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.

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List of Top Colleges Accepting UCEED Scores 2026
List of Colleges Accepting UCEED 2026 Score
UCEED Result-Sharing Institutes 2026
UCEED 2026 Available Seats
UCEED Result-Sharing Institutes 2026
Faqs

Apart from IITs, several other prominent design institutes in India accept UCEED 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 accepting UCEED 2026 scores. The UCEED 2026 cutoff for Part A will be released in February 2026. Admission to UCEED 2026 participating colleges will be dependent on entrance exam scores. Please read the whole article for more information on the top colleges accepting UCEED scores in 2026.

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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
IIT Bombay	37
IIT Hyderabad	26
IIITDM Jabalpur	66
IIT Guwahati	56
IIT Delhi	20
IIT Roorkee	20
Total seats	225

List of Colleges Accepting UCEED 2026 Score

Several top design colleges in India and 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)
FLAME University, Pune	BDes Experience Design
School of Creativity, Rishihood University	BDes Product Design
	BDes Fashion & Textile
	BDes Interior Architecture
	BDes Communication Design
Mahindra University, Hyderabad	BDes in Design Innovation
Alliance University, Bengaluru	BDes
	BDes Visual Communication Design
	BDes Interior Design
	BDes Interaction & User Experience Design
	BDes Product Design
	BDes Animation Film Design
Department of Design, Shiv Nadar IoE, Delhi NCR	BDes Experience Design (UI-UX)
	BDes Product-System Design
	BDes Visual Communication Design
MODY University of Science and Technology, Rajasthan	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
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra	BDes
MIT ID Indore - Avantika University	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
GLS University, Gujarat	BDes Animation Design
	BDes Digital Film Making
	BDes Product Design
	BDes Apparel Design
	BDes Accessories & Jewelry Design
	BDes Environment & Space Design
JS Institute of Design, New Delhi	BDes Game Art & Design
	BDes Visual Communication
	BDes Digital Product Design
Somaiya School of Design, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai	BDes Product Design
Footwear Design and Development Institute	B.Des. Footwear Design & Production
	B.Des. Fashion Design
	B.Des. Leather, Lifestyle & Product Design
Nitte (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru	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
Navrachana University, Gujarat	B.Des. Interior Design
	BDes Product Design
	BDes Visual Communication
Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata	BDes
MIT Vishwaprayag University, Solapur	BDes User Experience Design
	BDes Communication Design
	BDes Product Design
CMR University, Bengaluru	B.Des. Communication Design
	B.Des. Product Design
	B.Des. Fashion Design
	B.Des. Interior Design
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi	BDes
O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat	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
Institute of Design, Nirma University , Ahmedabad	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-WPU School 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
CEPT University , Ahmedabad	BDes
Delhi Technological University , Delhi	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
Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology	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
School of Design, DY Patil University	BDes Product Design
	BDes Graphic Design
	BDes Interior Design
University School of Design & Innovation, GGSIPU, New Delhi	BDes
Manipal University	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:

FLAME University, Pune
MODY University of Science and Technology, Rajasthan
Institute of Design, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
Alliance University, Bengaluru
CEPT University, Ahmedabad
MIT ID Indore - Avantika University
Navrachana University, Gujarat
GLS University, Gujarat
Department of Design, Shiv Nadar IoE, Delhi NCR
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi
Jain (Deemed-to-be-University), Bangalore
World University of Design, Sonipat
ITM Skills University, Navi Mumbai
CMR University, Bengaluru
JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur
Somaiya School of Design, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai
RV University, Bengaluru
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara
Department of Design, Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), New Delhi
Dr Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra
Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru
BITS Design School
D Y Patil University School of Design, Pune
VIT School of Design (V-SIGN), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI)
Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies
Dr D Y Patil School of Design, Pune
Tezpur University, Assam
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal
School of Creativity, Rishihood University
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun
O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat
Delhi Technological University, Delhi
Anant National University, Ahmedabad
U. P. Institute of Design, Noida

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:

Institute	Open	Open-PWD	EWS	EWS-PwD	OBC-PWD	OBC-NCL	SC	SC-PwD	ST	ST-PwD	Total
IIT Bombay	14	0	3	1	0	10	5	0	2	1	37
IIT Delhi	7	0	2	0	1	5	3	0	2	0	20
IIT Guwahati	22	1	6	0	1	14	7	1	4	0	56
IIT Hyderabad	10	0	2	1	0	7	4	0	2	0	26
IIT Jabalpur	25	1	7	0	1	17	9	1	5	0	66
Total	79	2	20	2	3	53	28	2	15	1	205

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.

Also Read:

UCEED Marks vs Rank 2026	CEED & UCEED Tie-Breaker Policy 2026
What is a Good Score in UCEED?	UCEED Passing Marks 2026

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FAQs

How can I stay updated on admission notifications and changes in criteria for top UCEED colleges?

It is advised to regularly check the official websites of the top UCEED colleges and the official website for the latest updates on admission notifications, changes in criteria, and important announcements. Institutes often provide detailed information to help candidates stay informed.

Are there scholarships available for students admitted through UCEED in top colleges?

Information about UCEED scholarships at top colleges is not centrally available. However, these institutions may provide financial aid based on merit or need. For specific details on scholarships for UCEED students, it is recommended to visit the individual college websites.

Is work experience considered during admissions to top UCEED colleges?

Work experience generally does not play a significant role in admissions to top UCEED colleges. These institutions primarily evaluate candidates based on their UCEED exam scores, the quality of their design portfolios, and their performance in interviews. However, certain colleges may have unique requirements. Therefore, it is advisable to review the specific admission criteria for each institute directly.

What are the popular design programs offered by top colleges accepting UCEED scores?

Many colleges that accept UCEED scores provide Bachelor of Design (B.Des) programs with a range of specializations. These specializations often include:
- Product Design
- Industrial Design
- Visual Communication
- Interaction Design
- Animation
- Game Design
- Fashion Design
- Textile Design
Each college may offer different specializations, so it is advisable to visit the websites of the colleges you are interested in to get detailed information about the programs they offer.

Do top UCEED colleges have specific quotas for reserved categories?

Yes, top UCEED colleges usually follow government-mandated reservation policies. These may include categories like General, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, and PwD. Detailed information about reservation quotas can be found in the respective institute's admission brochure.

What is the procedure for counselling in top UCEED colleges?

The counselling procedure varies among institutes. Typically, it involves document verification, and seat allocation based on UCEED rank, and sometimes includes rounds like interviews or portfolio reviews. Candidates should refer to the official websites for detailed counselling procedures.

Are there any additional entrance exams required for admission to top UCEED colleges?

Some institutes may have additional rounds such as interviews or portfolio assessments. Candidates should check the specific admission criteria of each college to understand if there are any supplementary entrance exams or evaluation processes.

Can I apply to multiple top colleges accepting UCEED scores?

Yes. You can apply to as many top colleges which accept UCEED scores as you qualify in individual criteria instituted by each institute. However, you must note the deadline and fees applicable for each college. Seeking admission into more than one college increases your opportunity to get into a desirable design program.

What is the UCEED score cutoff for admission to top design colleges?

The cutoff scores vary for top design colleges like IIT Bombay, Delhi, and Guwahati. The cutoff score will be above 115-125 in general. For IIT Bombay, rank 1-15 is required in general. The cutoff will depend on the difficulty level of the exam, applicants, and the number of available seats. The institute releases their own cutoff list after the declaration of the UCEED results.

Which are the top colleges accepting UCEED scores for admission in 2026?

Top choices remain the same for 2026 admissions based on UCEED scores. Expect IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Roorkee, and IIITDM Jabalpur to be the prime choices. Alongside, also consider IIIT Delhi and UPES Dehradun, which also rely on UCEED scores for their design programs. Check the official admission brochures for program specifics and eligibility criteria as the 2026 cycle approaches.