Crescent School of Architecture (B.S.Abdur Rahman University)

Crescent School of Architecture was ranked #40 out of 40 architecture colleges in India by NIRF 2024. Although this does'nt make this college a bad one as this comparision in only for 40 institutes of India. This college is way better from many other colleges of architecture. If you are planning to take admission in any college, you are adviced to check all factors such as infrastructure, faculties, placements etc. not just ranking.

Crescent School of Architecture is little bit expensive for B.Arch. The total tution fees for this course is INR 1250000 and as this is a 5 year course, the per year fees will be around INR 250000. As the placement facility of this institute is not up to the mark, the ROI is quite low. Although other facilities, infrastructure, faculty members and the reputation of this institute  justify the fees but still the fees is quite high. Although if you are able to avail scholarships and get some relaxation in the fees, the fees will totally be justifiable.

Yes,  Crescent School of Architecture offer scholarships to not only UG students, but to PG students also. Scholarship schemes like merit based scholarship, Government scholarships are provided to deserving candidates. Although the institute has not clearly mentioned about the scholarship facilities on their website, you can contact the instititute personally for information regarding the same. Students can apply for scholarships at the time of application for any course.

The institute does not provide good on campus placements for B.Arch. The median package stood near INR 2.7 LPA and only a few percentage of the total batch got placed. Most of the students seek for jobs by themselves and very few companies come for placement drive. Although due to the good reputation of this institute, you'll not face much difficulties in getting a job.

Admissions for M.Arch at Crescent School of Architecture are merit based. So as no entrance exam is there for M.Arch, there is no cuttoff. Students are shortlisted based on the merit which is prepared based on the graduation score of students. So your graduation score need to be good in order to get admission without much efforts.

Crescent School of Architecture is one of the best institutes for architecture in chennai. This institute offers a four-year full-time undergraduate course in B. Des and B.Arch and M.Arch. The institute has a good infrastructure and on-campus-facilities. The faculty members are well qualified and cooperative. The only down side of this institute is the placements as the institute does not offer placement facility, but due the good reputation of this institute, students don't find much difficulty in getting a job by themselves. So, on an overall basis, this institute is a average or decent institute for architecture studies.

The eligibility criteria to take admission for B.Arch at Crescent School of Architecture is as follows:-

1. Minimum 50% in 12th class.
2. Qualifying the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) exam.

So as the admissions are entrance based, students will be shortlisted based on the cutoff of NATA only. Talking about the cuttoff required to take admission, it is not fixed. The cuttoff varies every year according to the seats intake and applications. Previous year cuttoff information is also not availabe so estimated cutoff cannot stated. 

The application fee for the B.Arch programme at Crescent School of Architecture is INR 35000. This is to be kept in mind that this fees is not included in the tution fees of this course which is INR 1250000. This fees is to be paid on the time of registering for the programme either online or offline. 

To take admission at Crescent School of Architecture for M.Arch, you need to first visit the official website of this institute and fill the application form whenever the admissions are open. Admissions for M.Arch at this institute are merit based, merit will be prepared based on your graduation score. So as you'll fill the application form, students will be shortlisted based on the merit and if you qualify in that, you'll be called for final admission steps. Final admission steps include fee deposition, documents verification, councelling etc. So after completion of all the admission steps, the seat will be yours.