WHY BITS Pilani Distance Education?
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) is a private institute located in Pilani, Rajasthan. It is renowned for its excellence in providing brilliant technical education, a historical legacy which began during World War II when the Indian government opened a Technical Training Centre at Pilani.
The distance education programs facilitated by BITS Pilani, is through a separate segment called BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programmes (WILP). It offers University’s off-campus/distance learning courses. It came into existence in the year 2000.
It has courses available for ‘working professionals’ and ‘organizations’. More than 70,000 employees have graduated through the WILP till date.
The WILP has elements of Distance Education. It has been very successful since its inception among the professionals who wish to pursue their academic goals while continuing their jobs. BITS Pilani Distance MBA is one of the most popular courses of the institute.
This programme has more than 30 courses available currently and about 20000 students are enrolled in different streams.
It trains students according to the current industrial requirements.
Project work help students to practice their skills in the field.
Virtual classrooms are created where interaction with a highly qualified faculty takes place.
Constant access to lectures, handouts and lab content is provided along with timely assignments and semester wise exams.
National Assessment and Accreditation Council with Grade “A” with CGPA 3.45 out of 4.
Ranked overall 19th in India and 17th in engineering by NIRF 2018.
109thamong all universities in BRICS by QS world ranking 2018.
4th among engineering colleges in India by India Today in 2017.
The eligibility criterion for BITS Pilani Distance Education Courses varies with each course.
The method of application to all of the courses offered is through online mode only.
First, students must register themselves with their Email IDs and their choice of passwords.
Then they must choose the course they wish to opt for.
Next, the personal details must be filled.
After clicking the ‘submit’ button, the PDF format of the form must be downloaded and printed out. The application number must be written on it. It shall be of use for further proceedings.
In the printout, the ‘Mentor Consent Form’ and the ‘Employer Consent Form’ pages must be duly filled.
A payment of Rs 1500 should be made via Net Banking/Debit Card/ Credit Card.
Tech- Diploma or degree in the relevant stream and two years work experience.
Tech- Graduation degree with one year of work experience in the relevant field.
Sc- Math or Statistics as subjects in intermediate, Graduation degree and one year of work experience.
MBA- two years of work experience and relevant graduation degree.
Certificate courses- Employed aspirants from IT/Technical sector can apply to this course after clearing an entrance test.
All the above-mentioned fees are non-refundable.
Installment option is available only for the Certificate course in Post Graduate Programme in Internet of Things.