Schools of Planning and Architecture

Schools of Planning and Architecture
योजना तथा वास्तुकला विद्यालय,
Other name
SPA or SPAs (plural)
TypePublic
Institutes of National Importance
Established1941; 83 years ago (1941)
(later came under the SPA Act 2014)
Location
3 cities in India
Delhi
Bhopal
Vijayawada
LanguageEnglish
Schools of Planning and Architecture is located in India
New Delhi
New Delhi
Bhopal
Bhopal
Vijayawada
Vijayawada
Location of the SPAs

The Schools of Planning and Architecture (SPAs) are centrally funded technical institutes located across India. They are a group of autonomous public institutes of higher education under Ministry of Education, Government of India. They were established with the objectives of providing quality Architecture and physical planning education. The SPAs primarily offer undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and executive education programmes.

Each SPA is autonomous and exercises independent control over its day-to-day operations. However, the administration of all SPAs and the overall strategy of SPAs is overseen by the SPA council. The SPA Council is headed by India's Minister of Human Resource Development and consists of the chairpersons and directors of all SPAs and senior officials from the MHRD.