About NATA

NATA is an entrance exam which is conducted by National Institute of advanced studies in architecture (NIASA) the body of council of Architecture in India. This entrance exam is a national level examination. Students who are willing to study Bachelor of architecture or some other relevant architecture courses at all recognized institutions across India, can give NATA after their 12th examination.

NATA measures drawing and observation skills, sense of proportion, aesthetic sensitivity and critical thinking ability by 2parted exams.

Relation between various colleges and NATA

Council of Architecture which conduct NATA, permits various educational institutions to grant admission in the B.Arch programme on the basis of aspirant's performance in NATA. Aspirants must score more than 70 out of 200 to be selected for college counselling. There will be no centralised counselling process to get admission after NATA. To get admission in institutions of their choice, Candidates need to apply for that institute separately And have to fulfil the eligibility criteria set by that particular institution. If you want to get admission in top notch college with B. Arch you definitely need to score well.

How many institutions are there for NATA

More than 379 institutes are there empanelled by CoA which offer admission in B. Arch course on the basis of candidate’s score in NATA. Approximately, 21,458 B. Arch seats are available all over Indian institutions. 

Name of some 10 institutions among those 379:

• Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh
• Amity School of Engineering, Gwalior, Jaipur, Manesar
• B.S. Abdur Rahman University, Tamil Nadu
• BVDU College of Architecture, Pune
• CEPT University, Ahmedabad
• DIT University, Dehradun
• Om Dayal Group of Institutions
• Pearl Academy
• Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Pampady

No. Of seats 

• Maharashtra has the most number of seats available for B.Arch admission through NATA which is approximately 5652
• In second highest position, there are Tamil Nadu with 3890 seats are available for B.Arch.
• Other states like Andhra Pradesh has 360, Assam has 60, Bihar has 40, Chattisgarh has 142, Chandigarh has 40, Delhi has 280, Goa has 40, Gujarat has 1500, Himachal Pradesh has 40, Haryana has 650, Jharkhand has 40, Jammu And Kashmir has 80, Karnataka has 2770, Kerala has 1660, Madhya Pradesh has 710, Mizoram has 30, Odisha has 230, Punjab has 582, Puducherry has 40, Rajasthan has 588, Telangana has 560, Uttarakhand has 140, Uttar Pradesh has 1134 and West Bengal has 200.

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See the syllabus of NATA, 

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