Hi,

Yes, you can surely do a degree after diploma. There are many private colleges and universities who offers degree courses after diploma. Yes, you can but it depends upon which degree are you having in mind. For example, after doing engineering diploma, you can get into degree course into second year directly. But in an entrance based degree course having a diploma may be considered minimum eligibility and you have go through due process for the degree admission, like in case of management or architecture.

So basically, you will have to find the eligibility criteria for degree course to know if a diploma is of added benefit or it may help you get admission in degree course.

Various college offers a number of Lateral Entry programmes in which a student can take admission after diploma.

Below is the list of programmes for which colleges provide for Lateral entries-

• Engineering
• Management
• Design
• Computer Applications and IT
• Commerce
• Interior and Furniture Design
• Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Hotel Management and Tourism
• Product and Industrial Design
• Ayurveda Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Architecture
• Fashion Design
• Physiotherapy
• Medical Laboratory Sciences
• Physical Education

Hope this information will be helpful.

Good Luck.