This gazette notification announces amendments to the Council of Architecture (Minimum Standards of Architectural Education) Regulations, 2020. These amendments modify the eligibility criteria for admission to architecture courses.
Key Changes
Amendment to Regulation 4(1) of the Council of Architecture (Minimum Standards of Architectural Education) Regulations, 2020.
New eligibility criteria for admission to architecture courses are introduced.
Candidates must now have passed the 10+2 or equivalent examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects, along with one of the following: Chemistry, Biology, Technical Vocational subject, Computer Science, Information Technology, Informatics Practices, Engineering Graphics, or Business Studies. They must achieve at least 45% marks in aggregate.
Alternatively, candidates can be admitted with a 10+3 Diploma Examination with Mathematics as a compulsory subject and at least 45% marks in aggregate.
Impact Analysis
Impact on Aspiring Architects
Students will need to plan their high school education carefully to meet the new requirements.
Impact on Educational Institutions
May necessitate adjustments to curriculum to better prepare students for the new admission criteria.
Impact on the Council of Architecture
Responsibility for ensuring compliance with the amended regulations across all architectural institutions.
Suggested Action Items
Review and update the regulations as needed based on the observed impacts.
Key Entities Referenced
Council of Architecture: The statutory authority responsible for regulating architectural education in India, empowered by the Architects Act, 1972.
Architects Act, 1972: The primary legislation governing the practice and education of architecture in India. This act grants the Council of Architecture the authority to make regulations.
Council of Architecture (Minimum Standards of Architectural Education) Regulations, 2020: The regulations that have been amended by this gazette notification. These regulations specify the minimum standards for architectural education in India.
Gazette of India, Part III—Section 4: The official publication where the original regulations and the amendments are published.
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COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURE
(STATUTORY AUTHORITY CONSTITUTED UNDER THE ARCHITECTS ACT, 1972)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 6th July, 2024
F. No. CA/498/2024/MSAE(Regulations).—In exercise of powers conferred by clauses (e), (g), (h) and (j)
of sub-section (2) of Section 45 read with Section 21 of the Architects Act, 1972 (20 of 1972), the Council of
Architecture, with the approval of the Central Government, hereby makes the following Regulations to further amend
the Council of Architecture (Minimum Standards of Architectural Education) Regulations 2020, the same having been
published in the Gazette of India, Part-III-Section-4 dated the 11th August, 2020, namely: -
1. (1) These Regulations may be called the Council of Architecture (Minimum Standards of Architectural Education)
(Amendment) Regulations, 2024.
(2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
2. In the Council of Architecture (Minimum Standards of Architectural Education) Regulations, 2020, in Regulation
4 for sub-regulation (1) the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely:-
“(1) No candidate shall be admitted to architecture course unless she/he has passed 10+2 or equivalent
examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with either Chemistry or Biology or
Technical Vocational subject or Computer Science or Information Technology or Informatics Practices or
Engineering Graphics or Business Studies with at least 45% marks in aggregate or passed 10+3 Diploma
Examination with Mathematics as compulsory subject with at least 45% marks in aggregate.”
Footnote: The principal Regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Part III, Section 4, on 11th August, 2020
and amended on 23.03.2021, 30.06.2022 and 19.07.2023.
RAJ KUMAR OBEROI, Registrar
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./265/2024-25]
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