JEE Advanced AAT 2021 will be conducted by IIT Kharagpur on October 18, 2021. AAT 2021 Registration will start on the official website from October 15, 2021. The application process is completely online, hence candidates need to visit the official website to register for JEE Advanced AAT exam. Candidates who have cleared JEE Main and JEE Advanced 2021 are eligible to fill JEE Advanced AAT 2021 application form.
JEE Advanced Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT) is conducted to grant admission to B. Arch. program offered by IIT Roorkee and IIT Kharagpur respectively. JEE Advanced AAT 2021 will be conducted as a 3-hour offline (paper and pen-based) test comprising 5 sections. The exam will be conducted only at the 7 zonal coordinating IITs. Eligible foreign candidates, if interested in admission to B. Arch. program will also have to visit one of the Zonal IITs to write the Architecture Aptitude Test. Check JEE Advanced 2021 Result
The allotment of seats will solely be based on the category-wise All India Rank (AIR) in the JEE Advanced 2021. The cut-off marks for passing AAT will be decided by the Joint Implementation Committee of JEE (Advanced) 2021. Candidates securing marks above the cut-off will be declared PASS in the test. Allotment of the seat will be solely based on the category-wise All India Rank in the JEE Advanced 2021 and admission to B. Arch. program will be offered only to those candidates declared PASS in the AAT.
Particulars | Details |
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Exam Name | Architecture Aptitude Test |
Exam centers | 7 Zonal IITs |
Duration of Exam | 3 Hours |
Mode of Exam | Offline |
Language of Exam | English |
IITs offering B. Arch Course | IIT Roorkee and IIT Kharagpur |
Portal for AAT Registration | jeeadv.ac.in |
Events | Dates |
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JEE Advanced 2021 | October 3, 2021 |
JEE Advanced AAT 2021 Registration begins | October 15, 2021 |
Last date to register for JEE AAT 2021 | October 16, 2021 |
JEE Advanced AAT 2021 Exam | October 18, 2021 |
Declaration of AAT Result | October 22, 2021 |
To be eligible for AAT 2020, candidates are required to secure qualifying scores in their JEE Advanced 2021.
The registration window for JEE Advanced AAT 2021 will be open from October 15 – 16, 2021. Candidates must follow the given below simple steps to register for AAT 2021:
Note that no new admit card will be provided to the candidates appearing in AAT 2021. The original JEE Advanced 2021 Admit Card should be produced in the AAT examination hall.
The admit card will contain the following details- Name, JEE Advanced Roll Number, Photograph, Signature, Date of Birth, Address for Correspondence, Category, and Language of the Question Paper. The candidate must possess safely the original admit card till all the formalities of admission are complete
At the time of registration for JEE Advanced AAT, candidates will be able to select their preferred exam center for Architecture Aptitude Test. The entrance exam will be held across the 7 zonal coordinating Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).
On the day of the examination, the test-takers are required to follow the guidelines given below.
The candidates are required to carry certain things and certain things are strictly prohibited in the examination hall. The list of the items is given below.
Things to carry
Things not to carry
The test will consist of only one paper of three-hour duration from 9:00 hrs to 12:00 hrs. The language of the paper will be English. The test comprises the following topics - Geometrical Drawing, Freehand Drawing, Imaging, and Aesthetic Sensitivity, Three Dimensional Perceptions, and Architectural Awareness.
Particulars | Details |
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Mode of Examination | Offline |
Duration of Exam | 3 hours |
Language of Examination | English |
Sections |
Freehand Drawing; |
The candidates must carry their own drawing and sketching aids for the exam as these things will not be provided by the authorities. There is no official pattern for this exam available. However, as per the students who have taken the exam the paper usually has the following pattern:
Section | Number of questions |
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General Knowledge | 4 |
Geometry drawing | 3 |
3D Aspects | 3 |
Freehand drawing | 3 |
Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity | 3 |
Total | 16 |
The result of AAT is only declared only through the pass or fail status. However, the candidates aiming to pursue the B.Arch course from IIT, have to pass this exam. Given below are some of the tips which would help a candidate in his/her AAT exam preparation.
Students can refer to the following books for preparation of JEE Advanced Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT)-
JEE Advanced AAT Result 2021 will be declared on October 22, 2021 on the official portal of JEE Advanced. There will be no ranking, merit list, or category-wise cut off in the result of AAT 2021. However, the Joint Implementation Committee of JEE Advanced will decide on a general cut off score for AAT 2021.
Those candidates who will score marks equal to or above the cut off will be counted as qualified. The available B.Arch. seats will be allotted to the qualified candidates based on their category‐wise All India Rank in the JEE Advanced 2021.
The breakup of Seats for AAT 2021
IIT Participating in AAT 2021 | General Category Seats | OBC Category Seats | SC and ST Category Seats | Total Number of Seats |
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IIT Roorkee | 17 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
IIT Kharagpur | 20 | 11 | 9 | 40 |
The seats will be allotted by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2020 through the counseling process. Once after clearing the AAT 2021, candidates will need to register for JoSAA 2021. The seat matrix will be declared at josaa.nic.in.
The table tabulated below shows the B.Arch Opening & Closing Ranks in 2017 round 7 are given below:
Category | IIT Kharagpur 2017 | IIT Roorkee 2017 | ||
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Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | |
General | 6448 | 14927 | 5062 | 14983 |
OBC NCL | 3067 | 4182 | 3134 | 4180 |
ST | 323 | 1122 | 533.01 | 905 |
SC | 871 | 2263 | 2135 | 2320 |
Considering the marks in the following examination, candidates will be given admission to the Architecture course.
Details About Class 12th Examination
The candidates need to fulfill either one of the following given criteria to take admission to the B.Arch course
The candidates must have secured a minimum of 75% marks in class 12th or equivalent. The candidates belonging to SC / ST / PWD category must have secured at least 65% marks.
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Marks Considered for Calculation of Top 20 percentile
Other Important Information Regarding Class 12th Marks
Ques. I have appeared in JEE Main B.Arch / B.Plan paper 2021. Am I eligible for AAT, without writing JEE Advanced?
Ans. No, to be eligible for JEE Advanced AAT 2021, students need to score qualifying marks in JEE Advanced 2021 exam.
Ques. What kind of questions can I expect in AAT 2021?
Ans. The questions asked in the exam will test your knowledge according to different subject areas such as Imagination and Aesthetic Sensitivity, Freehand Drawing, Geometric Drawing, 3 D Perception, etc.
Ques. Which IITs offer B.Arch program for AAT qualified students?
Ans. After clearing JEE Advanced AAT 2021, candidates can get admission into 2 IITs that offer B. Arch program. These include IIT Kharagpur and IIT Roorkee.
Ques. What is the duration of JEE Advanced AAT 2021?
Ans. JEE Advanced AAT 2021 is a 3-hour long exam consisting of 5 sections.
*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.