The Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani is a National level Institute for higher education. The primary motive of BITS is to "train young men and women who are eager for creating new ideas and put into action such ideas, methods, techniques and information". Its graduates are found throughout the world in all areas of engineering & science. BITS is located in the town of Pilani in Rajasthan. Three new campuses in Goa, Dubai and Hyderabad are operational under this parent University. The admission to this Institute is done through a Nation-wide test conducted by the Institute itself known as Birla Institute of Technology Scholastic Aptitude Test (BITSAT).
Total number of seats (approx.)- 1600
The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are a group of higher education engineering Institutes in India. Comprising twenty autonomous Institutes, they are located in one each major state/territory of India. On their inception decades ago, all NITs were referred to as Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) and were governed by their respective state governments. These Institutes of National Importance are at par with the Indian Institutes of Technology.
NITs were founded to promote regional diversity and multi-cultural understanding in India. Therefore, in the NITs, half of the student population in each batch is drawn from the respective state of the NIT and the other half is drawn from the rest of India on the basis of a national merit list. The admission to these Institutes is done through a nation-wide entrance test known as joint entrance examination. (JEE MAIN)
Total number of seats(approx.) - 20,000
