SPA Vijayawada - School of Planning and Architecture

Established in 2008, SPA Vijayawada - School of Planning and Architecture is a government college under the Ministry of Education, Government of India. As an autonomous institution with central funding, it offers B.Arch, B.Plan, M.Arch, M.Plan, and PhD programs.

Affiliated with the Council of Architecture, it is one of three SPAs (the others being New Delhi and Bhopal) reputed for their architecture and planning education. The government location allows it to charge low fees- B.Arch fees total just INR 2.77 lakh- compared to private institutes, and it also gets decent facilities like design studios. . 

The Faculty of SPA Vijayawada has a lot of highly experienced and well-qualified faculty members, having many advanced degree holders with rich industry exposure. Students appreciate faculty members for teaching, availability, and willingness to help in consultations. Faculty are dedicated to student success, teaching often and being available when students need them. 

Yes, SPA Vijayawada has very experienced faculty. All are professionals have advanced degrees with years of practical industry. The faculty are student-centric in nature and students like to go to them for answers. Reviews say the faculty is friendly, knowledgeable and working to help students. Reviews so far indicates faculty members are friendly and eager to help. Students of architecture & planning programme of the institute are well grounded academically with help from faculty's expertise in this niche and their hands on experience. 

The SPA Vijayawada does not take NATA scores for B.Arch for admission. The admission is done on the basis of JEE Main Paper 2 scores. In JoSAA/CSAB counselling process, there was closing rank of 991 for general category students in 2024. If you are looking at postgraduate programs like M.Arch SPA Vijayawada considers GATE scores and NRI candidates are admitted through DASA. Just focus on scoring well in JEE Main Paper 2 for B.Arch at SPA Vijayawada. 

Admission to SPA Vijayawada for B.Arch course is very competitive with strong emphasis on JEE Main Paper 2 scores. Getting cutoff for general candidates in 2025 is roughly an 85-90 percentile expectation and 2024 closing ranks were 991 for general, 3337 rank OBC. Candidates have to satisfy the basic eligibility of 10+2 with Mathematics, minimum 75% for the applicants. The admission happens, after you have cleared JEE Main Paper 2 and followed by JoSAA/CSAB round of counselling & selecting SPA Vijayawada as your first preference. Good preparation, specially in JEE Main improves your chances of admission. 

SPA Vijayawada admitting Yes for academic year 2025-26, in the following format. The Application will be conducted on Samarth Portal Admission For B.Arch & B.Plan which is now JEE Main Paper 2 through JoSAA/CSAB counselling The postgraduate programme (M.Arch M.Plan M.Design) are only direct admissions or CCMT counselling Ph.D. applications can be done throughout the year with the deadline of for Odd semester being March 15, 2025. Refer the official site for more details: [spavadm.samarth.edu.in]. 

Food at hostel mess, SPA Vikajayawada is good. Mess has ample of options for different cuisines. The Mess Committee of student representatives help to oversee the mess and redress grievances. 

JEE Main Paper 2 Admission for SPA Vijayawada to the B.Arch course NATA scores are not accepted. 10+2 in Physics Chemistry and Mathematics from a recognised board with at least 50% aggregate marks to apply. Then the Selection of your college is based on Jo SAA/CSAB counseling on the basis of JEE Scores For NRIs/foreign nationals, admission held through DASA also needs JEE Paper 2 scores. The final all out admit will have post CET after centralized counselling for document verification and fee payment. 

The hostel fees at SPA Vijayawada - School of Planning and Architecture vary with the course. The hostel fee for 3-year PhD course is INR 70 K, while for BPlan and BArch courses, it is INR 3.02 Lakhs. The hostel fee for students pursuing MArch courses is INR 1.27 Laksh. These hostel fees are for the whole duration of the course and also include the mess charges.