The candidate sits in front of a computer and the questions are presented on the monitor and the candidate submits his answers through the use of key board or mouse.

The computer is connected to the server, which delivers the test, in real time through a reliable connectivity.

The online tests are conducted at centers pan India, Nepal and Dubai during May-July every year (in 2 sessions).

Candidate can choose the center, the date and time for the test, as per his/her convenience, while applying for the tests.

The advertisement calling for applications are normally released in December/January every year.

The score is made available to the candidate on the screen immediately after the test and thus is designed to be transparent.  Students can even take a printout of their scores next day of their test date from the website for any futher usage.

The test will have Physics, Chemistry, English Proficiency and Logical reasoning, and Mathematics/Biology parts and is of 3 hours duration.

All questions are of objective type (multiple choice questions) and based on current NCERT syllabus.

The test is so designed that it doesn't require the candidate to have any special computer skill.

A sample test will be made available to the registered candidates at the BITS admission Website on which he/she can practice as many times as desired during March-April every year.

In BITSAT, the questions are selected at random from a large question bank. Different candidates will get different question sets, but of same difficulty level and content.

BITSAT uses latest technologies for security and test delivery. The architecture uses high end servers, firewalls and latest softwares.