• How much study do I want to do?
• What level of academic study am I comfortable with?
• How far am I prepared to travel for the course that I want?
• Where will I study?

Once you have a fair idea of the kind of training or education you want, the next step is to consider
where you will get it. There are two main options in the undergraduate system in India: universities and
private colleges. Each has different strengths and emphasis.

UNIVERSITY
Universities offer a wide range of courses in different disciplines. The courses tend to have a scholarly
approach.the basic unit of the university is the Bachelors degree followed by the masters degree.
You may start as an undergraduate student and the degree will normally take three to five years to
complete. Courses vary from the more generalist degrees such as BA, B.Sc., and BCom to more
specific degrees like BE Barch, MBBS, BBA, BCA, BLib, BA LLB or BHM.

PRIVATE COLLEGES
There has been a tremendous growth in the number of private institutions over the past few 
years any of them offer courses with built – in training in areas such as hospitality, fashion, 
business and computers. You may have to pay through your nose for several areas which are just 
not covered by the university.