NIRF Ranking 2025 Released; Top Architecture and Planning Colleges in India Listed Here
Top Architecture and Planning Colleges
NIRF Ranking 2025 Architecture and Planning: During the NIRF Ranking 2025 ceremony, the Ministry of Education announced the names of the Top 5 Architecture and Planning Colleges in India, which were also recognised and awarded for their consistent academic excellence, research output, and student performance. These rankings serve as a benchmark for students seeking higher education in architecture and related fields. The NIRF Ranking 2025 Architecture and Planning Colleges list has also been made available in PDF format on the official website, nirfindia.org. By referring to the NIRF list, aspirants can identify the best colleges to apply to and plan their academic journey accordingly.
Top 25 Architecture and Planning Colleges in India
The candidates can check below the Top 25 Architecture Colleges in India based on NIRF Ranking 2025.
| Architecture Colleges | NIRF Ranking |
|---|---|
| India Institute of Technology, Roorkee | 1 |
| National Institute of Technology, Calicut | 2 |
| India Institute of Technology, Kharagpur | 3 |
| Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur |
4 |
| Jamia Millia Islamia | 5 |
| Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology University | 6 |
| National Institute of Technology Rourkela | 7 |
| School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi | 8 |
| National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | 9 |
| Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur | 10 |
| School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal | 11 |
| Malaviya National Institute of Technology | 12 |
| National Institute of Technology Patna | 13 |
| Chandigarh University | 14 |
| College of Engineering Trivandrum | 15 |
| Jadavpur University | 16 |
| Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology | 17 |
| S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology | 18 |
| School of Planning & Architecture, Vijayawada | 19 |
| BMS College of Architecture | 20 |
| Manipal University Jaipur | 21 |
| Birla Institute of Technology | 22 |
| Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University | 23 |
| Lovely Professional University | 24 |
| Amity University | 25 |
Various states provide admissions into its Architecture institutes to the students who have secured a valid NATA score. Some of the top states and their respective admission process for BArch through NATA scores are.
- West Bengal - WBJEE BArch
- Uttar Pradesh - UPCET BArch
- Tamil Nadu - TANATA, TANCE (Other State)
- Karnataka - DCET
- Bihar - BCECE
As per CoA, the Architecture colleges strictly accept candidates based on their NATA scores. Therefore, the candidates will be eligible to apply to their preferred Architecture institute, if they have secured the qualiying NATA score. Some of the institutes that accept NATA scores are:
- School of Architecture and Planning, VMRF, Chennai
- SRM University, Chennai
- R V School of Architecture, RVCE, Bangalore
- Department of Architecture, BIT, Mesra
- Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi
- Sharda University, Greater Noida
- Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, JMI, New Delhi
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