Ph.D. in Urban Planning 

at SPA Delhi, IP Estate

SPA Delhi was ranked in the fourth position by NIRF in the Architecture category. Hence, it tops many of the NITs except for NIT Calicut. Thus, the School of Architecture and Planning is preferred by many students. The placements at the school are also decent, in 2021, BArch students received a median package of INR 5 LPA. Compare SPA Delhi with other Architecture colleges here.

The aspirants must fill out the SPA Delhi application form to be eligible for admission. Further, candidates who are applying for BArch and BPlan courses will be allotted seats basis their performance in JEE Main. For PG course admissions, candidates must have a bachelor's degree in the relevant field of study with 55% aggregate (50% for SC/ST/OBC). Moreover, the application form is available online and offline.

The SPA Delhi highest package for the 2023 drive has not been released on the official website. However, the institute has disclosed the course-wise median package offered during 2023 placements, which is as follows:

NOTE: The above salary data is fetched from the NIRF report 2024.

Admission to all the popular courses such as BArch and MArch is through national-level exams such as GATE/CEED/CEED/JEE Main (Paper-II). However, for the PhD course, admission is merit-based. Candidates' academic records and eligibility criteria fulfilment are the criteria for selection. Further, the organisation believes in providing equal opportunities and hence there is no home state quota.

For admission, a 99.30 or above percentile is considered good. Candidates can easily get admission with this percentile. Further, this also depends upon the scores of the students who have submitted the application for admission. The cutoff or percentile varies from one course to another. Further, the selection also depends upon the seat intake for the respective course.

Yes, the institute has achieved a decent track record in placements. The official brochure or report is not out. As per the data sourced from the NIRF report 2024, 74 UG and 157 PG students were placed during the 2023 placements. The median package for UG courses ranged between INR 5 LPA and INR 6 LPA. Further, the median package offered to PG (2-year) students during School of Planning and Architecture placements 2023 was INR 6.75 LPA. 

SPA cutoff 2023 for the Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) and Bachelor of Planning courses is based on the JEE Main score, followed by the JoSAA and CSAB Counselling. Tabulated below are the Round 1 and the Last Round closing ranks for JEE1 Delhi cutoff 2023 based on JEE Main scores:

SPA Delhi and CEPT University have released the NIRF report 2023. The table below showcases the comparative analysis of SPA Delhi and CEPT University placements 2022:

As per the NIRF report 2024, 77% of BArch, 35% of BPlan and 77% of PG (2-year) batch were placed in 2023. Tabulated below are the important details related to School of Planning and Architecture placements 2023: