Top Architecture Colleges in India 2019

India is known for its rich heritage and architecture marvels. Our magnificent monuments are the living example of prowess in the field of architecture and designs. Moreover, India’s development agenda is making way for many different job roles in the field of architecture. The recent development agenda of our country was to build affordable homes for all, provide better infrastructure facilities, urban and rural development and transformation, etc. Many such reforms have opened many job avenues for architects in India. Availability of job opportunities should not be the only requirement, skilled architects should also be available to fulfill the demand of developing India. To produce skilled architects, a number of top architecture colleges in India have been established.

Toppers of 2019

Given below are the names of architecture colleges that have managed to secure an excellent position in 2019 NIRF ranking. NIRF rankings are based on many parameters like teaching and learning resources, graduation outcome, perception, etc.

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur: It is the third oldest technical institute in West Bengal. It is considered as the best architecture college in India. Teaching methodology of this institute makes it the best architecture college. IIT-Kharagpur has secured first position in NIRF 2019 rankings.
• Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee: After IIT-Kharagpur, the next best architecture college in India is IIT-Roorkee. This institute is recognised internationally and has been ranked 381^st internationally in the QS World University Rankings this year. Not only this, it has been ranked second by the NIRF this year. Its NIRF score is 78.33.
• National Institute of Technology, Calicut: NIT-Calicut is not only one of the best institutes in India for engineering courses, but it is also famous for architecture studies. The institute is ranked third by the NIRF this year.
• School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi: This deemed university is a member of AIU and is considered as one of the best architecture colleges in India. It has been ranked fourth by the NIRF this year. The NIRF score of the college is 62.49.
• College of Engineering, Trivandrum: This institute is affiliated to KTU - APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and has been ranked as 5th by NIRF this year. Its NIRF score is 59.57. It is one of the best institutes in India for engineering and architecture courses.

Placements and career opportunities provided by top architecture colleges in India

IIT-Kharagpur: Being the top architecture college in India provides excellent career opportunities to its students. The highest salary package offered is around INR 15 LPA and the lowest salary package offered is around INR 5 LPA. Internship opportunities are not provided by the placement cell.

IIT-Roorkee: The average salary package offered to architecture graduates is around INR 3-5 LPA and the highest salary offered is around INR 6-8 LPA.

It is mandatory for the students of NIT-Calicut to do an internship and the stipend offered is around INR 10,000 per month.

Stipend offered to the architecture students of School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi is around INR 15,000-20,000 per month.

Get rankings, placement reviews, fees and Q&A related to admission, cut-off and eligibility of Top Architecture Colleges. The rankings are published by NIRF/MHRD, India Today and Outlook.