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

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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
5	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.