CEED Syllabus 2025 – IIT Bombay will release the detailed syllabus for CEED 2026 in the information brochure. The syllabus will be released for both Part A and Part B.
As per the official CEED 2026 syllabus, the CEED 2026 (Part A) exam will include questions from topics like Visualization and spatial reasoning, Practical and scientific knowledge, Observation and design sensitivity, etc. CEED 2026 exam pattern mentions that Part A will include 44 questions carrying 150 marks. Meanwhile, Part B will include topics like Drawing, Creativity, Communication, and Problem identification. Part B will have 5 questions carrying 100 marks.
Candidates can check the detailed CEED syllabus 2025 below.
According to the official exam portal, CEED 2026 is an aptitude test; hence, no specific textbook or guide is recommended for its preparation. Candidates may, however, practise their drawing, rendering and
visualization skills.
CEED Exam Syllabus 2026 – Section-wise Topics, Skill Tested
The detailed syllabus for CEED 2026 exam is given below for both Part A and Part B. Make sure that you prepare for all the topics mentioned here to get a good score in CEED 2026.
| Paper | CEED 2026 Syllabus |
| Part A | Visualization and spatial reasoning: Ability to visualise and transform 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships. Practical and scientific knowledge: Know-how of scientific principles and everyday objects. Observation and design sensitivity: The capacity to detect concealed properties in daily life and think critically about them. Attention to detail, classification, analysis, inference, and prediction. Environment and society: General awareness of environmental, social and cultural connections with design. Analytical and logical reasoning: Ability to analyse qualitative and quantitative information. Language: Proficiency in reading and comprehending Standard English. Creativity: Grasp of verbal and non-verbal analogies, metaphors, signs, and symbols. Art and Design knowledge: Awareness about art/artifact/product, artists/designers, art/design history, and trends. Design methods and practices: Knowledge of media, materials, production processes, and ergonomics. |
| Part B | Drawing: Ability to draw products, people or scenes in proportion with good line quality, composition, proportion, perspective, and shading. Creativity: Ability to think out-of-the-box and come up with unique as well as diverse solutions. 16 CEED 2025 Information Brochure Communication: Skills to communicate concepts and ideas clearly with the help of text and visuals. Problem identification: Skills to understand the user and the context, knowledge of properties of materials and their appropriate use in design. |
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CEED Syllabus 2026 – How to Complete All The Topics
It is important that the candidate completes the entire topic to ensure that they get a good score in the CEED 2026 exam. Here is how you can complete the CEED Syllabus.
- Make a Study Plan – Without any study plan, you will be lost in the wilderness, i.e., unless you are a genius. The syllabus will help you keep your preparation on track and evaluate your progress. Just make sure that the study plan takes into account your current abilities.
- Focus on difficult and important topics – While some topics given in the CEED 2025 syllabus may turn out to be a cakewalk, there will also be topics that will give you a hard time. You need to account for these topics. If need be, take help of a peer, expert, or teacher. If none is available, check out youtube tutorials. Likewise, some topics carry more weightage than others; pay special attention to these topics.
- Solve sample papers – To ensure that you muster a topic, after understanding the theoretical concepts, solve related problems. You can use previous years’ CEED papers and also CEED sample papers. The sample papers will have a good number of practice questions, which will help you test your understanding of various concepts and whether you are able to use that understanding to solve problems.
- Take notes during study – This habit will help you stay focused when you are studying. Also, as you gain experience, you will learn to jot down all the important points. A good notebook will ensure you can quickly complete revision of completed topics. On the contrary, just imagine having to go through large blocks of text everytime you want to go through some important point.
- Do timely revision – You will also have to do timely revision of topics so that they remain fresh.
CEED Exam Pattern 2026
After you are familiar with the topics, also quickly go through the CEED 2026 exam pattern.
The exam pattern will help you determine your study plan. For instance, the Part A paper will include three types of questions – MCQ, MSQ, and NAT. You will have to make different plans for each question type.
Take note that Part B will be a subjective paper. So, you need to approach both parts differently for effective exam preparation.
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