How to Prepare for UCEED in 3 Months, Tips & Strategies

How to Prepare for UCEED in 3 Months, Tips & Strategies

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Ritika JonwalUpdated on 27 May 2025, 03:14 PM IST

The Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design, or UCEED Exam is an exam for admission of students into B.Des programs at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur. It is a national-level entrance exam that lasts for 3 hours. The entrance exam comprises a total of 300 marks, with 2 sections. UCEED 2026 will tentatively be conducted in January 2026. The exam tests a student’s logical and practical abilities, along with his/her scope of sketching skills. In this article, we will discuss how to prepare for UCEED 2026 in 3 months.

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  1. Other Useful Resources for UCEED 2026 Preparation
  2. How to Prepare for UCEED in 3 Months - Section-A NAT, MSQ, MCQ
  3. Frequently asked questions from NAT, MSQs, and MCQs
  4. Section of focus for UCEED 2026
  5. How to Prepare for UCEED in 3 Months - Section-B Drawing
How to Prepare for UCEED in 3 Months, Tips & Strategies
How to Prepare for UCEED in 3 Months, Tips & Strategies

The exam is divided into these parts: NAT, MSQs, and MCQs. Go through the UCEED Syllabus to get a detailed understanding. We will discuss some highly important topics with high weightage. Questions from these sections have been quite repetitive and hence present a good chance at scoring.

Included are some tips to perform well in Section B, drawing part.

Other Useful Resources for UCEED 2026 Preparation

Students can go through and download these free preparation PDFs in their effective preparation for UCEED 2026:

UCEED Preparation Guide

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UCEED Official Sample Question - Solution Creation
UCEED Previous Year's Question Papers with Solutions PDF

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UCEED High Weightage Topics + Practice Questions

How to Prepare for UCEED in 3 Months - Section-A NAT, MSQ, MCQ

Based on the UCEED 2026 Syllabus overview, here are some important topics under each section that can be expected:

  1. Visual and Spatial Reasoning, Observation, and Quantitative Aptitude

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  1. Analytical Reasoning

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  1. Environmental and Social Awareness

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Frequently asked questions from NAT, MSQs, and MCQs

Here are some frequently asked questions from each section, based on the analysis of previous years' papers from UCEED:

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Section of focus for UCEED 2026

How to decide what single section to focus on/ what is the highest-scoring section? This is a very subjective question that students can answer for themselves by solving the previous year’s Sample question papers for UCEED. This will give them a clear idea of where they are getting stuck and where they need to improve and practice better. This will tell them individually as per their preparation what to focus on, hence giving them much scope of qualification by allowing them to attempt questions strategically.

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How to Prepare for UCEED in 3 Months - Section-B Drawing

This happens to be the best section of the examination as it gives the students a clear, less constrained way to prove themselves. This is a highly time-bound section that requires much muscle memory and hence students must not ignore it at any cost. Some important topics for sketching include:

  1. Human Anatomy, Movements, Run/Walk/Jump Cycles

  2. Animal forms, Nature drawings, Light and Shadow (Shading techniques)

  3. Forms both Organic and Geometric (Products, Free forms and Bio Design)

  4. Perspective Sketching (Indoor and Outdoor Scenarios)

  5. Product Sketching for Everyday Life (e.g. Iron, Mouse, etc.)

  6. Proportion and measurement (Relative proportions for all types of sketching)

The key is to start with the most fundamental shapes, such as lines, curves, ellipses, circles, squares, and cuboids. Warm-up exercises before sketching also prove to be useful to free the hand and remove constraints before sketching. Practice is key as that is the only memorization for sketching!

Strategy and Tips for UCEED 2026 Preparation

  1. Complete and thorough awareness of the UCEED Syllabus

  2. Apt knowledge of the exam pattern and marking scheme

  3. Collecting essential and reliable study materials

  4. Making a monthly, day-wise timetable and study plan

  5. Practice multiple sample question papers

  6. It is crucial to analyze the previous year’s question papers and get a thorough understanding of the UCEED Question Paper Analysis

  7. Sketching takes quite some time to master, especially with so many other topics, so it is important to go through much more detailed UCEED Preparation Tips.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: What are some UCEED sketching tips?
A:
  • For any type of sketch, students must get proportions, anatomy, and perspective drawing skills. 

  • Practice free-hand drawing as much as possible and take references from magazines, objects around, etc. 

  • Annotate sketches well

Q: Is 3 months enough for UCEED?
A:

With early preparation and consistency and, a keen understanding of the question paper, students can crack the UCEED exam in 6 months. It is a moderately difficult paper.

Q: Does UCEED have a negative marking?
A:

Yes, there is a negative marking in UCEED Part A, MSQs, and MCQs.

Q: How to pass the UCEED exam?
A:

To pass the UCEED exam, you should follow these tips:

  • Understand the UCEED exam pattern and syllabus and plan your study accordingly.

  • Solve previous years’ question papers, sample papers, and mock tests to familiarize yourself with the exam format.

  • Practice sketching, drawing, creativity, visualization, and problem-solving.

  • Revise all topics and concepts and make short notes or flashcards to help you remember important points.

Q: What are some best books for UCEED NAT, MSQs, and MCQs?
A:
  • R. S. Aggarwal Quantitative Aptitude 

  • Analytical Reasoning by M.K. Pandey

  • UCEED Previous year's papers by Ashok Goel and Arjun Kamal

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Self-Study Strategy for uceed student

Navigate the Syllabus: Get to know UCEED syllabus This will allow you to drill down into your strengths and weaknesses.

Make a study plan: Make a structured study plan that should include every syllabus topic. You should give subject time according to your own understanding.

Hey,

First of all congratulations for scoring such rank.

Apart from the IITs, the top colleges accepting UCEED 2024 score are listed below:

  • Tezpur University, Assam
  • Dr D Y Patil School of Design, Pune
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  • Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI)
  • Shri Mata

Hello

IIT Bombay released the UCEED cutoff 2024 on February 8 in the form of mean and standard deviation. The mean and standard deviation for UCEED 2024 cutoff for Part A are 43.91 and 23.03 respectively.

You can check the cutoffs, eligibility and more for UCEED 2024, using the below

Hello,


UCEED questions cover design aptitude, sketching, creativity, logical reasoning, and problem-solving. They explore visual perception, analytical and critical thinking, and general awareness of design-related topics. The exam emphasizes creativity and the common understanding while also assessing overall aptitude rather than specific academic knowledge.


I hope this helps,


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Hello aspirant,

The UCEED 2024 will be administered by IIT Bombay at the 24 testing locations most likely in the third week of January 2024. Through their UCEED Score, design aspirants will have the opportunity to enroll in several B.Des programs across the partner institutes through UCEED 2024. Every student