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

Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design 2027 ( UCEED )

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UCEED 2027 Exam DATE

17 Jan '27

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Updated on Nov 3, 2025 12:37 IST
UCEED Exam will be conducted on january 18, 2026 by IIT Bombay. The exam will be of 300 marks and will have two parts: Part A and Part B. part A will be of 1 hours and 200 marks and Part B will be of 100 marks and of 1 hour. Part A will be computer based and part B will be offline. Topics include logical, analytical, numerical, visual questions.

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 Important Topics

UCEED Exam was conducted on January 18, 2026 from 9 AM to 12 PM. The exam was conducted in 27 cities. UCEED Application opens with regular fees and late fee of INR 500.  The last day to fill the application form for UCEED 2026 was November 10, 2025, with late fees. Admit cards for UCEED was available from January 02, 2026, onwards.

Table of contents
  • 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)

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
(as detailed in the section 2 above)

-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

 

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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.

  • 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

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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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Answered 3 weeks ago

MIT-WPU, Pune offers scholarships to BDes students based on their UCEED rank. Below is the UCEED score requirement to get the scholarship:

Scholarship for AY 2026-27

UCEED Rank

Dr. Vishwanath Karad Scholarship (100%)

Upto 800 All India Rank

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801-2000 All India Rank

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2001 to 2500 All India Rank

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Nishtha Shukla

Guide-Level 15

Answered 3 weeks ago

 IIT Bombay UCEED cutoff 2026 was 16 for the General AI category in the last round. Hence, this category of students need a rank of at least 16 or lower to be qualified for admission. To know the IIT Bombay branch-wise cutoff 2026, students can check the table below. 

CategoryIIT Bombay UCEED cutoff 2026
General16
OBC16
SC8
ST5
EWS5
OBC Non-Creamy PWD1

 

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Neerja Rohatgi

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a month ago

Yes, 20 might be an excellent rank for gaining admission to the IIT Delhi BDes course if you belong to the General or OBC AI category. For both these categories, the last round closing ranks were 28 and 32, respectively.

Students can check the table below to know the highest rank accepted by differe

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Neerja Rohatgi

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 2 months ago

UCEED is one of the accepting exams for admission in BDes programme of MIT-WPU, Pune. However, it is not mandatory. Aspirants with scores in NATA, NIFT Entrance Exam or NID or MIT-WPU CET can also get admission in BDes provided they also pass the selection rounds.

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Rashmi Karan

Contributor-Level 9

Answered 2 months ago

Yes, UCEED Exam score is accepted for NMIMS DAT Admission. Such candidates have to submit their portfolios and appear for a Personal interview. 

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Sayeba Naushad

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 2 months ago

Yes, 30 could be considered a good enough rank for admission to the BDes course at IIT Hyderabad.

For the General AI category, the highest rank acceptable was 42. So, the attained rank of 30 might get you admitted at IIT Hyderabad.

It also worth knowing if you belong to any reservered category, its no

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Neerja Rohatgi

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 2 months ago

Both institutions offer the BDes course but with completely different admission processes. IIT Indore accepts admission based on the UCEED entrance exam, while BITS Pilani considers the NID Entrance exam/ BITSAT exam result. 

See the table below to compare both insttutions on different factors: 

InstitutionNIRF RankingTuition Fee
BITS Pilani11₹ 30.8L
IIT Indore12₹ 8.5L

 

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