The national aptitude test in architecture (NATA) measures the aptitude of the applicant for specific field of study, i.e. Architecture

Any person having passed 10th Standard or equivalent examination, for details Clause 2 “Eligibility” in the NATA Brochure.

At designated Test Centers located at centers/colleges/ schools of architecture in India. Updated list of Test centers is available at the website http://www.nata.in

one-day examination (paper based, OFFLINE) all over the country

1.Candidate can apply for registration for NATA 2021 online at website http://www.nata.in by paying fees (for SC/ST - Community Certificate is essential) either through credit cards / debit cards / netbanking or can generate the challan for depositing the fees by way of cash in any of the branch of the ICICI Bank Ltd. all over India (processing charges extra). 2. Identify a Test Center (from the website http://www.nata.in) at a location convenient to the candidate. 3. Approach the Test Center with the printout of the online form filled alongwith required documents and proof for the payment made. 4. Select convenient date for appearing for the NATA. 5. Request Test Center to register the candidate on the selected date. 6. Procure Receipt cum Appointment voucher

Report to the test center at least 30 minutes before scheduled time of test with Receipt cum Appointment voucher, valid photo ID and drawing material required for the test. Test Center personnel will guide you regarding the further process.

The score cards will be available on NATA website in e-format, usually,

70 out of 200 is the pass mark in NATA exam 2023

A candidate may apply for admission to any of the participating institutions as per the time schedule specified by the respective appropriate admission authority, along with all the documents desired by it.

The last date for NATA would be

Admission Authority is a body, authorised by the Central/State Govt. / University to conduct and monitor admissions in that area. This may vary from the Directorate of Technical Education itself, a major University, Institution(s), a body created by an association of Architectural Schools in that State (eg. MASA), or any other Admission Authority recognised by the state. The candidate may be advised to check up in advance with Schools of Architecture where he / she is applying for the details of the admission authority and other information on the exact admission process.

NATA is designed in such a manner that prior tutelage is not required. COA/NIASA is aware that the candidates will have no or minimal knowledge of architecture. NATA measures aptitude of the candidate in his / her aesthetic sensibilities (3D visualisation, logical understanding, etc.) and drawing skills that are in-built in every candidate and developed right from childhood to the present day. There will be certain questions on architectural awareness wherein candidates may be required to identify building of national or international importance. The candidate is expected to know about these structures through General Knowledge. The candidate may also prefer to update his knowledge on this by some reading, internet browsing or even by talking to architectural students, architects and other knowledgeable persons. In all probability, this will not be required. There will be a model NATA interface available on the NATA website to help candidates get acquainted with the visual format of the test. There will be no model questions available as such. The language medium of the test will be English. Minimal computerskills are required (pointing and clicking Mouse buttons).

*Those opting for Dubai as their first choice of Exam city need to fill up two more choices mandatorily. *Dubai may be dropped as an exam city in case of inadequate number (less than 300) of candidates. *The candidates allotted to exam centre in Dubai as per their first choice, shall be liable to pay an additional fee of INR 7000 per candidate prior to issuance of Admit Card. *The mode of payment of aforesaid additional fee would be notified in due course. * Dubai cannot be chosen as second or third choice of exam city

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No training/coaching is allowed in Test Centres and no other fees payable for this exam. If any centre indulges is such practice or insists on additional fees or participation in training program, please report such incident to Council of Architecture or NIASA.

No. At NATA, question paper is unique of each candidate hence no old question papers can be made available. For any other questions please register at NATA website (http://www.nata.in) and get into 'Forum' section. You can post your queries here. Please search before you post the query. It may be already raised by some other candidate and already answered. Information Brochure NATA 2023

Yes. Absolutely. You need to get coached for NATA exam well before you attend the exam. The necessity for getting a proper coaching for NATA is - NATA is a 100% online exam and students have nil or less practice over attending an online mode of exam till their 12th std (HSC) . - NATA exam does'nt have a definite Syllabus & only a outline of portions is given by NATA exam conducting Authority (COA). - Only 20% of NATA questions are from the 10th, 11th and 12th std subjects & the rest 80% are new to every student. - Though the exam is said to be a aptitude test, many questions are from 1st and 2nd year of B.Arch degree course . - The questions are asked from in-depth of many concepts that refers in particular to Architecture. - A clear expert guidance or nata coaching is required to understand even the question types that are said to be diagrammatic, numerical, verbal, inductive, situational, logical & abstract. - Also, the question asked in exam doesn't refer to equal proportion from all the indicated topics & they greatly vary & questions are asked at higher proportion in 2 or 3 topics only. - For past many years its proven that those taking a professional guidance or coaching are alone able to score high in the NATA exam - The NATA questions are not MCQ model alone, there are answer typing model, multiple answer selection model etc which are quite confusing for an untrained B,.Arch aspirant. - The answers to be give in nata exam are not only factual or objective ( fact based) , they are anlytical, calculative & also subjective ( changes from person to person ) - The NATA exam procedure, application, uploads, acquiring Admit card or exam hall ticket , exam conduct, grievances, acquiring the digital response sheet, checking the answer key that is short lived in the nata website etc. are are new & sometimes complicated to deal in a error-free manner & hence need a guidance, support & advise from an experience NATA coaching professional or an ARCHITECT. - Expertise coaching centres like APTOINN are doing this architecture entrance coaching service with eminent team of Architects since 18 years are preferred by many students across india for Online and offline coaching in short or long term basis and Aptoinn succeeds in providing a foundation/skill development course to B.Arch for all this career aspirants & guide the students and parents throughout the process of NATA application to their Merit Admission to B.Arch in a top preferred college enabling a high score in NATA Exam thereby building a high grade of confidence to all its students towards pursuing this 5 year B.Arch Course.Contact 9176301689 / 9176562187 / 9884872837 for any guidance regarding NATA exam and B.Arch careere prospectus, course details & list of best architecture colleges across the states .