School of Environment and Architecture, [SEA] Mumbai Admission 2024: Check Admission Details

Midhun Hari

School of Environment and Architecture also known as SEA, located in the city of Mumbai has laid its foundations by scholarly architects, educationists, and specialists from various fields related to architecture. The institute has strived to bring up expert industry professionals to educate students and provide pre-eminent.

School of Environment and Architecture Table of Contents

• SEA, Mumbai Admission Overview
• SEA, Mumbai Application Process
• SEA, Mumbai Application Form
• School of Environment and Architecture B.Arch Admission Process
• Entrance Exam Required for SEA, Mumbai Admission
• Tips for Successful Admission
• School of Environment and Architecture Admission Helpline

SEA, Mumbai Admission Overview 2024

School of Environment and Architecture was founded in the year 2014 by late Ar. Arvind Adarkar including other faculty members namely Neera Adarkar, Ravindra Punde, and Prasad Shetty. With SEA set upon demands of professional education and academic proficiency in the vast field of architecture, The college has extracted experts to provide the best resource to its students. Because of the recent establishment of the college, It only offers a bachelor's degree program to its students and in coming years will expand resourcefully. 

Highlights of Admission Dates for the Academic year 2021

The admission to a five-year degree for this college at Borivali is approved by the Council of Architecture, with affiliation to the University of Mumbai. Hence all admission to this college is conducted via the centralized admission process (CAP) of the Maharashtra state government. The following table highlights the important admission updates for the year 2020-2021.

Why Apply at School of Environment and Architecture, Mumbai? 

SEA, Mumbai is set up by expert architects and educationists in the field of Architecture. The college is perceived with an excellent focus on giving students qualitative, academic as well as practical knowledge. Located at Borivali, SEA is a joint initiative by The Society of Environment and Architecture (TSEA) and Suvidya Prasarak Sangh (SPS), Contemplating on the design aspects of the environment and giving a detailed study on the same, SEA strives to aim the following from their newly initiated college for prospective students of Architecture.

• To forge students' capacity in developing architectural solutions in critical orientation and sensitive socio-economic context.
• Fostering students by self-led research and implementing the same in real life.
• To be able to perceive the relevant challenges emerging from the geographic, cultural, political, and technological aspects.
• To connect with societal processes and engage with environmental issues and find apt solutions, developing the same through students' design.

SEA, Mumbai Application Process 2024

Prospective candidates can apply for the UG program at SEA, Mumbai by registering with the Directorate of Technical Education/ State CET cell for a Centralized Admission Procedure (CAP). The Council of Architecture recognizes admission through DTE for students aspiring to a career in Architecture and hence qualifying students who have given NATA, JEE, or MH-CET ARCH. Candidates must clear NATA/ JEE as per COA norms and must clear MH-CET ARCH as per DTE norms. The admission to the college is done by CAP rounds for the students. Students get allotted to the desired colleges based on various factors like merit list rankings, location, category of student, and confirmation of seat. SEA has no management quota and all 40 seats are surrendered to the government hence students can only get admitted via CAP rounds.

How to Apply at the School of Environment and Architecture in Mumbai? 

Aspiring candidates can register for the MH-CET centralized admission process on the official website of the DTE, Maharashtra. Eligible candidates are then allotted seats to the colleges all over Maharashtra based on choices of colleges while filling the form, If a seat is not confirmed by the student or the seat was not allotted, then students are eligible for round 2. Round 2 will have a merit list again allocating students to colleges based on their merit ranks. All candidates must register online for admission and upload required documents online. No Offline submission of application form is available. Once the candidate confirms the application form at eSC, they cannot edit/ alter the data provided in the application form. After submitting the form online, it is verified by the eSC (E-Scrutiny Centre). If no error is found by the eSC then the application is confirmed and the candidate will receive a receipt cum acknowledgement in their login portal. 

SEA, Mumbai Application Form 2024

The application form for the Centralized Admission Process for the 5 years B.Arch course is available on www.mahacet.org under the B.Architecture tab. Candidates are required to apply online as per the scheduled dates. Candidates must register online by providing email ID, mobile number, and other required data. Candidates should note down the application number for future login. A notification of the registration including the application number will be sent to the registered email ID. Candidates can login to complete the application form later, provided they submit the application form on or before the due date. Follow the table for the application fee of admission to the B.Arch course.

The application fee is non-refundable. Any applications which are registered after 29-12-2020 shall not be considered for CAP Seats. Such students are enlisted for Non-CAP seats. Similarly, applications confirmed by eSC after 30-12-2020 shall be treated as Non-CAP seats only.  Following is a step by step procedure for admission to the 5-year B.Arch UG program at School of Environment and Architecture, Mumbai.

• Register for MH CET-CAP online at cetcell.mahacet.org
• Note down the application number for future login to your profile
• An acknowledgment mail will be received where the application number and password will be displayed
• Login using the application number and password
• Fill the application form with accurate data
• Upload the required document, in the mentioned size only
• Once the form is completed pay the registration fees via Credit Card/ Debit Card/ Net Banking/ Online Transactional means.
• Fees once paid are not refundable. (No offline mode of payment is permitted)

School of Environment and Architecture B.Arch Admission Process 2024 

Candidates who wish to pursue a B.Arch course can also give MH CET-ARCH, applicable only for candidates from Maharashtra state. Since NATA scores are recognized throughout all Institutes offering Architecture Undergraduate courses conducted by the COA itself, it is the most preferred entrance exam for architecture anywhere in India. 

SEA, Mumbai B.Arch Eligibility Criteria

The entrance exam applicable for the admission of B.Arch degree is: National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA), conducted by the NIASA (National Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture) which is a part of COA. This aptitude test is a national level examination conducted for the admission to UG program related to Architecture. Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) Paper-II is conducted by NTA (National Testing Agency) for aspirants aiming to make a career in B.Planning and B.Architecture offered by a nationally reputed institute.

SEA, Mumbai Seat Availability

The intake for the School of Environment and Architecture is 40. All seats under the SEA institute are submitted to the government, meaning there is no management quota for admission at SEA, Mumbai. Seats are allotted as per the Maharashtra state common entrance test norms. The percentage of seat allocation for various types of candidates in the Home university will be as per Schedule I and for direct Second-year admission would be as per Schedule II. These schedule rules can be obtained at the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MHCET) website, under the general rules tab. Following is the list of seats allotted to candidates applying for the School of Environment and Architecture, Mumbai.

• Maharashtra State Candidature Seats
• All India Candidature Seats
• Minority Quota Seats
• Supernumerary Seats (A) NRI/ OCI/ PIO/ CIWGC. (B) J&K and Ladakh Migrants 
• Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme Seats (TFWSS) 

All the above-mentioned seats are allotted by the competent authority as per the norms and eligible candidateship. In any case of unconfirmed admission seats, then the seat can be allotted to another candidate as per inter-se merit. The tuition fee waiver scheme seat is only applicable for candidates from Maharashtra and if these seats are found vacant then the seat shall not be provided to any other category of prospect applicant. Scholarship plans are available for Jammu and Kashmir migrant candidates as per the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS). 

SEA, Mumbai Reservation Policy 

Reservations are only applicable for candidates belonging to Maharashtra State only, subjected to satisfy the eligibility criteria for the specified category. The reservation category under which seats are allotted is given below.

Reservation for Backward Class Category

Candidates applying for CAP who come under the Backward Class category have a percentage of reservation seats applicable only for Maharashtra candidates can claim the category to which they belong by submitting relevant documents. A candidate still requires to compete and secure higher marks in the reserved category merit list for higher chances of gaining a seat in their most preferred institute. The following gives an overview of the percentage-wise distribution of seats.

Reservation for Sons/ Daughters of Defence Service Personnel

Among the total seats for Maharashtra candidates provisioned under CAP 5% seats are reserved for the DEF category (1,2 & 3). Such provision is not valid for children of Civilian staff working/ worked in the Indian Defence Service. Eligible candidates falling under this category are:

• DEF 1- Children of Ex-Service personnel domiciled in Maharashtra State.
• DEF 2- Children of defense service personnel who are domiciled in Maharashtra State.
• DEF 3- Children of defense service personnel who are transferred to Maharashtra State.

Reservation for PwD Candidate

Allocation of 5% seats to Candidates with benchmark disability is provided. The eligible candidate needs to provide medical certification proving 40% benchmark disability of the candidate. Such seats are available for only those candidates domiciled to Maharashtra State. Candidates with disabilities shall not be given any additional facility in academic activities.

Reservation of EWS Candidate

Under the Government provisions dated 12-2-2019, 10% seats should be reserved for EWS and these seats should be calculated as additional seats, upon vacancy for such seats no inter-se or conversion of seats shall pertain. If the candidate fails to provide relevant documents to claim a seat in this category, such students shall be admitted via other categories under eligibility.

Reservation for Orphan Candidate

The CAP seats for orphan candidates shall reserve a total of 1% seat reservation category. These seats can be filled by Competent Authority viz CAP merits as per Government norms. Such policies of reservation are likely to change from time to time.

Reservation for Female Candidate

Female candidates under no other reservation category such as Defence, PwD, and orphan are permitted for a reservation of 30% by Government Resolution policy. 

SEA, Mumbai Selection Criteria 

Only the eligible candidates are selected for admission to the 5-year B.arch course offered at the School of Environment and Architecture via the centralized admission procedure. Candidates securing marks above the minimum cutoff are eligible for applying at SEA, Mumbai. The cutoff for this institute in Borivali, Mumbai are as follows: 

Based on the afore-mentioned cutoff candidates securing marks not less than 201 in the merit list for open category and 2131 for OBC and marks above 3420 for SC are readily allotted seats at the School of Environment and Architecture, Mumbai. The competent authority will select those candidates with the highest marks in the merit list applying to this college for CAP round1. After the admission of the candidates in Round1, all vacant seats are then allotted to students who appear for CAP round2. 

Entrance Exam required for SEA, Mumbai

Aspiring students can apply for the UG program by giving the NATA entrance exam. As NATA is a nationally recognized form of entrance exam weightage for NATA marks are considered on higher grounds compared to JEE Paper II while creating a merit list. NATA is an abbreviated format for the National Aptitude Test for Architecture which is conducted by the NIASA. NATA tests the aptitude of the applicants in the study field of drawings and observation skills, other technical aptitudes such as aesthetic sensitivity and sense of proportion which also involves critical thinking and general awareness of the architecture field. The entrance exam comprises two papers, testing drawing skills and aesthetic sensitivity tests. The purpose of conducting NATA was to provide a single scheme examination for students all over the nation to facilitate prospective students with a single entrance exam applicable for admissions in architecture seats spread across the country. 

Login/ Student Login-NATA 2024

Under the governance of directives ensuring public health concern due to Covid19 pandemic and maintaining the social distance axiom, the CoA decided to conduct both Parts of the exam online. To get a greater number of qualifying aspirants, NATA 2020 shall be conducted twice a year, thus giving more opportunity to students who missed out the first test for multiple reasons or for those students who wish to improve their NATA scores by reappearing. Both the exams shall be conducted online. Once the student is registered online for the NATA entrance exam they can login to their portal using their registered email id and password and fill in the required data for the exam.

Counseling for Admission to SEA, Mumbai

There is no common counseling conducted by the authorities of CoA for the B.Arch admission process. The candidates must apply individually to the participating institutes and admissions will be given based on the vacancies after CAP rounds. These seats which are provided in the Non-CAP rounds will be considered in the management quota. All the seats for SEA, Mumbai have produced for CAP based admission. Hence, there is no management quota for admission to the School of Environment and Architecture. Even so, candidates are allowed for counseling with the college director after CAP round 2 in the provision of vacant seats. 

Tips for a Successful Admission Process

A student can follow the tips given below for higher chances of admission to the School of Environment and Architecture.

• Score higher marks in NATA, if the score for NATA is comparatively less then opt for the second exam of NATA for improving NATA scores. Remember in case of students opting for a second exam the marks from the second NATA exam would be considered.
• There is no negative marking scheme so prepare thoroughly for PCM questions.
• Focusing on developing cognitive skills would be an added advantage for students as this section contains the majority of marks.
• Solve previous year's question papers as much as possible for understanding the pattern of questions that appear in the exam.
• Try scoring maximum marks in PART B of the exam which is of PCM MCQ where your marks are assured.
• Take notes on the updated syllabus for NATA.
• Practice! Practice proportion and geometric puzzles as much as possible to recognize shapes and adapt perceptions based on shapes.
• Connect with fresher architects/ already admitted students of the college for better guidance in the entrance exam.
• As there is no answer key available for cognitive skills and it is completely judged on perceptions & technical skills portrayed by the candidate, look for options to get technical guidance in this field.

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