Is it necessary to write JEE main paper 1, to become an architecture?

No candidate with less than 50% marks in aggregate shall be admitted to the architecture course unless he/she has passed an examination at the end of the new 10+2 scheme of Senior School Certificate Examination or equivalent with Mathematics as subjects of examination at the 10+2 level or 10+3 Diploma (any stream) recognized by Central/State Governments with 50% aggregate marks or International Baccalaureate Diploma, after 10 years of schooling with not less than 50% marks in aggregate and with Mathematics as compulsory subject of examination.

• Pass in NATA exam i.e 80 marks out of 200.
• 50 % marks in 10+2 with mathematics as compulsory subject.

2. JEE MAINS PAPER - 2 Architecture exam - lets you get admission in IITs, National Institutes of Technology and other Government colleges.

Bachelor of Architecture: Top Institutes with their fee structure

Centre For Environmental Planning & Technology Ahmedabad 1,61,000

Lovely Professional University 19500

Jadavpur University Kolkata 2,730

School Of Planning & Architecture New Delhi 46,300

NIMS University Jaipur 1,11,000

Sir J.J.College Of Architecture Mumbai 17,800

If you are interested to take the admission in NITs then you need to apply for JEE Main Paper II. In order to get admission in IITs for Architecture programme you need to appear first JEE Main Paper I, After qualify it you need to apply JEE Advance and AAT.

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