The Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani), is a deemed university recognized as an “Institution of Eminence” by Ministry of Education, Government of India. BITS Pilani is a pioneer in Higher education in all the major disciplines of Engineering and Sciences, with Humanities, Social Sciences, Economics and Finance in its ambit. It’s four modern, aesthetically beautiful and fully residential campuses at Pilani, Dubai, Goa and Hyderabad with state-of-the-art facilities for teaching and research provide a unique ambience for student and faculty interaction. BITS Pilani is establishing yet another campus in Mumbai to house the School of Management and School of Law. The primary aim of BITS Pilani is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute was established in 1964 by late Shri G. D. Birla, an eminent industrialist, a participant in the Indian freedom struggle and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi. Over the years, BITS Pilani has provided the highest quality technical education to students from all over India, admitted on the basis of merit. Its graduates can be found worldwide in eminent leadership positions in all areas of engineering, science and commerce. BITS Pilani is proud to have given 13 unicorns to the country and more than 7500 founders and co-founders. The Institute's commitment to excellence, adherence to merit, transparency, innovation, and enterprise have characterized its steady march to eminence.

BITS Pilani has emerged as a hub for sophisticated research in science and engineering, with an H-index of 146, ~70% publications in Q1/Q2 journals and 144 patents in the last four years. It is the only Private University which Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has identified to establish a Technology Innovation Hub under the Bio-Cyber Physical Systems vertical with a grant of Rs 125 Crore. BITS Pilani provides a strong ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship through its various incubators for startups and novel idea creation, industry immersion programs and strong alumni connections.

Nesting in the lap of verdant hills, overlooking the Zuari River, the Campus is spread over an area of 180 acres. The location of campus is unique in the respect of scenic beauty and panoramic view of picturesque surrounding encompassing Zuari River, hillocks, waterways, forests and landscape. The BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus established in 2004, is about 10 kms south of Vasco-da-Gama, along National Highway – 17 B. In the midst of idyllic, sylvan beauty, the Campus houses the Main building, having academic and administrative offices, guest house, hostels for boys and girls, Student Activity Centre, faculty and staff quarters, medical centre, playground and shopping complex. The campus boasts of a state-of-the-art auditorium and other conference facilities, spacious and well equipped labs, classrooms with soundproof acoustics, computer labs, library etc. which define the infrastructural counters of the institution.
The campus has a unique ecosystem promoting cutting edge research based on multidisciplinary intertalk, tapping into the right legacy of entrepreneurial, scientific and technological resources. BITS-Goa houses the “Central Sophisticated Instrumentation Facility” where the sophisticated, state of the art instruments are in regular use by internal as well as by the external users, “Anuradha and Prashanth Palakurthi Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (APPCAIR)”, whose mission is to conduct high-quality, focused research in AI, and to be a nursery for training future generations of skilled and responsible data scientists, the “Center for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE)” and “BITS BIRAC BioNEST incubator”, which promote innovation and entrepreneurship in various fields including Health & Environment.