Important Topics to Study for UCEED Exam 2026: Part A and Part B
Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design 2026 ( UCEED )
Admit Card - 2 Jan '26
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.
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The important dates of UCEED 2026 cover events like the commencement and deadline to fill out the UCEED application, admit card release and exam date, result date, and seat allotment schedule. This means the important dates will cover all the events starting from the release of admission notification to the completion of the admission process. The candidate can keep track of upcoming events by consulting the important dates.
The important dates for UCEED 2026 have been released by IIT Bombay. IIT Bombay has the authority to change a pre-announced date; so candidates need to stay updated by visiting this space.
IIT Bombay has launched the new website for the UCEED 2026 exam on October 1, 2025 https://www.uceed.iitb.ac.in/2026/index.html.
The new website carries information like important dates, an information brochure, and the candidate portal. There is also a download section, from where the candidate will be able to download useful resources like previous years question papers and answer keys.
- UCEED Pattern 2026
- Syllabus for UCEED 2026
- Topics for UCEED 2026
- Tips to cover the topics for UCEED 2026 Entrance Exam
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.
| UCEED Syllabus for Part-A (2 hours) |
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| Section |
Type of question |
Number of questions |
Marks for correct answer |
Marks for wrong answer |
Marks for question not attempted |
Total marks for the section |
| 1 |
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) |
14 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
56 |
| 2 |
Multiple Select Question (MSQ) |
15 |
Partial Marking |
-1 |
0 |
60 |
| 3 |
Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) |
28 |
3 |
-0.71 |
0 |
84 |
| Total |
57 |
200 |
||||
| UCEED Syllabus for Part-B (1 hour) |
||
| Type of question |
Number of questions |
Total marks |
| Sketching |
1 |
50 |
| Design Aptitude |
1 |
50 |
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.
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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.
IIT Bombay may conduct any complementary seat allotment round for UCEED counseling only if there are vacant seats left after the five regular seat allotment rounds. Note that, IIT Bombay will conduct FIVE seat allotment rounds. The seat allotment will be based on the merit rank of the candidate in UCEED 2025 and campus selected at the time of counseling registration. Candidates who qualify in UCEED 2025 exam can participate in counseling.
The counseling for UCEED 2025 will be held as a Joint Seat Allotment process. The participating institutes of UCEED 2025 can participate in counseling.
The candidate needs the following documents to participate in UCEED 2026 counseling.
Signed copy of the first page of the completed application form
UCEED 2026 scorecard
Qualifying exam (Class 12 or equivalent) mark sheet
Photo
Signature
OBC-NCL/ SC/ ST/ PwD certificate (if applicable)
OCI/ PIO card (if applicable)
To be considered for seat allocation, foreign national candidates must meet all the eligibility requirements.
UCEED seat allotment for foreign nationals will be held online. Eligible candidates may apply
The candidate is urged to go through the admission process carefully. Read the details given in the admission brochure.
- 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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The admission cut-off for UCEED 2026 will be released in last week of April, 2026.
The seat allotment will be released online at the UCEED 2026- IIT Bombay admission portal uceed.iitb.ac.in.
To download the seat allotment-cum-cutoff, you need to click on the seat allotment download button given under B. Des 1st Round of Seat Allotment heading. Note that no log-in is required to download the seat allotment results pdf.
Candidates who are allotted seats have to accept the seat and pay the fees. Note that candidates were also given the option to withdraw their seats.