FAQs

1. What is Architecture?
About Architecture Education
Your environment is the space outside yourself and you move in it. No one is free of
the environment one inhabits. Your surroundings bind .you to the world and your
existence is shaped by it. An Architect has the unique privilege of making
environments for others to inhabit. An architect shapes the environment with
sensitivity to those who will ultimately use it and live in it. Being an architect is the
ultimate responsibility and the ultimate challenge.

Studying Architecture can open your mind to this vast subject t of space and design.
The architectural course is a broad base look at almost every man-made object
and idea, thus in a sense covers all that we know as culture. A student studies the
building sciences, its technology the art, aesthetics, the humanities and society,
and learns from all these to put into practice the actual making of buildings. To be
an architect, you not only need a fine hand, but a keen mind sensitive to the needs
of others for whom you will be designing.
Design can span smallest spoon to the largest city and the study of architecture will
give you a sense of all its scales. No doubt, the concentration will be on designing
buildings, but the five year course gives you a holistic insight into all forms of
design and allows you to explore these in depth. In the course of five years, you
will also gain insights and abilities in Interior Design, landscape Design and Urban
Design. Apart from this you will gain an appreciation of varied subjects from
Design to Building Construction, from Structure to History ,from Sociology to
Building Surveying and Valuation. The course will take you out of the college into
the world at large, where you will visit sites and understand the actualities of the
buildings, go on tours all around the country to visit our vast heritage of
architecture. By graduation, you will have gained management, leadership and
communication skills, understanding of life.

The aim of this course is to make you a practicing Professional. once you graduate with
a B.Arch. Degree, you have to get registered with Council of Architecture. You are
then ready to practice, to put into effect all you have learnt for the benefit of the
society at large. Architecture as a discipline is not subject to the shifting winds of
trends and fashion. There is always a need for building and for shaping spaces,
both interior and exterior. An architect is always needed, no matter how small or large the need of the design is.
After you graduate, the opportunities are endless. Setting up practice is the most
common route for most of the architects. Some prefer to study further by joining
specialized Post Graduations( M.Arch. ) as Planning, Management or Research.
Studying architecture prepares you for a number of disciplines by giving the necessary skills and sensitivity. Architects have become top professionals in varied fields such as graphics, product, interior, landscape or urban design, planning, conservation, construction management, computer application, education, film making and arts. In each case, knowledge and understanding of the built environment allows for a unique insight that leads to excellence Just as we can never escape our environment, the shapers of the environment, namely architects, can never escape their destinies as the shapers of the society.

2. What is NATA?
The National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) measures the aptitude of the applicant for specific field of study, i.e. Architecture. The test measures drawing and observation skills, sense of proportion, aesthetic sensitivity and critical thinking ability that have been acquired over a long period of time, and that are related to specific field of study, i.e. Architecture.

3. What is eligibility criteria of architecture admission?
No candidate shall be admitted to architecture course unless she/ he has passed an examination at the end of the 10+2 scheme of examination with at least 50% aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics and also at least 50% marks in aggregate of the 10+2 level examination or passed 10+3 Diploma Examination with Mathematics as compulsory subject with at least 50% marks in aggregate.

4. When is NATA exam conducted?
there are two attempt allowed from year 2019.
1st attempt second Sunday of April month
2nd attempt on 1st Sunday of July month.
best of two attempts will be counted for admission.

5. What are the total marks for the exam?
The Test will carry 200 marks. Part-A shall consist of Mathematics (MCQ)- carrying 40 marks and General Aptitude carrying 80 marks. Part-B shall consist of Drawing Paper carrying 80 marks.

6. Whether any minimum passing marks are prescribed for passing NATA?
Yes. A candidate has to secure minimum of 25% in MCQ portion (30 out of 120) and minimum of 25% in Drawing portion (20 out of 80). Overall qualifying marks (out of 200) would be based on post-exam statistics and at the discretion of the Council. A candidate will not qualify in NATA-2019 unless he/ she satisfy all three conditions mentioned above.

7. List of institutions recognized by the Council of Architecture all over India for imparting recognized architectural qualifications. The list of approved/ recognized institutions by the Council of Architecture is available on Council’s website www.coa.gov.in.

8. For admission which marks are counted ?
for architecture admission 12th ( 10+2 ) aggregate or 10 + 3 engineering diploma aggregate + nata percentage will be counted.
eg. assume qualifying or 12th aggregate score is 80% and nata total score is 140/200 so nata score percentage is 70% hence add both 80 + 70 = 150/200 its 75% will be counted for admission.

9. Where do i need to go for admission ?
admissions are done at state levels, you need to apply to respective state or multiple states where you need admission for example for Maharashtra state visit
http://www.dtemaharashtra.gov.in/index.html

10. Which colleges are included in this.
all over Maharashtra colleges except deemed colleges, for deemed colleges you need to approach to college directly.
11. Do i need to appear JEE PART 2 ?
Its not compulsory to appear but advisable to appear as some time they count best score bet nata and jee 2.

12. Do you offer demo lecture ?
no we don’t, as just in one lecture you can’t judge us.

12-a. Do you have fees refund system ?
no we don’t have fees refund system under any conditions its mentioned in our admission form also in bole letters.

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