Industrial Design Centre – IIT Bombay Admission Process: Eligibility, Exam Pattern, and Selection Process
Published by Shikha Kumari on Feb 03, 2025
With Alumni such as Parag Agrawal, Nandan Nilekani, Manohar Parrikar, K Sivan, IIT Bombay is no tale for the introduction. Industrial Design Centre of IIT Bombay is also weaving its own story by offering its design courses in bachelor of Design, Master of Design as well as research in bachelor and master of design. Candidates who aspire to be designers from IIT Bombay may pursue a bachelor’s of design. In this blog, we are going to discuss how a candidate can be admitted to IIT Bombay the eligibility criteria to fulfil, course and fees, exam pattern to pass for getting into IDC IIT.
IDC, IIT Bombay Admission
The admission is solely based upon The Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) score organised by IITs collectively. UCEED 2025 result date is expected to be on 7 Mar ’25. The exam is divided into two parts which assess the quality of a candidate in creativity and assess the aptitude of the candidate. For a bachelor in design, the Industrial Design Centre offers 37 seats only. Follow the schedule to stay updated regarding admission.
Events | Date |
Announcement of cut-off marks for Part A | February 06, 2025 |
Declaration of results | March 07, 2025 |
Start date for Score Card Downloading | March 10, 2025 |
Submission of Online Application for BDes Programme | March 14 to 31, 2025 |
Seat allotment round 1 | April 21, 2025 |
Seat allotment round 2 | May 19, 2025 |
Seat allotment round 3 | June 10, 2025 |
Seat allotment round 4 | June 24, 2025 |
Seat allotment round 5 | July 03, 2025 |
Last date for Score Card Downloading | June 11, 2025 |
IDC, IIT Bombay Eligibility
To be eligible for UCEED, candidates have a limited number of attempts. They should have qualified for the exam in 2024 or 2025 and must be under 25 years of age as of October 1, 2024.
- Age limit
Category | Date of Birth Requirement |
OPEN/EWS/OBC-NCL | Born on or after October 1, 2000 |
SC/ST/PwD | Born on or after October 1, 1995 |
- Number of attempts
A candidate can attempt UCEED a maximum of two times, and that too in consecutive years.
- Qualifying examination
Candidates should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2024 or 2025.
IDC, IIT Bombay Course & Fees
The total tuition fee may range from 8,00,000 to 11.6 lakh rupees for a bachelor of design. These fees, however, exclude the application, examination or registration fees. IDC IIT Bombay Fees Structure BDes is as follows:
Fee Particulars | (Previous Batch) |
1. Tuition Fee – Statutory fees | Rs. 1,00,000 |
2. Medical Fee | Rs. 1,950 |
3. Examination Fee | Rs. 2,200 |
4. Registration Fee | |
5. Gymkhana Fee | Rs. 2,200 |
6. Student Benevolent Fund | Rs. 700 |
7. Student Accident Insurance Fund | Rs. 300 |
Total | Rs. 1,07,350 |
In case the candidate wishes to waive their tuition fee, they can apply for multiple scholarships, as offered by IIT Bombay:
Institute Scholarships | Remission of Fees | Private Scholarships | Government Scholarships |
Institute Merit-cum-Means | Remission of Fees | Named Scholarships | National Scholarships (All States) |
Free Messing Facilities (SC/ST) | National Talent Search Scholarship (NTS) |
IDC, IIT Bombay Hostel Fees
IDCIIT has in total of 17 hostels with independent mess and recreational areas. These hostels provide sports facilities such as a swimming pool, tennis, badminton, and squash courts, as well as playgrounds. These hostels also organise outside activities like wildlife camps, trekking, etc. Cultural programmes such as film clubs, classical music societies, and debating clubs are second hand to these hostels.
Number of Hostels | Hostel Numbers | Facilities |
17 | Hostels 1-16, 18, and Tansa | Independent hostels with mess, recreational areas |
While every year there has been an increase in tuition fees as well as hostel fees. Following is the data regarding hostel fees and its particulars for the current youngest batch in IIT.
Particular | 2024-2025 Batch |
Electricity and Water Charges | Rs. 4000/- |
Hostel Amenities Fund | Rs. 1600/- |
Total Hostel Fee (A) | Rs. 13,900/- |
Per Semester Mess Advance (B) | Rs. 22,500/- |
Total Fee Payable (A+B) | Rs. 36,400/- |
IDC, IIT Bombay Exam Pattern
IDC IIT Bombay’s cutoff for a bachelor in design has been increasing each year. For all India General cut-off ranks in the last round, there has been the last ranking in 10s in the previous three years. The highest cut-off ranking was in 2024 with 14th rank.
B.Des | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
General India Cutoff Ranl in last round | 15 | 16 | 14 |
The UCEED 2025 marking scheme is designed to assess candidates on their creativity and design aptitude. Candidates will be awarded marks for each correct answer, while negative marking will apply for incorrect answers in certain sections.
UCEED Exam Parts | Part A | Part B | Total | |||
Sections | NAT | MSQ | MCQ | Sketching | Design Aptitude | |
No. of Questions | 14 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 59 |
Marks for every right answer | 4 | Partial marking | 3 | – | – | |
Marks for every wrong answer | 0 | -1 | -0.71 | – | – | |
Total Marks | 72 | 72 | 96 | 50 | 50 | 300 |
In 2025, the UCEED marking scheme has some revisions. The weightage for different sections has been adjusted to better assess candidates’ analytical and design abilities. Additionally, the marking for Part B (drawing) now includes evaluation based on both creativity and technical accuracy.
IDC, IIT Bombay Placement
From the Industrial Design Centre, 105 students were placed. M.Des IIT Bombay placements were successful for 69 students. In the B.Des course, there have been 26 students placed in the recent 2024 placement.
Total Students | B.Des. | Dual Degree | M.Des. |
105 | 26 | 10 | 69 |
Some of the prominent recruiters that have been part of the placement in 2024 for IDC, IIT Bombay range from Google to NVIDIA to Myntra. These companies not only provide a good CTC but also have a good work-life balance.
Microsoft | Myntra | BCG |
Adobe | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | |
Oracle | Wells Fargo | Atlassian |
Air India | Samsung | NVIDIA |