Top Colleges Accepting UCEED 2026 Scores: Colleges List, Seats, Expected Cutoff
Some of the top colleges accepting UCEED scores 2026 are IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, BITS Design School, FLAME University, and Manipal University. UCEED 2026 scores will be accepted by top design institutes beyond IITs for BDes admissions. UCEED 2026 will be held on January 18, 2026.
Top Colleges Accepting UCEED 2026 Scores:Apart from IITs, several other prominent design institutes in India acceptUCEED 2026 results, which will be declared on March 6, 2026, for BDes admissions. BITS Pilani Design School, FDDI, and VIT Vellore are some of the notable colleges that are on the list of colleges acceptingUCEED 2026scores. The UCEED 2026 cutoff for Part A will be released in February 2026. Admission toUCEED 2026 participating collegeswill be dependent on entrance exam scores. Please read the whole article for more information on the top colleges accepting UCEED scores in 2026.
List of Top Colleges Accepting UCEED Scores 2026
Check out the list of UCEED 2026 participating colleges that primarily offer admission based on UCEED 2026 scores:
Institute | No. of Seats Available for Admission through UCEED 2026 |
|---|---|
37 | |
30 | |
66 | |
56 | |
20 | |
20 | |
| IIT Indore | 16 |
Total seats | 245 |
List of Colleges Accepting UCEED 2026 Score
Severaltop design colleges in Indiaand universities consider UCEED scores for admission to their BDes programs. However, it is important to note that these design colleges do not participate in the Joint Admission Counselling process conducted by IIT Bombay. As of now, the updated list of top colleges accepting UCEED 2026 scores for admission has been provided below:
Colleges Accepting UCEED 2026 Score | Courses Offered |
|---|---|
| BITS Design School | BDes Physical Product Design |
BDes Research & Insights | |
BDes Visual Design | |
BDes Experience Design | |
BDes Digital Product Design (UI/UX) | |
| BDes Experience Design | |
BDes Product Design | |
BDes Fashion & Textile | |
BDes Interior Architecture | |
BDes Communication Design | |
Mahindra University, Hyderabad | BDes in Design Innovation |
BDes | |
BDes Visual Communication Design | |
BDes Interior Design | |
BDes Interaction & User Experience Design | |
BDes Product Design | |
BDes Animation Film Design | |
BDes Experience Design (UI-UX) | |
BDes Product-System Design | |
BDes Visual Communication Design | |
B.Des. Fashion Merchandising | |
B.Des. Fashion Design | |
B.Des. Interior Design | |
B.Des. Textile Design | |
B.Des. User Experience | |
B.Des. Visual Arts | |
B.Des. Graphics and Communication Design | |
BDes | |
BDes in Industrial Design | |
BDes in Communication Design | |
BDes in User Experience Design | |
BDes in Interaction Design | |
BDes in Fashion Design | |
BDes in Transportation Design | |
BDes in Interior Space and Furniture Design | |
BDes in Retail Design | |
BDes in Animation Design | |
BDes Animation Design | |
BDes Digital Film Making | |
BDes Product Design | |
BDes Apparel Design | |
BDes Accessories & Jewelry Design | |
BDes Environment & Space Design | |
BDes Game Art & Design | |
BDes Visual Communication | |
BDes Digital Product Design | |
Somaiya School of Design, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai | BDes Product Design |
B.Des. Footwear Design & Production | |
B.Des. Fashion Design | |
B.Des. Leather, Lifestyle & Product Design | |
B.Des. Fashion Design | |
B.Des. Interior Design | |
BDes Product Design | |
BDes UI-UX Design | |
BDes Communication Design | |
Department of Design, Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), New Delhi | BDes |
B.Des. Interior Design | |
BDes Product Design | |
BDes Visual Communication | |
BDes | |
BDes User Experience Design | |
BDes Communication Design | |
BDes Product Design | |
B.Des. Communication Design | |
B.Des. Product Design | |
B.Des. Fashion Design | |
B.Des. Interior Design | |
BDes | |
BDes (Immersive Digital Environment Jindal Pathway) | |
BDes (Interior Environment Westminster Pathway) | |
BDes (Interior Environment Jindal Pathway) | |
RV University, Bengaluru | BDes Interior Environment Design |
BDes Transdisciplinary Contexts | |
BDes Communication Design | |
BDes Product Design | |
JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur | BDes Product Design |
BDes Interaction Design | |
BDes Interdisciplinary Design | |
BDes Integrated Communication Design | |
Institute of Design,Nirma University, Ahmedabad | BDes Communication Design |
BDes Industrial Design | |
Lovely Professional University (LPU), Phagwara, Punjab | BDes in Interior and Furniture |
BDesign Multimedia | |
BDesign Graphics | |
BDesign Gaming | |
BDesign Film & TV Production | |
BDesign Product & Industrial | |
BDesign Fashion | |
MIT-WPUSchool of Design, Pune | BDes Product Design |
BDes User Experience Design | |
BDes Visual Communication Design | |
Anant National University, Ahmedabad | BDes |
VIT School of Design (V-SIGN),VIT University, Vellore | BDes Industrial Design |
CEPT University, Ahmedabad | Bachelor of Interior Design |
BDes | |
BDes | |
Jain (Deemed-to-be-University), Bangalore | BDes Industrial Design |
BDes Communication & Media Design | |
BDes Lifestyle Products & Accessories Design | |
UP Institute of Design, AKTU, Noida | BDes |
BDes Business Services and System Design | |
BDes Creative and Applied Computation | |
BDes Creative Education | |
BDes Human Centered Design | |
BDes Industrial Arts and Design Practices | |
BDes Information Arts and Information Design Practices | |
BDes Public Space Design | |
BDes Visual Communication and Strategic Branding | |
BDes Product Design | |
BDes Graphic Design | |
BDes Interior Design | |
BDes | |
| BDes |
UCEED Result-Sharing Institutes 2026
For reference, you can also check out the list of colleges that agreed to use UCEED 2026 scores for admission mentioned below:College | City/State |
BITS Design School | Pilani |
FLAME University | Pune |
Mahindra University | Hyderabad |
Jain University | Bangalore |
CEPT University | Ahmedabad |
Sister Nivedita University | Kolkata |
Institute of Design, Nirma University | Ahmedabad |
Alliance University | Bengaluru |
MIT Vishwaprayag University | Solapur |
GLS University | Gujarat |
Gujarat | |
Indore | |
Katra | |
Vellore | |
Mumbai | |
Delhi | |
Ratan Tata Maharashtra State Skills University | Navi Mumbai |
Department of Design, Shiv Nadar IoE | Delhi NCR |
Delhi Technological University | Delhi |
Ahmedabad | |
Sonipat | |
Lovely Professional University | Phagwara |
Noida | |
Vadodara, Gujarat | |
Unitedworld Institute of Design | Gandhinagar, Gujarat |
Greater Noida | |
Jaipur | |
Nashik |
UCEED 2026 Available Seats
The available seats for the top IIT colleges through the UCEED score are 205. If you possess a valid merit rank, you will be called for counselling and a seat allotment process to grant admission at the participating institutions. Check out the seat matrix for the BDes programme below:
| 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 Indore | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 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 |
| Total | 94 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 63 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 245 |
UCEED Result-Sharing Institutes 2026
The result-sharing institutes conduct their counselling round to select students for BDes courses through the UCEED score. So, they are not part of the counselling process conducted by the IIT Bombay. Check out the list of result-sharing institutes mentioned below:
World University of Design (WUD) | JK Lakshmipat University |
MIT ID Indore - Avantika University | RV University, Bengaluru |
Somaiya School of Design, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai | JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), School of Design, Media and Creative Arts |
ITM Skills University, Navi Mumbai | GLS University, Gujarat |
Alliance University, Bengaluru | Department of Design, Shiv Nadar IoE, Delhi NCR |
MODY University of Science and Technology, Rajasthan | CMR University, Bengaluru |
FLAME University, Pune | Institute of Design, Nirma University, Ahmedabad |
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi | CEPT University, Ahmedabad |
Navrachana University, Gujarat | - |
The seats offered under the Bachelor of Design course by the rest of the colleges are allocated based on reservation policies laid down by the Government of India. Candidates qualifying for the UCEED cut-off will be eligible to take admission in the B.Des programme offered by these colleges. The curriculum of the programme is almost similar at all the institutes and may vary slightly depending on the specialisation of the programme. The B.Des course offers great career prospects, especially for individuals who have a creative zeal and want to explore different domains of the design industry.
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