School of Planning & Architecture: Vijayawada vs Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

Both colleges accept JEE Main scores through the JoSAA and CSAB counselling processes. In JoSAA round 6 of 2025, SPAV's General closing rank for Architecture was 566 and for Planning was 825. In the same round, MANITB's General closing rank for Architecture was 967 and for Planning was 2,659.

In CSAB round 2 of 2026, SPAV's General closing rank for Architecture was 522. MANITB's General closing ranks in the same round were 1,109 for Architecture and 938 for Planning. Check these ranks against your own score before you apply.

SPAV is not accredited by NAAC, and its UGC recognition status is listed as unknown. MANITB is also not accredited by NAAC, and its approval status is listed as unknown.

MANITB is ranked 81 in the NIRF 2025 engineering category and holds a Think Grads Rating of 4.6 out of 5 across 4 of 6 rating factors. SPAV has no NIRF rank or Think Grads Rating listed here, so check its official approval documents before you decide.

SPAV has two programmes, Architecture and Planning, in the architecture and engineering streams. MANITB offers fourteen programmes in the architecture and engineering streams. Both colleges list their programme streams in their profiles, so you can see the subject mix of each before you apply.

SPAV suits students who want a focused two-programme college with Architecture and Planning and whose JEE Main rank is near the JoSAA round 6 closing ranks of 566 for Architecture and 825 for Planning. It also suits students who are interested in Architecture and Planning and want a college with a narrower programme list.

MANITB suits students who want a wider range of fourteen programmes across architecture and engineering streams and whose JEE Main rank is near the round 6 closing ranks of 967 for Architecture and 2,659 for Planning. It suits students who want engineering branches such as Computer Science and Engineering alongside architecture and planning.