Dear student,

You can go for any of the two exams and after qualifying you can get a college and pursue this course but there are few differences between these two examinations you should be aware of.

See, by giving JEE Main paper 2 you can get the reputed institutes NITs and GFTIs but it comes with the cost of slightly being more competitive than NATA exam. And JEE Main is known for its difficulty then you can easily expect that in this aspect too, JEE Main Paper will be on little tougher side than NATA paper.

You can get to pursue B.Arch course in the NITs like NIT Calicult, NIT Hamirpur, NIT Jaipur, NIT Nagpur etc, whereas by NATA you can get reputed collges like Jadavpur University, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University, Guntur, MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, SRM University Chennai etc.

So now, I hope you can make the wise decision.

To know more differences about these exams, you can go through the link below.

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/nata-or-jee-main-paper-2-which-better-option-for-barch-admission#:~:text=Students%20can%20choose%20to%20go,National%20Testing%20Agency%20(NTA).

I wish you all the very best!!

Hi Aspirant,

Both NATA and JEE Main Paper 2 are conducted for offering admission in B.Arch courses. The only difference is participating colleges in NATA and JEE Main Paper 2. You can choose to go with anyone among NATA or JEE Main Paper 2 for taking admission in B.Arch depending on the college for which admission is desired.JEE Main Paper 2 opens the door to NITs and GFTIs offering B.Arch and NATA offers colleges like SPA Delhi and CEPT University Ahmedabad. So selection of your entrance exam depends on the college you want to get into.

For more info on NATA and JEE main Paper2,refer the link below

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/nata-or-jee-main-paper-2-which-better-option-for-barch-admission

https://engineering.careers360.com/exams/nata

https://engineering.careers360.com/exams/jee-main

Hope this helps.

Good luck!!!

You can do both . Nata and jee paper 2
Jee paper 2 eligibility student must be pass in 12th class with science
And nata eligibility -student can pass 12th class or any equivalent course.
Through NATA 2021, candidates can get admission intoB.Arch /B.Plan programme offered by Government, Government-aided, Private Unaided, University Departments and Deemed Universities of the country.

After the JEE main exam concluded for B.Arch and B.Plan, the following

Through nata there are top college you can see here
https://engineering.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-engineering-colleges-in-india-accepting-nata


Through jee paper 2 there are top college you can visit here
https://engineering.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-b-arch-colleges-in-india

Thank you. I hope this answer helps you.

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