Best B Arch Colleges in India: Fees, Admission 2026, Courses, Ranking, Placements

Being a private institute, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra is a bit costly. But the college gives many facilities to the students and great placement opportunities. The college is known for its Engineering courses.

The fees for Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra courses is between INR 4 Lacs and INR 18 lakhs. 

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University offers BTech across five specialisations. During SMVDU cutoff 2023, the closing rank for B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering was 94017, for B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering was 227213, for B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering was 402493, for B.Tech. in Civil Engineering was 657668 and for B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering was 505053 for the General category All India seat. Hence, candidate with a rank of 1,35,000 in JEE Main can get a seat at SMVDU in all the specialisations except for BTech CSE as per the last year cutoff. 

Yes, LPU is a good university with constant increase in the placements offered to students. Below are the reasons to go for LPU admissions:

• Ranked 48 & 44 by NIRF 2025 in the Engg. & Mgmt. category, respectively, LPU is ranked by NIRF under Overall, University & Research categories as well.
• It has been ranked 5 in India by THE World University Rankings 2026.
• The university is approved by UGC, UGC-DEB, NCT, PCI, BCE, COA, PSCAE, ITPI & Indian Association of Physiotherapists. It is also accredited by ICAR, & with A + Grade by NAAC.
• LPU has partnered with more than 500 universities across more than 80 countries, offering students & faculty members' the much needed global exposure. These collaborations help students with credit transfers, semester exchanges, joint research, & summer/winter schools.

The total fee of the five-year BArch programme offered at Amity University Kolkata is INR 4.85 lakh.

Hi students,

The Manipal School of Architecture and Planning (MSAP) offers 10 courses, including five undergraduate courses, five postgraduate courses, and one certificate course. Some of the top courses offered include:

Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)

Bachelor of Design (B.Des) in Interior Design or Fashion Design

Master of Architecture (M.Arch) in Urban Design and Development

Master of Design (M.Des) in Sustainable Design and Interior Design

Master of Arts in Fashion Management 

In 2020, MSAP was ranked 12th among top architectural schools in NIRF. In 2022, Outlook-ICARE ranked it 3rd among the top colleges for architecture and 6th among the top colleges for fashion design in the all India private category.

It is one of the top universities in the state of Gujarat. As per a consolidated report, the highest package offered during Nirma University placements in 2022 was INR 88.21 LPA.

For Dr. M.G.R, the following rank have been obtained from the Institute for Educational Research.

NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework): Ranked 92 out of 200 colleges by 2023 in India.
IIRF (Indian Institutional Ranking Framework): Architecture program ranks among 45 colleges by 2024 in India.

National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (NIT Hamirpur) was established in 1986 as one of the thirty-one NITs of the country. NIT Hamirpur was initially set up as a Regional Engineering College (REC) in 1986. It was given the status of a deemed university and upgraded to NIT Hamirpur in 2002.

While not having personally attended Ramaiah Institute of Technology and Management a few key points found in honest student reviews are:

• Placements: Around 85-90% of students were placed in the ECE branch with the highest and the lowest packages of INR 50 LPA and INR 7.6 LPA, respectively. While 10 to 15 students also got internships at top companies such as Samsung, Intel, Nokia, TI, etc.  (Ritesh - B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering - Batch of 2027)
• Infrastructure: While some students complain about the speed of Wi-Fi students receive connectivity across the campus while its main selling points are its labs with 60-70 systems available to students as well as Sports ground and other facilities (Ojas Jha - B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering - Batch of 2029)

The above information is taken from verified Shiksha Reviews

Thiagarajar College of Engineering offers scholarships based on merit-cum means scholarships to the students. Below mentioned are the TCE Madurai scholarships are given below:

• Rukmini Shanmugam Endowment Scholarship
• TSK Memorial Scholarship
• Subramanian Scholarship

It is not possible to join Christ University's Kengeri Campus directly without any entrance exam. Most courses require candidates to pass the Christ University Entrance Test (CUET) held by the university, and all questions are MCQ-based and are distributed into different parts. However, there are some courses that can be pursued without the need for an entrance exam, but these are limited, and CUET remains compulsory for most.If a candidate does not have any entrance exam/test score or has a low percentile in other entrance exams, they can get direct admission to Christ University Bangalore through management quota

No, GGSIPU doesn't offer direct admission.  IP University does not allow any of the affiliated colleges/institutes/agencies to grant direct admission to any of the courses of the university.

NIT Raipur offers a full tuition fee waiver for BArch students whose family income is below INR 1 lakh. For those earning between INR 1 Lacs and INR 5 lakh, a two-thirds fee waiver is provided. You just need to submit a valid income certificate to get these benefits. 

Yes, you can get admission in B.Arch programme at BMS School of Architecture after Class 10 Diploma through CET or through Management quota. You will be admitted in the first semester of the programme.

The Chitkara School of Planning and Architecture B.Arch fees is yet to be revealed for the 2026 session. In 2025, the total tuition fee was INR 9.6 Lacs and the ETS/CAS fees was INR 40,000. Candidates are required to pay the ETS/CAS fees as admission fees during the end of the admission process.

Yes, AKTU is one of the participating universities of CUET-UG and CUET-PG. Candidates wishing to apply for AKTU CUET courses, must register first at the official website of CUET. Admission to below-mentioned courses is through CUET-UG or CUET-PG:

• BTech
• BPharm
• MBA
• MCA
• BVoc. 
• BFA
• BDes, etc.

AnantU's fees for the BDes programme are competitive for a high-end private university, which is INR 6,25,000 annually. This is often lower than the Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID), where total costs can reach INR 24–40 Lacs for the entire course, but higher than government-funded institutes like NIFT or NID.

The college does not conduct a separate entrance examination. However, the college releases a merit list to announce the names of the students eligible for admission based on the applicant's scores in the accepted entrance exam. Candidates wanting to study Architecture at JJ College of Architecture must fill out the application form.

Amity University Noida offers good placements to its students. During the placement drive 2025, more than 6000 students were placed. Highest package offered was 75 LPA.