BITS Pilani
The Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani is an Indian institute of higher education and a deemed university under Section 3 of the UGC Act. The university has 15 academic departments, and focuses primarily on undergraduate education in engineering and the sciences. BITS has campuses in Pilani, Goa (BITS Pilani Goa Campus), Hyderabad (BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus), Dubai (BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus) and an extension center in Bangalore. Although the campuses are primarily autonomous, the same degrees are awarded at all campuses by the university. BITS was the first Indian educational institution to establish a campus abroad.The institute was established in its present form in 1964, with a vision of realising Jawaharlal Nehru’s project of nation-building and an emphasis on "science, technology and modernization". During this period, the institute's transformation from a regional engineering college to a national university was backed by G.D. Birla. Massachusetts Institute of Technology provided the technical assistance required by the change.BITS administers the all-India computerised competitive entrance examination, BITSAT (BITS Admission Test), the first of its kind in the country. Based on the number of applications received, 136,000 students were expected to take BITSAT-2012 for 4,000 seats at the institute (68 students per seat). Its acceptance rate was less than 2.94% in 2012, making it India's most selective university. Admission is merit-based, as assessed by the BITSAT examination. The fully residential institute is privately supported.