Architecture students can now exit programme at end of 3 yrs with degree

New Delhi:12.08.2020

An architecture student can now exit at the end of three years with a degree. Also during study an architecture student has to undertake study tours of history, culture, tradition and heritage as a compulsory part of the curriculum. Universities will be allowed to have tie up for exchange programmes with local and global institutions. These National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 compliant reforms were announced as part of the new ‘Minimum Standards of Architectural Education Regulations (MSAR), 2020’ by the ministry of education on Tuesday.

The council of architecture (CoA) has issued the MSAR (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 after a gap of 37 years and these rules will be effective from the academic session 2020-2021. The amended MSAR is set to make the undergraduate architecture programme have the flexibility of multiple exit options with universities to allot an appropriate degree at the end of three years of study as well. For admission to the BArch programme, a candidate must have secured 50% marks in physics, chemistry and mathematics and an have an overall aggregate of 50% in the class XII exams.

For admission, 50% weightage would be given to the aptitude test conducted by national aptitude test in architecture (NATA) or joint entrance examination (JEE). The new regulations also focus on hands on and apprenticeship learning, and the training to be conducted in the eighth and ninth semesters. As envisaged in the NEP 2020, the BArch courses will also have a multidisciplinary approach with the undergraduate courses to offer electives for lateral growth of students outside the domain of architecture. TNN