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Architecture

Bachelor of Architecture · 5-year programme

Bachelor of Architecture

5 years

20 colleges

Last updated JoSAA 2026 · By Divyansh Agarwal

About Architecture

Architecture is offered through JoSAA counselling at 20 centrally funded Indian institutes. Admission is merit-based — IIT seats are allocated from the JEE Advanced rank list; NIT, IIIT, and GFTI seats use JEE Main. Every institute below takes the branch through the Bachelor of Architecture, 5-year programme.

The table shows the latest JoSAA counselling year's Open category, Gender-Neutral closing rank for each institute offering this branch, sorted by how competitive the cutoff is. Click any institute name to see its full branch list, NIRF history, and other branches on offer.

Colleges offering Architecture

Institute	Type	State	NIRF rank	Opening rank	Closing rank	Deep cutoffs
School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi	GFTI	Delhi	—	1	118	View
National Institute of Technology Calicut	NIT	Kerala	21 (2025)	26	136	View
School of Planning & Architecture, Bhopal	GFTI	Madhya Pradesh	—	18	354	View
School of Planning & Architecture: Vijayawada	GFTI	Andhra Pradesh	—	13	381	View
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	NIT	Tamilnadu	9 (2025)	198	444	View
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur	NIT	West Bengal	54 (2025)	80	451	View
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur	NIT	Maharashtra	44 (2025)	134	651	View
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela	NIT	Orissa	13 (2025)	573	760	View
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu & Kashmir	GFTI	Jammu & Kashmir	151 (2024)	747	779	View
Mizoram University, Aizawl	GFTI	Mizoram	—	714	836	View
Islamic University of Science and Technology Kashmir	GFTI	Jammu & Kashmir	—	638	883	View
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur	NIT	Rajasthan	42 (2025)	414	1,183	View
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra	NIT	Haryana	85 (2025)	1,122	1,342	View
National Institute of Technology Patna	NIT	Bihar	53 (2025)	1,169	1,714	View
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal	NIT	Madhya Pradesh	81 (2025)	879	1,816	View
National Institute of Technology Raipur	NIT	Chhattisgarh	86 (2025)	819	2,114	View
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur	NIT	Himachal Pradesh	97 (2025)	893	3,239	View
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	IIT	Uttrakhand	6 (2025)	13,547	18,684	View
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	IIT	West Bengal	5 (2025)	18,615	22,263	View
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	IIT	Uttar Pradesh	10 (2025)	15,019	26,220	View

Using this data

To predict which colleges and branches your rank qualifies for across JoSAA, use the College & Branch Predictor.
To browse all engineering branches offered through JoSAA, head to Participating Branches.
To understand how categories, quotas, and seat pools interact with cutoffs, see the seat matrix guide.

Frequently asked questions

How many colleges offer Architecture through JoSAA?

20 JoSAA participating institutes offer Architecture through the Bachelor of Architecture programme — including 3 IITs and 11 NITs. Full list with the latest cutoff data is on this page.

What is the duration of a Architecture programme?

Most institutes offer Architecture as a 5-year Bachelor of Architecture programme. A few institutes may offer dual-degree variants; check the specific institute's deep page for programme-specific details.

Which rank do I need for Architecture at the top colleges?

Cutoffs vary dramatically by institute. The table below shows the latest Open category, Gender-Neutral closing rank per institute. For a rank-based shortlist across all colleges and branches, use the RankMatrix College & Branch Predictor.

Do I need JEE Advanced for Architecture?

You need JEE Advanced only for IIT seats. NIT, IIIT, and GFTI seats for Architecture are allocated from the JEE Main rank list through JoSAA.

Data on this page is sourced from public JoSAA publications and cleaned for easier reference. RankMatrix is an independent project and is not affiliated with JoSAA, JEE, NTA, the IITs, NITs, IIITs, or GFTIs. Verify all schedules, rules, and cutoffs on the official JoSAA website before making admission decisions.