Architecture has been regularly developing as a subject which Indian college students pick out for their future studies in modern times. While the choice and demand for Architecture are high, there are solely a few national-level entrance examinations - specifically JEE Main Paper two and NATA which offer a danger for the students to be disbursed to the pinnacle structure faculties and institutes.
The Council of Architecture conducts the National Aptitude Test in Architecture or oftentimes regarded as NATA for admissions into B.Arch publications provided by various institutes of the country. NATA is performed to measure the aptitude of the candidates to test their eligibility for admission into the undergraduate architecture courses. The examination targets to determine the drawing and observation skills, the experience of proportion, aesthetic sensitivity, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics at 10+2 level, and integral wondering capability of the candidates. The entrance examination is carried out in more than one phase.
| List of Examination Cities | ||
| Sl.No | State | City |
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar | Port Blair |
| 2 |
Andhra Pradesh |
Guntur |
| 3 | Kakinada | |
| 4 | Kurnool | |
| 5 | Rajahmundry | |
| 6 | Tirupathi | |
| 7 | Vijayawada | |
| 8 | Visakhapatnam | |
| 9 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar |
| 10 |
Assam |
Dibrugarh |
| 11 | Guwahati | |
| 12 | Silchar | |
| 13 |
Bihar |
Bhagalpur |
| 14 | Gaya | |
| 15 | Muzaffarpur | |
| 16 | Patna | |
| 17 | Purnea | |
| 18 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| 19 |
Chhattisgarh |
Bhilai |
| 20 | Bilaspur | |
| 21 | Raipur | |
| 22 | Delhi | Delhi |
| 23 | Goa | Panaji |
| 24 |
Gujarat |
Ahmedabad |
| 25 | Anand | |
| 26 | Daman | |
| 27 | Gandhinagar | |
| 28 | Jamnagar | |
| 29 | Rajkot | |
| 30 | Surat | |
| 31 | Vadodara | |
| 32 |
Haryana |
Ambala |
| 33 | Faridabad | |
| 34 | Gurgaon | |
| 35 | Hisar | |
| 36 | Karnal | |
| 37 | Narnaul | |
| 38 | Rohtak | |
| 39 | Sonepat | |
| 40 | Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur |
| 41 | Shimla | |
| 42 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
Jammu |
| 43 | Srinagar | |
| 44 |
Jharkhand |
Bokaro Steel City |
| 45 | Dhanbad | |
| 46 | Hazaribagh | |
| 47 | Jamshedpur | |
| 48 | Ranchi | |
| 49 |
Karnataka |
Belgaum |
| 50 | Bellary | |
| 51 | Bengaluru | |
| 52 | Davangere | |
| 53 | Gulbarga | |
| 54 | Hubli | |
| 55 | Mangalore |
| 56 | Mysore | |
| 57 | Udupi | |
| 58 |
Kerala |
Alappuzha |
| 59 | Ernakulam | |
| 60 | Kannur | |
| 61 | Kollam | |
| 62 | Kottayam | |
| 63 | Kozhikode | |
| 64 | Thrissur | |
| 65 | Trivandrum | |
| 66 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Bhopal |
| 67 | Gwalior | |
| 68 | Indore | |
| 69 | Jabalpur | |
| 70 | Ratlam | |
| 71 | Rewa | |
| 72 | Sagar | |
| 73 | Ujjain | |
| 74 |
Maharashtra |
Ahmednagar |
| 75 | Akola | |
| 76 | Amravati | |
| 77 | Aurangabad | |
| 78 | Chandrapur | |
| 79 | Chinchwad | |
| 80 | Chinchwad/ Akurdi | |
| 81 | Jalgaon | |
| 82 | Kalyan | |
| 83 | Kolhapur | |
| 84 | Latur | |
| 85 | Mumbai | |
| 86 | Nagpur | |
| 87 | Nanded | |
| 88 | Nashik | |
| 89 | Navi Mumbai | |
| 90 | Navi Mumbai – Nerul | |
| 91 | Panvel | |
| 92 | Pune | |
| 93 | Ratnagiri | |
| 94 | Sangli |
| 95 | Satara | |
| 96 | Solapur | |
| 97 | Manipur | Imphal |
| 98 | Meghalaya | Shillong |
| 99 | Mizoram | Aizawl |
| 100 | Nagaland | Dimapur |
| 101 | Kohima | |
| 102 |
Odisha |
Bhubaneswar |
| 103 | Cuttack | |
| 104 | Rourkela | |
| 105 | Sambalpur | |
| 106 | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| 107 |
Punjab |
Amritsar |
| 108 | Bhatinda | |
| 109 | Jallandhar | |
| 110 | Ludhiana | |
| 111 | Mohali | |
| 112 | Pathankot | |
| 113 | Patiala | |
| 114 |
Rajasthan |
Ajmer |
| 115 | Bikaner | |
| 116 | Jaipur | |
| 117 | Jodhpur | |
| 118 | Kota | |
| 119 | Sriganganagar | |
| 120 | Udaipur | |
| 121 | Sikkim | Gangtok |
| 122 |
Tamil Nadu |
Chennai |
| 123 | Coimbatore | |
| 124 | Erode | |
| 125 | Madurai | |
| 126 | Nagercoil | |
| 127 | Salem | |
| 128 | Tiruchirappalli | |
| 129 | Tirunelveli | |
| 130 | Vellore | |
| 131 |
Telangana |
Hyderabad |
| 132 | Karimnagar | |
| 133 | Warangal |
| 134 | Tripura | Agartala |
| 135 |
Uttar Pradesh |
Agra |
| 136 | Aligarh | |
| 137 | Allahabad | |
| 138 | Bareilly | |
| 139 | Bilaspur | |
| 140 | Ghaziabad | |
| 141 | Gorakhpur | |
| 142 | Greater Noida | |
| 143 | Jhansi | |
| 144 | Kanpur | |
| 145 | Lucknow | |
| 146 | Meerut | |
| 147 | Moradabad | |
| 148 | Muzaffarnagar | |
| 149 | Noida | |
| 150 | Varanasi | |
| 151 |
Uttarakhand |
Dehradun |
| 152 | Haldwani | |
| 153 | Roorkee | |
| 154 |
West Bengal |
Asansol |
| 155 | Durgapur | |
| 156 | Howrah | |
| 157 | Kolkata | |
| 158 | Siliguri | |
| International Cities* with Country | ||
| 159 | UAE | Dubai |
| 160 | Bahrain | Manama |
| 161 | Qatar | Doha |
| 162 | Kuwait | Khaitan |
| 163 | Oman | Muscat |
| 164 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh |
