NATA
National Aptitude Test in Architecture 2026
Collected from the official website on 14/11/2026. Our team has not verified these details yet.
NATA is the Council of Architecture's aptitude test for admission to the 5-year B.Arch programme. Phase 1 scores (with percentile) are used by admission authorities for centralised admission (CAP); Phase 2 gives a raw score for vacant seats after CAP.
Dates
Dates of the 2026 exam — the next dates are not announced yet. Always check the official website.
- Application opens
- 09/03/2026
- Last date to apply
- Not published yet
- Exam
- Phase 1: every Friday and Saturday from 04/04/2026 to 13/06/2026 (except public holidays); Phase 2: 07/08/2026 and 08/08/2026
- Result
- Within 7 days of each test; all 2026 results declared (site update 12/08/2026)
- Conducted by
- Council of Architecture
- For
- B.Arch (5-year)
- Mode
- Part A drawing test offline (pen and paper); Part B computer-based adaptive test
- Duration
- 3 hours (Part A 90 minutes + Part B 90 minutes)
- Languages
- English and Hindi
- Attempts per year
- Up to 2 attempts in Phase 1, or 1 attempt in Phase 2 (only one phase allowed)
- Application fee
- Per test, in India: General/OBC (NCL) ₹1,750; SC/ST/EWS/PwD ₹1,250; Transgender ₹1,000; outside India ₹15,000 (NATA 2026 brochure).
Eligibility
To take NATA: passed or appearing in 10+2 with the specified subjects, or 10+3 Diploma with Mathematics. For B.Arch admission: 10+2 with Physics and Mathematics plus one of the listed subjects with at least 45% aggregate, or 10+3 Diploma with Mathematics with at least 45%.
Exam pattern
Part A Drawing and Composition: 3 questions, 80 marks. Part B: 42 MCQ + 8 NCQ = 50 questions, 120 marks. Total 200 marks. No minimum raw score prescribed for qualifying.
Score used for
B.Arch admission through Centralised Admission Process (CAP) of state/UT admission authorities (Phase 1) and for vacant seats after CAP (Phase 2)
For Maharashtra students
A Maharashtra student who wants B.Arch needs a valid NATA score, which admission authorities use in their B.Arch CAP; check the State CET Cell B.Arch rules for that year.
Where this comes from
- dates: www.nata.in/
- pattern: www.nata.in/assets/pdf/Final-NATA-BROCHURE-2026.pdf
- eligibility: www.nata.in/assets/pdf/Final-NATA-BROCHURE-2026.pdf
- application fee: www.nata.in/assets/pdf/Final-NATA-BROCHURE-2026.pdf