In this page you will find the following:

• What is planning?
• How does one become a planner in India?
• Planning: Important Dates and Deadlines
• Structure of the Question Papers & Syllabus

What is Planning?

Planning is a dynamic profession that works to improve the welfare of the people and their communities by creating more convenient, equitable, healthy, efficient, sustainable and attractive places for the present and future generations

How does one become a planner in India?

The Institute of Town Planners, India is charged with the responsibility to device and impose the means for testing the qualifications of candidates for admission to membership of the Institute by examination.

To pursue an undergraduate program in Planning (B.Plan) and a Post Graduate Program in Planning (M.Plan) there is one entrance exam that one may target.

1. JEE Mains (Paper 3): To get admission into School of Planning & Architecture (SPA) s and Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) and other Centrally Funded Universities providing B.Plan and M.Plan programmes.

Planning: Important Dates and Deadlines

Attempts	JEE Paper 3 (SPA’s, NIT’s etc)
Application Start Date (1st Test)	Tentatively September 2020
Application End Date (1st Test)	Tentatively September 2020
Application Start Date (2nd Test)	Tentatively February 2021
Application End Date (2nd Test)	Tentatively March 2021
Test Date: 1st Attempt	Tentatively January 2021
Declaration of 1st Attempt Result	Tentatively January 2021
Test Date: 2nd Attempt	Tentatively April 2021
Declaration of 2nd Attempt Result / Ranks	To Be Announced

Structure of the Question Papers & Syllabus:

JEE Paper 3 (B.Plan)

Exam Structure

JEE Paper 3 (B.Plan)
Sections	Questions	Marks
Mathematics-Part I	25	100
Aptitude Test-Part II	50	200
Planning Based Objective Type MCQs –Part III	25	100
Total	100	400

Syllabus

Part 1-Awareness of persons, places, Buildings, Materials, Objects, Texture related to Architecture and build environment. Visualising three dimensional objects from two dimensional drawings. Visualising different sides of three dimensional objects. Analytical Reasoning Mental Ability (Visual, Numerical and Verbal.

Part 2-Three dimensional - perception: Understanding and appreciation of scale and proportion of objects, building forms and elements, colour texture, harmony and contrast. Design and drawing of geometrical or abstract shapes and patterns in pencil. Transformation of forms both 2D and 3D union, subtraction, rotation, development of surfaces and volumes, Generation of Plan, elevations and 3D views of objects. Creating two dimensional and three dimensional compositions using given shapes and forms.

Sketching of scenes and activities from memory of urbanscape (public space, market, festivals, street scenes, monuments, recreational spaces etc.).landscape (river fronts, jungles, gardens, trees, plants etc.) and rural life.