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National Aptitude Test in Architecture
Registration opens
Based on NATA 2026 Phase 1's 11 Mar opening. 2027 schedule not yet released.
~Mar 2027
Provisional
Exam date
Based on NATA 2026's Phase 1 start. 2027 schedule not yet released.
~Apr 2027
Provisional
Application fee
₹1750(₹1250 SC/ST/reserved)
Provisional - NATA 2026 fee
Official website
https://www.nata.inNATA is the Council of Architecture's aptitude test for admission to B.Arch programs across India. It tests drawing, observation, and spatial reasoning alongside general aptitude and mathematics - distinct from JEE Main Paper 2 (B.Arch), which some architecture programs also accept.
Mode
Computer-based test (CBT)
Duration
3 hours
Questions
50
Total marks
200
Sections
NATA runs across multiple test dates each year (Phase 1: April–June, Phase 2: August) - candidates can appear more than once and the best score counts.
Participating architecture colleges (including many private and state institutions) set their own NATA-score cutoffs for admission - there's no single centralized counselling the way JoSAA works for engineering, so check each college's specific process.
The official notification for this cycle hasn’t been released yet, so there’s nothing to verify against - everything above is an estimate based on past years. Always confirm on the official website once it’s released.
