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How to become an Architect after 12th?

After 12th standard you have opportunity to join B.arch course for being a architecture in future. For getting admission you need to give an entrance exam. This exam includes questions related to subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics & English.

Marks scored by you in this entrance exam will decide that in which college you will get admission. After Entrance Exam you need to do online counselling for getting seat in college. Register yourself on online counselling website and fill your choice's there. They announce result after one week. Once you get seat in counselling then just visit to college campus and claim your admission.

Details regarding B.Arch course is mentioned below, kindly have a look.

Details about B.Arch course:

B. Arch is a five year graduate program in Architecture, design and structure of building covering the sociological, systematic and environmental aspects.

The course seeks the students having skills like drawing, writing, exploration of the given topic, practical and managerial ability in identifying and solving problems and architectural presentation, etc.

The subjects for the Bachelor of Architecture include Mathematics, CADD, Urban Economics and Sociology History of Architecture and Interior Design etc.

Eligibility Criteria:

> The minimum qualification required for applying in a B. Arch course is +2 with 55% in the board examination.

> The students should have studied Mathematics with Physics and Chemistry in his/her 10+2 level.

> To get admission for the B. Arch program, the aspirants are required to sit for Entrance examination conducted by the respective Institutes.

> The students are allotted different colleges based on their entrance exam scores.


B. Arch Entrance exams in India;

Some of the prominent entrance tests for the B. Arch course are;

> AIEEE

> AMU Entrance Exam

> BEEE

> IIT-JEE

> KEAM

> NATA

> UPTU SEE Exam, etc.

Reference Books for B. Arch Entrance Exam;

> A Complete Self Study Guide For B. Arch Entrance Examinations Of Arihant Book
Architecture Entrance Book
by P.K.Mishra

> B Arch Exam Guide
by Pk Mishra

> NATA/AIEE B.Arch. Question Bank-2011
Verbal & Non Verbal Reasoning Book
by R.S. Agarwal, etc.


B.Arch Text Books:

> A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein.

> Architectural Study Drawings
by Daniel M. Herbert

> Architecture: Form, Space, and Order
by Francis D. K. Ching

> Construction for Landscape Architecture (Portfolio Skills)
by Robert Holden and Jamie Liversedge

> Environmental Control Systems: Heating, Cooling, Lighting
by Fuller Moore Architect’s

> Precedents in Architecture: Analytic Diagrams, Formative Ideas, and Partis
by Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause

Professional Practice Manual (Professional Architecture)
by James Franklin, etc

How to prepare for B.Arch;

The student should have a genuine interest towards the subject.

The student who wishes to pursue B.Arch must have the drawing skill and an imaginative mind.

Sometimes the entrance exam may include questions related to architecture.

The students must have the ability to recognize international and national buildings of prominence.

In order to answer these types of questions, the students are required to have a clear idea on the topics related to architecture.

A few reference books which can be useful for these students are Verbal & Non Verbal Reasoning Book by R.S. Aggarwal, Architecture Entrance Book by P.K. Mishra, B Arch Exam Guide by PK Mishra etc.