Career guide · Health & Science
Subjects, entrance exams and your routes after Class 12
Delivering hands-on patient care, monitoring recovery, administering treatment and coordinating with doctors — in hospitals, communities and homes.
Written by Future Path counsellors. Facts checked against official sources on 5 October 2026.
How each stream keeps Nursing open, based on the official subject rules for the routes below.
Arts / Humanities
Needs different subjects
Commerce
Needs different subjects
Science (PCM)
Needs different subjects
Science (PCB)
Open
via Nursing degree
Many universities set their own subject rules, so always check the course you want. Not sure which stream suits your child? Read how to choose a stream after 10th or see every Class 11 subject option.
Nursing Professionals and Personal Care Aides are among the largest-growing jobs in absolute numbers to 2030.
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Routes into Nursing are open to students from Science (PCB). Choose the stream your child will do well and stay interested in; the routes below show the exact subject rules.
Indian Nursing Council rule for B.Sc (Nursing): Class 12 Science with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English.
The main routes are: Nursing degree (B.Sc. (Nursing)).
Depending on the route: Institution / state nursing entrance and NEET (UG) — used by some institutions for B.Sc (Hons) Nursing. Always check the latest official bulletin before you apply.
An established field. Nursing Professionals and Personal Care Aides are among the largest-growing jobs in absolute numbers to 2030.
Interest is a good start, but fit also depends on your strengths, how you like to work and what matters to you. Our assessment looks at all of these and your report shows which paths suit you, with a counsellor available to talk it through.
Rules and dates change every year. Always confirm with the latest official bulletin before applying.
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