Architecture is discipline in which area of activity is in designing any kind of structure system and who both the process and the product of designing, constructing and planning buildings or any other structures. With their surviving architectural achievements, Historical civilizations are often identified. It has varied applications even in non related areas so the scope of Architecture is vast. These include a wide variety of buildings and also included complex designs such as industrial parks, college campuses, urban centres and entire communities.

Branches of Architecture

• Landscape Architect
• Urban Planner
• Restoration Architect
• Research Architect
• Lighting Architect
• Political Architect
• Extreme Architect

Fields in Architecture

• Construction
• Production drawing
• Perspectives
• Information technology
• Real Estate
• Designing
• Arbitrators
• Surveying
• Urban and Regional Planning
• Contact administration
• Historic preservation
• Architectural Journalism
• Adjudications
• Model making
• Expert witness

Architecture Course Content

• Architectural history and theory
• Building designs with an emphasis on CADD
• Structural systems
• Construction methods

Entrance Exam for Admission into Architecture

• JEE Advanced AAT
• COMEDK UGET
• Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA)
• Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) PG
• Joint Entrance Examination (Main) Paper II
• National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA)
• Sathyabama University Entrance Exam 

Top Architecture Institutes in India

• School Of Planning And Architecture, Delhi
• Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur
• Sir J. J. College Of Architecture, Mumbai
• Birla Institute Of Technology, Mesra
• Jadavpur University, Kolkata
• Chandigarh College Of Architecture, Chandigarh
• Jamia Milia Islamia University
• National Institute Of Technology, Tiruchirapalli
• Center for Environmental Planning and Technology University, Ahmedabad
• Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal

Architecture Careers & Job Perspectives

To choose different career paths Architects have the freedom. He can get jobs in various Government firms and developing agencies like Town and Country Planning Organization, Department of Railways, Post and Telegraph, Public Works Department (PWD), National Building Organization, National Institutes of Urban Affairs and Housing and Urban Development Corporations

Some Job Types in Architecture are :

• Architectural Conservator
• Architectural Engineer
• Architecture Critic
• Architectural Technologist
• Architecture Professor
• Architectural Technician
• Architectural Theoretician
• Architecture Photographer
• Building Control Officer
• Building Inspector