Will be meeting some really cool people and network with other founders in the same space. Will be the first time I showcase my work IRL. Including Roughworks.

If anyone wants to connect with me, here's my linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhargabjyoti/

Whatever has been happening with the massive amount of spam we’re facing is not only unethical but also a serious violation of our privacy.

Our name, phone numbers, and email addresses are now stored in multiple databases, not just with IIT Bombay, but with every possible result-sharing institute. How can we be certain of the security of their databases?

Alliance University is sending their brochures to my PHYSICAL address through post. Sharing residence addresses is so easily done, and it’s not right.

I hope IIT Bombay takes more precautions with our data moving forward.

Try it out -> roughworks.in/questions

• Design Awareness is CEED's Signature: This is the most consistent topic in the exam. It has appeared every single year, never dropping below 5 questions, and hit a 9-year high of 10 questions in 2026. You must know your iconic designers (Rams, Eames), movements (Bauhaus), and milestones.
• The "General Knowledge" Myth: If your coaching material has you grinding GK, drop it. In 2018, there were 8 GK questions, which skewed everyone's perception. Since then? Basically zero. It's a dead topic. Focus on Design Awareness topics not random GK.
• Visual & Analytical Reasoning are Volatile: They are useful but unpredictable. Visual Reasoning swung massively from 10 questions in 2025 down to just 3 in 2026. You can't rely on them to carry your score, but you can't skip them either.
• Indian Culture is Clockwork: It has had exactly 1 question almost every single year for 9 years straight. It won't make or break your score, but it's an easy mark if you know basic textile traditions and crafts.

CEED vs UCEED

The core difference comes down to this: UCEED is moving toward balance. CEED is moving toward concentration.

UCEED 2026 had no topic above 9 questions. CEED 2026 had Spatial Reasoning at 13 and Design Awareness at 10 - those two topics alone were over half the paper.

Read the full guide here: https://roughworks.in/guides/ceed-part-a-topic-weightage-analysis

similar one for UCEED topics guide: https://roughworks.in/guides/uceed-part-a-topic-weightage-analysis

Good luck for your prep!

We all know that uceed papers do not have a syllabus and are completely unpredictable. That's why I had to reverse engineer the PYQs and sort them in topics.

Here's some data that I've collected by analyzing the last 3 years of uceed papers and what you can expect from 2027 paper.

1. Spatial Reasoning, Visual Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning, Pattern Recognition make up 60% of the syllabus every year.
2. General Knowledge questions are on a rise. UCEED wants to test people who are already design-aware. Something that you cannot learn from "coaching".
3. There's always been exactly 1 color theory question from the last 3 years like some kind of token question. Be prepared for it.
4. UCEED is moving away from pure aptitude toward applied design thinking

If you wish to see the exact questions (like GK) that uceed has asked from the last 5 years, I've made a libary of questions to solve exactly that. Try setting the filters on practice mode at https://roughworks.in/questions

Hii,

I am a design aspirant just like yourself I am building https://roughworks.in - a 100% free tool that will help you streamline your design entrance preparation.

Roughworks is a massive online library containing 1000s of previous year questions of almost all design exams. Be it UCEED / NID / CEED / NIFT / NATA / and other private design college admission exams as well.

Each question will have a provided solution that can be unlocked by attempting the question by the user in a exam-like interface. There's a feature to browse all questions - ever - from all exams, all years. Then filter them by difficulty, topic of the question, year, exam, and more. All of this 100% free by the way.

I believe this is a hundred times better than browsing through PDFs and searching for solutions online. Suppose a student wants to search through GK questions that were asked in UCEED in previous years - they dont have to manually download and check each paper: we already have all the papers categorized by tags of topics and difficulty.

I am currently looking for 2027 aspirants to try out the platform as beta testers and collect feedback. I'll personally be mentoring you over the next year - you can ask me for any advice or guidance during your preparation.

Please join the Beta Testers group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DDbrIybtUFxEqJxpB5ov9I?mode=gi_t