ABOUT US

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) - Pilani is an all-India Institute for higher education whose primary motive has been to train young enthusiastic boys and girls in the best possible ways. From a small school to a deemed university given 5 star status by NAAC, BITS students can be found throughout the world in all areas of engineering, science and commerce. BITS has emerged into a symbol of mature Indian technical ability and entrepreneurial spirit.

FACTS

• Founded by late GD Birla
• Registered as a society under the Rajasthan Societies Registration Act, 1958, on May 13, 1964.
• On June 27, 1964, BITS was given the status of a Deemed University by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
• BITS is located in the Vidya Vihar campus adjacent to the town of Pilani in Rajasthan.
  

PROGRAMS OFFERED

INTEGRATED FIRST DEGREE PROGRAMMES

These degrees are offered at the first tier have nomenclature like B.E. (Hons.), B.Pharm. (Hons.), M.M.S (Master of Management Studies), M.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc. (Tech.), and M.A. (Hons.).

These are level wise equivalent degrees. These are called integrated degrees for two reasons:

(i) there are several common courses like basic math and science amongst these degrees, and
(ii) no intermediate degree, like, B.Sc., B.Sc. (Hons.), B.A., B.A. (Hons), etc. is awarded.

These degrees are based on a modular structure and their academic requirements are spelt out in respect of the number of courses rather than the number of years. All these programmes are structured in a way, such that, a student will be able to finish a programme in eight semesters. The flexibility of the Institute allows a student to do her/his programme at a faster pace and finish it earlier than 8 semesters or at a slower pace to finish it later than 8 semesters.

1. B.E.(Hons.): These programmes in engineering are mathematics and hard science based and incorporate many up-to-date techniques of analysis and synthesis.
   
2. B.Pharm. (Hons.):The Institute's B.Pharm.(Hons.) programme has been so structured that it not only meets the requirements of the Pharmacy Council of India but also has additional courses which give a shape and flavour of engineering as well as fundamental sciences to this programme.
   
3. M.M.S.(Master of Management Studies):This integrated first degree programme of the Institute, which is equivalent to what is traditionally known as M.B.A. in other universities, has in its foundation years the necessary mathematics, science, engineering science and several analysis and application oriented courses so that the management graduate has all the required engineering and science background with analytical skills.
   
4. M.Sc.(Hons.): These are integrated degree programmes without any intermediate B.Sc. degree. While these programmes ensure the required science component in any comparable postgraduate science degrees of other universities, they also incorporate many courses which have been notionally considered to be the preserves of engineers. The integrated nature of the programmes and their analytical and engineering science contents give them a professional character and enable students to participate usefully in industrial jobs. While a good 10+2 input may be able to complete these programmes in four years, any person coming from 10+2+3 system with a B.Sc. degree admitted on advanced standing basis will require two to three years to finish the programme. Almost all students who are admitted for these degrees also aspire and work for a second degree from B.E.(Hons.), M.M.S., B.Pharm. degrees under the dual degree scheme.
   
5. M.Sc.(Tech.): These programmes are multi-disciplinary, technological in character and are designed to meet the requirements of newly emerging professional activities. While these programmes are also science and technology based, their requirements of mathematics, science, applied science etc. will be different from B.E. (Hons.) and M.Sc. (Hons.). The areas which are currently incorporated in these degree programmes are Engineering Technology, Information Systems, Finance and General Studies.
   • The programme on Engineering Technology is planned to give to the students an exposure in all engineering disciplines and it emphasises on issues and methodologies in the operation of various technological units.
     
   • The programme on Information Systems gives among other things a good exposure to the students on computer software and software engineering techniques, both at the conceptual and application levels.
     
   • The Finance degree has been designed to meet the manpower needs due to the new thrust given to growth patterns in the economy. The courses planned for this programme are of such a nature that they fulfill the requirements of financial institutions as well as financial management needs of any industry. This programme is complementary to the M.Sc.(Hons.) Economics programme and the MMS programme.
     
   • The General Studies programme does not have any specific discipline objective. However, planning is made so that candidates admitted to this programme will be taking humanities courses as well as certain general science and technology courses. Students may also seek to acquire specific skills to meet varied career objectives through judicious use of electives and project oriented courses.
6. M.A. (Hons.): This is also an integrated degree programme without intermediate B.A. degree, similar to M.Sc. (Hons.) degrees of the institute. The objective of the M.A.(Hons.) English programme in a university dominantly meant for science and technology is to fill an important gap in the job market where there is an expressed need for graduates with degree in English who possess a facile ease in the literature of science and technology. In some sense the content and the structure of this programme attempts to breakdown the barriers between the traditional language/literature and science/technology.

All the Integrated First Degree programmes described above have a Practice School option which consists of two courses, Practice School I and Practice School II. A student goes to Practice School I of two months' duration during the summer following second year and to Practice School II of five and a half months' duration during the final year. The curriculum, through Practice School, finds a formal method of bringing the reality of professional environment into the educational process.