BArch: Top Colleges, Eligibility, Admission Process, Placement, Salary.

Antora Dhar

Bachelors of Architecture (BArch) is a 5-year undergraduate degree in the field of Architecture. More than 550 colleges offer BArch program in India which includes reputed colleges like School of Planning and Architecture, CEPT University, MIT University, NMIMS University and more. For admission BArch course, you need to take an entrance exam like NATA, JEE Main, AAT. NATA (National Aptitude test in Architecture) 2025 will be conducted by August 2025(Tentative). Some private colleges take direct admission like MIT University, Chitkara University, and more private colleges based on your 12th board exam score. 

After this course, you can make your career as an Architectural Designer, Project Architect, Urban Planner, Principal Architect. Some top companies like Adani Wilmer, Aditya Birla, Air Black, Bajaj, Canon, Dell, Deloitte, HCL hire architectures on an average salary package ranges from INR 2.16 LPA-INR 8.5 LPA. 

 

Why BArch? 

Some major reasons to study BArch are mentioned below: 

  • After this course, you can build a career as an architect and earn an average of around INR 5 LPA. 
  • You can get jobs offer from top companies like Adani Wilmer, Aditya Birla, Air Black, Bajaj, Canon, Dell, Deloitte, HCL, HP, and KPMG 
  • Expected salary ranges from INR 2.16 LPA-INR 8.5 LPA.  

 

Top Colleges for BArch  

More than 550 colleges offer BArch in India. For admission to this course, you need to clear an entrance as per your college's requirement. To study this course, you need to pay average ranges INR 1,530,000- INR 4,00,000, some of the top collages are mentioned below with their course fees:  

NIRF Ranking 2024 

University Name  

Excepted Entrance Exam  

Course Fees  

School of Planning and Architecture  

JEE Main  

INR 4,00,000 

Rizvi College of Architecture 

NATA 

INR 1,09,800 

CEPT University 

NATA 

INR 19,97,500 

Pillai Collage of architecture 

NATA  

INR 6,26,125 

NICMAR University 

NATA  

INR 10,60,000 

Woxsen University 

NATA  

INR 9,50,000 

MIT University 

NATA 

INR 10,24,500 

Navrachana University 

NATA 

INR 7,95,000 

37 

Anant National University 

NATA 

INR 1,530,000 

NMIMS University 

NATA 

INR 26,25,000 

SRM Institute of science and technology 

NATA 

INR 1,375,000 

35 

Chitkara University 

NATA 

INR 7,60,000 

BArch Entrance Exam Deadline  

For admission BArch you need to take entrance exam. To get a chance to study this course you need to clear entrance exam cutoff marks as per your college's requirements. You must register your name for the exam. Here some importance exams with registrations deadline are mentioned below:  

Entrance Exam  

Entrance Exam Cutoff  

Registration Deadline  

NATA 

40% (minimum) 

August 2025(Tentative) 

CUET 

Varies University wise 

First week of April 2025 (Tentative) 

JEE MAIN 

General Category: 90-95 percentile 

OBC: 75-70 percentile 

SC/ST: 50-35 percentile 

November 22, 2025 (Tentative) 

AAT 

University wise varies 

June 10, 2025(Tentative) 

MHT CET 

45% (minimum) 

October 23, 2025 (Tentative) 

BArch Admission process: 

For admission to BArch, you must take an entrance exam. Some private colleges also take direct admission as per your 12th board exam marks. But maximum colleges take admission as per your entrance exam merit. Here admission process and eligibility criteria are mentioned below step by step:  

  • You need to clear your 10+2 board exam. You should have studied Mathematics, which is compulsory subject in class 12 for BArch admission.  
  • You need to get 60% marks in your HS board exam, this 60% marks for general category students. For SC/ST students need to get 50% marks in HS board exam. 
  • Then you need to select some top colleges for BArch as per your choice. 
  • After that you need to clear respective entrance exam for BArch admission as per your college's requirement you wish to join. 
  • After clearing the entrance, you will be shortlisted for document verification. 
  •  After the document verification process, you need to pay the required fees as per your college for admission confirmation. 

BArch Eligibility Criteria 

For admission BArch you must clear your 10+2 board exam. And you need to take an entrance exam. Here eligibility criteria are mentioned based on university entrance exam wise:  

Categories  

Academic Qualifications 

Entrance exam 

Work experience 

Tire 1 BArch Colleges 

You must get 60 marks in 10+2 as per your respective board and need to clear entrance exam 

 NATA, JEE Main 

Work experience is not required 

Tier 2 BArch Colleges  

You need to get 50% marks and need to clear university wise entrance exam  

NATA, MHT CET 

Work experience is not required 

Tier 3 BArch Colleges 

You must complete 10+2 board exam. 

Don?t need any entrance exam 

NO work experience required 

Scholarship for BArch 

To study this course, you can get scholarships as per your academic merit and academic performance. Many colleges offer scholarships as per colleges requirements. Some of the colleges with scholarships are mentioned below:  

Scholarships name 

Eligibility 

Award 

NICMAR University outstanding performance scholarship 

Only meritorious students can eligible  

25% of tuition fees 

NMIMS University central sector scheme scholarships 

You need to get 80 percentiles in your academic exam and your family yearly income must be less than 6 lakhs  

INR 1000 

SRM Institute of science and technology JEE Merit scholarship 

You need get good score in JEE entrance exam  

Varies based on your academic performance  

BArch Placement  

After BArch you can get job offers from DLF Limited, Urban studio, Adani wilmer, Aditya Birla etc. And you can get jobs in different positions like Architectural Designer, Project Architect, Urban Planner, Principal Architect, Architect Trainee. Here some of the job role with recruiting companies are mentioned below:  

University Names  

Jobs  

Top recruiting company  

Average Annual salary  

School of Planning and Architecture  

Architectural Designer, Project Architect, Urban Planner, Principal Architect, Architect Trainee, Chief and Deputy Chief Engineer, Inspector Architect, Sub-Inspector Architect, Junior Architect,  

DLF Limited, Asian Paints Pvt. Ltd, Infurnia Technologies Private Limited  

INR 5.0 LPA 

CEPT University 

Adani Wilmer, Aditya Birla, Air Black, Bajaj, Canon, Dell, Deloitte, HCL, HP, and KPMG 

INR 3.6 LPA 

Pillai Collage of architecture 

Urban Studio, Dsync Architectures, Edifice Cons. Pvt. Ltd. 

INR 2.16 LPA 

Chitkara University 

Alchemist, Infosys, Wipro, Mahindra 

INR 8.5 LPA 

SRM Institute of science and technology 

Amazon, Hyperverge, SAP LABS, Ajira tech. 

INR 5 LPA 

A Bachelor of Architecture is a five-year UG program that equips you with the skills to design and construct buildings. It gives knowledge to prepare you for careers in architecture. After this course you can job opportunities from DLF Limited, Asian Paints Pvt. Ltd, Infurnia Technologies Private Limited. You expected the average salary package to range from INR 2.16 LPA-INR 8.5 LPA.

 

FAQ - B.Arch

Ans: Bachelor's of Architecture (BArch) is a UG program. that equips you with the skills to design and construct buildings. 

Ans: BArch is a 5-year course. To study this course, you need to pay INR 1,530,000- INR 4,00,000. According to the course fees it's a little bit costly course. 

Ans: After this course you can get jobs as an Architectural Designer, Project Architect, Urban Planner, Principal Architect, Architect Trainee, Chief and Deputy Chief Engineer, Inspector Architect, Sub-Inspector Architect, Junior Architect. After this course you have vast career options. 

Ans: After this course, you have vast career options. And your expected salary ranges from INR 2.16 LPA-INR 8.5 LPA. 

Ans: Yes, having a B. Arch degree can open good job opportunities in fields related to architecture and design, like working in architecture firms, construction companies, or urban planning agencies. 

Ans: More than 550 offers colleges BArch in India. Some of the top colleges are School of Planning and Architecture, Anant National University, SRM Institute of science and technology, Chitkara University, NMIMS University. 

Ans: For admission in BArch, you need to take entrance exam NATA, JEE main. And you need to complete 12th board exam with 60% marks. 

Ans: For admission BArch you need to take entrance exam NATA. But some of the private colleges are also take direct admission as per your 12th board exam marks.

Ans: For admission You need to clear your 10+2 board exam. You should have studied Mathematics, which is compulsory subject in class 12 for BArch admission. You need to get 60% marks in your HS board exam. Then you needed to clear the entrance exam as per your college's requirements. 

Ans: yes, architecture is a good career. As an architecture you can earn around INR 5 LPA. 

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