| Program Description |
The BA (Hons.) in Built Environment Studies at the Jindal School of Art and Architecture is a unique 3 + 1 (fellowship year option) program in the country. This program is especially designed for students who are interested in building and maintaining our cities, towns, infrastructure and communities from a humanistic and social scientific background. Through courses in this program you learn about the fundamentals of design & making our cities, towns infrastructure and communities in addition to learning law, policy, environmental issues, question of economics, technology, sustainability and ecology; all of which prepare you for becoming active participants in making the Built Environment of the future. Your “classrooms” are live cases and projects where you work with experts to learn how design, policy and law and go hand in hand to make buildings, cities, infrastructure to secure development that is just and equitable for communities. You visit and intern in firms that work globally in areas of housing, urban development, community design and development, conservation and heritage management, landscape design, sustainable development to develop your own insights into the variety of people who work on the Built Environment. You also avail of many exchange opportunities with similar programs in some of the top schools of design globally.
At present, the program offers a pathway in Architecture studies to students after a common foundation year.
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| Admission & entry requirements |
10+2 examination or equivalent (CBSE, State Boards, IB, Cambridge and other Government‑recognized school leaving exams). Students completing grade 12th in 2022 are also eligible to apply. Admission to the programme is through a competitive process conducted over three rounds:
1.The application process with its personal statement and supplemental information
2.Jindal Creative Aptitude Test –JCAT (the entrance exam).
3.An interview process which includes a portfolio review.
#Only students who clear rounds 1 and 2 will receive the invite to appear in the Interview and portfolio review.
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