BITS Pilani Dubai
About BITS Pilani Dubai
BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus (BPDC) is the international campus of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, one of India's leading private technical universities. Established in 2000, it was the first Indian university to open an overseas campus, and in September 2007 it moved into its permanent home in Dubai International Academic City, Dubai's purpose-built higher-education free zone. The campus delivers BITS Pilani's credit-based curriculum and its distinctive Practice School model entirely in English, offering Bachelor of Engineering degrees across a range of specializations, a BBA Honours, Master of Engineering and MBA programmes, and a Ph.D. offered full-time, part-time and through a Ph.D. aspirant scheme. The campus is regulated in the UAE through KHDA and Dubai International Academic City, and was rated 5 Star by KHDA in partnership with QS in 2022. It publishes a seven-and-a-half-month Practice School internship with over 400 corporate companies and 300+ companies offering internships, an alumni network of over 6,000, and merit-based scholarships of up to 75%. BITS Pilani reports placing in the Top 200 of the QS Asia University Rankings and the Top 300 of the QS Graduate Employability Rankings, and is ranked the No.1 technical institute in the non-government category by India Today.
Programmes Offered
23 ProgrammesB.E. Chemical
BE4 years · Undergraduate
B.E. Architectural and Urban Engineering
BE4 years · Undergraduate
B.E. Biotechnology
BE4 years · Undergraduate
B.E. Computer Science
BE4 years · Undergraduate
BBA Honours
BBA4 years · Undergraduate
B.E. Environmental and Sustainability Engineering
BE4 years · Undergraduate
All 23 programmes by subject
Engineering
- B.E. Chemical (BE)
- B.E. Environmental and Sustainability Engineering (BE)
- B.E. Civil (BE)
- B.E. Mechanical (BE)
- B.E. Electrical and Electronics (BE)
- B.E. Electronics and Communication (BE)
- B.E. Mechanical with Specialization in Aerospace (BE)
- B.E. Robotics and Industrial Automation (BE)
- B.E. Biotechnology (Specialization in Applied Molecular Biology) (BE)
- B.E. Chemical with specialization in Energy, Environment and Sustainability (BE)
- M.E. Civil (Infrastructure Engineering and Management) (ME)
- M.E. Electrical with specialization in Power Electronics and Drives (ME)
- M.E. Design Engineering (ME)
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (PhD)
Architecture
Biotechnology
Computer Science
Tuition & scholarships
BITS Pilani Dubai does not publish its tuition fees on any public page. Its department pages invite prospective students to enquire about the "fee structure", and its fee portal at admission.bits-dubai.ac.ae requires a BITS ID or application number to sign in. The only public figures found are on an admissions page carrying a 2020 copyright notice, which also advertises programmes the campus no longer offers, and are therefore recorded here as historic rather than current: AED 45,000 per annum for the Bachelor of Engineering programmes and AED 31,000 per annum for the M.E. and MBA programmes, each payable in four instalments. Prospective students should confirm current fees with the campus directly.
Scholarships & discounts
BITS Pilani Dubai advertises merit-based scholarships of up to 75% on its campus homepage. It does not publish the award bands or the qualifying criteria.
Admissions & entry requirements
Unlike the Indian campuses, BITS Pilani Dubai does not require the BITSAT entrance exam. Admission to the Bachelor of Engineering programmes is merit-based on Class 12 (Grade 12) board marks, and a strong BITSAT score is optional, unlocking additional scholarship rather than admission. Postgraduate admission is based on the qualifying degree (with an interview for the MBA), and doctoral admission on a relevant master's degree.
Register Online
Create an account on the BITS Pilani Dubai application portal.
Complete the Application
Fill in the online application form with your academic and personal details.
Upload Documents
Upload your Grade 10 and Grade 12 mark sheets, passport and photograph, and for postgraduate applicants your prior-degree documents.
Merit Assessment
B.E. admission is decided on Grade 12 merit. The BITSAT is optional for the Dubai campus and unlocks additional scholarship rather than admission. The MBA includes an interview, and doctoral applicants sit a research interview.
Offer and Enrolment
Accept your offer and complete enrolment and UAE student-visa formalities. BITS Pilani Dubai does not publish its application or tuition fees; confirm both with the campus.
Entry requirements by level
Intakes & deadlines
BITS Pilani Dubai runs a single annual intake. Its campus homepage currently advertises "Applications Open for Sep'26 Intake" and its admission portal is open for 2026-27.
Applications for the September intake: Applications for the September 2026 intake are open as at 2026-08-16. BITS Pilani Dubai does not publish a closing date; its admissions pages state only that candidates must apply online on or before the last date. Confirm the cut-off with the campus.
Required documents
6 totalBITS Pilani Dubai sponsors the UAE student residence visa for its students, with mandatory medical insurance. Students already sponsored by a UAE-resident parent may study under that sponsorship instead. The campus does not publish its visa or insurance charges.
Life at the campus
BITS Pilani Dubai is an active, multicultural residential campus. Its Clubs & Associations page enumerates around twenty student clubs and associations spanning technical, cultural, literary, sporting and professional interests. Its signature Practice School model places students in industry for a seven-and-a-half-month internship, and the campus runs the BITS Sports Festival, an inter-university competition in which more than fifteen colleges and universities from across the UAE take part, alongside Jashn, which BITS describes as one of the biggest cultural festivals organised by an education institution in the UAE.
Accommodation
On-campus hostels provide separate, air-conditioned and furnished residences for boys and girls, with a mess (dining), common rooms and recreation facilities. The campus has six hostel blocks, all connected to the main academic block by fibre-optic cable.
Career services
The signature Practice School programme gives students a seven-and-a-half-month immersion in industry, and BPDC students have interned with more than 400 companies across the UAE, with 300-plus companies recruiting its graduates. Named recruiters include Emirates, Emirates NBD, HP, Careem, Schindler, Emerson, Sobha, Siemens, PwC and ESRI.
Clubs & societies
Facilities & campus
BITS Pilani Dubai occupies a purpose-built campus in Dubai International Academic City, Dubai's dedicated tertiary-education free zone, which it has occupied since September 2007. The campus houses academic blocks and engineering laboratories, a central library and computer centre, on-campus hostels and sports grounds, and a Creative Lab running since 2017.
Central Library
A campus library supporting engineering, science and management study and research.
Engineering Laboratories
Discipline laboratories across chemical, civil, electrical and electronics, mechanical, biotechnology and computer science engineering.
Computer / IT Centre
A central computing facility. BITS publishes 500 computers of various configurations across the campus, all linked in the network, with the academic and hostel blocks connected by fibre-optic cable.
Architectural Design Studio
One of the Civil Engineering department's six laboratories, supporting the Architectural and Urban Engineering programme alongside the Hydraulics, Water & Wastewater, Concrete & Structures, Soil Mechanics, Transportation, Survey and CAD labs.
Auditorium
A venue for convocations, seminars and cultural events.
Indoor Sports Complex
Indoor facilities for badminton, table tennis, carrom and chess.
Outdoor Sports Grounds
A turf cricket ground, grass football ground, tennis court, a professional synthetic athletics track, and basketball, volleyball, throwball and handball courts with cricket nets.
Gymnasiums
Separate fitness gymnasiums for boys and girls.
Campus leadership
Prof. Souri Banerjee
Director
Director of BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus since August 2024 and a Senior Professor of Physics, leading the campus's academic, research and strategic direction. Confirmed on the BITS Pilani Board of Governors list, 2026-08-16 (bits-pilani.ac.in/dubai/about-us/).
Kumar Mangalam Birla
Chancellor, BITS Pilani (Group)
Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao
Vice-Chancellor, BITS Pilani (Group)
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Questions & answers
Getting to campus
BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus, Dubai International Academic City, P.O. Box 345055, Dubai, UAE
