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Top Architecture Colleges in India

According to NIRF, these are the top ten architecture colleges in India

According to NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework), here is the list of the top ten architecture colleges fromin India.
Top Architecture Colleges in India

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NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) has released the list of top ten Architecture colleges in India. The list was released by Shri. Prakash Javadekar, Human Resource and Development Minister at New Delhi. About 3000 instituions from India had participated in the rankings. As per NIRF, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur is the top college for architecture. The full List, in order of the ranking is below:

1.Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur

2. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee

3. School of Planning and Architecture New Delhi, New Delhi

4. College of Engineering Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram

5. School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal, Bhopal

6. Anna University, Chennai

7. JNAFAU School of Planning and Architecture, Hyderabad

8. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

9. National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Hamirpur

10. Faculty of Architecture, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Udupi

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