Om Institute of Architecture and Design, Hisar

Om Institute of Architecture and Design, Hisar, or OIAD, is an esteemed institute which was established in the year 2010 with a particular architectural education system. The beautiful campus of this co-educational institute stretches over 10 acres at Hisar in Haryana. OIAD is an affiliated college approved by Council of Architecture and offers two specialised degree programmes in Architecture.

This institution has a total of 36 students with a faculty strength of 24, thereby providing a good student-faculty ratio for personal attention and quality education. Excellent facilities characterise this institute, which helps in fortifying a rewarding learning experience for the students. Separate hostel accommodations are available for boys and girls.

A comfortable living environment surrounded by lush green lawns and playing fields characterises the campus. This will be complemented by regular yoga and aerobics classes. A full-fledged gymnasium shall take care of the physical fitness and health of the students.

The Institute library happens to be one of the finest resource locations with over 40,000 books on its shelves, written by the best-known authors across the globe. This shall be supplemented with a digital library facility through e-journals. Computer-aided design and graphics laboratories and the state-of-the-art IT infrastructure shall be available in OIAD for aspiring architects.

At OIAD, two established architecture courses are offered to the students: one is a five-year undergraduate course in the Bachelor of Architecture ( B. Arch ) and the second one is a two-year graduate course in Master of Architecture ( M. Arch ). Both courses are regular full-time classes that inculcate full knowledge and practical skills in architecture among the students. Like the B.

Arch courses, the selection of the students is done based on their performance in the national level entrance exams like JEE Main and NATA . GATE scores normally are considered while admitting to the M. Arch course. These ensure that only those students with promising potential are admitted to OIAD who have the right aptitude for architectural studies.

The admission procedure here at OIAD is quite comprehensive and strictly on a merit basis. To become eligible for admission to B. Arch courses a student needs to qualify JEE Main or NATA, it is an entrance test designed to test one's mathematical skills, drawing, and general awareness. Normally, the applicants seeking M.

Arch courses are selected based on the scores in GATE as well as their performance in the bachelor's degree course; few colleges even conduct interviews. OIAD seeks quality education in Architecture.