The aspirants must have passed Class 12 with Mathematics as one of the major subjects.Candidates who have completed a three-year Diploma course after Class 10 can also apply for B.Arch course offered by Anna University.The general category must have 50% in Class 12 in order to seek admission in the B.Tech course offered by Anna University. The qualifying percentage for BC is 45% and 40% for SC/ ST categories.

As Anna University conducts a common admission process for B.Arch courses, the applicants must be the natives of Tamil Nadu. The students must have studied Class 8 – 12 in Tamil Nadu or his/her parents must be the residents or natives of Tamil Nadu.Students from outside Tamil Nadu can also join Anna University. However, seats may be offered in affiliated private engineering colleges subject to the availability of seats.The candidates must clear NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture) to be eligible for the B.Arch admission process.The candidates must have at least 80 out of 200 marks in NATA to be considered for the B.Arch admission process of Anna University.