Important Topics to Study for UCEED Exam: Part A and Part B
Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design 2026 ( UCEED )
Round II: Withdrawal of seat / exit from seat allocation process
28 May '26 - 9 Jun '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 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.
- 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 |
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| UCEED Syllabus for Part-B (1 hour) |
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| 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.
- 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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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 5 days ago
UCEED 2027 Entrance Exam will be on January 17, 2027 on Sunday. The exam is for B.Des programmes at IITs conducted by IIT Bombay.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a week ago
No, students can not get admission in Symbiosis Institute of Design Nagpur with UCEED scores. The institute conducts its own entrance exam. Students must appear for the Symbiosis Entrance Exam for Design - SEEED instead.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 weeks ago
Yes, Arch College of Design and Business accepts UCEED scores for admission to BDes course. Students with a valid UCEED rank may be exempt from parts of the AIEED exam, though they still have to complete the interview and situation test rounds. This provides an alternative path for students who have
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
UCEED Exam analysis will provide insights into exam, including sectional and overall difficulty level, types of questions asked, and expected cut-off. Analysis also informs candidate if there were any technical or other issues during the exam. Candidate, thus by consulting UCEED exam analysis, will
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
Yes, you need to fill the ADEPT Application form even if you have scored rank under 2500 in UCEED. Only one step will be eliminated, which is ADEPT written exam.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
Ecole Intuit Lab, New Delhi offers both merit and entrance based admission to its BVoc programme. The students may get selected without a valid UCEED score as well. However, the candidates may have to go through other selection rounds.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
Yes, the UCEED Result was out. It was showing 502 Bad Gateway initially, due to heavy traffic on the website.
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