National Aptitude Test in Architecture Exam

The Council has prescribed CoA (Minimum Standards of Architectural Education) Regulations, 1983 and the CoA (Minimum Standards of Architectural Education) Regulations, 2020, with the approval of the Central Government in terms of Sections 21 & 45 of the Architects Act, 1972.

NATA is a national level entrance examination for admission to undergraduate courses in Architecture. It is believed that a separate aptitude test should be conducted for admission to Architecture which should not be combined with the tests for admissions to Engineering, Pharmacy, Medicine and other disciplines.

These Regulations prescribe that the candidates needs to qualify an Aptitude Test in Architecture conducted either by NTA (i.e. JEE) or NATA conducted by the Council for admission to the Architecture degree programme. The actual admissions shall be carried out only by the concerned competent authorities of the respective States / UT's etc., Institutions based on valid NATA Score and eligibility criteria prescribed by CoA and concerned authorities from time to time.

The purpose of this entrance exam is to provide a single scheme of examination for holding aptitude test and to facilitate prospective students all over the country to apply for admissions in architecture seats in institutions spread across the country and to avoid appearing in multiple aptitude tests.

NATA also ensures that the eligibility criteria for admission to five years Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) degree course, as prescribed by CoA and duly approved by the Central Government, are strictly adhered to and followed all over the country in Architectural Institutions.

The NATA scores are used by admission authorities of different Government, Govt. Aided & Unaided schools/colleges of Architecture. This test measures drawing and observation skills, sense of proportion, aesthetic sensitivity and critical thinking ability.

NATA Highlights 2025

Council of Architecture (CoA) has released the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) 2025 Exam date on the website - nata.in.

The NATA 2025 Exam will be conducted on 01 March, 2025 Onwards till June 2025 as a Computer-Based Test (CBT). Candidates who are interested and eligible can submitting the application from on the website. The exam authority will start accepting applications for the NATA from 03 February, 2025. The NATA 2025 exam will be administered by CoA in two sessions: Morning & Afternoon. The NATA 2025 exam structure has been updated, and the question paper will now have two sections: an offline MCQ component and an online Drawing & Composition examination.

The candidates must bring identification documentation and their NATA Admit Card 2025 with them when they report for the entrance exam. Applicants will be able to try as many NATA 2025 sessions as they would like. The NATA 2025 result will be used to make public the exam scores. Candidate may take the NATA 2025 exam no more than three times. When evaluating the NATA 2025 result, the exam administrators will take into account the highest of the three marks. To be eligible for admission to the B.Arch Programme, which is offered by numerous colleges around India, one must qualify in NATA 2025.

NATA 2025 Schedule of Examination

Those candidates who have already appeared for NATA 2024 are availed of one, two, or three attempts and obtained a valid NATA 2024 score, may also apply for NATA 2025 but their NATA 2024 score shall be frozen.

Their NATA 2025 score shall be calculated / determined as under, depending upon number of attempts:

The candidates need to indicate their preference of the city / region and date of the test while registering at NATA portal - www.nata.in. The session during which the candidate will take the test as well as the Test Centres, shall be allotted by the Council, as far as possible, based on cities / regions preferred by the candidate in the application form. However, the decision of the Council in allotting the Test Centre and Session to candidates shall be final.

The test shall be conducted as per the schedule as given below:

NATA ELIGIBILITY

Candidates who are aspiring for the entrance exam need to satisfy all the eligibility criteria set by NATA authorities. Candidates must have passed 10+2 or equivalent examination with a minimum of 50% marks in mathematics, physics and chemistry to apply for the entrance examination.

Read the detailed NATA eligibility criteria here. 

NATA Application Process 2025

Interested candidates can apply online only through the official website. Here are the steps for NATA online application. 

Step 1: Visit the official website of  NATA – www.nata.in

Step 2: Click on the registration link on the homepage.

Step 3: Candidates will find ''Registration Form''.

Step 4: Go to the ''New Registration''.

Step 5: Enter all the mandatory fields in the online application form. 

Step 6: The application number will be generated. 

Step 7: Upload the scanned photograph and signature.

The Photograph / Signature should be as per below:

Step 8: Pay the prescribed application fee.

Step 9: Check all the details displayed on the confirmation page.

Step 10: Download and take a printout of the confirmation page for future reference.

Click here to apply online for NATA exam

NATA Application Fee 2025

Candidates applying for NATA have to pay the prescribed application fee through online mode. The application fee for NATA is INR 2000, which is inclusive of service fee charged by the bank. 

NOTE:

Multiple Application Forms submitted by a candidate for the same Test will not be accepeted at any cost and are liable to be rejected without any refund.

The Application Fee shall be non-refundable in all cases.

NATA Admit Card 2025

Candidates need to download their NATA admit card from the official website to appear for the examination. The CoA will release the admit cards two weeks prior to the examinations. The candidates will need to use their application number & password to login in order to view their NATA Admit Card 2025. The Admit Card 2024 will provide students with access to curcial information about the exam, including the date, time, location and rules. The candidates must bring identification documentation and their admission card when they report to the exam location. The candidates will not be permitted to sit the entrance exam without the NATA 2025 Admit Card.

Click here to download NATA admit card

NATA 2025 Answer Key

The NATA 2025 Answer key can be available on the official website - nata.in. The Candidates will be able to verify their solutions to the question paper with the NATA Answer Key 2025. The candidates will be able to determine their likely secured entrance exam results by using the NATA 2025 Answer Key. The official marking scheme must be consulted by the candidates in order to calculate their marks. The computed Scores, however, will just be illustrative. The official NATA 2025 Response sheet will be made available by the authorities along with the answer key.

NATA Result 2025

The Council of Architecture will declare the NATA results two weeks after the examination. Candidates must login with the necessary credentials in order to view the NATA 2025 Results. The NATA 2025 result will be announced using this mode only. Through the NATA Result 2025, candidates will be able to verify their qualifying status and earned scores. The candidates are urged to download and print the NATA result, as it will be necessary for the admission procedure.

The result of NATA will be available in three formats given below. 

1. Marks obtained in the exam out of 200

(a) In case the candidate appears for more than one test all scores received in the attempts will be displayed.

(b) In case a candidate appears for 2 Tests, best of the 2 scores shall be taken as the valid score and in the case of 3 attempts, valid score shall be taken as the average of the 2 best scores.

2. Qualified / Not Qualified

Qualifying marks for NATA - 2025 is 70 Marks out of 200 Marks.

NATA Syllabus 

The CoA has not made any changes to NATA exam over the years. The entrance exam will be conducted for subjects such as mathematics, general aptitude and drawing. Many believe that drawing is the most important section, but one shouldn’t ignore mathematics and general aptitude. Download the NATA syllabus here.

NATA 2025 - Allocation of Test Centre

The Test centre(s) will be allocated to the candidates subject to availability on the basis of their cities / region and date preferences. The allocation of test centres shall be at the discretion of the Council for smooth conduct for the test. Those candidates opting for multiple tests shall have to generate new appointments cards for each test after the result of the previous test is published.