Career guide · Technology & Engineering
Subjects, entrance exams and your routes after Class 12
Planning how cities and regions grow — land use, housing, transport, public spaces and services — using data, policy and design.
Written by Future Path counsellors. Facts checked against official sources on 5 October 2026.
How each stream keeps Urban & Regional Planning open, based on the official subject rules for the routes below.
Arts / Humanities
Open if you take Maths
via Planning degree
Commerce
Open if you take Maths
via Planning degree
Science (PCM)
Open
via Planning degree
Science (PCB)
Open if you take Maths
via Planning 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.
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Reliable published data on how this field is changing isn't available yet, so we'd rather say so than guess.
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Routes into Urban & Regional Planning are open to students from Science (PCM). Students from Arts / Humanities, Commerce and Science (PCB) can also qualify for some routes if they take Mathematics. Choose the stream your child will do well and stay interested in; the routes below show the exact subject rules.
For B.Planning seats through JEE (Main) Paper 2B in the NIT+ system: Mathematics plus four other subjects. Subject eligibility is set by each university for each programme; CUET lets students choose test subjects irrespective of their Class 12 subjects, but admission still depends on the university's own programme rules.
The main routes are: Planning degree (B.Planning); Arts / social science degree (BA).
Depending on the route: JEE (Main) Paper 2B — NIT-system B.Planning seats, CUET (UG) and University-specific admission. Always check the latest official bulletin before you apply.
Reliable published data on this isn't available yet, so we'd rather say so than guess.
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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