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Best Architecture Colleges in India

B.Arch and related architecture programmes. Ranked by latest NIRF Engineering score where published — not an editorial “best” claim beyond the ranking data itself.

22 institutes with matching programmes · 16 with NIRF Engineering rank

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Architecture — live list facts

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Institutes

22

With NIRF rank

16

With GO score

16

Avg GO (when present)

73.3

By institute type

NIT
10
GFTI
8
IIT
3
PRIVATE
1

Best NIRF ranks on this page

GO averages only include institutes that have a stored NIRF Graduation Outcomes score.

Snapshot — top listed institutes

Sorted by NIRF Engineering rank. GO = Graduation Outcomes (independent NIRF sub-score — not a placement package).

Rank	Institute	Type	State	GO
#5	IIT Kharagpur	IIT	West Bengal	79.8
#6	IIT Roorkee	IIT	Uttarakhand	85.8
#9	NIT Tiruchirappalli	NIT	Tamil Nadu	78.7
#10	IIT (BHU) Varanasi	IIT	Uttar Pradesh	86.0
#13	NIT Rourkela	NIT	Unknown	76.9
#21	NIT Calicut	NIT	Kerala	79.1
#42	Malaviya NIT Jaipur	NIT	Rajasthan	70.2
#44	Visvesvaraya NIT Nagpur	NIT	Maharashtra	71.9
#48	LPU	PRIVATE	Punjab	62.5
#51	Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi	GFTI	Jharkhand	66.0
#53	NIT Patna	NIT	Bihar	73.8
#54	Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur	GFTI	West Bengal	70.9

Featured profiles

NIRF Engg · 2025

#5

IITWest Bengal

IIT Kharagpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Institute of National ImportanceIITJoSAAJEE Advanced

IIT Kharagpur is India’s first IIT, established by the Government of India in 1951 in Kharagpur, West Bengal, and recognized as an Institute of National…

Key programmes

Aerospace Engineering (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))
Agricultural and Food Engineering with M.Tech. in any of the listed specializations (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))
Bachelor of Architecture Architecture (5 Years, Bachelor of Architecture)

Ownership

IIT

NIRF score

78.69

Profile

Official sources

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NIRF Engg · 2025

#6

IITUttarakhand

IIT Roorkee

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Institute of National ImportanceIITJoSAAJEE Advanced

IIT Roorkee traces to Roorkee College (1847), described by the institute as Asia’s first engineering college; it became the University of Roorkee in 1949 and…

Key programmes

Bachelor of Architecture Architecture (5 Years, Bachelor of Architecture)
Bachelor of Technology Biosciences and Bioengineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)
Bachelor of Technology Chemical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Ownership

IIT

NIRF score

75.44

Profile

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NIRF Engg · 2025

#9

NITTiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

NIT Tiruchirappalli

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Institute of National ImportanceNITJoSAAJEE Main

NIT Tiruchirappalli began as Regional Engineering College Tiruchirappalli in 1964 and became an NIT with deemed-university status in 2003. It is a national…

Key programmes

Bachelor of Architecture Architecture (5 Years, Bachelor of Architecture)
Bachelor of Technology Chemical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)
Bachelor of Technology Civil Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Ownership

NIT

NIRF score

68.14

Fees · 2025

₹1.3L / yr

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NIRF Engg · 2025

#10

IITUttar Pradesh

IIT (BHU) Varanasi

Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi

Institute of National ImportanceIITJoSAAJEE Advanced

IIT (BHU) Varanasi grew from Banaras Engineering College (1919) within Banaras Hindu University; BENCO, TECHNO and MINMET merged as IT-BHU in 1968, and the…

Key programmes

Bachelor of Architecture Architecture (5 Years, Bachelor of Architecture)
Bachelor of Technology Biochemical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)
Bachelor of Technology Bioengineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Ownership

IIT

NIRF score

67.24

Fees · 2025

₹2L / yr

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All institutes offering Architecture

#5
IIT Kharagpur
West Bengal · IIT
GO 79.8Profile →
#6
IIT Roorkee
Uttarakhand · IIT
GO 85.8Profile →
#9
NIT Tiruchirappalli
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu · NIT
GO 78.7Profile →
#10
IIT (BHU) Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh · IIT
GO 86.0Profile →
#13
NIT Rourkela
Unknown · NIT
GO 76.9Profile →
#21
NIT Calicut
Kerala · NIT
GO 79.1Profile →
#42
Malaviya NIT Jaipur
Rajasthan · NIT
GO 70.2Profile →
#44
Visvesvaraya NIT Nagpur
Maharashtra · NIT
GO 71.9Profile →
#48
LPU
Phagwara, Punjab · PRIVATE
GO 62.5Profile →
#51
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi
Jharkhand · GFTI
GO 66.0Profile →
#53
NIT Patna
Bihar · NIT
GO 73.8Profile →
#54
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur
Howrah, West Bengal · GFTI
GO 70.9Profile →
#81
Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh · NIT
GO 73.3Profile →
#85
NIT Kurukshetra
Haryana · NIT
GO 66.6Profile →
#86
NIT Raipur
Chhattisgarh · NIT
GO 66.3Profile →
#97
NIT Hamirpur
Himachal Pradesh · NIT
GO 65.3Profile →
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Islamic University of Science and Technology Kashmir
Unknown · GFTI
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Mizoram University, Aizawl
Mizoram · GFTI
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School of Planning & Architecture, Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh · GFTI
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School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi
Delhi · GFTI
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School of Planning & Architecture: Vijayawada
Unknown · GFTI
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Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu & Kashmir
Unknown · GFTI
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Frequently asked questions

Answers use counts from this page's live list. Editorial intros remain pending until instance-specific research lands (Section 12.6).

How many institutes appear for Architecture?: 22 institutes currently match this page’s filter. 16 of them have a numeric NIRF Engineering rank in our database.
Is “best” based on editorial opinion?: No. Where we sort or headline by rank, the order follows published NIRF Engineering ranks (nirfindia.org). Unranked institutes are not given a fabricated Knwdle rank.
What is Graduation Outcomes (GO)?: GO is an NIRF sub-score (independent of self-reported packages). On this page, 16 institutes have a GO value; the average among those is 73.3.
How do course pages relate to this discipline?: Each course in the sidebar links to a cross-institute programme hub built from JoSAA / official programme data — not a separate scraped directory.