The best architecture Colleges in India 2023 provide a wide range of educational programmes, from fundamentals to advanced degrees. The programmes given by the leading architecture institutions in India are intended to provide students with the skills and knowledge needed to create buildings and cities that are both functional and environmentally friendly.
In India, there are over 860 Architecture institutions that provide full-time, part-time, distance-learning, virtual classroom, and online courses. These institutions provide degree, diploma, and certificate programmes. The top Architecture colleges in India, as assessed by NIRF, offer degree programmes are as follows.
List of Top 5 Architecture Colleges in India as per NIRF Ranking 2023
- Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee – 1
- National Institute of Technology, Calicut – 2
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur – 3
- National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 4
- School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi – 5

Here is the full list of top Architecture Colleges in India in 2023 :
Institution | City | State | Score | Rank |
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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | Roorkee | Uttarakhand | 83.21 | 1 |
National Institute of Technology Calicut | Kozhikode | Kerala | 78.18 | 2 |
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Kharagpur | West Bengal | 76.82 | 3 |
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli |
Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | 65.42 | 4 |
School of Planning and Architecture New Delhi |
New Delhi | Delhi | 65.14 | 5 |
Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 65.13 | 6 |
Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology University |
Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 63.97 | 7 |
National Institute of Technology Rourkela | Rourkela | Odisha | 63.76 | 8 |
Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh | 62.38 | 9 |
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur |
Howrah | West Bengal | 62.09 | 10 |
School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal | Bhopal |
Madhya Pradesh |
61.99 | 11 |
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur |
Nagpur | Maharashtra | 61.89 | 12 |
Malaviya National Institute of Technology | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 60.23 | 13 |
S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 58.97 | 14 |
Chandigarh University | Mohali | Punjab | 58.59 | 15 |
Lovely Professional University | Phagwara | Punjab | 58.25 | 16 |
College of Engineering Trivandrum |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Kerala | 56.54 | 17 |
School of Planning & Architecture, Vijayawada |
Vijayawada |
Andhra Pradesh |
55.72 | 18 |
National Institute of Technology Patna | Patna | Bihar | 54.79 | 19 |
Birla Institute of Technology | Ranchi | Jharkhand | 54.43 | 20 |
BMS College of Architecture | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 54.21 | 21 |
Nirma University | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 54.06 | 22 |
M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 53.69 | 23 |
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology |
Bhopal |
Madhya Pradesh |
53.64 | 24 |
Manipal School of Architecture and Planning, MAHE |
Udupi | Karnataka | 53.13 | 25 |
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University | Katra |
Jammu and Kashmir |
51.94 | 26 |
M. G. R. Educational and Research Institute | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 51.8 | 27 |
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur | Hamirpur |
Himachal Pradesh |
51.54 | 28 |
Chandigarh College of Architecture Sector-12 |
Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 51.38 | 29 |
Chitkara University | Rajpura | Punjab | 51.06 | 30 |