BITSAT Considered to be the Most Competitive Engineering Exams in India

The BITSAT has now surpassed the IIT-JEE and is considered to be the most competitive of all National Engineering Entrance Exams in India.

This year an average of 54 students contested for a seat at the IIT-JEE 2012, while for BITSAT an average of 68 students will compete for a seat in this year's online test for admission into degree courses at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, which starts on May 10, 2012.

An approx. of 1.36 lakh students are expected to take the BITSAT 2012 for admission to a total of 2,000 seats at the institute's campuses in Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad. A total of 32 centers across the country are going to conduct the entrance exam between May 10 and June 9, 2012. On the other hand, a total of 5.2 lakh students took the IIT-JEE 2012on April 8 to be eligible for 9,600 seats in the 15 Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), the Indian Institute of Technology at Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU) and the Indian Institute of Mines, Dhanbad.

The VITEEE follows the IITs with 48 students competing for just one seat. It was conducted on April 21 for admission into Vellore Institute of Technology and about 1.5 lakh students across India took the test for admission to 3,100 seats.