As you requires I am here giving you syllabus for Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) for admission in PG Architecture (AR) Specialization course.

OJEE Exam pattern for PG Course :
2 hours duration
90 questions as:
30 questions will be common to all branches of PGAT candidates.
(a) 20 Engineering Mathematics
(b) 10 Analytical and Logical Reasoning.
60 questions will of Branch specialization.

Syllabus for Architecture (AR) Specialization:
City planning: Evolution of cities; principles of city planning; types of cities & new towns; planning
regulations and building byelaws; eco-city concept; sustainable development.

Housing:
Concept of housing; neighbourhood concept; site planning principles; housing typology;
housing standards; housing infrastructure; housing policies, finance and management; housing programs
in India; self help housing.

Landscape Design:
Principles of landscape design and site planning; history of landscape styles;
landscape elements and materials; plant characteristics & planting design; environmental
considerations in landscape planning.

Computer Aided Design:
Application of computers in architecture and planning; understanding
elements of hardware and software; computer graphics; programming languages – C and Visual Basic
and usage of packages such as AutoCAD, 3D-Studio, 3D Max.

Environmental Studies in Building Science:
Components of Ecosystem; ecological principles
concerning environment; climate responsive design; energy efficient building design; thermal comfort; solar
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architecture; principles of lighting and styles for illumination; basic principles of architectural acoustics;
environment pollution, their control & abatement.

Visual and Urban Design:
Principles of visual composition; proportion, scale, rhythm, symmetry, harmony,
datum, balance, form, colour, texture; sense of place and space, division of space; barrier free design; focal
point, vista, image ability, visual survey, figure-background relationship.

History of Architecture:
Indian – Indus valley, Vedic, Buddhist, Indo-Aryan, Dravidian and
Mughal
periods; European – Egyptian, Greek, Roman, medieval and renaissance periods- construction and
architectural styles; vernacular and traditional architecture.

Development of Contemporary Architecture:
rchitectural developments and impacts on society
since industrial revolution; influence of modern art on architecture; works of national and international
architects; art novuea, eclecticism, international styles, post modernism, deconstruction in architecture.

Building Services:
Water supply, sewerage and drainage systems; sanitary fittings and fixtures; plumbing
systems, principles of internal & external drainage systems, principles of electrification of buildings,
intelligent buildings; elevators & escalators, their standards and uses; air-conditioning systems; fire fighting
systems, building safety and security systems.

Building Construction and Management:
Building construction techniques, methods and details;
building systems and prefabrication of building elements; principles of modular coordination;
estimation, specification, valuation, professional practice; project management techniques e.g., PERT,
CPM etc;

Materials and Structural Systems:
Behavioural characteristics of all types of building
materials e.g. mud, timber, bamboo, brick, concrete, steel, glass, FRP, different polymers,
composites; principles of strength of materials; design of structural elements in wood, steel and RCC;
elastic and limit state design; complex structural systems; principles of pre-stressing; tall buildings;
principles of disaster resistant structures.

Planning Theory:
Regional planning; settlement system planning; history of human settlements; growth
of cities & metropolises; principles of Ekistics; rural-urban migration; urban conservation; urban renewal;
Five-year plan; structural and sectoral plan.

Techniques of Planning:
Planning survey techniques; preparation of urban and regional structure plans,
development plans, action plans; site planning principles and design; statistical methods of data