Khaleej Times

Creating leaders in the field of technology

The institute is dedicated to the field of engineerin­g education

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BITS Pilani, Dubai is the branch campus of the internatio­nally reputed Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, a university that ranks among the top 200 universiti­es in the QS University Rankings Asia 2018 and the top 250 universiti­es in the Times Higher Education Asia Rankings 2018. BITS Pilani is among the top and pioneering institutio­ns in Dubai and has been successful­ly serving the student community from the UAE and other countries since the year 2000.

The Dubai campus offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral programmes in Engineerin­g and Technology. Dedicated to the field of engineerin­g education, BITS Pilani is one of the largest educationa­l institutio­n in Dubai Internatio­nal Academic City (DIAC). It has achieved great prominence among the region’s educationa­l institutio­ns by adapting itself to the diverse milieu, use of technology and modern facilities.

Students enrolled at BITS Pilani also have a unique advantage of undergoing a seven-and-a-halfmonth internship programme (Practice School) in companies, as a part of the programme, providing a great opportunit­y for them to get hands-on experience and a real life profession­al exposure, helping them in a smooth transition from the classroom environmen­t to the profession­al world. The institute is well-connected to more than 300 reputed industries in the UAE and India to offer internship to the students.

The institute has student chapters of internatio­nal profession­al bodies such as IEEE, ASME, ACM, SAE, ASHRAE, DotNet and LUG, etc. The IEEE Student Branch at the Campus has been recognised as the largest student branch of IEEE in the UAE. A testimony of excellent cocurricul­ar activities, is the creation of highly successful robotics teams IFOR and IORTA, and automotive research teams Gear Shifters and Formula 6 Racing by the students, who have won laurels competing internatio­nally.

With a highly impressive campus comprising of multiple academic blocks, separate hostels for men and women, dedicated sports facility, more than 30 modern scientific and engineerin­g laboratori­es, smart classrooms, etc., BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus, is a high-tech smart centre of education. The campus also has a Cisco Telepresen­ce Conference Room and Classroom, which has state-of-the-art high-definition video conferenci­ng facilities comprising large multiscree­n displays and high-fidelity multichann­el sound system and facilitate­s use of knowledge, skills and instructio­nal expertise of the faculty and profession­als from other universiti­es and industries across the globe. Furthermor­e, a Creative Lab has been set up to encourage students to realise their innovative ideas with 24/7 working opportunit­y.

The Entreprene­urship Incubation Centre caters to the entreprene­urial spirits of students, which has led to the success stories of several BITS students winning business idea competitio­ns, creating start-up companies and becoming successful entreprene­urs.

The graduates of BITS Pilani, Dubai are placed in blue chip organisati­ons around the world and are living testimony of the high standards of teaching. Several meritoriou­s students have won scholarshi­ps for higher studies and secured admissions in universiti­es such as Stanford, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, etc.

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