NATA 2025 begins tomorrow; shift timings, total attempts
Ayushi Bisht | February 28, 2025 | 05:46 PM IST | 2 mins read
NATA 2025 exam will take place in two shifts with a morning session runs from 10 am to 1 pm, followed by an afternoon session from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
NEW DELHI: The Council of Architecture (CoA) will begin the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) 2025 exam from tomorrow, March 1, 2025. NATA 2025 March 1 exam will take place in two shifts with a morning session runs from 10 am to 1 pm, followed by an afternoon session from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
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The NATA 2025 exams are scheduled to be held from March 1, 2025, to June 2025. The exam will be conducted in two shifts.
On Fridays, there will be no morning session, but the afternoon session will be held from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. On Saturdays, the morning session will run from 10 am to 1 pm, followed by the afternoon session from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm, with each session lasting 3 hours.
Registered candidates can download the NATA 2025 admit card through the official website at nata.in. The NATA 2025 admit card is a mandatory document for the examination day. Candidates will not be allowed to appear for the exam without their hall tickets.
NATA 2025: Total attempts
“Those candidates who have already appeared for NATA 2024 and availed of one, two, or three attempts and obtained a valid NATA 2024 score, may also apply for NATA 2025 but their NATA 2024 score shall be frozen,” the official notice read. Their NATA 2025 score shall be calculated as under, depending on the number of attempts:
|
Appeared in NATA 2024 |
Attempts in NATA 2025 |
Final Score |
|
Obtained a valid 2024 score |
1st Attempt |
Better of both scores of NATA 2024, 2025 |
|
1st, 2nd Attempt |
Best of three scores of NATA 2024, 2025 |
|
|
1st, 2nd, 3rd Attempt |
Best of three scores of NATA 2025 (NATA 2024 score shall be rendered invalid) |
NATA 2025 exam pattern
The NATA 2025 exam will be held for a duration of three hours in an online mode. The medium of test will be in English and Hindi.
Candidates will be provided with multiple-choice questions (MCQs), multiple-select type questions (MSTs), preferential choice type questions (PCQs), and numerical answer type questions (NAQs). They will need to answer a total of 125 questions, with a total of 200 marks. According to the marking scheme, each question will be worth either one, two, or three marks.
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