CoA PGETA 2024 Post Graduate Entrance Test In Architecture

Organisation : Council of Architecture (CoA)
Entrance Exam : PGETA 2024 Post Graduate Entrance Test In Architecture
Exam Date : 28th July 2024
Last Date : 23rd July 2024
Website : https://www.coa.gov.in/

CoA Post Graduate Entrance Test In Architecture

The Council shall be conducting Post Graduate Entrance Test in Architecture (PGETA 2024) at national level on July 28, 2024, and August 04, 2024, for admission to Post Graduate Programme in Architecture being imparted at the Architectural Institutions approved by the Council of Architecture for the academic session 2024-2025. Last Date for submission of application is 23rd July 2024.

Eligibility Criteria of PGETA

Taking PGETA-2024 :
Candidates fulfilling the below criteria prescribed by the Council can appear for PGETA 2024:
1. Passed Bachelors Degree in Architecture or equivalent with at least 50 percent aggregate marks or equivalent CGPI.
2. The Final year Architecture students in Architecture can also participate in the Entrance Test.
3. There is no upper age limit.

Admission to First year of Post-Graduate Program :
The eligibility for Admission to First Year of Two Years Post Graduate Program in Architecture for the academic session 2024-2025 shall be as per Council of Architecture (Minimum Standards of Architectural Education for Post-Graduate Degree Programme 2022) Guidelines as :
** No candidate shall be admitted to Post Graduate full time degree or Certificate programme unless the candidate has passed an entrance Test in B.Arch. Degree or equivalent with at least 50 percent aggregate marks of equivalent CGPI.
** The candidate needs to qualify an entrance test for Post-Graduation programme in Architecture complying with the Admission Norms

Application Procedure for PGETA

** Application is to be filled up ONLINE at the PGETA portal of “www.pgeta.in”. Candidates need to visit the portal, generate username & password by entering basic details and then CLICK the requisite link ONLINE APPLICATION PGETA–2024. Thereafter, candidate will be directed to the actual application form.
** The form is interactive in nature and the fields required to be filled up are categorized in different sub-sections. The fields super-scribed with (*) MUST be filled up as they are MANDATORY, otherwise the application will NOT get submitted.
** The application form is broadly categorized into three steps: filling of PERSONAL DETAILS; DOCUMENT UPLOADING & FEE PAYMENT. Please see APPENDIX-IV for detailed guidelines on fields to be entered at the time of online form filling.
** Candidates need to fill in the first part i.e. PERSONAL DETAILS and will thereafter be directed to DOCUMENT UPLOADING. Once the documents are successfully uploaded, the system enters into the FEE PAYMENT. Finally, the candidate must take a printout of CONFIRMATION PAGE generated upon successful fee payment for their own record. There is no need to send any document by post.

Filling up of Application Form for PGETA

The online filling-up of the Application Form is interactive in nature and online guidance will be available to the candidate while filling up the form. Please refer to APPENDIX-III for detailed guidelines on filling up the form.
Application form :
Filling up of fields will be interactive in nature. As soon as the cursor is taken to a certain field, a cursor tip MESSAGE will be shown to the candidate to assist in filling up. In case of difficulty, the HELP icon placed right next to the field will redirect the candidate to that section of the Brochure which deals with the filling up of the said field. Please note that the applicant’s name, father’s name, mother’s name, postal address and date of birth taken together must be unique for each application.

Image uploading :
All candidates are required to upload the following images:
** Recent Passport ize Photograph in Colour with both ears visible and front view only and own Signature.
** Documents have to be in black / blue ink only in jpg / jpeg format. The page size of document is to be in A4 format.

Application Fees Payment of PGETA

** The Application Fee shall be non-refundable in all cases.
** The candidate, on successfully uploading the PERSONAL DETAILS and DOCUMENTS; will be directed to the webpage containing process of payment of application fee as per the following options:

Payment through EPG:
The candidate has to click “Payment of fee using EPG services”, the system will automatically redirect to available payment gateway page, displayed at the website. As per the candidate’s convenience, he / she may select any of the options to pay the application fee through electronic payment gateway via debit card, credit card or net banking and follow the online instructions to complete the payment process. After successful payment, payment gateway will redirect the candidate to home page that will show the status of fee payment. Upon successful payment, the candidate will be able to print the final “Confirmation Page”.

Confirmation Page (A proof of REGISTRATION) :
The Confirmation Page is generated upon successful payment of Application Fee. Its generation means that the candidate has been successfully REGISTERED for PGETA 2024. The candidate may take a printout and preserve the confirmation page for future reference. There is no need to send any document to the Council by post. A print out of the Confirmation page will not provide admittance to the Test Centre to take the entrance Test. The candidate is required to print Admit Card when issued online as per the schedule.

Important Dates of PGETA

1 Availability of information in the public domain 2nd July
2 Start of Online form fill-up 3rd July
3 End of registration 23rd July (11:59 PM)
4 Image uploads allowed till 23rd July (11:59 PM)
5 Fee Payment allowed till 23rd July (11:59 PM)
6 Confirmation page printing available till 23rd July
7 Candidate Correction window 23rd July (11:59 PM)
8 Publication of Downloadable Admit Card 25th July
9 Date and Time of entrance Test 28th July (10:00AM-1:00PM)
10 Publication of Results 30th July

Detailed Notification Download here : https://www.entrance.net.in/uploads/pdf2024/22653-e.pdf