Davinci School of Design and Architecture, Chennai

Davinci School of Design and Architecture was set up in 2012 at Chennai, the capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to groom young talents for the architectural and designing profession. This affiliated college is located on Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Old Mahabalipuram Road Karapakkam and the college has a vast area of 2 acres of land.

As of now, it has 109 students with faculty and staff employing 43 experts; therefore it has a small learning community. It is unique pride of the institute to offer the student with a host of modern facilities to support student life.

The architecture college library occupies an area of 180 square metres and has stocks all the required titles, volumes and national and international journals as per the norms of Council of Architecture. It also has digital collection of e-books with the idea of making students exposed to variant types of learning materials.

The information technology system is developed with 120 computers and other professional software like CADD, Revit, Photoshop and 3DS MAX which are compatible with both Anna University and COA norms. Davinci School of Design and Architecture offers a single course: the B. Arch programme as it is known in the United States.

Full time, it takes five years to complete it and in that period the students are given detailed knowledge about architecture. Course work is developed in accordance with industrial requirements to equip learners for professionally profitable careers in architectural firms.

The admission process at Davinci School of Design and Architecture involves Students passing through various competitive examinations without any form of compromise. A candidate desiring admission to the architecture programme must pass the national aptitude test in architecture (NATA) conducted by the council of architecture.

Talented candidates who scored well in the qualifying examination as well as in NATA are the selected candidates. On the other hand, the candidate who have cleared JEE Paper II (Aptitude Test in Architecture) may take admission under Management Quota. Such criteria ensure that the institute admits students who have the good qualities of architectural studies.