Architecture Entrance Exam

While preparing NATA cutoff, authorities will consider various factors related to entrance examination. Some  important factors that are the difficulty level of the entrance exam, previous year cutoff trends, number of applicants, total number of seats available for admission, etc. While qualifying cutoff will be prepared and released by CoA, admission cutoff will be released individually by participating institutes. 

CoA will prepare and release the NATA qualifying cutoff online at nata.in. The candidates will be informed about the minimum marks that they need to secure to qualify the examination through the NATA qualifying cutoff. However, the NATA admission cutoff will be prepared by the respective colleges/institutes and released at their official website. Candidates will be required to individually check their preferred college for the cutoff trends.

NATA qualifying cutoff will remain constant for every category. All candidates, irrespective of category, will have to secure the qualifying cutoff to be considered eligible for BArch admissions. However, NATA admission cutoff will differ for every college and category. As compared to General category, the reserved category can expect a lower cutoff. Before applying for admissions, the candidates are advised to check the previous year cutoff trends. 

The minimum scores that candidates need to secure for admission into their preferred institute constitute NATA admission cutoff. CoA is not responsible for creation of the admission cutoff. The colleges/institutes will prepare the NATA admission cutoff after considering various factors. It is to be noted that admission cutoff will be different for every college and category. Candidats are advised to check the previous years' cutoff trends to know the cutoff range for admissions. 

NATA qualifying cutoff is minimum score that candidates will have to get to qualify entrance examination and be considered eligible for admission. CoA will announce NATA 2026 qualifying cutoff soon, however, as per previous year trends, it is expected to be 70 marks out of 200. While the qualifying NATA cutoff does not guarantee admission, candidates will qualify entrance examination if they meet cutoff decided by authorities. 

If two or more candidates secure the same score in NATA 2023, then the authorities will follow the tie-breaking guidelines that has been prepared beforehand. Candidates who have secured higher marks in the 10+2th standard qualifying examination will be given a higher rank. However, the admission and merit list criteria will be different for every college. Therefore before applying for admission, the candidates are advised to check the admission guidelines of their preferred colleges carefully.

After NATA results are announced by the authorities of CoA, the candidates will have two options. First, if the candidate is not satisfied with their obtained scores, then they can apply to attempt the remaining examination sessions of NATA. If the candidate is satisfied with their obtained score or there is no more attempts left, then they can apply for admissions into their preferred institute. Since there is no common counselling conducted by CoA, the candidates will have to apply individually to their preferred colleges/institutes. 

In case candidates are satisfied with scores in first session of NATA, and are sure that it will lead to admissions into preferred institutes, then they are not required to attempt further examination sessions. However, candidates are advised to check previous year cutoffs to be sure that obtained scores are enough for admissions. The candidates are advised to attempt more than one session of NATA, because best of scores will be considered for admission. Attempting all tests of NATA will give an advantage to candidates to obtain score they require for admission into preferred institute/college.

Listed below are some of important last minute NATA preparation tips. In the last few days before exam, candidates must not start studying new chapters. They must focus on improving chapters and concepts studied earlier.  Candidates must focus on daily revision. Mock tests must be attempted daily so that candidates can check the progress.

No. The authorities will not release the NATA result offline i.e., through post or personally. The candidates will have to visit the official website at nata.in to access the result of NATA. Important updates and information regarding the NATA result will be released by the authorities at nata.in. To access the obtained scores, the candidates will have to log in using their application number and password.