Exams, courses, colleges — make sense of all of it in one place.
Build a plan around the exam or course you are aiming for, explore the courses, colleges and universities connected to it, and see where your preparation already counts.
Pathway Plans — turn the exam or course you're aiming for into a plan your dashboard follows.
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Three steps to a clearer decision
Start your plan
Your stage and the exam you're preparing for — or a course you're considering. Takes about a minute, and it becomes your first plan.
See what connects to it
The courses that exam admits to, the colleges and campuses that offer them, and the other exams your preparation already covers.
Shortlist, then decide
Add the options you're weighing to your plan, keep notes, and mark it finalised when you've chosen. Your dashboard follows along.
Everything, connected
Pathway Plans
Turn the exam or course you're aiming for into a plan that holds the courses, colleges and campuses around it — from shortlisted to your final choice.
Learn more →Explorer
Browse exams, courses, universities, colleges and campuses — filter by degree, state or exam, and see how each one connects to the others.
Learn more →Exam Prep Match
See how much of the prep you're already doing also counts for other exams — subject by subject, with the shared and new topics named.
Learn more →Guides
Plain-language explainers for the confusing parts of Indian higher education — deemed universities, affiliation and more.
Learn more →Honest data & privacy
When we're not sure about something, we say so — we'd rather show you a gap than fake an answer. Your data stays private, and it's never for sale.
Learn more →Built for every stage
Class 11–12
UG entrances — JEE, NEET, CUET, CLAT, state CETs.
Diploma seeker
Polytechnic and after-Class-10 pathways.
Lateral entry
Diploma holders bridging into a degree.
PG aspirant
Postgraduate entrances and next steps.
Understand how universities and colleges really fit together
Plain-language, source-backed guides for the terms students and parents encounter while comparing institutions.
Autonomous vs affiliated college
Why a college can be both—and who normally awards the degree.
Read guide →What is a deemed-to-be university?
Understand the legal status without confusing it with a private college.
Read guide →Who awards your degree?
A practical check for colleges, universities and campuses.
Read guide →Questions
What is a pathway plan?
A plan starts from the exam you're preparing for or a course you're considering, and keeps the courses, colleges and campuses around it together with your notes. Your dashboard follows the plan in focus. You can keep up to five.
What can I explore?
Entrance exams, courses, universities, and colleges & campuses across India — each page shows how it connects to the others: which exams admit to a course, which institutions offer it, and who awards the degree.
Do I need a target exam?
No. You can start from a course you're considering instead, and we'll suggest exams that fit — we never make you pick one first.
How are Exam Prep Matches estimated?
We compare the syllabus details we've added for each exam, subject by subject. AI helped us structure those comparisons offline; simple, fixed rules decide the order you see. We won't always have every topic yet — treat matches as a guide and check the official syllabus.
Is this affiliated with any exam body?
No — Rukmai is independent. We're not affiliated with any exam body, and exam names belong to their own conducting organisations.
What about my privacy?
We only collect what recommendations need, we keep your login tokens out of places a script could read them, and we never send your personal data to the AI model. See our privacy note for the details.