Indubhai Parekh School of Architecture, Rajkot

The Indubhai Parekh School of Architecture, Rajkot, established in the year 2000, is a well-recognised architectural college of Gujarat. This affiliated college is approved by the Council of Architecture and provides a full-time 5-year B. Arch course. The college has an intake of 60 students every year on the 5-acre sprawling campus. IPSA has a student enrolment of 305 and a faculty strength of 16 members.

The student population reflects a diverse culture and has a near-equal sex ratio of students in the undergraduate programme, with 55% males and 45% females. IPSA Rajkot boasts an incredibly developed infrastructure aimed at enriching the learning environment of its students.

It has a well-stocked library within the premises, which has an ever-updating collection of books, periodicals, and journals related to architecture. On grounds of practical work, hands-on experience is gained through workshops and material-testing laborites to which IPSA has access. It shares them with the engineering campus next door to provide some form of interdisciplinary collaboration.

A computer laboratory, well designed with the latest hardware and software, makes the college equipped with scanning, writing, and printing facilities. In its keenness to develop students holistically, IPSA has sports facilities, an auditorium for events and seminars, and a hygienic cafeteria for providing meals during the working hours. The B.

Arch course provided by IPSA has been the foundation stone of the academic program. The five years duration full-time comprehensive program is addressed to making a gamut of creativity in minds and producing hands full loaded with architectures. These 60 annual approved intake strength make sure that there is a balanced access to quality study programme with personal care.

The admission process of IPSA Rajkot is totally based on the national standard, considering the marks in two national entrance exams, the National Aptitude Test in Architecture ( NATA ) and the Joint Entrance Examination Main ( JEE Main ). These exams are to check the aptitude and the skill sets which the candidate requires for architecture.