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NATA 2025

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National Aptitude Test in Architecture

National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) 2025
Date: 16 Mar 2025

NATA 2025
National Aptitude Test in Architecture

The National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) is a National-Level Entrance Exam conducted by the Council of Architecture (CoA) for Admission to Undergraduate Architecture Programs (5-year B.Arch) across India.

The Schedule of dates for important activities related to conduct of NATA 2025
NATA 2025 commencement March 7 onwards till June, 2025
Start of Online Form Fill-up February 3, 2025 onwards
Dates of NATA 2025 Examination Every Friday & Saturday From 07.03.2025 to 28.06.2025 (except on public holidays)
  For Friday Test (afternoon session) For Saturday Test (morning & afternoon sessions)
Closing Date of online registration for the upcoming weekend examination Monday (11:59 pm) Tuesday (11:59 pm)
Application Correction window closes Tuesday (11:59 pm) Wednesday (11:59 pm)
Publication of Downloadable Admit Card Wednesday onwards Thursday onwards
Declaration of Result Within 7 days from date of Test
Click here for detailed Examination Schedule
Eligibility Criteria for Candidates
  1. Taking NATA-2025:
    Candidates fulfilling the below criteria prescribed by the Council can appear for NATA 2025:
    • Passed or appearing in 10+1 Examination with subjects specified below
    • Passed or appearing in 10+2 Examination with subjects specified below
    • Passed or appearing in 10+3 Diploma Examination with Mathematics as a subject
    However, the admission to B.Arch., Course shall be made as per the eligibility prescribed in the Council of Architecture (Minimum Standards of Architectural Education) Regulations, 2020 and as stated in para 5.2 herein below:
    Candidates may note that NATA 2025 is the qualifier Aptitude Test for admission to B.Arch. program offered by Universities / Institutions in the country, subject to the fulfillment of eligibility criteria as prescribed by the Council.
  2. Admission to First year of B.Arch. Program:
    The Council of Architecture, with the approval of the Central Government, has prescribed the eligibility for admission to 1st year of 5-year B.Arch. Degree Course as prescribed under Regulation 4(1) of the Council of Architecture (Minimum Standards of Architectural Education) Regulations 2020, which is stated as under:
    *No candidate shall be admitted to Architecture course unless she/he has passed 10+2 or equivalent examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with either Chemistry or Biology or Technical Vocational subject or Computer Science or Information Technology or Informatics Practices or Engineering Graphics or Business Studies with at least 45% marks in aggregate or passed 10+3 Diploma Examination with Mathematics as compulsory subject with at least 45% marks in aggregate.
  3. Reservations under different categories:
    Reservation as well as relaxation in qualifying marks for the reserved category for the purpose of admission is a prerogative of the Admission/Counselling Authority and does not fall under the purview of this examination.
Application Procedure
The NATA test shall be held on designated Fridays and Saturdays starting from March 2025 to June, 2025 in one session on Fridays (Afternoon) and two sessions on Saturdays, in the notified cities at the allotted Centres and the online form filling shall start from 03.02.2025.

Appearing in second or third test is not mandatory and is purely at the discretion of the applicants. Candidates can register themselves for one test or maximum of three Tests in one academic year by filling in the application form appropriately.

Application is to be filled up ONLINE at the NATA portal of www.nata.in. Candidates need to visit the portal, generate username & password by entering relevant details and then CLICK the requisite link ONLINE APPLICATION NATA–2025. Thereafter, candidate will be directed to the actual application form. The form is interactive in nature and the fields required to be filled up are categorized in different sub-sections. The fields super-scribed with *MUST be filled up as they are MANDATORY, otherwise the application will NOT get submitted.

The application form is broadly categorized into three steps: filling of PERSONAL DETAILS; DOCUMENT UPLOADING & FEE PAYMENT. Please see APPENDIX-III (Information Brochure) for detailed guidelines on information to be entered at the time of online form filling.

Candidates need to fill in the first part i.e., PERSONAL DETAILS and will thereafter be directed to DOCUMENT UPLOADING. Once the documents are successfully uploaded, the system enters into the FEE PAYMENT. Finally, the candidate must take a printout of CONFIRMATION PAGE generated upon successful fee payment for their own record. There is no need to send any document by post.

Help Desk NATA Help desk details are as under:
Email ID: stusupport@nata-app.online Help Desk Number: +91 73853 95400

Information Brochure Registration Click here for more information

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