PMCA Cuttack: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Piloo Mody College of Architecture, (PMCA) Cuttack is an architectural college in Cuttack establish in the year 1993. Being a co-educational institution, this college is affiliated to and approved by the Council of Architecture for the educational standards of architecture. Situated in a 2-acre campus, PMCA Cuttack, total number of students in this college is 546 and number of teaching faculties are 53 in total. The college currently has two degree programmes in architecture, undergraduate and postgraduate level. NAAC has accredited PMCA Cuttack and this serves the institution right in offering quality academic its academic programmes and achieving the. Right from its inception, PMCA, Cuttack has aimed and strived for academic standards and quality education in the faculty of architecture.

Piloo Mody College of Architecture Cuttack offers a number of amenities. The college provides different hostels for boys and girls respectively to provide a comfortable facility to out station students. A good library contributes knowledge that is vital and functional department laboratory offers practical learning. Cafeteria for snacks and a health centre which houses a basic first aid facility is still available in the campus. Students are provided IT facilities, friendly sports and recreational amenities and efficient transport facilities. Other facilities available are a conference hall for conducting seminars, meetings etc., guest accommodation for teachers and their families, and sufficiently large playground or parking area. That means banks and ATMs in campuses also contribute to the student and staff comforts.

The institute provides two extensive course and official educational specialisations in the field of architecture for different levels of education. The B.Arch course is a Duration: Full Time, 5 Years course with 120 Intake of students. For the B. Arch, the institute has 63 seats, for B. Planning 50, for B. Tech in IEM 30 and for B. Tech in CE 30 For those planning to do executive studies, PMCA Cuttack has a part-time Master of Architecture Executive (M.Arch Executive) for which 20 seats are available and the course is of 3 years duration. Its goals are to give recipients such basic preparatory education to ensure the graduates potential of creating successful architectural careers. The total enrolment of students on all courses offered in the college is 546, the college has preserved the student intake in order to maintain an acceptable student-teacher Ratio for teaching and learning.

Admission requirement at PMCA Cuttack is channelled towards achieving the admission of the most talented students for the institution’s courses in architecture. Admission to the B.Arch programme is done according to the candidate’s scores in NATA examination and JEE Main Paper 2. These national based exams determine the abilities and competencies requisite for proceeding to architecture. The M.Arch Executive programme takes into account performance in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)/Post Graduate Admission Test (PGAT). PMCA Cuttack also considers the result of Allahabad University Entrance Exam for some of its courses. It is however important that potential students contact the college to obtain current details concerning the various admission dates and processes because they may not be the same in every year. This paper shows that the college is dedicated to cultivating talent in architecture through proper university admission eval process to allow bright minds capable of studying in this school to pursue the course.