 AM to 12 noon. The examination will be held in various cities across India.
UCEED 2027 Registration
Candidates must complete the UCEED 2027 application form through the official UCEED website, uceed.iitb.ac.in. Registration is mandatory to appear for the entrance examination. Candidates must provide their qualifying examination and category details and upload the required documents in the specified format.
The regular registration window will close on October 31, 2026. Candidates who miss the regular deadline can register with a late fee until November 6, 2026, at 5 PM. The late fee is ₹500 in addition to the regular registration fee for eligible Indian nationals.
UCEED 2027 Important Dates
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| UCEED 2027 registration begins | October 1, 2026 |
| Last date to register with regular fee | October 31, 2026 |
| Last date to register with late fee | November 6, 2026, 5 PM |
| Admit card download begins | January 1, 2027 |
| Last date for admit card corrections | January 8, 2027, 5 PM |
| UCEED 2027 exam | January 17, 2027 |
| Draft answer key and Part A responses | January 19, 2027 |
| Final answer key | January 26, 2027 |
| Part A shortlisting | February 4, 2027 |
| UCEED 2027 result | March 6, 2027 |
| Scorecard download begins | March 10, 2027 |
| B.Des. application begins | March 15, 2027 |
The dates have been announced by IIT Bombay as part of the UCEED 2027 schedule.
UCEED 2027 Application Fee
The UCEED 2027 application fee varies according to the candidate’s category and nationality.
For Indian nationals, the fee is ₹2,000 for female candidates and SC, ST, and PwD candidates, while the fee for other candidates is ₹4,000. Service charges, processing fees, and other bank charges are additional.
A late fee of ₹500 will be charged in addition to the regular registration fee for registrations completed after October 31 and before the November 6 deadline.
UCEED 2027 Eligibility Criteria
Students must meet the eligibility requirements to appear for UCEED 2027. Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 2002 if they belong to the OPEN, EWS or OBC-NCL categories. For SC, ST and PwD candidates, the date of birth should be on or after October 1, 1997.
Candidates can attempt UCEED a maximum of two times, in consecutive years. They must have appeared for their Class XII or equivalent examination for the first time in 2026 or 2027. Students from Science, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities streams are eligible to appear for UCEED 2027.
Candidates who first appeared for Class XII in 2025 or earlier are generally not eligible. However, candidates from boards that declared their 2024-25 Class XII results on or after September 30, 2025, may also be eligible, subject to the other eligibility criteria.
UCEED 2027 B.Des. Admission Eligibility
Being eligible to appear for UCEED does not mean a candidate is eligible for B.Des. admission at every participating institute. For B.Des. admission, candidates must qualify UCEED 2027 and satisfy the institute-specific subject requirements.
Candidates from any stream can apply to IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad and IIT Indore.
For IIT Guwahati and IIT Roorkee, candidates must have studied Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.
For IIITDM Jabalpur, candidates must have studied Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics/Biology.
The participating institutes for UCEED 2027 B.Des. admissions are:
- IIT Bombay
- IIT Delhi
- IIT Guwahati
- IIT Hyderabad
- IIT Indore
- IIT Roorkee
- IIITDM Jabalpur
UCEED 2027 Exam Pattern
The UCEED 2027 exam will be conducted for three hours and will carry a total of 300 marks. The question paper will be available in English and will have two compulsory parts: Part A and Part B.
Part A will be a two-hour computer-based test carrying 200 marks. It will include:
- Numerical Answer Type (NAT) – 14 questions carrying 56 marks
- Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) – 15 questions carrying 60 marks
- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) – 28 questions carrying 84 marks
Part B carries 100 marks and includes two questions: one on sketching and one on design aptitude. Candidates will have one hour for Part B.
UCEED 2027 Exam Centres
UCEED 2027 will be conducted in 30 cities across India.
The listed cities include Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kozhikode, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur, among others.
Candidates must select three cities in order of preference while completing the registration form. Requests to change the selected cities will not be accepted after registration is completed.
UCEED 2027 Admit Card
The UCEED 2027 admit card will be available for download from January 1, 2027, at 1 PM. Candidates can make corrections to their admit cards until January 8, 2027, at 5 PM.
UCEED 2027 Answer Key and Result
IIT Bombay will release the draft answer key and candidates’ Part A responses on January 19, 2027. Candidates can submit comments on the draft answer key until January 21. The final answer key will be released on January 26, 2027, at 5 PM.
The UCEED 2027 result will be announced on March 6, 2027. Candidates can download their scorecards from March 10 to July 31, 2027. Qualifying UCEED and securing a rank does not by itself guarantee admission to a B.Des. programme.
UCEED 2027 B.Des. Admission
Candidates who qualify UCEED 2027 can apply for B.Des. admission through the common application process for the participating institutes. The B.Des. application process will begin on March 15, 2027. Candidates can select their preferred institutes through the common application form.
The joint seat allocation process will be conducted for the participating institutes. Seats will be provisionally allotted based on the candidate’s All India Rank (AIR), category and institute preferences.
How to Apply for UCEED 2027?
Candidates can apply for UCEED 2027 through the official registration portal by following these steps:
- Visit the official UCEED 2027 website – uceed.iitb.ac.in
- Register using the required details.
- Fill in the UCEED 2027 application form.
- Enter qualifying examination and category details.
- Upload the required documents in the specified format.
- Select three preferred examination cities.
- Pay the applicable registration fee.
- Submit the application form and save the confirmation for future reference.
Candidates should verify all details and documents before submitting the form because incomplete or incorrect registration forms can be rejected.