UCEED 2026 Counselling is conducted centrally by IIT Bombay for B.Des admissions across seven participating design institutes, with a total of 245 seats allocated over five rounds of joint seat allotment. Round V — the final vacant-seat round — declared its allotment on July 9, 2026, and the seat acceptance fee payment window for Round V closes today, July 13, 2026, at 6:00 PM.

  • Conducting body: IIT Bombay (organising institute for joint UCEED counselling)
  • Participating institutes: IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Indore, IIT Roorkee, and IIITDM Jabalpur — 245 B.Des seats in total
  • Counselling rounds: Five rounds (Rounds I–V); Round V is the final vacant-seat round with no further upgrade or withdrawal option
  • Seat acceptance fee: ₹60,000 for General/EWS/OBC-NCL students; ₹15,000 for SC/ST/PwD students — paid once, even if the seat upgrades under Float
  • Application processing fee: ₹4,000 (non-refundable), paid at the time of counselling registration
  • After Round V concludes, students with confirmed seats must report physically to their allotted institute for document verification and admission formalities
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