📢 BITSAT 2026 – Official-Style Notification (Dates, Eligibility, Syllabus, Pattern, Application, Counselling)
🏛 Exam Introduction
- Full Name: BITS Admission Test (BITSAT)
- Conducted by: BITS Pilani (Institution of Eminence)
- For: Admission to Integrated First Degree Programmes at BITS Pilani, BITS Goa, BITS Hyderabad
- Mode: Computer-Based Test (CBT), English medium
- Test Cities: Across India + Dubai International Center option
🔗 BITSAT First-Degree Admissions Page
📅 Important Dates (Tentative 2026)
- Session-1 Exam Window: Late May 2026 (2025: May 26–30)
- Session-2 Exam Window: Late June 2026 (2025: June 22–26)
- Two sessions: Appear once or both (higher score counts)
- Slots: 9:00–12:00 and 14:00–17:00 daily
- Admission form (with Class 12 marks + preferences): June 2026
🎓 Eligibility
- Class 12 (10+2) with 5 subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/Biology, English, +1 subject
- Marks: 75% aggregate in PCM/PCB & 60% in each subject (theory + practical)
- Not eligible: Students already at a BITS campus
- Direct admission: Board Toppers (State/Central boards rank-1)
🔗 Eligibility Page
🔗 Board Toppers Admission Scheme
📝 Application Process
- Register online at bitsadmission.com
- Choose Session-1 or Both Sessions
- Fill form (personal, academic, test city choices)
- Upload documents (photo, signature)
- Pay fee online (see below)
- Correction window available
- Allotment → Slot booking → Hall ticket download
- Test → Score on-screen immediately → Downloadable later
- Fill Admission Form (Class 12 marks + preferences) → Waitlist/Admit Iterations
💰 Application Fee (2025 reference)
- One Session: ₹3500 (Male), ₹3000 (Female/Transgender)
- Both Sessions: ₹5500 (Male), ₹4500 (Female/Transgender)
- Dubai Test Centre: Higher slab (see brochure)
🔗 BITSAT Brochure PDF
🧾 Exam Pattern & Marking
- Duration: 3 hours (no sectional limit)
- Total Questions: 130 MCQs
- Physics (30), Chemistry (30), English (10), Logical Reasoning (20), Maths/Biology (40)
- Bonus: 12 extra questions if all 130 attempted (3 each from Phy, Chem, Math/Bio, Reasoning)
- Marking: +3 correct, –1 wrong
- Negative marking present
📘 Syllabus
- Based on NCERT Class 11 & 12: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/Biology
- Extra: English Proficiency & Logical Reasoning
🔗 Syllabus in Brochure
🎫 City Intimation, Slot Booking & Hall Ticket
- Test centres announced post-application
- Two slots per day: Morning & Afternoon
- If you don’t book, system auto-allocates
🗝️ Score, Merit & Admissions
- Score shown instantly on-screen; scorecard downloadable later
- Higher of two sessions considered
- Merit List Tie-break: Maths/Bio → Physics → Chemistry → Class 12 marks → Female candidate → Earlier application
- Admission via Iterations (Admit + Waitlist rounds) in June–Aug
🧑🎓 Programmes & Campuses
- Campuses: BITS Pilani, BITS Goa, BITS Hyderabad
- Programs:
- B.E. (CSE, EEE, ECE, Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, etc.)
- B.Pharm
- M.Sc. (Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Interdisciplinary areas like Semiconductor, Environmental & Sustainability, Math & Computing)
🔗 BITS Admissions Hub
🎓 Scholarships
- ~25% students get Merit or Merit-cum-Need Scholarships (10%–100% tuition waiver)
📋 Exam-Day Guidelines
- Carry Hall Ticket + Valid ID
- No calculators/mobiles/log tables
- Rough sheets provided
- Test centres use biometric + CCTV monitoring
❓ FAQs
- Can I take BITSAT twice? → Yes, higher score counts
- Is there negative marking? → Yes, –1 for wrong answers
- Are Board Toppers exempt? → Yes, direct admission scheme
- Dubai Test Centre? → Yes, separate fee applies