Type Autonomous Director Prof..K.Mohan | Established 7 July 2011 Founded 7 July 2011 | |
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Academic staff 25 full-time, 16 visiting Location Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India Campus Suburban, 0.75 acres (0.30 ha) Urban, 1 acre (0.40 ha) Motto Earth is our boundary and Architecture is our Culture | ||
The Gitam School of Architecture, Visakhapatnam (GSA) is a higher education institute of Gitam University in Visakhapatnam, India, specializing education and research in the field of architecture.
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Campus & academics
Initially, the school was opened out in 2011. It as an eco-friendly campus with state-of-the-art facilities. Both Urban and Interior Architecture is taught there. The Institute conducts educational programmes leading to the degree of Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch.) :
Admission
Admissions to the under graduate programme is through the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) or NATA conducted by the Council of Architecture. Foreign nationals, non-resident Indians (NRIs) and persons of Indian origin (PIOs) candidates are eligible to apply and should have qualifications from the foreign boards/universities recognized as equivalent by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) to be shortlisted for further evaluations.
Facilities
The present campus has two non A.C. hostels which are in the campus. One is for boys, another for girls.
Library
Both GSA Library and Knowledge Resource Centre in GITAM holds knowledge resources predominantly related to Architecture. The entire library collection including the CD-ROM and online databases which are made available through the institute’s network. Users can access the online databases, Digital library and find out the real-time availability of library materials from their own computer terminals. The library offers a high range of information services set to the highest professional standards. The library resource includes over 300 books which are related to fields of architecture, 75 journals (25 foreign and 50 Indian) specific to the academic and research needs of the academic community and over 5000 selective e-journals in full-text.