UCEED Exam Pattern 2026: No. of Questions, Paper Pattern, Marking Scheme, Total Marks

UCEED Paper Pattern: Changes Happened

The UCEED pattern for the year 2025 (previous year) exam had some changes. The changes are listed in the table below in terms of questions and their marks as per UCEED pattern.

UCEED Exam Pattern - Highlights

• There will be ONE question paper of a total of three hours duration.

• The question paper will be in English only.

• UCEED exam total marks are 300.

• UCEED paper pattern includes two parts - Part-A and Part B. It is compulsory to attempt questions from both parts.

Note: Utmost care will be taken to prepare an error-free question paper in UCEED 2026. However, if an error is detected in the question paper, the UCI Committee shall take an appropriate decision after the examination, which shall be final.

UCEED Exam Pattern 2026 for Part A

Part A of the UCEED entrance exam will consist of three sections and will be a computer-based test. The UCEED total marks for Part A section is 200, and the students will be allotted 2 hours to solve all the questions involved in it.

UCEED Paper Pattern Part A: Types of Questions Asked

Numerical Answer Type: These are the first type of questions in which the answer is a number that must be entered using the virtual keyboard available on the computer screen. There will be a total 14 questions in this section with each carrying 4 marks, so that the total marks of this section is 56. There is no negative marking for the wrong answer in this section.

Multiple Select Questions: There will be options given in this question, and one or more of them can be correct. There will be 15 questions from this section, and it will carry partial marking as per the rules mentioned below:

Expected UCEED Marking Scheme 2026 for MSQ Questions

• Full Marks: + 4 If only (all) the correct option(s) is(are) chosen and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
• Partial Marks: + 3 If all the four options are correct but ONLY three options are chosen and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
• Partial Marks: + 2 If three or more options are correct but ONLY two options are chosen, both of which are correct and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
• Partial Marks: + 1 If two or more options are correct but ONLY one option is chosen, and it is a correct option and NONE of the incorrect options is chosen.
• Zero Marks: 0 If NONE of the options is chosen (i.e., the question is unanswered).
• Negative Marks: -1 In all other cases

It must be noted that there is negative marking of -1 for these types of questions. For each correct answer the students will get 4 marks and the total mark for this section is 60.

Multiple Choice Questions: The multiple-choice questions will carry for choices out of which the students have to select the most appropriate one. Only one option out of the four given options will be correct which the students need to identify to get full marks. A total of 28 questions carrying 3 marks each will be there in this section, resulting in 84 marks. There is a negative marking of -0.71 for each wrong answer.

UCEED Exam Pattern 2026: Expected No. of Questions

Given below is a table that explains each section along with the number of questions for UCEED Part A.

Total UCEED Questions

UCEED Exam Total Marks 2026

Given below is a table that explains each section along with the total number of UCEED marks for Part A.

UCEED Total Marks

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UCEED Marking Scheme 2026

It must be noted that no marks will be deducted for any question that is left unattempted in any section. The negative marks have been elucidated below.

UCEED Part B Exam Pattern 2026

The Part B answers of UCEED is to be drawn or written in the answer booklet provided by the invigilator. A total of 100 marks is allotted to this section, which has to be attempted within one hour. The students must know that there will be only two questions that will test their drawing skills and design aptitude. This will be a subjective evaluation, and the questions will be available on the computer screen for which the answers are to be drawn and written in the answer booklet. The submission of the answer booklet at the end of the examination to the invigilator is mandatory. Each of the two questions in part B of UCEED will carry 50 marks.

Total Questions & Marks in UCEED Part B

UCEED Review or Retotalling

As the 2026 official brochure is yet to be released, candidates can refer to the UCCED 2025 official brochure until then. Part-A will be conducted as a computer-based test. Hence, there is no provision of reviewing, re-grading or re-totalling of the Part-A marks of the exam paper. The UCEED Part-B consists of 2 questions, which are evaluated manually by the examiners. As UCEED 2025 Part-B is a subjective section, there is no model solution that exists. As such, there is NO provision for RE-EVALUATION or RE-TOTALLING in UCEED, hence the request for re-evaluation/re-totalling will NOT be possible under any circumstances.

UCEED Syllabus 2026

Before starting the preparation for the UCEED exam, the candidates must be aware of the UCEED exam pattern and syllabus. This will help in a structured preparation and they will not miss out on any topic. The official UCEED syllabus for 2026 will be released along with the brochure, meanwhile these are the most important UCEED exam subjects to cover for preparation. The UCEED exam will be mostly based on a student’s skill of observation and designing.

The UCEED Exam Subjects for Part A

Visualization and Spatial Reasoning: The spatial relation between 2D and 3D shapes and the ability to visualize and transform them.

Practical and Scientific Knowledge: To understand the basic principles of everyday objects

Observation and Design Sensibility: Attention to details and ability to analyse the concealed aspects of objects.

Environment and Society: General Awareness about environment and society.

Analytic and Logical Reasoning: Qualitative and quantitative tests.

Language: Ability to understand the standard English.

Creativity: To understand the verbal and non-verbal analogies.