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Manipal School of Architecture and Planning B.Arch Courses & Fees

Q: Can I join Manipal School of Architecture and planning without entrance exam?

NO, the admissions in MSAP are entrance-based. In some courses, the college offers direct admission based on the last qualifying exam. In courses, such as BArch, BDes students must take give entrance test to get shortlisted in both courses. The college offers direct admission for BDes lateral entry in both streams. They are also offered direct admission in MDes, M.Arch and MA courses.

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Manipal School of Architecture and Planning BArch Eligibility & Highlights 2024

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Return on Investment

Total Tuition Fees₹ 13.6L

Median Package₹ 3.5L

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NATA

10+2 score45%

Official B.Arch Ranking

NIRF '25#27

The Week '25#7

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Q: What is the average package offered at Manipal School of Architecture and Planning?

MSAP average package data is not released. However, according to Manipal School of Architecture and Planning NIRF report 2024, the course-wise median package offered over the past three years is presented below:

Course	Median Package (2021)	Median Package (2022)	Median Package (2023)
BArch	INR 2.4 LPA	INR 3.2 LPA	INR 3.48 LPA
MArch	INR 3.5 LPA	INR 4.15 LPA	INR 4.6 LPA

Q: Can I join Manipal School of Architecture and planning without entrance exam?

NO, the admissions in MSAP are entrance-based. In some courses, the college offers direct admission based on the last qualifying exam. In courses, such as BArch, BDes students must take give entrance test to get shortlisted in both courses. The college offers direct admission for BDes lateral entry in both streams. They are also offered direct admission in MDes, M.Arch and MA courses.

Q: What is the placement rate recorded during Manipal School of Architecture and Planning placements?

MSAP batch-placed data is not released. However, as per the Manipal School of Architecture and Planning NIRF report 2024, the placement rate recorded during MArch placements over the past three years was 100%.

The course-wise number of students placed over the past three years during BArch and MArch placements are presented below:

Particulars	BArch Placement Statistics (2021)	BArch Placement Statistics (2022)	BArch Placement Statistics (2023)
Total students	143	145	153
Students placed	38	76	84
Students opted for higher studies	22	17	21
Particulars	MArch Placement Statistics (2021)	MArch Placement Statistics (2022)	MArch Placement Statistics (2023)
Total Students	19	20	14
Students placed	17	20	14
Students opted for higher studies	2	0	0

Q: Is it true that all students at Manipal School of Architecture and Planning get good placements?

MSAP batch placed data is not released. However, according to Manipal School of Architecture and Planning NIRF report 2024, the placement rate recorded during MArch placements over the past three years was 100%.

The course-wise number of students placed over the past three years during BArch and MArch placements are presented below:

Particulars	BArch Placement Statistics (2021)	BArch Placement Statistics (2022)	BArch Placement Statistics (2023)
Total Students	143	145	153
Students placed	38	76	84
Students opted for higher studies	22	17	21
Particulars	MArch Placement Statistics (2021)	MArch Placement Statistics (2022)	MArch Placement Statistics (2023)
Total Students	19	20	14
Students placed	17	20	14
Students opted for higher studies	2	0	0

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Q: How to get admission to Manipal School of Architecture and Planning?

To get admission to Manipal School of Architecture and Planning, Applicants can apply through the official website of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). The college offers both merit and entrance based admission depending on the course selection criteria. Some courses accept scores of different entrance exams. However, there are a few courses that offer direct admission to the students, such as BDes (Lateral Entry). If candidates want to be admitted to BArch, they must score well in the NATA entrance exam, Similarly, candidates must apply, appear and qualify the HBT conducted by MSAP for admission to BDes course. These entrance exams vary from course to course respectively.

Q: What is the eligibility criteria for Manipal School of Architecture and Planning?

The eligibility criteria for Manipal School of Architecture and Planning (MSAP) vary from one course to another. To be eligible for a UG course, a candidate must have completed Class 12 with 50% aggregate from a recognised board. For PG courses, however, students must have completed their undergraduate degree with at least 50% aggregate. Given below is a table giving a brief overall of all MSAP courses and their eligibility criteria:

Course	Eligibility
BArch	A pass in Class 12 with 50% aggregate with PCM subjects
BDes	A pass in Class 12 with 50% aggregate
BDes (Lateral Entry) - Interior Design - Fashion Design	A 3year Diploma in Fashion Design with 50% aggregate score
M.Arch	A pass in BArch with 50% aggregate
MDes	- A pass in BArch/ BTech (Civil/ Electrical/ Mechanical) from a recognised university, with a minimum of 50% aggregate - Weightage is given to GATE-qualified applicants
MA Fashion Management	A pass in graduation in any stream with 50% aggregate

Q: Which is the top courses of Manipal School of Arch & Planning?

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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.

Manipal School of Architecture and Planning B.Arch
Fees details 2026

Fee components	Amount (for 5 years)
Tuition	₹ 13.6 L
One-time Payment	₹ 10 K
Total fee	₹ 13.7 L

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Q: What is the fee of B.Arch in MSAP?

The fee for the B.Arch course at Manipal School of Architecture and Planning tuition fee is INR 12.6 lakh. The college charges other extra charges excluding tuition fees such as admission fees, registration fees, and refundable caution fees. The college offers overall 160 seats. Applicants who want admission to MSAP in B.Arch can visit the website of Manipal Academy of Higher Education to register for admission.

Q: What is the fees of MSAP Manipal?

The fees of MSAP vary from one course to another. The fees include many components, such as tuition fees, registration fees and many more. Applicants who want to be admitted to any of the courses in the Manipal School of Architecture and Planning can go through the table given for fees of different courses offered by the college:

Courses	Tuition Fees	Seat Intake
B.Des	INR 5.6 Lakh	120
B.Arch	INR 12.6 Lakh	160
M.Des	INR 2- 2.4 Lakh	30
M.Arch	INR 2.3 Lakh	20
MA	INR 1.5 Lakh	N/A

Note: This information is sourced from the official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change.

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Manipal School of Architecture and Planning B.Arch
Admission dates 2026

Dates	Upcoming Events
Apr '26	NATA 2026 result Tentative
Mar '26-Aug '26	NATA 2026 exam datesOngoing
Aug '26	NATA 2026 additional exam datesTentative

Dates	Past Events
Feb '26	NATA 2026 application form start dateTentative
30 Jun '25	B.Arch Application 2025 last date

Manipal School of Architecture and Planning B.Arch
Curriculum

Specialization	Curriculum
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.)

Manipal School of Architecture and Planning B.Arch
Seats

160

Total Seats Available

Courses	Seats
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.)	160

Manipal School of Architecture and Planning BArch Placements 2024

According to the Overall NIRF report 2024 released by MAHE, the median package offered during UG 5-year placements 2023 stood at INR 8.9 LPA. Further, a total of 603 students were placed and 130 students opted for higher studies out of total 793 students during UG 5-year placements 2023.

According to MSAP Manipal NIRF report 2023, the key highlights of MSAP Manipal placements 2022 as compared with 2021 are presented below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2021)	Placement Statistics (2022)
Median package (BArch)	INR 2.40 LPA	INR 3.20 LPA
Total students (BArch)	143	145
Students placed (BArch)	121	128

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Q: How are the placements at Manipal School of Architecture and Planning?

According to the Manipal School of Architecture and Planning NIRF report 2024, the key highlights of MSAP Manipal placements 2023 as compared with 2022 and 2021 are presented below:

Particulars	BArch Placement Statistics (2021)	BArch Placement Statistics (2022)	BArch Placement Statistics (2023)
Median package	INR 2.4 LPA	INR 3.2 LPA	INR 3.48 LPA
Total Students	143	145	153
Students placed	38	76	84
Students opted for higher studies	22	17	21
Particulars	MArch Placement Statistics (2021)	MArch Placement Statistics (2022)	MArch Placement Statistics (2023)
Median package	INR 3.5 LPA	INR 4.15 LPA	INR 4.6 LPA
Total Students	19	20	14
Students placed	17	20	14
Students opted for higher studies	2	0	0

Q: Where are Manipal School of Architecture and Planning alumni placed?

According to data gathered from unofficial sources, the Education sector has placed the most number of MSAP Manipal students. The sector-wise MSAP Manipal alumni placement statistics are presented below:

Note: The “Others” category includes the sectors of Media and Communication, Research, Business Development, Community and Social Services, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Sales and Engineering.

The above-mentioned alumni data is gathered from unofficial sources and, hence may vary.

Q: Who are the top recruiters during Manipal School of Architecture and Planning placement drive?

The list of top recruiters during Manipal School of Architecture and Planning placements in recent past is presented below:

MSAP Manipal Top Recruiters
ATKINS	Keystone Architects
Space Matrix	Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail
Total Environment	STAPATI
FHD Consultants	Alex Jacob Architect

Manipal School of Architecture and Planning B.Arch
Rankings 2026

Publisher	2023	2024	2025
NIRF	25	28	27
The Week	– / –	– / –	7

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College	Median Salary	Total Tuition Fees	Ranking
Manipal School of Architecture and Planning	₹ 3.48 LPA	₹ 13.6 L	#27 NIRF, 2025
GCA	-/-	₹ 3.04 L	#43 India Today, 2025
World University of Design Compare	-/-	₹ 11.34 L	#29 India Today, 2025
Manipal University Jaipur Compare	₹ 7.5 LPA	₹ 15.95 L	#21 NIRF, 2025
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Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) - Batch of 2027

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I am satisfied with the college. It has good faculty members and facilities.

Placements: MSAP placements are existent but limited. It is offered to only the best students of the batch for the Bachelor of Architecture. It has a very active aluminium community that recruits students on behalf of their firms. Out of the selective group of students, a fair number of students do get placed.

Infrastructure: The infrastructure is top-notch with smartboards for education, highly equipped printing labs, 3d printing labs, VR labs, a library with all the books we need, auditoriums, work studios, a building materials lab, survey labs, good Wi-Fi, and classrooms with plenty of light, air, and charging points. Hostels are well-maintained and standard. There are both AC and non-AC rooms with attached and non-attached bathrooms, from single to triple sharing for female and male, with Wi-Fi. There are staff members for cleaning and laundry services. There are 4-5 types of mess facilities, and we can sign up for them with good, tasty, and hygienic food. Medical facilities are also available here.

Faculty: Our college has great and qualified faculty members. They are very helpful and attentive to our doubts and needs. They are master's or PhD-qualified. The course curriculum has changed for the recent batches, and they've made it more relevant now. There are great workshops and seminars for training, practicing, and influential professionals, which are organised for students to keep them aware of the industry and practices. It has very up-to-date faculty members.

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Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) - Batch of 2025

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Our college has good faculty members, average infrastructure, and excellent crowd and campus life.

Placements: Almost 70% of students are placed in this course. The highest salary package offered is 4 LPA and the lowest salary package offered is 2 LPA. Top recruiting companies like L&T, Studio Mumbai, Sanjay Puri Architects, Studio Lotus, etc., visit our campus. Almost 70% of students got internships. Internships completely depend on your personal skills.

Infrastructure: The infrastructure is not up to the mark. Air-conditioners are not available in classrooms and drafting tables are very old. The hostel is good and well-furnished. Both air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned rooms are available. Hot water and internet are available. Mess food is also very good. Both north Indian and south Indian food are available. Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food are available. There are midnight canteens available in every hostel which are open till midnight.

Faculty: Faculty members are worth the fee you have paid. Most of them are IIT graduates or from other highly designated universities. This course curriculum is relevant. It makes students industry-ready. Semester exams are not so tough. If you are completely prepared, you can easily score above 75%. The pass percentage is 50%.

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Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) - Batch of 2022

3.6

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College life at this college is very good.

Placements: The architecture course doesn't have any placements, so you must search for placements on your own. The training and placement cell might help. Batchmates got placed in various firms all over the country. Depending on performance, few students who joined as interns continued as junior architects.

Infrastructure: We share the same hostels with multiple colleges on the MIT campus, but all hostels are well-constructed. They are lively, and there are several student centres. The college is currently a part of the engineering department's building, but it will be soon shifted to its dedicated building.

Faculty: The syllabus of 2014 is different from what is followed currently. Students are not that industry-ready, but it is not necessarily specific to MSAP. Most of the teachers are helpful.

Other: We have only one fest named Opus and a sports event named Seige. More importance is given to academics here.

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Our college provides good faculty members and infrastructure.

Placements: Since it's an architecture college, students usually opt to work under other firms. But in Manipal School of Architecture and Planning, you get a good experience and also with great faculty members and seniors. It makes it easier. Most of the alumni have their firms in large cities while others work for big firms.

Infrastructure: The infrastructure of the college is very good. They are going to shift to another building after a few years. Hostels are very spacious and have all the facilities required, and hygienic food is served in the mess. The campus also has some public gathering places to enjoy nature.

Faculty: The course curriculum is as prescribed by the council of architecture. Faculty members are well experienced and have good knowledge about the work. Most of the faculty members are holding PhDs in their respective subjects and are highly knowledgeable. They have a vast idea about most of the topics.

Other: I chose this course because of my interest in planning.

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You have the key, do whatever you want with that.

Placements: There are no placements opportunities provided by the institution for architecture. However, students from our college have never failed to get into a good practice after college or during the course of the 1-year internship. Manipalites have a better chance of getting placed in practice in Bangalore due to its proximity to the college. There are students who try hard to get into cities like Mumbai or Ahmedabad, but the practices in these cities always give first preference to the students studying in the same city. But, this doesn't stop students from getting into top firms of India as there are alumni who are working for Pritzker award winner B V Doshi and highly famed architect Hafeez Contractor.

Infrastructure: Classrooms are 10m x 10m in size with a height of up to 7m. These working studios are large enough to offer convenient working spaces for every individual. Apart from that, there are AC seminar halls, jury halls and material laboratories. The architecture department is spacious enough to cater to every student's experimentation, and there are no restrictions as such. The whole building is a canvas to students.

Faculty: At the current stage of our college, there are many inexperienced faculty members and few experienced ones. Most of the experienced ones are pretty lazy and try to take up the shortest path method as many times as possible. The junior faculty are full of enthusiasm, but they lack the knowledge to cater to the current world of architecture. To make up with this, the institution (after plenty of experimentation with students, classes and curriculum) has a completely developed curriculum where learning happens at an enormous and zealous way as compared to our time.

Other: There is one fest conducted in every semester. One is a college fest by the title 'Opus', where architecture workshops are organised, and students take part in various interactive competitions ranging from essay writing to potpourri. The second fest 'Utsav', which is the university one, where all the institutions of Manipal compete against each other. Apart from that, there are sports competitions organised around the year.

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Great infrastructure, satisfying teaching quality!

Placements: In the course of architecture, there are no placements as such. In the fifth year of your academics, you go for an internship (which is for the entire year). The college has tie ups with more than 200 firms and you apply to the ones of your choice and continue your 1 year internship with them thereafter. After getting your degree, you have to apply for jobs in different firms or start as an entrepreneur if you want your own firm right away. Architecture firms don't come to a college to hire employees. It does't work like the engineering courses.

Infrastructure: You get good quality drafting tables and good audio-visual systems in classrooms. Classes are big enough to accommodate 40 students (4 sections consisting 40 each). The only thing missing in classrooms are ACs, but its easy to get used to it as the rooms are comfortable enough. You get cold water facilities right next to the classrooms. Talking in a larger scale, Manipal has a great library right next to the architecture block, good sports facilities inside the campus and an excellent sports arena (called Marena), and free health check ups and referrals for manipal students with ambulance service in all hostels at KMC (the medical college of Manipal). Overall, campus hostels and facilities are above par level.

Faculty: Most of the teachers are very helpful, qualified, knowledgeable and most importantly (important for architecture students) approachable. Students have to go through an online faculty report at the end of every semester, scoring every faculty member of his/her class at different aspects. There are 4 teachers for 1 section in the main design subject (that's 1 teacher per 10 students), and it all the teachers give you their inputs into your work. You get good exposure into how the industry works through certain site visits, factory visits, lectures and seminars by guests, etc. Which really help in knowing how things work out.

Other: The campus is known as one of the best in India, and it truly is. The year is filled with fests, events, and the architecture department has its own fest as well. There are clubs which work on offering you international scholarships and internships as well.

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What is the highest package for B.Arch students at Manipal School of Arch & Planning?

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The average salary package for a fresher B.Arch graduate from Manipal is around INR 3.6 to 4 Lakhs per annum. Top performers and students with good communication and technical skills can expect packages up to INR 5 Lacs per annum. After a few years of experience, the salary increases significantly.

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Can I join Manipal School of Architecture and Planning directly?

Answered 2 years ago

No, applicants cannot join Manipal School of Architecture and Planning (MSAP) directly. Applicants have to follow the admission process for the course you are interested in. MSAP offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in architecture, design, and urban planning. The admission process varies d

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Which branch is best in B.Des at Manipal School of Architecture and Planning?

Answered 2 years ago

MSAP offers two branches in BDes i.e., Interior Design and Fashion Design. The college offers different scope and opportunities in both the courses and have their own scope and opportunities its totally depends on student interest and skills. The college also provide lateral entry in BDes in both st

Jiya Tyagi

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Does Manipal School of Architecture and Planning accept ISC score?

Answered 2 years ago

Yes, Manipal School of Architecture and Planning (MSAP) accepts ISC scores for admission to its B.Arch and B.Des courses. The candidates must have passed Class 12 and Class 10 or equivalent examinations with Mathematics as a compulsory subject with minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. The candidates m

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Does Manipal School of Architecture and Planning want a NATA score to give admission to B.Arch?

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Yes, Applicants must have a National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) score to get admission to B.Arch at Manipal School of Architecture and Planning. Applicants who want to be admission to MSAP must fulfill the basic criteria they must pass Class 10 and Class 12 with a 50% aggregate score with

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