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Law

CLAT

Five-year integrated law at the National Law Universities.

Any streamReading-comprehension heavyNo maths beyond Class 10 Moderate prep · ≈ 670 h

Engineering

JEE Advanced

The second stage on the way to the IITs. Only students who place near the top of JEE Main are invited to sit it, so everyone in the room is already well prepared.

PCM required2 attempts onlyNeeds JEE Main first Year-round prep · 4,933 h

Commerce

CA Foundation

Entry to chartered accountancy · three attempts a year.

Any streamAccounts favours CommerceUnlimited attempts Moderate prep · ≈ 580 h

Design

NIFT Entrance

National Institute of Fashion Technology · aptitude, creative ability, interview.

Any streamPortfolio roundSituation test Light prep · ≈ 250 h

Engineering

MHT-CET (PCM group)

Maharashtra state engineering and pharmacy admissions.

Maharashtra domicile favouredClass 11 + 12 syllabusNo negative marking Moderate prep · ≈ 400 h

Engineering

BITSAT

BITS Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad · computer-based · two sessions.

PCM + English75% in Class 12No category quota Moderate prep · ≈ 530 h

Commerce

CUET UG

One test for central university admissions — DU, BHU, JNU and 250 more.

Any streamPick your own subjectsDomain + general Year-round prep · 1,185 h

Management

IPMAT (IIM Indore)

Five-year integrated management programme, straight after Class 12.

Any streamMaths section is heavyAptitude + interview Moderate prep · ≈ 510 h

Engineering

JEE Main

The national engineering paper — NITs, IIITs, and the gate to JEE Advanced.

PCM requiredTwo sessions a yearBest of both counted Year-round prep · 2,371 h

Design

NATA

Architecture aptitude — drawing, reasoning and maths.

Maths compulsoryUp to 3 attempts a yearDrawing tested Light prep · ≈ 210 h

Defence

NDA (Written + SSB)

Union Public Service Commission · twice a year · pen and paper.

Maths needed for Air Force / NavyAge 16.5–19.5Unmarried Moderate prep · ≈ 560 h

Medical

NEET UG

The single gate to every MBBS, BDS and AYUSH seat in India.

Biology compulsoryPen and paperNo attempt limit Year-round prep · 1,958 h

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.

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.

Media

IPU CET (BJMC)

The journalism paper of a university-level entrance — one of the few dedicated media entrances open straight from school.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.