It is one of the Institutes of National Importance of MoE India along with IITs, NITs and AIIMS.

In 2014, Lok Sabha passed a bill to make all the three SPAs "centres of excellence" on the pattern of IITs and IIMs.

[2] Admissions to the under-graduate programme is through the JEE (B.Arch) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), India.

[4] The institute conducts educational programmes leading to the degree of Bachelor of Architecture (B.

[6] The campus has courts and fields for sports activities like Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Football and Cricket.