BITS Pilani- Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani  - Hyderabad campus is one of the premier technical and science institutes of higher learning in India. It was established by Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (Rajasthan) as one of its latest campuses in the year 2008 with the first batch graduating in the year 2012. BITS, Pilani is one of India’s top technical and science universities  established under Sec. 3 of the UGC act.  

The sprawling campus is built amidst lush greenery spreading over 200 acres of land at Jawahar Nagar, Shameerpet, Hyderabad. Surrounded by natural beauty, the campus is about 70 kilometers away from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad and 27 kilometers from Secunderabad railway station. The campus is easily accessible by road with a bus stop just outside the campus. Public transport (route# 212) runs every one hour from Secunderabad to the campus. The campus is in close proximity to many schools, medical facilities, and recreational centers.

The campus is built with state-of-the-art infrastructure without affecting the scenic beauty of the area. Modern laboratories, well-furnished classrooms, lecture theatre complexes, student activity center, auditorium, playground and modern ICT infrastructure, all come together to make BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus a well-equipped campus.

Around 750 bright minds are admitted every year into first degree, higher degree and doctoral programmes of the institute through a single entrance test conducted by BITS, Pilani. Being a campus of BITS, Pilani, Hyderabad campus follows the same curriculum, teaching methodologies and educational practices of its’ parent campus. BITS, Pilani, Hyderabad campus is fully residential, housing over 3200 students, around 170 faculty members and 160 technical and support staff. The teaching faculty brings with them extensive research, teaching and industry experience to offer comprehensive education to students. Currently around 65 research projects are ongoing in the campus, most of which are supported by prominent funding agencies from India and abroad.

Campus life is vibrant and stimulating. Student calendars are filled with a healthy mix of extracurricular activities through various clubs and departments. There is a culture of freedom coupled with a holistic environment for multidimensional growth of a student personality. Over the past few years, students have been placed at multinational companies, government organizations, and research institutes across the globe. The students of the campus are truly ready to become the innovators of tomorrow. 

Offered at the first tier, these degrees 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. They are considered to be integrated degrees for two reasons: (i)the degree program includes several cross disciplinary common coursessuch as basic math and science and, (ii) no intermediate degree, like, B.Sc., B.Sc. (Hons.), B.A., B.A. (Hons), etc. is awarded. These degrees are modular in structure and academic requirements are spelt out in terms of the number of courses studied rather than the number of years.


All our programmes are designed in a way to facilitate completion within eight semesters. Our flexible academic policy gives students the option to complete their degree both at a faster pace (finishing it earlier than 8 semesters) as well as at a slower pace to finish it in later than 8 semesters.

Research is an integral component in an institute of higher learning. It is well known that research is important to bring latest knowledge into the class room. The system of education at BITS provides for a large number of students at all levels of the educational programmes to get involved in research that exploits the multidisciplinary educational base emerging out of the broad-based integrated education in engineering, science and humanities. Strong emphasis is laid on interdisciplinary, mission-oriented and relevant research. BITS provides avenues for all faculty members to participate in research.  The Mission of the university is to foster creativity among students by engaging them in active research projects.  The Research and Consultancy Division assists and coordinates

1. Faculty members to obtain funding from national and international agencies by submitting research projects.

2. Promote collaborative research activities with industries.

3. Encourage participation of faculty in national and international conferences and forums and of repute; publication of research papers, monographs, etc.

4. Support new and innovative areas of relevant research leading to product or process development.

5. Promote establishment of industry sponsored research centers at BPHC.

6. Identify areas and create an environment for consultancy services to be taken up by different academic groups.

The Practice School, an important component of all degree programs of BITS, provides an opportunity to identify research problems relevant to industrial needs. The participation of students and the faculty members in research ensures a team effort towards problem solving activities.

The RCD nucleus members provide a broad range of services and resources, including assistance in finding funding opportunities, providing examples of successful proposals, grant writing and coordination for the development of large research proposals, assisting faculty in making cross-campus connections, communicating with officials at funding agencies, coordinating internal and seed grant awards, and coordinating research components of the  higher degree programs (ME and Ph. D) offered by all disciplines.  BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus provides regular students and working professionals an excellent opportunity to pursue their higher studies under the M.E, M. Pharm and Ph. D degree programs and also BITS offers attractive scholarships/partial tuition fee waiver schemes for deserving students. Research opportunity available to all students enrolled in Higher Degree programs at BPHC is under several identified thrust areas (see Table below) across disciplines institute-wide.