Pre University Course

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Pre University Course, popularly known as PUC is an intermediate course of duration two years conducted by state education boards in India.A person desiring admission to any Indian university must pass this course. The course can be considered a bridge course to prepare students for university education. The admission to this course is based on marks obtained in SSLC or standard 10. Indian education system follows 10+2+3( 4 or 5) pattern, ie; number of years required for one to obtain a Bachelor's Degree. This pre-university course ( PUC ) is also known as PDC ( Pre Degree Course ), + 2 or Intermediate course. The state of Karnataka conducts PUC board examinations in PUC II for university admissions.

Students desiring to study professional courses in Karnataka must pass this exam in science stream and also qualify in Common Entrance Test conducted by CET cell of government of Karnataka. This is required to get admission ( merit seats ) in colleges offering professional courses like medicine,engineering,dentistry,nursing and pharmacy .

The colleges offering pre university course are known as PU College or Junior college in India.

[edit] Courses after PUC

Students from Science stream

• Nursing
• DPharma or BPharma Pharmacy
• Agricultural Science
• Bsc ( Pure science )
• Engineering
• Medicine
  

Students from Commerce stream

• Bcom
• B.B.M

After graduation in commerce

• • MBA
  • Chartered Accountancy ( C.A )
  • Cost Accountancy ( ICWAI )
  • Company secretary ( CS )

Students from Arts stream

• B.A
• Fashion design
• TCH or Diploma in Education ( DEd )
• Apparel Manufacturing

After graduating in Arts

• • Bachelor in Law ( LLB )
  • Bachelor of Education ( B.Ed )

[edit] Links to Internet sites

• Karnataka education
• CET Karnataka
• Education research
• Karnataka Pre University Board