Doctoral Programmes

Any Higher Degree of BITS or its equivalent.
Any applicant with qualification equivalent to Integrated first degree of BITS will be first examined for suitability to one of the higher degree programmes of the Institute.
Shortlisted candidates will be called for a written test/interview for selections. Selected candidates will be given financial assistance in the form of either a fellowship of any government agency or of the Institute, project or teaching assistantship, full/partial tuition waiver or a combination of these.
Employed professionals working in Industries and R&D Organizations having long experience and proven competence aspiring for Ph.D. programme will be considered under the 'Ph.D. Aspirants' scheme and will be allowed to pursue their research at their own locations of work. Candidates holding any of the BITS degree or working in an organization collaborating with BITS will be considered under this scheme.

Application Procedure :

Interested and eligible students should apply through the prescribed application form available online and take the printout of the filled form. The completed form along with the prescribed fee in the form of demand draft should be sent to Admissions Officer, BITS, Pilani. so as to reach before 5.00 PM on 30th May 2008.

Schedule of Fees (for students who will be admitted in the year 2008-09):

All fees are to be paid in advance. Only caution deposit and mess advance is refundable after adjustment of dues at the time of withdrawal from the Institute. This applies to prospective candidates who are seeking admission as well as ongoing students of the Institute.

A. Fees payable at BITS, Pilani- Pilani Campus.

Instructions for Payment:

(1) The above are for a normal situation. Wherever a student's programme gets modified or his progress is delayed beyond the maximum permissible, such a student is advised to consult the appropriate authority before registration.
(2) All students admitted earlier than July, 2007 will continue to be governed by the same schedule of fees as before. However it should be clear that they will have to pay along with the new students the same amount of fees for students' union fee, students' aid fund and mess & electricity advance.
(3) The fees and other charges are payable in advance in each semester/term on the notified dates before registration. No withdrawal from a course or courses will entitle a student for refund of fees.
(4) Students who go for Practice School II will be charged semester fees and the summer term fees because the practice school is longer than a semester and extends it to summer.
(5) Casual students will pay fees prescribed for regular students.
(6) Institute caution deposits are refundable only at the time of withdrawal from the Institute.
(7) If there are dues outstanding from a student, his grades will be withheld.
(8) Students who accumulate mess arrears would be required to pay a prescribed additional advance at the time of next registration.
(9) Payments can be made by demand drafts drawn in favour of Birla Institute of Technology & Science on UCO Bank, Vidya Vihar, Pilani/State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, Pilani. Cheques will not be accepted.
(10) Refunds, if any, will be made through crossed cheques/Bank drafts.