Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Reputation and Rankings

Reputation and Rankings

Rankings of BITS, Pilani are given for all its campuses together.

• A 'Ranking of Indian engineering and technological institutes for their research performance during 1999–2008' was published in the journal Current Science. It analysed publication data from the SCOPUS database during 1999–2008 to come up with the rankings. BITS Pilani was ranked No. 4 in terms of mean citation rate (behind IISc Bangalore, IIT Kanpur and UICT Mumbai), No. 15 in terms of total number of papers published, No. 2 in share of papers resulting from international collaboration (behind IIT Kanpur), and No. 12 in terms of a complex performance index described in that journal article.
• A study by the Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) in 2008 revealed that BITS Pilani along with IISc and top 5 IITs accounted for 70%–75% of semiconductor research in India.
• According to Asiaweek magazine's rankings of Science and Technology schools in the Asia-Pacific region BITS Pilani, Pilani campus was in the top 20 in Asia and Top 5, in the year 2000 in terms of Student Selectivity. (UNESCO Science Report 2005 makes use of these rankings.)
• Annual rankings of Engineering colleges in India have been published by India Today magazine since 1997. BITS Pilani was consistently ranked in the Top 5 (1997–2004). BITS opted out of the rankings in 2005–2008 because of a pending court case between BITS and India Today. In 2009, the institute rejoined the rankings and was ranked 5th in the list of top engineering colleges in India in 2012 along with being ranked as the best privately run engineering college in India.
• Asiaweek and Financial Times ranked BITS Pilani's MBA program 30th best full-time MBA program in Asia and the 4th best Distance Learning MBA program in Asia in 2000.
• Business Today lists the university in its top 20 Wired Organisations of Asia.
• Government of India's National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) rated BITS as a five-star institution for the period ending 7 February 2007. BITS has scored 82.55 out of 100, higher than comparable public universities (with a five-star rating and a focus on science and technology) such as IIT Delhi (79.5), IIT Bombay (79.6), IIT Kanpur (81.2), Anna University (75.7), Bangalore University (77.05), Jadavpur University (77.35), Mumbai University (75.05), Pune University (78.55) and Roorkee University / IIT Roorkee (79.2).
• BITS Pilani (Pilani, Dubai, Goa and Hyderabad campus) has been accredited by NAAC with a CGPA of 3.71 out of 4 with an A grade for the period 1 April 2007 to 8 March 2009. This is the combined grading of all four campuses of BITS Pilani at Pilani, Dubai, Goa and Hyderabad, and valid for five years up to 2014.
• BITS Pilani (Pilani, Dubai, Goa and Hyderabad campus) was ranked as the 2nd best deemed university in India (after Indian Institute of Science) by the UGC. UGC is a statutory organisation set up by Indian government for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education.
• The Washington Accord recognises degrees from BITS Pilani and the IITs to be equivalent to the other institutions in the accord.
• Outlook – C fore survey has ranked the university's business program in the top 20 Business programs in India in 2005.