Important Topics to Study for UCEED Exam 2026: Part A and Part B

UCEED 2026 Exams are approaching, and you all must be confused between important topics, previous year question papers, sample papers, etc. In this article, important topics for UCEED Part A and Part B are given. Read on to know more.

UCEED Important Topics

UCEED Exam will be conducted on January 18, 2026 from 9 AM to 12 PM. The exam will be conducted in 27 cities. UCEED Application is currently open with regular fees till November 05, 2025. After this, a late fee of INR 500 will be applicable. The last day to fill the application form for UCEED 2026 will be November 10, 2025, with late fees. Admit cards for UCEED will be available from January 02, 2026, onwards.

UCEED Pattern 2026

UCEED 2026 Entrance exam will have two Parts: Part A and Part B. Part A will be of 200 marks and of 1 hours. Part B will be of 100 marks and of 2 hours. UCEED Part A will be conducted online. It will be a computer-based exam, whereas Part B will be conducted offline. There is negative marking only in Part A.

Syllabus for UCEED 2026

The syllabus for Part A of UCEED 2026 is explained below.

• Visualization and spatial reasoning: The question will be based on ability to visualise and transform 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships.
• Practical and scientific knowledge:The question will be on the basic scientific principles and everyday objects, like dining table, bookshelves, etc.
• Observation and design sensitivity:Questions will be based on detail, classification, analysis, inference and prediction.
• Environment and society:This part of the syllabus will have topics from general awareness of environmental, social and cultural connections with design
• Analytical and logical reasoning:Question will include analytical and logical reasoning.
• Language: Reading comprehension passage, vocabulary, antonyms and synonym. Etc.
• Creativity:Questions on analogies, metaphors, signs and symbols.

Part-B will have questions on the following topics:

• Drawing: Ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective and shading.
• Design aptitude: The Capability to practically and appropriately respond to problems/situations with ingenuity and empathy.

Topics for UCEED 2026

The topics for UCEED 2026 are explained in two parts: Part A and Part B.

UCEED 2026 Part-A Topics

The topics for Part A of UCEED 2026 is given below.

• Percentage, speed, distance, direction, seating arrangement, Venn diagrams, triangles
• Visualization & spatial reasoning: Cube analysis, pattern, recognition, surface counting
• Geometry basics: circles, areas and volume, 2 D figures: area and parameter, 3 D figures, Construction of squares, triangles, blood relation, 3D Figure, surface areas, volume
• Pattern completion, figure matrix, cubes and dice.
• Basic topics of physics: gears, pulleys, basic physics like force, gravity, and inertia
• For Analytical & logical: Image analysis, analogy, mirror images, water images,
• Design Sensitivity & Advanced Reasoning: Fonts, Riddles, 8-piece puzzles, spot the difference
• GK and current affairs
• Vocab: at least 20 words, comprehension passage
• Visual analogies, symbols, metaphors.

Part B UCEED Topics

This will include questions on drawing and design aptitude. Some of the important topics are given below.

• Study about Design’s role in society and culture, design connection
• Daily sketching: basic shapes, everyday objects like spoon stand, jug, dressing table
• Theme-based regular sketching.
• Tracing practice: this will be without lifting the pen
• Memory-based sketching.
• Idea-based drawing based on imagination

Tips to cover the topics for UCEED 2026 Entrance Exam

• Practice mock test once a week. Check your errors and solve them. Solve 2 per week when last month is left. Solve at least 40 mock tests in six months of preparation.
• Solve the sample paper and PYQs. Download it from the website.
• Practice weekly reading comprehension passage.
• Practice 15-20 new words( vocabulary) in a week and solve a reading comprehension passage daily..
• Practice design sketching daily. Increase the speed of sketching.

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