JEE (Advanced) B Arch Aptitude Test on 21 June; Venues, Timings for Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT) Released

Students who have cleared JEE (Advanced) and wish to take up B Architecture (Arch) course need to appear for the Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT) to be conducted on 21 June. 

The registration for AAT will open at 10 am on 18 June on the official website of JEE (Advanced) and will close at 5 pm on 19 June. Students need to take their JEE Advanced admit cards to the exam centres.

The AAT exams will be conducted in seven zonal IITs from 9 am to 12 pm on Sunday, but the students have been asked to report by 8:30 am. IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur and IIT Roorkee are the the seven centres. Students can find the venue in detail here.

"No separate admit card will be issued for AAT. The original admit card of JEE (Advanced) 2015 should be produced in the AAT examination hall," the JEE instructions read.

The question papers for B Arch aptitude test will be in English language and students are advised to carry their own drawing and colouring materials to the exam hall.

Students appearing for AAT must have knowledge of Architectural awareness, imagination and aesthetic sensitivity, three-dimensional perception, geometrical drawing and freehand drawing. The details on the above are available in the syllabus provided on JEE website.

The result of the 2015 AAT (B Arch) test will be declared on 25 June on the official website of JEE. Students who pass the AAT test will be given an option online on whether they want to study at IIT Kharagpur or IIT Roorkee, the only two IITs where B Arch course is offered. 

The filling-in of choice will start at 10 am on 25 June and end at 5 pm on 29 June. Admission will be based on the All India Ranking of JEE (Advanced) 2015. The mock seat allocation will start from 8:15 am on 28 June and last till 5 pm.

"Candidates securing marks above the cut-off will be declared as 'passing' the test. There is no separate ranking in the AAT. There is no separate cut-off for students of any category. Allotment of seat will be solely based on the category-wise All India Rank in the JEE (Advanced) 2015," the website read.