NATA 2020: Exam Dates, Application Form, Eligibility, Syllabus

The Council of Architecture (CoA) will conduct the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) 2020 for the candidates interested in admission to the undergraduate graduate programmes in Architecture (BArch). The council has been constituted by the Government of India for registration of Architects, standards of education, recognised qualifications and standards of professional conduct and etiquette.

NATA is being conducted every year with an objective to provide a single scheme of examination facilitating prospective students all over the country for admissions in architecture programmes. The exam was started in 2006 to help students avoid appearing in multiple aptitude tests. The eligibility for admission to five-year Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) degree course will also be decided through NATA 2020.  The eligibility conditions for NATA 2020 will be prescribed by CoA and duly approved by the Central Government. The eligibility condition must be strictly adhered by candidates and followed in all Architectural Institutions over the country.

Similar to JEE Main, NATA 2020 will also be conducted twice by CoA. The first phase of the exam will tentatively be held in the second week of April while the second phase of the exam will be conducted in the second week of July. Candidates will have the choice of appearing in one or both the exams. Important details about NATA 2020 can be checked below. 

NATA 2020 Important Dates 

Date & Time of Examination	Subject and Marks of Examination
First Examination:
Second week of April, 2020 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. 11.15 a.m. to 01.15 p.m. (Grand Total of 200 marks)	First 60 minutes (one hour) - Part A (Online) Total 120 Marks Mathematics (MCQ) 20 Questions X 2marks each = 40 Marks General Aptitude (MCQ ) 40 Questions X 2marks each = 80 Marks
Last 120 minutes (two hours) – Part B total 80 Marks Drawings in A4 Size paper 2 Questions X 40 marks each = 80 Marks
Second Examination:
07.07.2019 (Sunday) 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. 11.15 a.m. to 1.15 p.m. (Grand Total of 200 marks)	First 60 minutes (one hour) - Part A (Online) Total 120 Marks Mathematics (MCQ) 20 Questions X 2marks each = 40 Marks General Aptitude (MCQ ) 40 Questions X 2marks each = 80 Marks
Last 120 minutes (two hours) – Part B Total 80 Marks Drawings in A4 Size paper 2 Questions X 40 marks each = 80 Marks

NATA 2020 Eligibility Criteria

It is mandatory for every candidate to fulfill the below-mentioned NATA 2020 eligibility criteria before filling the application form:

Age Limit: There will be no age limit criteria to apply for the exam.

Qualifications: Candidates must pass 12th class from a recognised board.

Marks Criteria:

• Candidates must secure a minimum of 50% marks and 50% aggregate in PCM subjects.
• Candidates who have passed diploma examination with at least 50% aggregate marks and Mathematics as one of the compulsory subjects will also be eligible for NATA 2020.
• Candidates appearing for 10+2 or equivalent exam with PCM subjects in the current year will also be allowed provisionally to appear in the exam. However, their result in NATA 2020 will be declared valid subject to fulfilling the above criteria.

Subjects in class 12: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics are compulsory subjects.

Art Stream Candidates: Candidates with art stream are also eligible if they have qualified PCM subjects conducted by CBSE.

Note:No direct lateral admission will be allowed at any other year/stage of BArch course based on any qualification.

NATA 2020 Admission Process

Step-1: Register for NATA 2020

To begin with, aspirants will be required to register online for NATA 2020 on the official website. Requisite application fees will need to be paid using Net-banking/Credit Cards/ICICI I sure Bank Challan.

Step-2: Download NATA 2020 Admit card

Aspirants will be able to download NATA 2020 admit card from the official website which will be made available in the month of March. The admit card will have details regarding the test centre allotted to candidates. Besides this, the examination roll number will also be written for each student.

Step-3: Appear for NATA 2020

NATA will be conducted in April and July. Aspirants are advised to reach the exam centre at least an hour before the commencement of the exam.

Step-4: Check NATA 2020 exam result

NATA 2020 results will be published on the official website in the month of June, 2020.  NATA 2020 scores will be valid only for admission to the 2020-21 session.

NATA 2020 Exam Day Guidelines

1. The candidates have to follow the time schedule as follows:

• Report to the Examination Center by 8.00 am
• Opening gate to the examination hall at 8.30 am
• Registration of candidate to be completed by 9.45 am
• Closing gate to the examination hall at 9.45 am
• Commencement of examination at 10.00 am
• Duration of examination: 10.00 am to 01.15 pm
• No candidate will be allowed to enter the examination hall after commencement of examination, i.e. after 10.00 am
• Candidates must bring with them:

2. Downloaded Admit Card of NATA 2020.

• Original Proof of Identity - Aadhaar/Passport/Driving License/Voter ID.
• Pen, pencils, eraser, color pencils (No water/oil color or crayon). Instruments of any kind including scale are not permitted.
• Candidates will be allowed to bring with them a cardboard or a clip board with nothing written on it, so that they have no difficulty in taking the drawing test.

3. Candidates must show NATA 2020 admit card for entry to the Examination Hall. A candidate not possessing print out of the downloaded admit card and valid photo identity will not be allowed to enter in the examination hall.

4. A photograph of the candidate and the biometric will be taken at the Centre before the candidate is indicated his seat for taking the examination. The seat will be randomly allotted to the candidate on completing the procedure.

5. Candidates found carrying any textual material, printed or written, bits of papers or any such kind of material inside examination hall will be debarred from appearing in the examination.

6. Mobile Phones, Bluetooth devices, Calculators, Slide Rules, Log Tables, Electronic Watches with facilities of Calculator are not allowed in the Examination Hall. Possession of such items during the Examinations may lead to cancellation of candidature.

7. No candidate, without the special permission of the Centre-in-Charge, will leave his/her seat or examination hall until the exam is over.

8. Candidates shall maintain silence during the examination. Any conversation or gesticulation or disturbance in the examination hall shall be deemed as misdemeanor. If a candidate is found adopting unfair means, his/her candidature shall be cancelled and he/she will be liable to be debarred from taking examination either permanently or for a period, to be decided by the Council of Architecture, according to the nature of offence.

If a candidate is found impersonating, his/her candidature will be cancelled outright and the concerned examinee will be handed over to the Police.

Colleges accepting NATA score

Take a look at the list of some of the popular colleges in India that accept NATA score for admission to the BArch courses: 

Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE)	Tamilnadu School of Architecture
Sushant School of Art & Architecture	Singhad College of Architecture
School of Planning & Architecture	Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture & Fina Arts University
Sardar Vallabhai Patel Institute of Technology	Sathyabama University
Rizvi College of Architecture	College of Architecture, Trivandrum

NATA 2020 phase exam will be conducted at the below-mentioned cities and centres (Tentative). 

Sl.No	State	City
1	Andaman and Nicobar	Port Blair
2	Andhra Pradesh	Chirala
3		Guntur
4		Kakinada
5		Kurnool
6		Nellore
7		Rajahmundry
8		Tirupathi
9		Vijayawada
10		Visakhapatnam
11		Vizianagaram
12	Assam	Dibrugarh
13		Guwahati
14		Jorhat
15		Silchar
16		Tezpur
17	Bihar	Arrah
18		Darbhanga
19		Muzaffarpur
20		Patna
21	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
22		Bhilai Nagar
23		Bilaspur
24		Raipur
25	Delhi	Delhi
26		New Delhi
27	Goa	Panaji

 

28	Gujarat	Ahmedabad
29		Anand
30		Gandhinagar
31		Mehsana
32		Rajkot
33		Surat
34		Vadodara
35	Haryana	Ambala
36		Gurugram
37		Hisar
38		Karnal
39		Gurgaon
40		Kurukshetra
41	Himachal Pradesh	Hamirpur
42	Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu
43		Samba
44	Jharkhand	Bokaro Steel City
45		Dhanbad
46	Jharkhand	Hazaribagh
47		Jamshedpur
48		Ranchi
49	Karnataka	Bengaluru
50		Gulbarga
51		Hubli
52		Mangalore
53		Mysore
54		Shimoga
55		Udupi

 

56	Kerala	Kannur
57		Kozhikode
58		Thrissur
59		Ernakulam
60		Trivandrum
61	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
62		Gwalior
63		Indore
64		Jabalpur
65		Sagar
66		Satna
67		Ujjain
68	Maharashtra	Amravati
69		Aurangabad
70		Jalgaon
71		Kolhapur
72		Mumbai
73		Nagpur
74		Nanded
75		Nashik
76		Navi Mumbai
77		Pune
78	Meghalaya	Shillong
79	Mizoram	Aizawl
80	Nagaland	Kohima
81	Odisha	Balasore
82		Berhampur-Ganjam
83		Bhubaneswar
84		Cuttack
85		Dhenkanal

 

86		Rourkela
87		KORAPUT
88		Sambalpur
89	Puducherry	Puducherry
90	Punjab	Amritsar
91		Bhatinda
92	Punjab	Jalandhar
93		Ludhiana
94		Mohali
95		Patiala
96	Rajasthan	Ajmer
97		Bikaner
98		Jaipur
99		Jodhpur
100		Kota
101		Sikar
102		Udaipur
103	Tamil Nadu	Chennai
104		Coimbatore
105		Madurai
106		Salem
107		Tiruchirappalli
108		Tirunelveli
109	Telangana	Hyderabad
110		Karimnagar
111		Warangal
112	Tripura	Agartala
113	Uttar Pradesh	Agra
114		Aligarh
115		Allahabad
116		Bareilly
117		Ghaziabad
118		Gorakhpur
119		Greater Noida
120		Jhansi
121		Kanpur
122		Lucknow
123		Meerut
124		Moradabad
125		Muzaffarnagar
126		Noida
127		Varanasi
128	Uttarakhand	Dehradun
129		Haldwani
130		Roorkee
131	West Bengal	Asansol
132		Hooghly
133		Kolkata
134		Siliguri
135		Howrah
136	Outside India	Dubai**

 

Note: Final retention of city depends on availability/requests.

** Those opting for Dubai as their first choice of Exam city need to fill up two more choices mandatorily.

• The candidates choosing exam centre in Dubai as per their first choice, shall be liable to pay an additional fee of INR 8000 per candidate during the application process.
• The mode of payment of aforesaid additional fee would be notified in due course.
• Dubai cannot be chosen as second or third choice of exam city