360 degrees

Once a BITSian always a BITSian. One experience the feel of being a BITSian only by becoming a BITSian. The college management is open to all the students and helps the student body in all aspects, that makes all the fest and events on campus possible.

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The Academic Flexibility at BITS allows the students to pursue courses of their choice. Apart from the compulsory courses of respective branches students are allowed to opt for any available courses according to his/her convenience. The class hours are flexible and every student's timetable differs from the others. The electives are categorized as Disciplinary, Open and Humanities. Disciplinary electives includes the courses belonging to their branch which are not compulsory. Open includes the courses of other branches. Humanities concentrate on the bigger perspective of the world and psychology. Human Resource Development, International Relations and such courses.

The College provides internship twice. Once after second year and once in fourth year, the first internship will be the first exposure to the real world situations and the student gets to meet various types of people at their workplace. Stipend wouldn't be provided for this intern. This intern longs for two months. The second intern is not compulsory. The student may or may not wish to go for the intern. He/she may do a thesis on or off campus. This intern longs for four months and stipend is provided by the offering company.

Most of the students who take the intern in their fourth year gets Pre-Placement offers at the companies they take do their intern. ECE students can also appear for the CS placements and its an added advantage for the ECE students. Computer Science students usually get placed with packages around 25 lpa. Core students can also opt for an IT company and get placed. Students appear for GATE, GRE, CAT, Civil Services and mold their career accordingly.

Three major fests are held in the University (Names vary from Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad campuses). At Hyderabad campus, ATMOS, the techno management test happens in October, witnesses a footfall of 1500. ARENA, the sports meet is held in January-February witnesses a footfall of close to 2000. PEARL, the annual Cultural fest is held in March and witnesses a footfall around 2000. Apart from these there are more than 20 fests that are held by various clubs, associations and organizations in the University.

The total fee a student has to pay is divided into 8 semesters and two practice schools. The fee is affordable and there are good opportunities to secure an educational loan. The fee increases by a maximum of 15 percent per year. It will be around 1.25 lac including the hostel and mess fee.

The University provides scholarships to eligible students under two categories. Merit or Merit cum Need. The Merit scholarship is provided to students who excel and out stand in their academics. The Merit cum Need scholarship is provided to those students whose parents income is lower than the limit set by the University. The limit varies with time. Scholarships are provided as 80/40/25 percent fee waiver.

The gender ratio is not so good. It is around 6:1 boys:girls among students. There are numerous clubs, departments, associations, organizations to know and participate in 360 degrees. The admission into BITS is purely on merit and there are no quotas for any group and hence there exists harmony among the BITSians. BITSians compete among themselves during internal events and play together in outside events. Students Union elections occur at the beginning of the academic year in the month of August. The students union consist of President, General Secretary, Sports Secretary (Boys&Girls), Cultural Secretary (Boys&Girls), Student Mess Council and Hostel Representatives.

Every student of the University has to stay in the hostels provided. At Hyderabad each student is provided with an individual room. The rooms are well ventilated and electrified. Washrooms will be available at every corner of the floor. Each floor holds 80 rooms and four corners, each with seven bathrooms, seven toilets and five wash basins.

Alumini are the perfect examples for the student community at BITS. They are accessible to every BITSian. Senior-Junior interactions happen throughout the year as they work together during the Fests. Juniors and Seniors both depend on each other, improving their skills and correcting their faults.

The exam structure is well scheduled and never leaves a student with the feeling of hectic. Test one, Test two and Comprehensive examinations are the three series of tests conducted during the semester. For the labs, the tests are mid-semester test and the final test. During the four months of the semester, Test one is conducted after the first month, Test two a month later and the Comprehensive at the end.

Faculty are classified as Professors, Associate and Assistant Professors and Lecturers. The teaching skills might not depend on their position but their depth of knowledge on the subject and their capacity to clarify the students if their doubts and mistakes depends on their position.