Architecture is the study which deals with planning and designing of building and structures. Architects use the available space to its maximum in the given budget and they also see to it that it fulfill all the requirements. The work of an architect includes building of houses, multi storied high rise building, stadiums, roads, bridges, parks, dams etc. The architect must have the skill to strike a balance between the aesthetics as well as the technical aspects of it.
Based on a survey by India Today, listed below the top B.Arch colleges in India:
| Rank | Name | City | State | Website |
| 1 | Department of Architecture and Planning Indian Institute of Technology | Roorkee | Uttara Khand | www.iitr.ac.in |
| 2 | School of Planning and Architecture | New Delhi | Delhi | www.spa.ac.in |
| 3 | Sir J.J.College of Architecture | Mumbai | Maharashtra | www.sirjjarchitecture.org |
| 4 | School of Planning and Architecture | Bhopal | Pradesh | www.spabhopal.ac.in |
| 5 | Faculty of Architecture and Ekistics Jamia Millia Islamia | New Delhi | Delhi | www.jmi.ac.in |
| 6 | Department of Architecture Birla Institute of Technology Mesra | Ranchi | Jharkhand | www.bitmesra.ac.in |
| 7 | Faculty of Architecture Manipal Academy of Higher Education | Manipal | Karnataka | www.manipal.edu |
| 8 | School of Planning and Architecture University of Mysore | Mysuru | Karnataka | www.spa.uni-mysore.ac.in |
| 9 | School of Planning and Architecture Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University | Hyderabad | Telangana | www.jnafau.ac.in |
| 10 | BMS College of Architecture | Bengaluru | Karnataka | www.bmsca.org |
| 11 | School of Planning and Architecture | Vijayawada | Andra Pradesh | www.spav.ac.in |
| 12 | Sushant School of Art and Architecture | Gurugram | Haryana | www.ansaluniversity.edu.in |
| 13 | Department of Architecture Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh | www.amu.ac.in |
| 14 | Amity School of Architecture and Planning | Noida | Uttar Pradesh | www.amity.edu |
| 15 | RV College of Architecture | Bengaluru | Karnataka | www.rvca.in |
| 16 | School of Architecture IPS Academy | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | www.ipsacademy.org |
| 17 | AAERT & The SSB Faculty of Architecture Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology | Surat | Gujarat | www.scetarch.ac.in |
| 18 | Amity School of Architecture and Planning | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | www.amity.edu |
| 19 | Faculty of Architecture and Planning Integral University | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | www.iul.ac.in |
| 20 | Guwahati College of Architecture and Planning | Guwahati | Assam | www.guwarchcollege.com |
Source: indiatoday