NATA 2025 registration begins at nata.in; exam on March 1

NEW DELHI: The Council of Architecture (CoA) has commenced the registration process for the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) today, February 3, 2025. Eligible candidates can fill out the NATA 2025 application form through the official website at nata.in.

The council has not yet announced the NATA 2025 registration deadline. The NATA 2025 exams are scheduled to be held from March 1, 2025, to June 2025. The exam will take place in two shifts. On Fridays, there will be no morning session, while the afternoon session will take place from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. On Saturdays, the morning session runs from 10 am to 1 pm, followed by an afternoon session from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm, with each session lasting 3 hours.

“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:

Also read JEE Main 2025 answer key for session 1 soon at jeemain.nta.nic.in; result, cut-off updates

NATA 2025 Registration: Application fee

To register for the NATA 2025 exam, candidates from the general and other backward classes (Non-Creamy Layer) will need to pay an application fee of Rs 1,750. Candidates from Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) are required to pay Rs 1,250, while transgender candidates will need to pay Rs 1,000. Candidates from outside India will have to pay Rs 15,000.

NATA 2025: Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for the NATA 2025, candidates should have passed or are appearing in the Class 11 or Class 12 examination with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM) subjects Or should have passed or are appearing in the diploma examination with Mathematics as a subject.