Notes and sources

Figures marked official come from the institution or exam body; portal figures come from education websites.

Each raised number in the text links here. Figures marked official come from the institution or exam body; portal figures come from education websites.

CHAPTER 3: HOW TO JUDGE A DEGREE

1. NIRF 2025, IIT Bombay data; MNIT Jaipur, NIRF 2026 engineering data
2. Amity University Rajasthan, NIRF 2025 engineering data
3. IMS, CLAT seats; NLSIU, NIRF 2026 data; NIRF 2025, NALSAR data

CHAPTER 5: ENGINEERING, MEDICINE AND CA

1. NTA, JEE Main public notices; Shiksha, JEE Main 2026 result statistics
2. JEE Advanced 2026 result press release
3. IIT Bombay, new entrants fee structure 2026; IIT Bombay, hostel fees 2025-26; IIT Delhi, UG fee structure 2025-26
4. MNIT Jaipur, UG fees 2025-26
5. BITS Pilani, fee details
6. AICTE data on B.Tech seats 2024-25, as reported
7. NTA press release, NEET UG 2026 re-exam result; Wikipedia, 2026 NEET controversy
8. AIIMS New Delhi, Academic Rules and Procedures (MBBS fees)
9. AIIMS New Delhi, hostel accommodation fees
10. Careers360, Rajasthan NEET UG 2025 allotment and college fees
11. MAHE, 2026-27 general fees
12. Careers360, NEET UG 2025 result statistics
13. Medical Dialogues, NMC seat matrix 2026-27
14. AIIMS New Delhi, NIRF 2026 medical data; PIB, Ministry of Health, 24 July 2026
15. ICAI, CA courses; Careers360, CA Final thrice a year
16. Careers360, CA Foundation registrations; TaxGuru, CA results 2025
17. ICAI, CA Final January 2026 result; Free Press Journal, CA Final May 2026 result
18. Taxscan, ICAI campus placement

CHAPTER 6: DESIGN

1. UCEED 2026 question paper structure, official
2. UCEED 2026, official
3. NID B.Des Handbook 2026-27; Collegedunia
4. PW Live NIFT pattern; Collegedunia NIFT; Careers360 Situation Test
5. UCEED 2026; NID B.Des admissions handbook 2026- 27; Careers360, NIFT seat matrix
6. Careers360 IIT Bombay design placement
7. PW Live NID placements

CHAPTER 7: ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING

1. Kaarwan COA registration guide
2. Collegedunia SPA Delhi placement; CollegeDekho B.Plan
3. NATA 2026 brochure; nata.in; Silica NATA guide
4. Collegedunia JEE Main B.Arch pattern
5. Neram AAT 2026; Neram JoSAA guide
6. Architecture Live, B.Arch admissions from CoA data; SPA Delhi and MNIT Jaipur, NIRF architecture data; NIRF 2025, NIT Calicut architecture data
7. ArchiEase architect salary 2026
8. Careers360 JEE Main eligibility

CHAPTER 8: FINE AND APPLIED ARTS

1. MSU Art History department
2. College of Art Delhi admission policy 2026-27, official
3. Collegedunia BHU BFA
4. CET Cell MAH-AAC syllabus, official
5. MSU Fine Arts brochure, official; Careers360 MSU
6. Careers360 MSU BVA Applied Arts

CHAPTER 9: ANIMATION, FILM AND MEDIA

1. WWI B.Des Animation, official; WWI B.Des Game Design, official
2. SRFTI prospectus 2026, official
3. Collegedunia NID AFD
4. AnimationXpress on animation; AnimationXpress on VFX; EY newsroom, March 2026
5. Outlook Respawn on studio internships; upGrad game designer salary

CHAPTER 10: CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY

1. IIIT Delhi CSD; IIIT Delhi placement statistics
2. Collegedunia MAHE B.Des CAC; Careers360 Srishti CAC; Shiksha Srishti B.Voc
3. CMU tuition 2026-27; Academic Approach on CMU testing
4. Careers360 Plaksha 2026

CHAPTER 11: SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

1. SciAstra on IAT 2026; Shiksha IISER 2026
2. nestexam.in, official; Collegedunia NEST pattern
3. ISI admissions, official; College Simplified ISI; Collegedunia ISI test
4. Cracku IISc BS 2026
5. SciAstra IISER fees
6. upGrad data scientist salary

CHAPTER 12: DATA AND COMPUTING WITHOUT A B.TECH

1. IIT Madras BS admissions, official
2. IIT Madras BS academics, official
3. Careers360 IIT BSc data-science programmes

CHAPTER 13: LAW

1. Hitbullseye CLAT 2026; Toprankers CLAT
2. Collegedunia AILET; PW Live NLU Delhi
3. Collegedunia on JGLS fees 2026; SLS Pune admissions, official
4. Careers360 NLU fees; LawPrep NLU Jodhpur fees
5. Bar and Bench on NLSIU 2025; Bar and Bench on NALSAR 2025; Bar and Bench on NLUJ 2025

CHAPTER 14: MANAGEMENT

1. Careers360 IPMAT 2026; Careers360 IIM Ranchi IPM 2026
2. Career Launcher IIM Rohtak; Careers360 IIM Bodh Gaya JIPMAT 2026; Collegedunia IPMAT
3. Phodu Club IIM Indore fees; Hitbullseye IIM IPM fees; Career Launcher IIM Rohtak
4. Collegedunia SSCBS BMS; DU Academic Council Appendix-100, official
5. CollegeDekho NMIMS BBA
6. Ace IPM, IIM IPM seats; SSCBS, NIRF 2025 data
7. iQuanta on IIM Indore placements 2025; Career Launcher IIM Rohtak

CHAPTER 15: HUMANITIES, PSYCHOLOGY AND ECONOMICS

1. TISS BA admissions
2. Adda247 CUET pattern 2026
3. Mumbai Pune Portal on St Xavier's fees; Collegedunia Sophia; HR College fee structure 2025-26, official; Stanza Living Mumbai
4. Collegedunia Presidency BA; Collegedunia Loyola BA Economics; Collegedunia Fergusson; Careers360 HCU integrated MA Economics; Collegedunia BHU BA Social Sciences; Collegedunia Jamia Psychology; TISS BA admissions; NIRF 2025 college ranking
5. MSE BA 2025 brochure, official; GIPE admission process 2025; Collegedunia SSE
6. Collegedunia Ashoka fees 2026-27; Ashoka financial aid, official; Ashoka Career Report 2024-25, official
7. Krea fee structure, official
8. AISHE 2022-23 report
9. Collegedunia Hindu College; Collegedunia Miranda House; Collegedunia Hansraj
10. NIRF 2025, Miranda House data; NIRF 2025, Lady Shri Ram College data
11. Indian Masterminds on UPSC 2025 top 20
12. Power Within Psychology on RCI standards

CHAPTER 16: PROFESSIONAL CAREERS

1. Institute of Actuaries of India on ACET, official; Collegedunia ACET
2. Careers360 CSEET
3. Careers360 NDA eligibility; PW Live NDA vacancies
4. Merchant Navy Decoded IMU CET; Merchant Navy Decoded BSc Nautical Science
5. Golden Epaulettes pilot training cost
6. Careers360, NCHM JEE seats; Testbook, UPSC NDA 2026 notification

CHAPTER 17: MORE DOORS, IN BRIEF

1. Indian Nursing Council, eligibility; Careers360, AIIMS B.Sc Nursing seats; Careers360, AIIMS NORCET 2025
2. Jamia Hamdard prospectus; NIRF 2025, Jamia Hamdard pharmacy data; BITS Pilani, fee details
3. Shiksha, NEET for physiotherapy from 2027-28
4. Careers360, BDS seats in India; Collegedunia, MAIDS fees
5. PIB, AYUSH colleges and seats
6. Collegedunia, Lady Irwin College fees
7. News on AIR, ICAR quota through CUET; JET 2026 guidelines, SKRAU Bikaner; NIRF 2025, PAU Ludhiana data; Adda247, IBPS AFO 2026
8. NIFTEM Kundli, admission; Careers360, NIFTEM Thanjavur fees; ICAR UG counselling brochure 2025
9. VCI seat matrix 2026-27; GADVASU, UG fee structure
10. NCHM JEE 2026 brochure; WGSHA Manipal, programmes
11. Indian Culinary Institute, BBA Culinary Arts; IITTM, BBA admission bulletin 2025; RGNAU, BBA admission 2026
12. Careers360, LSR fee structure; SCMC Pune, fee structure; IIMC prospectus 2025-26
13. BHU, UG admissions 2025; Kalakshetra, admission
14. Career Launcher, EFLU admission
15. Careers360, NCTE approves more ITEP institutes
16. TISS, BA programmes; Jamia Millia Islamia, BA (Hons) Social Work
17. LNIPE Gwalior, B.P.Ed information
18. SRCC, NIRF 2025 data
19. UGC, B.Voc guidelines

CHAPTER 18: STUDY ABROAD

1. DAAD India bachelor studies; Expatrio blocked account
2. RISD cost of attendance; ArtCenter cost of attendance; CalArts cost of attendance; MICA cost of attendance; SAIC undergraduate budget; CCA tuition schedule; SCAD undergraduate tuition; Cooper Union tuition; CMU tuition; Cornell bursar
3. UAL undergraduate fees; UAL Foundation Diploma; UAL foundation scholarship
4. Politecnico di Milano fees
5. NTU tuition 2026
6. Business Standard, Indian students going abroad
7. ICEF Monitor, April 2026; Yale OISS on duration of status
8. ICEF, October 2025; ICEF, July 2026
9. Amherst international applicants; Oriel Admissions list; Williams international aid; Cornell international aid FAQ

CHAPTER 19: THE EXAMS AND THE 2027-28 CALENDAR

1. Careers360
2. PW Live
3. Careers360; Toprankers
4. NID B.Des Handbook 2026-27
5. Careers360; PW Live
6. Collegedunia
7. nata.in
8. NATA brochure
9. NTA notices; Careers360
10. Collegedunia; Neram AAT
11. Careers360
12. Toprankers
13. Collegedunia
14. Toprankers; Collegedunia
15. Careers360; Collegedunia
16. Careers360
17. Collegedunia
18. SciAstra
19. SciAstra
20. nestexam.in
21. ISI; Collegedunia
22. CMI
23. College Simplified
24. IITM
25. College Board dates; College Board fees
26. Collegedunia
27. Merchant Navy Decoded
28. CAclubindia
29. Collegedunia ACET
30. Careers360 CBSE FAQ
31. Careers360 CBSE second board result; CBSE notification on two Class X exams

CHAPTER 20: PAYING FOR IT

1. Study-Abroad.org India cost guide 2026
2. Buddy4Study CSSS; Buddy4Study Pragati; SchemesInIndia MUSC; CBSE single girl child scheme
3. Reliance Foundation UG scholarship
4. NCGTC CGFEL FAQ
5. PM-Vidyalaxmi guidelines
6. SBI education loan rates; GyanDhan SBI Scholar Loan 2026
7. ClearTax Section 80E
8. BRDS online course; TopCoachingInDelhi BRDS; Collegedunia DQ Labs; Collegedunia Mosaic
9. Neram Classes Jaipur
10. ShikshaCoach CLAT Jaipur
11. Collegedunia Allen Jaipur fees
12. Apple India iPad Pro; Apple India Pencil Pro; Adobe India education

CHAPTER 21: AI AND THE FUTURE OF THESE CAREERS

1. Stanford Canaries, August 2026
2. WEF press release; BEDA on WEF 2025
3. Brookings summary; SSRN paper

CHAPTER 22: YOUR TWO-YEAR PLAN

1. Academic Approach on CMU; College Board international dates
2. Ivy100 Common App deadlines; UCAS dates
3. Design India Collective