Architecture Entrance Exam

Candidates must secure at least 50% in the JCAT exam for admission to the JSDA courses. JCAT is an entrance exam for Jindal School of Design and Architecture (JSDA) at OP Jindal Global University. Students can take the exam if they don't have a valid score on other exams. The school shortlists candidates based on their scores and invites them for an interview. For the integrated BA + MArch course, shortlisted candidates need to go through a portfolio review as well. JCAT syllubis is structured around analytical thinking and reading of visuals and texts. 

Admission criteria for government architecture colleges can vary, NATA is mostly used by private colleges. You have to give JEE Mains paper 2 for government college where you would need minimum of 75% of score in class 12th and a awesome ranking in JEE Mains paper 2. You can go for the following colleges:

• Rizwi College of Architecture, Mumbai
• DY Patil College of Architecture, Pune
• Bharti Vidyapeeth COA, Pune
• Rachna Sansad COA, Mumbai
• College of Architecture, Mumbai University

JoSAA authorities will consider various examination and admission-related factors while preparing AAT cutoff. Some important factors that will be checked to prepare cutoff of AAT are previous years' cutoff trends, total number of applicants for the exam, overall difficulty level of the exam, number of candidates who qualify the exam, total number of seats available for admission in each institute, etc.

Yes. The AAT cutoff will be differ as per the category and college selected by the candidates. Various factors will be considered to determine the AAT cutoff of the corresponding college and category. The cutoff of General category is expected to be higher than the reserved category. Similarly, the cutoff of the colleges will depend on the number of applicants for admission.

No. The authorities will not release any separate AAT cutoff online. The responsible authorities of JoSAA will prepare the AAT cutoffs for the common counselling process. AAT candidates will be able to check their cutoffs through the JoSAA cutoffs. While preparing the JoSAA/AAT cutoff, the authorities will consider various factors related to the entrance examination and admission process. 

The authorities will conduct AAT in English medium. The question paper of AAT will be prepared in English and no other medium will be used to conduct the examination. All candidates are advised to be prepared accordingly. In case of any issues, the candidates can contact the official invigilators at the exam centre. AAT will be held as a pen-and-paper-based test at various centres.

According to the information I know Shri Govind Guru University takes students into B.Arch by seeing their NATA score and their percent scored in 12th standard the student must definitely have 50 percent or more in 12th standard and should have a good score in NATA so you can't get into B.Arch in this university without NATA exam.

Yes. All candidates will be required to submit original documents for verification during TANATA counselling process. Along with original documents, candidates must take a set of photocopies for verification process. The list of documents needed for verification is prepared and announced by authorities. If candidates fail to verify  documents at allotted time, they cannot participate in admission process.