The Birla Institute of Technology & Science, also known as BITS, Pilani was established in 1964. It has 4 campuses across the globe- Pilani, BITS Goa, BITS Hyderabad and BITS Goa. The institute focusses primarily on undergraduate engineering, science and management courses. It is undoubtedly one of the best private engineering institute and stands among the top Engineering and B-schools of India.

BITS scheduled BITSAT, its annual entrance exam, from May 14-28, 2016 for admissions into integrated first degree Engineering Courses this year. Currently, admissions into various courses as per the BITSAT Merit List is going on for the new academic year. First three rounds of counselling for BITS are already completed and now candidates are now checking their luck with the recent announcement of the fourth cut off, BITSAT fourth iteration.

Along with its brilliant courses, BITS also gives a number of scholarship options to all the students. Following are the Scholarships and Concessions that students can avail during the course of their programme.

Board Toppers

Students who have secured the top three positions in their 10+2 board exams in their respective boards (General Secondary Education Certificate Exam of Ministry of Education, UAE or CBSE-India or any other State, National or International Board), can avail merit scholarships of 100%, 75% and 50% of the first semester tuition fee respectively for the first semester.

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Merit in Qualifying Exam

• Merit scholarship of 20% of the first semester tuition fee will be awarded to students who obtain 90% or above as aggregate in their qualifying exam
• Students who scored between 80-90% as aggregate in their qualifying exam, will be awarded a merit scholarship of 15% of the first semester tuition fee

Merit in BITSAT

• Students scoring 200 or more in BITSAT are eligible to apply for scholarship of first year. The specification is given in the below table:

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* The above scholarship is applicable for first year only and subsequently; the students will be eligible for the merit scholarship of the institute as mentioned below in Continuing Students section.

Hostel Fee Concession

Students who score 150 or above in BITSAT can avail a concession of 25% ON THE Hostel Fee for the complete duration of course.

Merit in Competitive Exams

Students who appeared for AIEEE/IIT-JEE and want to take admission in the engineering programme, can avail a scholarship of 25-75% in the first year tuition fee. This depends on how much they score.

Sports Excellence

• Students who have won medals in international championships can avail a scholarship of 50% in the first semester tuition fee. For the students who have participated in international championships, can avail a scholarship of 15% in the first semester tuition fee.
• Students who won medals in national championships can avail a scholarship of 20% in the first semester tuition fee. For the students who have participated in national level championships, can avail a scholarship of 5% in the first semester tuition fee.

For students whose score a CGPA of 9.00 or above at the end of the semester, on a scale of 10.00, can avail a scholarship of 20% of tuition fee for the current semester for the normal duration of the programme.

• For GCC/Arab Nationals

Students who fall under the GCC/Arab Nationals category, can avail a scholarship between 50-100% on the tuition fee, based on their performance in the qualifying exam and continuance of certain minimum performance during the course. Students may please take note that these scholarships will be given to specific no. of students under each scholarship category.

• For sudden bereavement of earning member of the family

The institute can waive off a student’s complete tuition fee for one semester, if the student faces financial hardships due to the sudden and untimely demise of the sole earning member of their family in that semester. A scholarship of up to 75% can be offered in the subsequent semesters, on a case to case basis, depending on means and need and the overall performance/ discipline of the student.

• For physically challenged students

All physically challenged students satisfying the conditions laid out are given a 15% concession on the tuition fee throughout the programme subject to satisfactory academic performance in each semester.

• For Sibling

For families that have more than one child enrolled concurrently, a concession of 25% on the tuition fee is offered to the second child until the first child graduates.

Notes:

• Students are requested to pay their specified fee at the time of Admission and any amount awarded as scholarship will be adjusted in the subsequent fee payment.
• At any given time, a student can avail more than one scholarship/ concession on tuition fee unless otherwise mentioned, provided the total scholarship/ concession amount does not exceed more than 50% of the tuition fee amount of that semester including all or any scholarship/concession availed by the student.
• A student can avail hostel fee concession under one category only.
• The institute hold the final authority in all matters of scholarships and concessions at BITS, Pilani. The institute has the right to discontinue the scholarship/concession at any time in case the student is found guilty in any disciplinary case.
• While Scholarship based on "Merit in Qualifying Examination" will be given automatically based on the Grade 12 / B.E. marks of the student, application for scholarship under all other categories must be submitted within one month from the date of registration to the Admissions Office. Any application received after one month will not be considered.

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