CEPT Entrance Exam Pattern

Yes. The authorities will conduct personal interviews to select candidates for admission into the courses offered by the Univesity. While exceptional candidates will be given direct admissions, the other candidates will have to sit for a personal interview and secure a green light from the authorities for admission. Candidates are advised to check the details regarding the CEPT admission process and weightage carefully.

During the Stage 2 of CEPT admission process, the candidates will be allotted in the remaining seats. It is also to be noted that the score secured in the Stage I of the admission process cannot be carried forward to Stage II. All candidates will have to be physically present at the campus for Stage II of the admission process. The weightage for Part A (Test) and Part B (Personal Interview) is 60% and 40%, respectively.

During the Stage 1 of CEPT admission process, candidates with exceptional performance will be offered direct admissions. Other candidates will have to appear for a personal interview round to be shortlisted for admission. The candidate's CV and Work experience will be given 5% weightage, while the last qualifying exam will be given 10% weightage. The submitted statement of purpose and recommendation letters will be given 15%, while the candidate's portfolio will be given 50%.

The authorities will release the CEPT entrance exam pattern online at admissions.cept.ac.in. Candidates will be able to check the details regarding how the entrance exam will be held through the CEPT exam pattern. The authorities will not use any other mode to release the exam pattern of CEPT. All candidates are advised to carefully check the CEPT exam pattern so that they are able to know how the exam will be conducted and accordingly prepare for it.

While preparing for the CEPT MArch entrance exam, the candidates are advised to refer to books that will offer clear concepts that will help them score well. Some of the best books for CEPT MArch entrance exam are:

• This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India: Ramchandra Guha
• Our Environment: Laeeq Fatehully
• Between Landscape Architecture and Land Art: Udo Weilacher
• Landscape of man: shaping the environment from prehistory to the present day – Jellicoe, Geoffrey Susan
• The Hungry Tide (fiction) – Amitav Ghosh
• Landscape as Urbanism - Charles Waldheim
• Landscape and Memory - Simon Schama

Candidates can check the detailed CEPT exam pattern for MArch in Architectural Design from the table given below.

CEPT MArch exam will be held as an offline test. All candidates will have to attempt the entrance examination of CEPT MArch to be considered qualified for the admission process. During the examination, the candidates will be assessed on their ability to ability to analyse, describe, visualise and imagine. It is to be noted that the pattern will differ as per the course selected by the candidates.