ADMISSIONS
OPEN 2025

  • Interior Environments Westminster Pathway
  • CoA Architecture Program
  • Jindal Adelaide Architecture Pathway
  • Built Environment Studies Jindal Pathway
  • Built Environment Studies Westminster Pathway
  • Interior Environments Jindal Pathway
  • Immersive Digital Environments Jindal Pathway

About JSAA

The Jindal School of Art and Architecture (JSAA) produces paradigmatic shifts in the way we MAKE, IMAGINE and MANAGE all Built Environments, ranging from the most intimate to the most public, from the analogue to the digital, from the real to the virtual.

JSAA is an academic environment that is creative, intellectually rigorous, making oriented, interdisciplinary, and innovative. It follows internationally accepted best practices of the academia supported by a globally acclaimed faculty. We foster interdisciplinary work that cuts across intellectual terrains and institutions worldwide allowing students and faculty to actively address the most pressing issues and problems facing our world today.

Programme Highlights

CoA Architecture Program

The CoA architecture program @JSAA is a five-year Council of Architecture (CoA) accredited academic program in architecture which prepares you for a career as a licensed architect in India.

In addition to the CoA program requirements, the program at the JSAA also uniquely allows you to choose one minor area of study. The minor areas of study are carefully designed to provide you with additional skill sets which no other program of architecture in the country provides. The result is that you emerge as an architect with a unique combination of abilities which can be applied across multiple industries and sectors.

Upon the successful completion of this program, you will be awarded a Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch) degree.

Key Coursework

  • Architectural Design and Making
  • Graphics and Basic Design
  • Architectural Obsessions
  • Light and Sound
  • Advanced Materials Atelier
  • Services Atelier
  • Structural Systems
  • Gender and Design
  • Past is Prologue
Jindal Adelaide Architecture Pathway

The Jindal Adelaide pathway @JSAA is the only internationally accredited Bachelor’s and Master’s program of Architecture in India today. Designed as a 3+1+2 year progression program between JSAA, JGU and the School of Architecture and Built Environment (SABE), the University of Adelaide, this program allows graduates to become a part of the global architectural workforce in over 35 countries worldwide, including, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand.

As part of this global program, you are taught a curricula that is designed by top academics from two top school of architecture and built environment in the world as well as getting to chance to be part of a design cohort that is spread across two international institutions with state of the art facilities, job and networking opportunities.

How this works
Undergrad level
3 years at JSAA +

JGU Build a solid foundation in design over three years @JSAA, mastering creative skills and innovative thinking about architecture.

1 year at School of Architecture and Built Environment, UoA +

Transfer to the UoA’s Bachelor of Architectural Design program in year four.

Upon successful completion you earn a Bachelor of Architectural Design from UoA and a Bachelor of Arts (hons) (Built Environment Studies) from JSAA.

Graduate level
2 years at UoA

Proceed to the two-year Graduate Program in Architecture at the UoA. Upon successful completion you earn an Internationally accredited professional master’s degree in architecture (M. Arch).

Key Coursework

  • Materials and Making (@JSAA)
  • Foundation Atelier (@JSAA)
  • The Sex of Design (@JSAA)
  • What is Research (@JSAA)
  • Architectural Obsessions (@JSAA)
  • Form and Structure Atelier (@JSAA)
  • Universal Design Guidelines (@JSAA)
  • Representation Lab (@JSAA)
  • Multi-Storey Technologies (Adelaide- ug)
  • Architectural Design Studio- Contexts and Cultures (Adelaide- ug)
  • Advanced Constructions (Adelaide- M. Arch)
  • Professional Practice (Adelaide M. Arch)
Built Environment Studies Jindal Pathway

The Built Environment Studies Jindal pathway @JSAA is a unique four-year Architectural Design program that prepares foundational architectural expertise, as well as skills to work in the construction and building industry in other substantive positions such as project managers, construction managers, quality control officers, waste management officers, green building consultants, energy consultants, MEP designers, landscape designers, material procurers etc.

Through courses in this program, you learn about the fundamental of design as well as about law, policy, environmental issues, building economics, technology, sustainability etc. all of which prepare you for joining the Built Environment Sector of the 21st century. Your “classrooms” are live cases and projects where you work with experts to learn how design, policy and law and go hand in hand to secure development that is just and equitable. You visit and intern in firms that work globally in areas of construction, design and development. You also avail of many exchange opportunities with similar programs in some of the top schools of design globally.

Upon the successful completion of this program, you will be awarded a Bachelor of Arts (hons) (Built Environment Studies) degree.

Key Coursework

  • Making and Materials (@JSAA)
  • Forensic Analysis (@JSAA)
  • Re-use, Re-duce and Re-cycle(@JSAA)
  • Project Management (@JSAA)
  • Structural Systems (@JSAA)
  • Advanced Materials Atelier (@JSAA)
  • Services Atelier (@JSAA)
  • Universal Design Guidelines (@JSAA)
  • Professional Practice and Contract development (@JSAA)
Built Environment Studies Westminster Pathway

The Built Environment Studies Westminster Pathway @JSAA is a unique five-year (3.5 +1.5) international academic program in architectural design at the UG level and a choice to study either, 1) Architecture and Environmental Design, or 2) Interior Architecture, or 3) Event Design and Management, or 4) Interactive Media Practices at the graduate level.

Designed for students who want to work in domains of the Built Environment such as game environment designers, Interior architects, event designers and managers, architectural journalists, community media managers, strategic design consultants, green building managers, the course present an unparalleled opportunity to take coursework at two leading creative institutions of India and UK.

How this works
Undergrad level
3 years at JSAA +

Build a solid foundation in design over three years @JSAA, mastering creative skills and innovative thinking about the Built Environment in general

0.5 years at UoW +

Spend half a year at the UoW, broadening your horizons and deciding which of the four master’s pathway you want to pursue in your fifth year at UoW. (see list in the Graduate section)

0.5 years at JSAA+

Upon successful completion you earn a Bachelor of Arts (hons) (Built Environment Studies) from JSAA.

Graduate level
1 year at UoW

Complete your journey with a one-year master’s at UoW by choosing from four specialized master’s programs to tailor your career.
1) MA Interactive Media Practice (IMP)
2) MA Event Design and Management (ED&M)
3) MA Interior Architecture (IA)
4) MSc Architecture and Environmental Design (A&ED)

Key Coursework

  • Universal Design Guidelines (@JSAA)
  • Materials and Making Atelier (@JSAA)
  • Forensic Analysis Atelier (@JSAA)
  • Environment and Ecology (@JSAA)
  • UX-UI Design (@JSAA)
  • Mobile Apps and Wearable (Westminster - IMP)
  • Decoding the interior (Westminster - IA)
  • Retail Spaces (Westminster - IA)
  • Event Strategy (Westminster - ED&M)
  • Event Concept and Design (Westminster - ED&M)
  • Post Carbon Culture (Westminster – A&ED)
  • Environmental Architecture (Westminster – A&ED)
  • Creative Programming for the Built Environment (@JSAA)
  • Hacklab and Creative Technology (Westminster - IMP)
Interior Environments Westminster Pathway

The Interior Environments Westminster Pathway @JSAA is a unique international five-year (3.5 +1.5) academic program in Interior Design at the UG level with a chance to combine either, 1) Architecture and Environmental Design, or 2) Interior Architecture, or 3) Event Design and Management, or 4) Interactive Media Practices at the graduate level.

Designed for students who want to work in areas such as digital retail design, digital real estate development, game environment designers, digital production designers, virtual exhibitions and museum designers; Interior architects, event designers and managers, interior journalists, community media managers, strategic media and design consultants, the course present an unparalleled opportunity to take coursework at two leading creative institutions of India and UK.

How this works
Undergrad level
3 years at JSAA +

Build a solid foundation in design over three years @JSAA, mastering creative skills and innovative thinking about the Built Environment in general

0.5 years at UoW +

Spend half a year at the UoW, broadening your horizons and deciding which of the four master’s pathway you want to pursue in your fifth year at UoW. (see list in the Graduate section)

0.5 years at JSAA+

Return to JSAA to complete your undergraduate degree, enriched by your global experiences.

Graduate level
1 year at UoW

Complete your journey with a one-year master’s at UoW by choosing from four specialized master’s programs to tailor your career.
1) MA Interactive Media Practice (IMP)
2) MA Event Design and Management (ED&M)
3) MA Interior Architecture (IA)
4) MSc Architecture and Environmental Design (A&ED)

Key Coursework

  • Interiors and Interiority (@JSAA)
  • The Sex of Design JSAA)
  • Forensic Analysis Atelier (@JSAA)
  • Environment and Ecology (@JSAA)
  • UX-UI Design (@JSAA)
  • Mobile Apps and Wearable (Westminster - IMP)
  • Decoding the interior (Westminster - IA)
  • Retail Spaces (Westminster - IA)
  • Event Strategy (Westminster - ED&M)
  • Event Concept and Design (Westminster - ED&M)
  • Post Carbon Culture (Westminster – A&ED)
  • Environmental Architecture (Westminster – A&ED)
  • Hacklab and Creative Technology (Westminster - IMP)
  • Creative Programming for the Built Environment (@JSAA)
Interior Environments Jindal Pathway

The four-year Interior Environments pathway @JSAA is a cutting-edge program in Interior Design and Architecture that will make you an industry-ready design professional who is critical, and entrepreneurial; is globally competitive, and locally embedded; is invested in making, and able to think on your feet; and exercises empathy and practices judiciously across diverse scales and media.

Situating itself within the terrain of complex practices of inhabitation through objects, materials, and memories, this program is suitable for students who want to work in the areas of Interior Design, Set and Production Design, Object Design, Appurtenances design, Museum and Event Design, Virtual Design, Retail Design, Design and Style Consultants, etc.

Upon the successful completion of this program, you will be awarded a Bachelor of Design (B. Des) degree.

Key Coursework

  • The Sex of Design (@JSAA)
  • Interiors & Interiority (@JSAA)
  • Objects & Material Culture (@JSAA)
  • Collections, Curations, Display, Museum(@JSAA)
  • Sourcing and Networks (@JSAA)
  • Objects and Equipment’s Atelier (@JSAA)
  • Re-pair, Re-use, and Re-duce Buildings (@JSAA)
  • Fabric and Furnishings (@JSAA)
  • Different Practices (@JSAA)
  • Colour and Texture Atelier (@JSAA)
  • Making and Materials (@JSAA)
Immersive Digital Environments Jindal Pathway

The Immersive Digital Environments Pathway @JSAA is the first-of-its-kind four-year undergraduate design program in India. Designed to train you develop immersive environments and craft impactful narratives using AR, VR, and MR technologies, this program will provide you expertise in advanced visual capture systems, hybrid virtual-physical immersion, and data-driven storytelling frameworks that enhance sensory engagement and support sense-making and placemaking.

Designed for students who want to work in areas spanning metaverse platforms, digital workplaces, robot-assisted surgeries, remote healthcare, gaming, films, smart city design, heritage preservation, and virtual tours, this program will help you redefine how we experience and shape the world today and in the future.

Upon the successful completion of this program, you will be awarded a Bachelor of Design (B. Des) degree.

Key Coursework

  • Logic and Programming (@JSAA)
  • Mathematics for Gaming and VR (@JSAA)
  • Character Building 2D and 3D (@JSAA)
  • Immersive Revolution (@JSAA)
  • Introduction to UX (@JSAA)
  • Introduction to Creative Programming (@JSAA)
  • World Building and Form & Structure Atelier (@JSAA)
  • Immersive Environments and Generative AI (@JSAA)
  • Introduction to IDE: Technologies and Applications (@JSAA)

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