B.Arch at MEASI Academy of Architecture: Eligibility & Requirements

The B.Arch route requires both the academic qualification and an accepted architecture aptitude-test result.

• Pass all subjects in 10+2 or equivalent from a single board, with Physics and Mathematics compulsory and at least 45% aggregate.
• The third eligible subject can be Chemistry, Biology, a Technical Vocational subject, Computer Science, IT, Informatics Practices, Engineering Graphics or Business Studies.
• Alternatively, pass a 10+3 diploma with Mathematics compulsory and at least 45% aggregate.
• Qualify NATA or the accepted JEE Paper 2 architecture aptitude route. TNEA schooling, nativity and category rules also apply to its counselling seats.
• Open to: Indian applicants meeting the TNEA 2026 B.Arch nationality/nativity/schooling rules
• Open to: Tamil Nadu-native OCI/PIO cardholders permitted by the stated exception
• Open to: Sri Lankan Tamil refugees educated in Tamil Nadu with prescribed documents
• Only the positively evidenced TNEA B.Arch counselling route is covered, not general foreign or NRI admission.
• Tamil Nadu candidates educated in Classes 8–12 within the state need no nativity certificate; Tamil Nadu natives who studied any of those classes outside it need the prescribed electronic nativity certificate.
• Children of Central Government employees serving continuously in Tamil Nadu for five years need employer proof; a guardian qualifies only if both parents are deceased.
• Children of permanent public-sector/government-recognised-institution employees serving in Tamil Nadu for five years need employer/employment evidence.
• Children of Tamil Nadu-cadre All India Service officers need parental declaration; other-state applicants educated in Classes 8–12 in Tamil Nadu may apply.
• Parent-service and other-state-schooling categories compete in Open Competition, not Tamil Nadu communal reservation.
• Tamil Nadu-native OCI/PIO cardholders compete in Open Category; the exception does not cover those born abroad after 4 March 2021.
• Sri Lankan Tamil refugees educated in Tamil Nadu compete in Open Competition with the prescribed refugee evidence.
• Academic qualification, single-board subject rules and accepted architecture aptitude qualification all remain mandatory; minimum eligibility does not assure a seat.

Exact architecture-brochure rules, not transplanted engineering-subject conditions. No unverified nationality ban or unrestricted international availability is asserted.