Top Indian Colleges to Apply for Summer 2025 Admissions

1. Introduction

• Importance of the summer admission cycle in India.

• Overview of streams: UG, PG, professional, and vocational.

• Tips on application deadlines, entrance tests, and online portals.

2. Undergraduate Colleges (Science, Commerce, Arts)

Best for CBSE/ISC/State Board Class 12 pass-outs

• University of Delhi (DU) – via CUET

• Ashoka University – liberal arts focus

• Loyola College, Chennai – top for commerce & science

• Christ University, Bangalore – all-round UG education

• St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai/Kolkata – legacy brand

➡️ Tip: Include CUET prep resources or official CUET website

3. Engineering & Technology Colleges

For BTech, BE, and Integrated Programs

• IITs / NITs / IIITs – JEE Main & Advanced

• BITS Pilani / Goa / Hyderabad – BITSAT

• VIT, SRM, Manipal, Shiv Nadar – own entrance tests

• IIIT-Hyderabad – UGEE/SAT/JEE channel
  ➡️ Include JEE prep portals or link to NTA JEE Main

4. Medical & Allied Health Sciences

For MBBS, BDS, Nursing, Physiotherapy, etc.

• AIIMS, New Delhi – NEET UG

• CMC Vellore / JIPMER / BHU IMS – via NEET

• Manipal College of Health Professions

• KMC Manipal / MAHE
  ➡️ Add NEET resources and link to NEET UG portal

5. Design, Fashion & Architecture Colleges

For creative & professional programs

• NIFT, NID, UID, Pearl Academy – design & fashion

• CEPT University / Srishti Manipal – design, architecture

• SPA Delhi / JJ College of Architecture – via NATA/JEE Paper 2
  ➡️ Link to NID admissions, NATA info

6. Business, Economics & Hotel Management

For BBA, BBM, Hotel Mgmt, Economics, Hospitality

• NMIMS, Mumbai / Anil Surendra Modi School – NPAT

• Christ University BBA / BCom – own entrance

• ISBF (affiliated with LSE) – UG Economics

• WGSHA, Manipal / IHM Pusa / IHM Bangalore – hotel management via NCHM JEE
  ➡️ Link to NCHM JEE site

7. Law Colleges

5-year integrated law programs

• NLSIU, Bangalore / NALSAR, Hyderabad / NUJS – via CLAT

• Jindal Global Law School – own entrance + LSAT India
  ➡️ Add CLAT Consortium

8. Mass Communication & Media Colleges

• IIMC (for PG programs)

• Symbiosis Institute of Media & Comm (SIMC)

• XIC Mumbai / Manipal School of Comm

• FTII Pune / SRFTI Kolkata – film/media focus

➡️ Include internship tips or media entrance coaching links.

9. Study Abroad Options (Still Open for Fall 2025)

• UK (UCAS), Australia (IDP partner colleges), Canada (through SDS process)

• Add note about IELTS, SOP, scholarships
  ➡️ Link to DAAD for Germany, UCAS UK

10. Vocational & Skill-Based Education

• NSDC-approved courses

• TISS vocational programs

• IGNOU summer intake
  ➡️ Link to Skill India