KRVIA Mumbai: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies, or KRVIA, Mumbai, is one of the premier institutes for architectural education. This affixed college commenced in the year 1992 located in the vibrant city of Mumbai, Maharashtra. KRVIA, affiliated to the Council of Architecture, is an institute that has managed to make a name for itself in the field of architecture and environmental studies. The institute sprawls over a built-up campus of 0.95 acres, providing a dedicated learning environment to its 484 students. KRVIA maintains a magnificent faculty-to-student ratio of 33 dedicated educators. 

Much of the amenities required to facilitate the learning process of students get set up at KRVIA Mumbai right from the beginning. The college library is a landmine of knowledge, resourcing more than 6,000 books on architecture, arts, literature, cinema, photography, history, and philosophy. It subscribes to many journals and magasines to allow students the benefit of the latest knowledge. The campus boasts facilities for basketball, table tennis halls, carrom board and cards rooms, volleyball, and badminton for the sports-loving and fitness enthusiasts. Students have time for computer-aided design, 3D modeling, and environmental analysis of buildings. Besides, being at its campus provides an atmosphere along with a happening canteen, an auditorium for any events or seminars, a convenience store for all your stationery and model-making needs, and obviously the Wi-Fi connectivity.

KRVIA Mumbai offers a focused range of architectural programs from at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels with three full-time courses. The flagship is the five-year bachelor's degree course in architecture, namely the Bachelor of Architecture or B.Arch, with an intake of 80 students per year. At a postgraduate level, the institute offers two specialised two-year Master of Architecture programs. M.Arch in Urban Design and M.Arch in Urban Conservation, with an intake of 20 students each.

The intake at KRVIA Mumbai works towards getting those potential candidates for its architectural offerings. But for the B.Arch, the institute is required to make do with results of two entrance examinations at the national level, JEE Main and NATA.