UCEED Seat Allotment 2021

UCEED 2021 Seat Allotment

Note Regarding UCEED 2020: UCEED 2020 supplementary round of seat allotment will be held on November 1, 2020. Candidates in float option till the third round as well as those who had applied for B.Des admission 2020 in the participating institutes and were not offered any seat till the third round are eligible to participate in the UCEED 2020 supplementary round. 

The first UCEED 2021 seat allotment list will be released on April 10, 2021, and candidates can choose between the 'freeze' and 'float' options. UCEED Counselling Process 2021 will begin after the completion of the exam.

UCEED 2021 seat allocation comprises a total of three rounds. Once the seats are filled, the seat allocation through UCEED 2021 will be closed. The process shall be followed by the submission of application for the BDes programme at the concerned institute.

Seats will be allotted on the basis of the applicants UCEED current year rank, category and choice of institutes. Selected candidates will be sent provisional allotment letters on their registered email, after which they will be directed to an online payment system to remit the seat acceptance fee of INR 60,000 for GEN/EWS/OBC-NCL. The seat acceptance fee for SC/ST/PwD candidates is INR 15,000. 

UCEED is an entrance exam conducted by IIT, Bombay for BDes admission to various participating and result sharing institutes such as Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG), Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IITH), Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing, Jabalpur (IIITDMJ), etc. Read on to find the detailed UCEED Seat Allotment, UCEED 2021 and previous year seat matrix and so on. 

Seat Allotment Dates for UCEED 2021

Here are the important dates related to UCEED 2021 seat allocation: 

UCEED First Seat Allotment Round 2020

UCEED Second Seat Allotment Round 2020

UCEED 2020 Supplementary Seat Allotment Round

UCEED 2021 Seat Allotment Process

Once the candidates successfully register themselves for UCEED 2021, then 3 rounds of UCEED 2021 seat allotment process will commence. UCEED 2021 seat allotment will take place on the basis of rank, category, and choice.

The shortlisted candidates will be sent provisional allotment letters by their registered email. They have to pay the Seat Acceptance Fee of INR 60,000 and OBC-NCL and INR 15,000/- for SC/ST/PwD through the online mode.

The joint seat allotment will be governed by the following rules:

• If the shortlisted candidates do not submit the seat acceptance fee before the scheduled time limit or they decline the admission, then their application will be cancelled. These vacant seats will be filled later seat allotment rounds.

• If the candidates accept their first choice of the institute, the candidate has two options either accept the choice which means freeze the seat or decline the offer.

• If the candidate is allotted their 2nd or 3rd choice of the institute, then the candidate has the options to either accept the choice or accept with the option which could be considered for upward movement i.e ‘float’ the choice for later rounds, if any, at the time of joint seat allocation.

  • In the ‘freezing’ option, candidates accept the offer that indicates they do not want to participate in further rounds of seat allocation. Such candidates will not be considered in later rounds of admission procedure.

  • In the ‘floating’ option, candidates accept the offered seat and indicate that, if admission to an institute of their higher preference is offered, then they will accept otherwise they will continue to study in the institute where they are already studying. These candidates will be given the option to participate in other rounds of admission.

• For candidates who choose the ‘float’ option, the allotment of a seat in their higher priority institute will automatically result in the forfeiture of the seat accepted by their in the earlier round.

• Candidates offered seats are required to pay seat acceptance fee only once. Thus, the candidates who are allotted another seat because they opted the ‘float’ option, they will not have to pay seat acceptance fee again.

• For candidates who accept offered seat, the seat acceptance fee will be adjusted against the admission fee of an institute at the time of joining. 

• For candidates who decline/reject the offered seat after remitting the seat acceptance fee, the refund will be governed by the policies of the admitting institute.

• If a candidate has paid the fee for the seat acceptance and chooses to withdrawal during the end of the first round or before the end of the second round, then they will get the complete refund after deducting the processing charges of INR 1500/–

• After the announcement of the final round of seat allocation, candidates do not have the option to withdraw an approved/allotted seat.

Document Verification:

• Documents attached with the counselling form are checked at the counselling centre.

• Candidates have to carry all the original documents at the counselling venue.

• They must also carry a set of photocopies of all the relevant documents.

• After the document verification, shortlisted candidates have to move for the next procedure initiated by the concerned authority.

UCEED Seat Matrix 2021

Previous Year UCEED Seat Matrix

Candidates can check the entire list of colleges that accept UCEED 2021 score for design course admissions on the official website of IIT Bombay.