BITS Int’l Admissions 2026 Begin Dec 1; Check Details

• ISA 2026 applications: Dec 1, 2025 - Apr 6, 2026; SAT-based for foreign nationals.
• Eligibility: 75% in PCM/B, 60% individual; SAT ≥1,160 post-Feb 1, 2023.
• Iterations from Apr 24; vacant seats June-July; reporting July 23.

BITS​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ Pilani has released the International Student Admission (ISA) 2026 plan for those foreign nationals who want to study at its Pilani, Goa, and Hyderabad campuses. On December 1, 2025, applications start, and they are available until April 6, 2026, at bitsadmission.com. Admissions will be made only on the basis of SAT scores.

The overall minimum score required is 1160 out of 1600 for the combined sections of Reading, Writing, and Mathematics. Any SATs performed before February 1, 2023, will not be considered. The requirements for the non-Indian citizen applicants include completion of the 12th-grade or equivalent from a recognized board with the medium of instruction being English, and in addition to that, Physics must be a compulsory subject besides Mathematics or Biology along with Chemistry or Biotechnology or Technical Vocational Subjects.

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Students must score 75% in aggregate and 60% individually in these subjects. Register and make the changes via College Board before April 15, 2026. The main timeframes are the correction window (April 10-15, 2026), Iteration I results (April 24), up to Iteration VI (July 24), and reporting for the selected candidates (July 23).

The registration for the seats that remained vacant will be from June 3 to 19, 2026, and the last rounds will be in July. The process is to invite global talent for the BITS engineering, sciences, and management programs and thus, introduce diversity into a $10 billion Indian higher education market by ​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌2030.