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≈ 20,000 B.Arch seats nationally · applicant count not sourced yet
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Sciences
CMI Entrance Examination
One paper for all of Chennai Mathematical Institute's four-year B.S. (Hons.) degrees — Mathematics, Mathematics and Computer Science, or Mathematics and Physics. The stated eligibility names no subject at all; the paper is mathematics from end to end.
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Sciences
IISER IAT
The aptitude test for the five-year BS-MS dual degree at the seven IISERs — the main research-first science door open straight out of Class 12. A rank in it also reaches the four-year BS (Research) programme at IISc.
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Media
IPU CET (BJMC)
The journalism paper of a university-level entrance — one of the few dedicated media entrances open straight from school.
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Sciences
ISI Admission Test
The written test for the Indian Statistical Institute's undergraduate degrees — B Stat (Hons) at Kolkata, B Math (Hons) at Bengaluru, and the new four-year B SDS (Hons) in statistical data science. Mathematics and English at Class 12 are what it asks for.
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Education
NCET
The entrance to the four-year integrated teacher education degree — a BA, BSc or BCom taken together with a BEd, straight from school.
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Hospitality
NCHM JEE
The national entrance to the three-year B.Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Administration at the Institutes of Hotel Management. Open to any stream; the eligibility names English as a subject rather than a science or a mathematics.
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Sciences
NEST
The common entrance for the five-year Integrated MSc at NISER Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CEBS Mumbai, both run by the Department of Atomic Energy. Research-oriented teaching in basic sciences, entered directly from school.
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Hospitality
Oberoi STEP
A three-year hotel operations traineeship entered straight from Class 12, selected by written assessment and interview. It charges no fee and pays an allowance, and it closes at twenty — the age limit is the reason it belongs on a site read at fifteen.
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Computing
SET (Symbiosis)
The undergraduate entrance for Symbiosis, and the door to the BCA at its computer studies institute in Pune. Its eligibility names no school subject at all — which makes it one of the few technology entrances a Commerce or Arts student can sit.
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Government Services
SSC CHSL
The Combined Higher Secondary Level examination — the main central government recruitment entered directly from Class 12, for clerical, assistant and data entry posts across ministries and departments.
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Government Services
SSC GD Constable
Recruitment of constables to the central armed police forces and Assam Rifles, taken after Class 10. A uniformed career entered without a degree, and the largest such door that is not the armed forces.
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Government Services
SSC MTS
The Multi-Tasking Staff examination, taken after Class 10 — one of the few doors on this site that opens before a stream has even been chosen, and among the largest central government recruitments by number of applicants.
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