List of Entrance Exams After 12th UP Board: Check Eligibility, Dates, and Scope Here

With UP Board 12th Result 2024 coming soon, students awaiting their results are wondering about various courses they can pursue after their class 12 results. However, irrespective of your stream, you have to appear for entrance exams to get admitted to the undergraduate course of your choice.

Depending on whether you wish to pursue engineering, medicine, law, design, or any other field, you can appear for exams like JEE, NEET, CLAT, NID DAT, etc. The application forms for some exams have already been released whereas they will be out for others soon. You must check your eligibility, marks requirements, and scope of an exam before applying for it. This article will help you get all this information in one place so that you can decide and plan accordingly.

For all major exams, the minimum eligibility is passing class 12 with the required minimum marks in its compulsory subjects. Those awaiting their results are eligible to apply and appear for the exam. However, the final admission will be subject to the marks obtained in your UP Board 12th Result 2024. You may check the stream-wise entrance exams and important details for each exam in the article below.

Entrance Exams after 12th Stream-Wise

The table below contains the complete list of entrance exams for each stream as well as their registration dates:

(Note: The registration dates mentioned in the table above are for 2024 admissions. For some exams, registrations have already concluded last year and the next cycle will be for 2025 admissions)

JEE Main and JEE Advanced

NTA conducts JEE Main and JEE Advanced for students who aspire to take admission in B.Tech and B.Arch courses in the prestigious IITs, NITs, GFTIs, and other top engineering colleges. You need to first appear for JEE Main, only the top 2.5 lakh candidates who qualify JEE Main will sit for JEE Advanced.

Eligibility:

• Students must have passed class 12 or an equivalent qualifying exam in 2022, or 2023, with a minimum of 75% marks for General/EWS/OBC, and 65% for SC/ST.
• Candidates who are appearing for class 12 exams in 2024.
• No age limit is defined for JEE Main or Advanced.
• Candidates must have studied Maths and Physics as compulsory subjects.

Exam Dates:

• JEE Main Session 1 - January 24, 27, 29, 30, 31, and February 1, 2024
• JEE Main Session 2 - April 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 2024 (B.Tech), April 12, 2024 (B.Arch/B.Plan)
• JEE Advanced - May 26, 2024

Eligible students can fill out JEE Advanced 2024 Registration forms online at jeeadv.ac.in.

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BITSAT

BITSAT is conducted by Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) for admission to integrated first-degree BE, B.Pharm, and M.Sc programmes at its Pilani, Goa, and Hyderabad campuses. The exam is conducted in CBT (online) mode.

Eligibility:

• For Admission to Programmes except B.Pharm - Candidates must have passed class 12 from a recognized board with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics subjects.
• For Admission to B.Pharm - Candidates must have passed class 12 from a recognized board with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology subjects. However, candidates with PCM can also apply for Pharmacy.

Exam Dates:

• Session I - May 19 to May 24, 2024
• Session II - June 22 to June 26, 2024

To appear for the exam, you need to fill out BITSAT 2024 Application Form on the official website bitsadmission.com.

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NEET

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET UG) is an entrance exam conducted by NTA for admission to MBBS and BDS courses in government and private medical colleges across India. The exam is conducted as a pen-paper test on OMR sheets for 3 hours and 20 minutes.

Eligibility:

• Candidate must be 17 years of age at the time of admission or will be completing 17 years on or before December 31 of the same year of his/her admission to the first year.
• There is no upper age limit to appear for NEET UG exam.
• Candidates must have passed or are appearing for class 12 exams with Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and English as the main subjects.
• Candidates who have passed class 12 from open school or as private candidates are not eligible to appear for the exam.
• Candidates who had Biology or Biotechnology as optional subjects are also not eligible.

Exam Date: May 5, 2024

To appear for the exam, you must complete NEET UG 2024 Registration process on the official website neet.ntaonline.in.

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AILET

AILET (All India Law Entrance Test) is a national-level law entrance exam conducted by National Law University (NLU) Delhi for admission to B.A L.L.B (Hons.), L.L.M, and Ph.D. programmes. The exam is conducted in offline mode every year in December.

Eligibility:

• Candidates must have passed class 12 from a recognized institute with a minimum of 45% (40% for SC/ST/PwD) marks.
• Candidates appearing for their class 12 exams are also eligible for AILET.
• There is no minimum or maximum age limit to appear for AILET.

Exam Date: December 10, 2023 (For 2024 admissions)

You need to register by filling out AILET 2024 Application Form on the official website nationallawuniversitydelhi.in.

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CLAT

Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national-level entrance test conducted for admissions to 22 national law universities in India. CLAT scores are accepted in some private law colleges also. The exam is held in offline mode generally in December.

Eligibility:

• Candidates must have scored a minimum of 45% marks for General/OBC/PwD/NRI/PIO/OCI categories and 40% for SC/ST categories in class 12.
• Candidates appearing for their class 12 exams are also eligible.
• There is no upper age limit for CLAT.

Exam Date: December 3, 2023 (for 2024 Admissions)

You have to complete CLAT 2024 Registration Process in online mode on the official website consortiumofnlus.ac.in to appear for the exam.

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CUET UG

CUET UG (Common University Entrance Test) is conducted by NTA for admission to undergraduate courses in the participating Central and State Universities in India. Most of the premier universities including Delhi University now consider CUET scores for UG admissions. The exam is conducted in a hybrid mode (both pen paper and CBT mode).

Eligibility:

• Candidates must have passed or are appearing for class 12 exams to be eligible for CUET UG.
• There is no age limit for CUET UG, however, candidates should check the age requirements of specific universities or colleges to which they are applying.

Exam Dates: May 15 to May 31, 2024

Candidates need to complete CUET UG Application Process on the official website exams.nta.ac.in/CUET-UG to sit for the exam.

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To know about more exams in detail, you can check our website collegedunia.com. You will get all the information for a particular exam and college on our website.