Architecture can be expressed as a business, art or technology. The main area of activity is the designing of structures. Numerous institutions are there in country that offers students with graduate as well as postgraduate level courses in architecture. This article will explain in detail about the various programs in Architecture that are offered in our nation.

Various Architecture Courses offered in India

Graduate Programs

• B.Arch (Building and Const. Mgt)
• B.Arch.
• B.Arch.(H) (Architecture and Regional Planning)
• B.E. (Construction Technology)
• B.Tech. (Urban & Regional Planning)
• Bachelor of Planning

Postgraduate Programs

• M. Arch. (Architectural Design)
• M.Arch. (Architectural and Settlement Conservation)
• M.Arch. (Computer Applications)
• M.Arch. (Construction Management)
• M.Arch. (Environmental Architecture)
• M.Arch. (Landscape Architecture)
• M.E (Housing)
• M.E (Urban Design)
• M.E. (Landscape Architecture)
• M.Phil. (Architectural and Settlement Conservation)
• M.Sc.. (Urban & Regional Planning)
• M.Tech. (Urban Planning)
• Master of Architecture (Architectural Conservation)
• Master of Architecture (Industrial Design)
• Master of Architecture (Urban Design)
• Master of Building Engineering and Management
• Master of Planning (Environmental Planning)
• Master of Planning (Housing)
• Master of Planning (Regional Planning)
• Master of Planning (Transport Planning)
• Master of Planning (Urban Planning)
• Masters of Planning (Infrastructure)
• Post Graduate Diploma In Town - Country Planning

Doctoral Programs

• Ph.D. (Architectural Conservation)
• Ph.D. (Architecture)
• Ph.D. (Building Engineering and Management)
• Ph.D. (Environmental Planning)
• Ph.D. (Housing)
• Ph.D. (Industrial Design)
• Ph.D. (Landscape Architecture)
• Ph.D. (Physical Planning)
• Ph.D. (Regional Planning)
• Ph.D. (Transport Planning)
• Ph.D. (Urban Design)
• Ph.D. (Urban Planning)

Eligibility Criteria for Architecture Courses Entrance Exams

Individuals who wish to pursue this course must have passed their class 10+2 with a score of above 55 percent marks. They must also clear an entrance exam as to get admitted into the institution of their preference.

Entrance Exams

• AIEEE Exam
• Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Engineering Entrance Exam
• B S Abdur Rehman University (BSAU) engineering entrance examination (BSAUEEE)
• Bharath University Engineering Entrance Examination BEEE
• BSAUEEE
• Goa CET (GCET)
• Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)
• JNTU PACET
• JNTU Planning and Architecture Common Entrance Test (PACET)  .
• Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET
• Kerala KEAM
• MP PET Exam
• Punjab Combined Entrance Test
• Punjab Combined Entrance Test or Punjab CET
• Rajasthan Pre Entrance Test.
• SRM Engineering Entrance Examination
• The National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA)
• West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE)

Architecture Colleges in India

• Aayojan School of Architecture
• Academy of architecture
• Acharya Institutes
• Adhiyamaan College of Engineering (ACE)
• ANDHRA PRADESH architecture colleges
• Andhra University College of Engineering
• Angel Valley School of Architecture
• Apeejay Institute of Technology, School of Architecture & Planning
• Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering ( AMACE )
• Asmita College of Architecture
• B K P S College of architecture
• B M S College of engineering
• B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology
• Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology & Management
• Bangalore Institute of technology
• Bengal Engineering and Science University
• Bengal Engineering College
• Bharat Institute of science and technology
• Bharati Vidyapeeth’s college of architecture
• BIHAR  architecture colleges
• Bihar Institute of technology -  Patna
• Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
• BLDE Association’s college of engineering and technology
• BMC’s Lalit Kala kendra
• BMS College of Engineering
• Brahma Valley College of Architecture
• C R State college of engineering
• Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology - CEPT University
• Chandigarh College of Architecture
• Chandigarh College of Architecture
• Chitkara School of Planning & Architecture
• College of Architecture - Holy Mary Institute of Technology & Sciences
• College of Architecture, IET Bhaddal
• College of Engineering - Andhra university
• College of Engineering & technology
• College of engineering, Trivandrum
• D C Patel school of architecture - Gujarat
• D. Y. Patil College of Engineering and Technology
• D.C. Patel School of Architecture Arvindbhai Patel Institute of Environmental Design
• Dayanand Sagar College of engineering
• Dayananda Sagar Institutions (DSI)
• Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology
• Dehradun Institute of Technology (DIT)
• Dignity College of Architecture
• Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati college of architecture for women
• Dr. DY Patil college of architecture
• Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai’s Campus Pillai’s College of Architecture (PICA)
• Dr. M G R Engineering college
• Faculty of Physical Planning & Architecture - Guru Nanak Dev University
• Faculty of technology and engineering
• G S Mandal’s Marathawada Institute of technology
• Gateway Group of Institutions
• Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering & Technology
• Global Institute of Fashion Technology (GIFT)
• GOA architecture colleges
• Goa College of Architecture
• Government College of architecture
• Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
• Guru Nanak Dev university
• Guwahati College of Architecture
• HARYANA architecture colleges
• Himgiri Nabh Vishwavidyalaya
• Hindustan College of engineering
• Hindustan University
• I P S Academy school of architecture
• IDEA, Institute of Design Environment and Architecture
• IESs College of Architecture
• Indian Institute Of Technology Kharagpur
• Indian Institute Of Technology Roorkee
• Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur
• Indian Institute Of Technology, Roorkee
• Indo Global Colleges
• Institute of Environmental planning and technology
• International Maritime Academy (IMA)
• IPS Academy - School of Architecture
• J N T U School of Planning and Architecture
• Jadavpur University-Faculty of Engineering, Kolkata (JUFOE-K)
• Jamia Millia Islamia University
• Jawahar Lal Nehru Engineering College (JNEC)
• K. R. Mangalam School of Architecture and Planning
• Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies (KRVIA)
• Kavikulguru Institute of Technology and Science (KITS)
• KLS Gogte Institute of Technology
• L B H S S Trust’s college of architecture
• L S Raheja School of Architecture
• Lady Amritbai Daga college for women
• Lovely Professional University
• M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology
• Madhav Institute of technology
• Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha’s Dr.Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture for Women
• Maland college of engineering
• Malaviya National Institue of Technology (MNIT)
• Malik Sandal Institute of Art and architecture
• Malviya Regional engineering college
• Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Manoharbhai Patel Institute of Engineering & Technology (MIET)
• Manoharbhai Patel Institute of engineering and technology
• Marathawada Mitra Mandal’s college of architecture
• Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (MANIT-B)
• McGAN’S Ooty School of Architecture
• MEASI Academy of Architecture
• Mohamed Sathak engineering college
• N D M V P Samaj’s College of architecture
• N T V’s college of architecture
• National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC)
• National Institute of Technology Patna (NIT-P)
• National Institute of Technology Raipur (NIT-R)
• National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli (NIT-T)
• National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)
• NMIMS University,  Mumbai
• NMIMS University, Bangalore
• P D A college of engineering
• Padmabhushan Dr. Vasantdada Patil College of Architecture
• Paravara Rural education society
• Periyar Manimmai college of technology for women
• Pillais College of architecture -  Sector-8, New Panvel - 400 206
• Piloo Mody College of Architecture
• Poojya Doddappa Appa College of Engineering
• Prahar School of Architecture
• Pravara Rural College of Architecture, Loni
• Priyadarshini Institute of Architecture & Design Studies
• R V College of Engineering (RVCE)
• Rachana Sansad Academy of Architecture
• RAI UNIVERSITY RAIPUR
• RAJASTHAN architecture colleges
• Regional engineering college
• Regional engineering college
• RIMT - College of Architecture
• Rizvi College of Architecture (RCA)
• RP Inderaprastha Institute of Technology (RPIIT)
• S R M Engineering college
• S S E Society’s College of engineering and technology
• S.A.R. College of Architecture
• Samyak Sankalpa College of Architecture
• Sathyabama University
• Sathyambama engineering college
• School of Architecture - CSI Institute of Technology
• School of Architecture and Planning, Anna University
• School of Architecture centre for environment planning and technology
• School of Planning & Architecture - Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University (JNA&FAU)
• School of Planning and Architecture
• SDPS Women’s College
• Shri Prince Shivaji Maratha Boarding House’s College of Architecture
• Shri Siddheshwar Shikshan Mandals coll of architecture
• Shri V .B. Patil Trust’s college of architecture
• Siddaganga Institute of Technology (SIT)
• Sinhgad College of Architecture
• Sir J J College of architecture
• Sri Venkateshwara College of Architecture
• SRM University
• Sthapatya Kala Bhawan society
• Sunder Deep Group of Institutions (SDGI)
• Surya World Institutions of Academic Excellence
• SUSHANT SCHOOL OF ART & ARCHITECTURE
• Sushant School of Art and Architecture
• T K M College of engineering
• T V B School of habitat studies
• Tamilnadu School of Architecture
• Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE)
• TVB SCHOOL OF HABITAT STUDIES
• University of Roorkee
• University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE)
• University Visveswaraya college of engineering
• UTTAR PRADESH architecture colleges
• Vastu Kala academy  School of architecture and interior designing
• Visveshwaraya Regional college of engineering -  Nagpur
• Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT)
• Vivekanand Institute of technology
• Zakir Hussain college of engineering and technology

Job Scope after Architecture Courses

The scope for architecture as a subject is appreciated by many. Architecture is multidisciplinary in nature as it takes in principles of mathematics, Science and Arts within it. There are many areas where architects can find good jobs. They include:

• Department of Railways
• National Building Organization
• National Institutes of Urban Affairs and Housing
• Post and Telegraph
• Public Works Department (PWD)
• Town and Country Planning Organization
• Urban Development Corporations

It is also possible for architects to get jobs with architecture and building development companies or some other construction firms of the private sector.

A few job descriptions in architecture include:

• Architectural Conservator
• Architectural Engineer
• Architectural Technologist
• Architectural Theoretician
• Architecture Photographer
• Architecture Professor
• Building Control Officer

A few other job descriptions comprise of Architectural Technician, Building Inspector and Architecture Critic.