UCEED 2021 Eligibility Criteria

To apply for admission, an applicant is required to fulfil the following 3 criteria

Criterion 1 – Age Limit: 
The candidate should have been born on or after October 1, 1994, if belonging to the OPEN or OBC-NCL category and, on or after October 1, 1989, if belonging to the SC, ST or PWD category. 

Criterion 2 – UCEED Qualification: 
The candidate should have qualified, i.e., obtained a rank in UCEED 2019.

Criterion 3 – Qualifying Examination: 
The candidate should have passed the qualifying examination (Class XII or equivalent) in 2018 or 2019. Those who appeared for the first time in their qualifying examination in 2017 or earlier are NOT eligible.

Candidates from the Science Stream with Physics, Chemistry and Maths as subjects are eligible to apply to all the four institutes. Candidates from any other stream (Science without Maths or Physics or Chemistry, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities) are eligible to apply to only IIT Bombay, IIT Hyderabad and IIITDM Jabalpur.

The candidates appearing for their qualifying examination (Class XII or equivalent) in 2019 should ensure that, (a) all parts of their final examination are completed by the date of registration in respective admitting institute, and (b) proof of having passed the qualifying examination with required eligibility is submitted by September 30, 2019 to the admitting institute.

If a qualifying examination Board awards only letter grades without providing information on the passing grade on the grade sheet, the candidate should obtain a certificate from the Board specifying the passing grade and upload it along with the grade sheet. In case such a certificate is not provided, the decision taken by the B. Des Admissions Committee will be final.

The criteria, as specified above, is applicable “in toto” to all the applicants including foreign nationals. Applications from foreign nationals including OCI (Overseas Citizen of India)/ PIO (People of Indian Origin) card holders are considered under the open category and they are outside the ambit of reservation of seats under the OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories. Seats allotted to foreign nationals are supernumerary. However, seats allotted to OCI/PIO candidates are not supernumerary.