More doors, in brief

What else is there beyond doctor, engineer and CA? Far more than most families think. A few names recur: NEET-UG is the national medical entrance test, CUET-UG is a common test for central universities, and the ICAR quota is a national share of farm-college seats.

Health and care

• DentistryBDS, 5 years
• NursingB.Sc Nursing, 4 years
• PharmacyB.Pharm, 4 years
• Physiotherapy and allied healthBPT, 4.5 years; lab, radiography, optometry
• AYUSHBAMS, BHMS, BUMS, BSMS, 5.5 years
• Nutrition and dieteticsB.Sc (Hons) Food and Nutrition, or Home Science

Food, farming and animals

• Veterinary scienceB.V.Sc, 5.5 years
• Food technologyB.Tech, 4 years
• AgricultureB.Sc (Hons) Agriculture, 4 years
• Dairy, fisheries, forestryB.Tech Dairy, B.F.Sc, B.Sc Forestry or Horticulture

Commerce, computing and skills

• Computer applicationsBCA, 3 years
• CommerceB.Com (Hons), 3 or 4 years
• Skill degreesB.Voc, 3 years

Media, arts and languages

• Performing artsBPA; BA (Hons) Music
• JournalismBA (Hons) Journalism; BA Mass Communication
• Foreign languagesBA (Hons) in a language, 4 years

Teaching, society and sport

• TeachingITEP: BA, B.Sc or B.Com with B.Ed, 4 years
• Social workBSW; BA (Hons) Social Work
• SportB.P.Ed, 4 years

Hospitality and travel

• Hotel managementB.Sc Hospitality, 3 years
• Culinary artsBBA Culinary Arts, 3 years
• Tourism and aviationBBA Tourism; BBA Aviation Management