NATA 2024 Eligibility Criteria (Available), Qualification, Age – Check Category Wise Eligibility Here

NATA 2024 Eligibility has relaxation in B. Arch Course Admission. Now, candidates only pass in 10+2 with PCM/10+3 Diploma with Maths. NATA is a national-level aptitude test conducted by the Council of Architecture. The National Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture (NATA) is conducting the Examination of NATA; NATA stands for (National Aptitude Test in Architecture).

Read all the online instructions carefully before filling in the online application form. In the Application form, candidates need to fill in the first step, i.e., personal details, and then be directed to step 2, which is document uploading.

Once the documents are successfully uploaded, the system enters the fees paid. After completing the payment, the confirmation Page is generated upon successful payment of the Application Fee. It is generation, which means that the candidate has been successfully registered.

NATA 2024 Eligibility Criteria 

Some Important details regarding the NATA 2024 Eligibility Criteria are provided below-

• The NATA Eligibility Criteria comprises four sections, i.e., age, qualification, subject, and minimum marks.
• The candidates must satisfy all four sections’ eligibility norms to become eligible.
• If a candidate is found to be ineligible during the admission process, their admission will be cancelled immediately.

NATA 2024 Eligibility Criteria

There is no lower age limit to Apply for NATA. Candidates may come from the following backgrounds

• 10+2 or equivalent passed/appearing with Mathematics as one of the subjects of the examination
• 10+3 Diploma (any stream) passed/appearing recognized by Central/State Govt with Mathematics as one of the subjects of examination
• International Baccalaureate Diploma passed/appearing after ten years of Schooling with Mathematics as a compulsory examination subject.

The lower age limit for appearing in NATA has been waived. However, the candidate has to comply with any age constraints that the respective counselling/ admission authority may specify.

Academic Qualification

Qualification in Admission to the First year of B.Arch.

Qualifying in NATA does not constitute a right/ guarantee in favour of the candidate for his/her admission to any Architecture course unless he/she has fulfilled all the prescribed requirements as specified by respective counselling and admission authorities.

• Qualifying Exam: The Candidate must have passed the 12th (10+2) examination from any recognized board.
• Appearing Candidates: The candidates appearing in the qualifying exams are also eligible to apply for NATA 2024 entrance test. Such candidates must pass their qualifying examination and submit proof regarding the same during admission.
• Percentage Criteria: The candidates must have secured at least a minimum of 50% aggregate in their qualifying examination & 50% marks in PCM.
• Subjects: The applicants must have physics, chemistry, and mathematics as mandatory subjects in the qualifying examination.
• Humanities Candidates: Candidates with an arts stream are also eligible to apply if they have qualified for COA’s physics, chemistry, and mathematics exams.

No direct lateral admission is allowed at any other year/stage of B.Arch. Course based on any qualification.

Reservations under Different Categories

NATA is a qualifying examination with a general merit list and the candidate’s score will be published. Reservation is a prerogative of the admission/counselling authority, and this examination has nothing to do with it. However, candidates with specific disabilities of colour blindness may be debarred from admission to B. Arch. Course, as per the policy of the respective institution/ University.

Examination Hall Instructions

• The Examination Hall will be opened 30 minutes before the commencement of the test. Candidates are expected to take their seats immediately after the opening of the Examination Hall. If the candidates do not report in time, they will likely miss some general instructions to be announced in the Examination Hall. No candidate will be allowed in the examination hall after 15 minutes of the commencement of the test.
• Candidate must bring with them a Downloaded Admit Card of NATA [National Aptitude Test in Architecture], One copy of the photograph, same as the one uploaded, a Black / Blue Ball Pen, pencil, eraser, coloured pencils (Not water/oil colour or crayon).
• Candidates are advised to bring a cardboard or a clipboard on which nothing should be written so that they have no difficulty filling responses in the Answer Sheet even if the tables provided in the examination room/hall do have a smooth surface.
• Candidates must show demand for the Admit Card [NATA] for admission to the Examination Hall. A candidate not possessing a printout of the downloaded admit card, the photograph, and one photo identity proof shall not be allowed to enter the Examination Hall by the Center-in-Charge. A seat indicating Roll No. Will be allocated to each candidate. Candidates must find out and occupy their allocated seats.
• Candidates cannot carry any textual material, printed or written, bits of paper, or any other material.
• Bluetooth devices, Mobile Phones, Calculators, Slide Rules, Log Tables, and Electronic Watches with the facilities of calculators are not allowed in the Examination Hall. Possession of such items during the Examinations may lead to the cancellation of candidature.
• Without the special permission of the Centre-in-Charge or the supervisor concerned, no candidate will leave his/her seat or Examination Hall until the examination for a paper is over. Candidates should not leave the hall without handing over their OMR sheet to the supervisor; otherwise, it will cancel the concerned paper.
• It is to be noted carefully that the candidates must write the “Question Booklet No.” at the indicated places on the OMR Answer Sheet and Attendance Sheet during the examination. Otherwise, his/her OMR Answer sheet in the concerned subject will be cancelled.
• Candidates shall maintain silence during the examination. Any conversation, gesture, or disturbance in the examination hall shall be deemed a misdemeanour. Suppose a candidate is found adopting unfair means. In that case, his/her candidature shall be cancelled, and he/she will be liable to be debarred from taking an examination either permanently or for a period according to the nature of the offence.

Rules for Scrutiny/Review of Answer Sheet

After the examination, the model answers to the MCQ portion would be available in the public domain for feedback from all concerned. After that, the answers will be frozen by reviewers not connected with the paper setting/moderation process.

Before the publication of results, the response sheets of each candidate will be uploaded along with subject-wise marks secured. Candidates may request for rechecking of the machine-recorded responses online by payment of 1000 INR per response (Question) within the stipulated period. Council will consider all such cases before the result publication.

No review will be available for the drawing test. Further, there will be no provision for post-publication scrutiny and review and hence will not entertain any such request after the result publication.

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Sunil Kushwaha

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