Inside the world's most exclusive university, where the acceptance rate is just 1.5%

Ivy League universities are notoriously hard to get into, but compared to the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), they might as well be open to everyone.Located in Pilani, India, the flagship BITS campus boasts an acceptance rate of just 1.47%, according to 2012 data, which makes it the most exclusive universityin the world.Here's what it's all about.SEE ALSO:The 24 best universities in the worldBITS Pilani first opened in 1964 when the Birla Colleges of Humanities, Commerce, Engineering, Pharmacy and Science were merged to form the national university it is today.Out of the more than 180,000 people that apply to BITS Pilani each year to be first-year undergrads ' primarily in engineering and the sciences ' only around 2,600 people get accepted.Source: Business StandardThe private university routinely ranks as one of the top schools in India and the premier one for engineering. In 2017, it placed third in Career360's ranking of Indian universities.Source: Careers360See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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