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Top 10 Promising Architecture Colleges India - 2023
Crafting Dreams, Creating Careers
Architecture is the art and science of designing and planning buildings and other physical structures. It encompasses the creation of functional and aesthetically pleasing spaces that can serve various purposes, such as housing, commercial, cultural, or public use. Architects consider factors like aesthetics, functionality, safety, sustainability, and cultural significance when designing structures. Architecture also involves the use of materials, construction techniques, and the arrangement of spaces to meet the needs and desires of individuals and society. It’s a multidisciplinary field that combines elements of art, engineering, and technology to shape our built environment.
Designing the Future, Building Excellence
In India, the demand for skilled architects has been steadily increasing as the country experiences rapid urbanization and infrastructure development. To meet this demand, numerous architecture colleges have been established across the nation, offering diverse educational programs and opportunities for aspiring architects. Several IITs in India, offer bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in architecture. These institutions are renowned for their rigorous academic standards and research opportunities. NITs also offer architecture programs, providing students with a strong foundation in architectural design and technology. School of Planning and Architecture, with campuses in Delhi and Bhopal, is dedicated solely to architecture and planning education. It is one of the most prestigious institutions in India for architecture studies. Many state universities and colleges offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses in architecture. Architecture programs in India typically cover a wide range of subjects, including architectural design, building construction, history of architecture, and environmental sustainability. Students can often choose specializations like urban planning, landscape architecture, or sustainable architecture to align with their career goals and interests.
This issue of Higher Education Review talks about some of the professionally managed colleges in the country, which has been nurtured with best technical and professional infrastructure and assistance from efficient and skilled faculties ensuring delivery of quality higher education and research. This issue spotlights a list of ‘Top 10 Architecture colleges in India– 2023’, the list has been crafted by a team of Industry veterans, CEOs, VCs and the Higher Education Review editorial team.
Top 10 Promising Architecture Colleges India - 2023
College |
Location |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Banasthali Vidyapith | Radha Kishnpura | The institute offering five-year B. Arch. (bachelor of architecture) course offered by the school of architecture and planning emphasizes holistic education, and interdisciplinary studio-based learning with a focus on contextual and sitespecific design through hands-on explorations |
| Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra | Mesra | A center for research and teaching in architecture, urban design, and sustainable design, is one of the top-ranking architecture and planning department in the country |
| CEPT University | Ahmedabad | The school offers bachelor of architecture and master's degree in the following areas like architectural history and research, architectural tectonics, housing design, interior design, landscape architecture |
| College of Engineering Trivandrum | Thiruvananthapuram | The department presently offers bachelor's program in architecture and three master's programs including M. Planning (housing), M. Arch. (urban esign) and M. Arch. (environmental design |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur | Kharagpur | The institute offering various courses including U.G & P.G in architecture and engineering, M.B.A, Ph.d programs and more |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee | Roorkee | A technical institutions in the country having the largest number of academic units, covering engineering, architecture and planning, humanities & social sciences, and management programmes |
| IPS Academy | Indore | The school of architecture offers courses, providing students with practical demonstrations, continuous evaluation and feedback systems ensure that students receive the best possible learning experience |
| National Institute of Technology Calicut | Kozhikode | The department of architecture and planning is committed to providing an academically strong platform for those aspirants who would have a promising career and leave an enduring impression in the field of architecture and urban planning |
| School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal | Bhopal | A school of planning and architecture committed to produce best architects and planners of the nation to take up the challenges of physical and socio- environmental development of global standards |
| The School of Planning and Architecture | New Delhi | The School offers planning, architecture and design courses both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and other different courses |