The Council of Architecture conducts NATA every year. The last date to register for NATA is April 15, 2020. Note that COA has officially announced that the date for NATA 2020 first test has been postponed due to COVID-19. Therefore the National Aptitude Test in Architecture, which was going to be held on 19 Apr 2020, will not be held and the new exam date will be announced in some time.
NATA 2020: Registration
The registration process is completely online. The interested candidates who wish to appear in the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA 2020) need to first register for it through nata.in
APPLICATION FEE
| Category wise fee amount | Unreserved | SC / ST / PWD |
| The fee to appear in one exam | Rs 2000 | Rs 1700 |
| The fee to appear in both exams | Rs 3800 | Rs 3100 |
| The fee to appear in one exam outside India | Rs 10000 | —- |
| The fee to appear in both exams outside India | Rs 18000 | —- |
NATA 2020: Exam Pattern
NATA is the entrance exam for architecture admissions. Most entrance exams assess hardcore technical aspects of a candidate for whichever field they want to get into. However, the NATA exam is quite unique, and this field requires creativity as well as technical understanding. Hence the exam is designed to assess the candidates’ skill sets in applications of science, general aptitude, as well as drawing.
The paper timings will be divided into three parts-
| FIRST – Part A Test: Drawing Test Timings: 10 am to 12.15 pm Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes |
Intermission
Timings: 12.15 pm to 12.30 pm
Duration: 15 minutes
| SECOND – Part B Test: PCM, General Aptitude and Logical Reasoning Timings: 12.30 pm to 1.15 pm Duration: 45 minutes |
NATA 2020: Syllabus
DRAWING TEST SYLLABUS: Understanding of scale and proportion of objects, geometric composition, shape, building forms and elements, aesthetics, color texture, harmony, and contrast. conceptualization and visualization through structuring objects in memory. drawing of patterns – both geometrical and abstract. form transformations in 2d and 3d like union, subtraction, rotation, surfaces, and volumes. generating plan, elevation and 3d views of objects. creating 2d and 3d compositions using given shapes and forms. perspective drawing, Sketching of urbanscape and landscape, Common day-to-day life objects like furniture, equipment, etc., from memory.
PHYSICS SYLLABUS: Electrostatics, current electricity, electromagnetic induction, and alternating currents, optics, dual nature of radiation and matter, atoms and nuclei, electronic devices.
CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS: Some basic concepts of chemistry, the structure of an atom, classification of elements and periodicity in properties, chemical bonding and molecular states of matter: gases and liquids, chemical thermodynamics, equilibrium, redox reactions, hydrogen, s- block elements, p -block elements, organic chemistry, hydrocarbons, environmental chemistry.
MATHEMATICS SYLLABUS: Algebra, logarithms, matrices, trigonometry, coordinate geometry, 3D coordinate geometry, the theory of calculus, application of calculus, permutation and combination, statistics and probability.
GENERAL APTITUDE SYLLABUS: Objects, texture related to architecture and the built environment. interpretation of pictorial compositions, visualizing three-dimensional objects from two-dimensional drawing. visualizing different sides of 3d objects. analytical reasoning, mental ability (visual, numerical and verbal), general awareness of national/ international architects and famous architectural creations; mathematical reasoning; sets and relations.
NATA 2020: Admit Card delayed
The latest news is that the NATA 2020 first test has been postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and therefore admit cards are also delayed. Initially, the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (first test) was scheduled to be held on 19 Apr 2020 and the admit card was to be released on 08 Apr 2020. The new schedule will be announced at some time. Candidates can then download the NATA 2020 admit through the official website.
The old and new dates for both the First test and Second test are as follows (old dates are struck out, new dates against it as and when released).
FIRST TEST-
| Events | Important Dates | Revised Dates |
| Availability of admit card | 08 April 2020 | To be announced |
| NATA 2020 exam date | 19 April 2020 | To be announced |
SECOND TEST-
| Events | Important Dates |
| Availability of admit card | 21 May 2020 |
| NATA 2020 exam date | 31 May 2020 |
It can be seen, the dates for the second test have not been changed but it is likely to change in due course of time because of the COVID-19 rising number of cases.
You can check the notification about the delay of the NATA 2020 admit card given below.
NATA 2020: Exam Pattern
NATA is conducted in two parts:
Part A: It is a drawing test that is conducted in the pen-paper based mode.
There are 3 questions of 125 marks in total.
| No . of questions | Marks |
| 2 questions | 35 marks each |
| 1 question | 55 marks |
Part B: It is an online examination.
This of 75 marks in total.
| Subjects | No. of questions | Marks |
| PCM | 15 | 22.5 |
| Logical Reasoning& General Aptitude | 35 | 52.5 |
| Total | 50 | 75 |
NATA 2020: Entrance Examination
The National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) measures the aptitude of the applicant for a specific field of study, i.e. Architecture. The test measures drawing and observation skills, sense of proportion, aesthetic sensitivity and critical thinking ability that have been acquired over a long period of time, and that are related to a specific field of study, i.e. Architecture.
Through NATA, candidates can take admission in the 5-year B.Arch course. The test consists of two parts; Part A is a drawing test whereas, Part B is a computer-based test that has multiple-choice questions from PCM, Logical Reasoning and General Aptitude.
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