Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main is conducted for admission to Engineering, Planning, and Architecture courses. The second paper – for BArch and BPlanning – was conducted during the first session of JEE Main 2021 and it will be held again in the fourth and final session. While BArch admission at National Institutes of Technology (NITs) is based on JEE Main result, those who want to study the programme at an IIT will have to clear the JEE Advanced, and the Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT). Details about the JEE Advanced AAT 2021 will be announced later.
Here is a list of top institutions for Architecture in India as per NIRF 2020 rankings. Note that some of these institutes use separate entrance exams for UG admissions.
Top Architecture Institutes Of India
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
IIT Roorkee
National Institute of Technology Calicut
Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology University
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology
School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
NIT Tiruchirappalli (Trichy)
School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada
Jamia Millia Islamia
College of Engineering Trivandrum
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Birla Institute of Technology
BMS College of Architecture
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology
Aligarh Muslim University
Thiagarajar College of Engineering
Anna University
NIT Hamirpur
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS)
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has reopened the application window for the fourth session of JEE Main. Both Paper 1 (BE/BTech) and Paper 2 (BArch and BPlanning) students can apply up to August 11 at jeemain.nta.nic.in.
The exam is scheduled for August 26, 27, 31, and September 1, 2, 2021.