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Ranked amongst the top 10 engineering colleges in India, choosing between BITS and IIT
can be a tough decision. The Birla Institute of Technology and Science, formerly known as BITS, was a profound institution established in 1964. Moreover, The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is another prestigious technical university which is known for its various Engineering programs. Both institutions offer high-end programs in science and technology, and engineering aspirants often need clarification about choosing the best one. In this blog, we have a detailed comparison between BITS vs IIT inspired by the popular video of Aman Dhattarwal.
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About Aman Dhattarwal
Aman Dhattarwal is a highly accomplished individual with a BTech degree in Information and Technology from the Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology. He is widely recognized as a public speaker, Youtuber, motivator, and educator. Through his popular YouTube channel ‘Apni Kaksha’, he passionately educates, motivates, and guides students on navigating the challenges they may encounter while pursuing higher education.
About BITS & IIT
Before deciding between BITS and IIT, you should read the given point about both BITS and IIT below.
- BITS is one of the best private colleges in India.
- More than 3 lakh students appear for the BITSAT examination.
- Aman states that the BITS entrance test level matches with the top 4-5 IITS.
- Aman suggests three types of students to prepare for the BITS entrance examination.
- The first type of students are those who have secured less than 95% in JEE Mains
- The second type of students are those who want the Computer Science branch but they are unable to secure a rank between 500-600 in IIT.
- The third type of student is those who have never studied for the JEE mains examinations.
- Also, Aman states that JEE Mains is for those students who have scored above 95% in the JEE Mains examination and is all set to rock in the JEE Advance examination.
Eligibility for the Entrance Exams
In order to get BITS you need to clear its entrance examination, i.e. BITSAT exam. To sit for the BITSAT exam, you are required to meet the following eligibility requirements.
- You should have at least 75% marks in the PCM.
- If you are going for Pharma, you need to secure 75% in PCB.
- Also, you need to secure 60% marks in the particular subject.
For the JEE Advance examination, the 12th percentage required for the JEE Advanced exam is 75% for General and OBC. While JEE Advanced eligibility 12th percentage for SC/ST candidates is 65%.
Now, let us move ahead and discuss what is the difference between the BITS examination and the JEE advance.
Difference Between BITS Examination and JEE Advance
If you clear the JEE advance examination, you get to enter into 23 different IITs. Whereas,l if you clear the BITS entrance exam, you will get only three campuses, Pilani, Goa, and Hyderabad. All these colleges of BITS hold 3000 seats. 3 lakh students fill out forms for a BITS entrance exam.
There is a reservation criteria in IIT, whereas there is no reservation BITS entrance exam. In JEE Advance, the fee is 10-12 lakhs, whereas the BITS entrance examination contains fees of 20-24 lakhs. However, Aman suggests here that you do not need to pay this much fee, instead, take a loan from the bank, and as these are reputed colleges you will the loan easily. Also, you will be able to pay out the loan easily as you will get good packages.
There are two exam shifts in the JEE Advance, whereas, there is only 1 paper in the BITS entrance exam. The examination level is hard in the JEE Advance, but the examination level in the BITS entrance exam is easy to moderate.
Aman Suggests here the BITS entrance exam for those students who have practiced well thier NCERT formulas. The students have practiced at least 10-12 mock tests of the BITSAT exam. In fact, if the student has prepared for the JEE Mains level examination and is now planning to appear for the BITS entrance examination, will score well according to Aman Dhattarwal.
On the other hand, Aman suggests the JEE Advance examination for those students who have scored above 95% in the JEE Mains examination and is all set to rock in the JEE Advance examination.
Cut Off List for BITS Campuses
Since many students ask about the cut-off list of the different campuses of BITS, so below we have curated the list of the cut-off list of the cut-off list of all the campuses.
| Particulars | Pilani | Hyderabad | Goa |
| C.S | 319.00 | 285 | 279.0 |
| Electronics & Communication | 280.00 | 259 | 253.0 |
| EE | 262.00 | 243 | 231.0 |
| Electronics & Instrumentation: | 249.00 | None | NaN |
| Mechanical | 222.00 | 222 | 220.0 |
| MSc Economics | 245.00 | 232 | 220.0 |
| MSc Mathematics | 222.00 | 196 | 205.0 |
| MSc Physics | 216.00 | 198 | 200.0 |
| BE Chemical | 198.00 | 197 | 169.0 |
| BE Civil | 176.00 | 157 | – |
Based on the above discussion, it can be concluded that both BITS and IIT are reputed colleges. However, to gain admission into any of these colleges, you need to clear their entrance examinations, i,.e. BITSAT and JEE Advance. To clear these entrance examinations you need a lot of strategy and preparation that you can read in the above blog.
In short BITS entrance exam is for those students who have practiced well thier NCERT formulas. The students should have practiced at least 10-12 mock tests of the BITSAT exam. In fact, if the student has prepared for the JEE Mains level examination and is now planning to appear for the BITS entrance examination.
On the other hand, the JEE Advance examination is for those students who have scored above 95% in the JEE Mains examination and is all set to rock in the JEE Advance examination.
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FAQs
Both IIT and BITS are reputed colleges, to gain admission into any of these colleges, you need to clear he entrance examination.
No, the difficulty level of BITS is easy to moderate as compared to IIT.
The rank of BITS Pilani is 25 whereas the rank of IIT is number 3.
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