Are internships in BITS Pilani guaranteed?

Yes, BITS Pilani has plentiful internship opportunities for its students. The Practice School program of BITS Pilani offers the students a summer internship after 2nd year as a part of the curriculum and also a 6 months internship in the final year. For dual-degree students, the duration of the internship is 12 months.

BITS Pilani has ties with top companies like Apple, Amazon, Nutanix, Goldman Sachs, Texas Instruments, Adobe, American Express, etc. The stipend received by the students is in the range of 45000 to 1 lac rupee per month. Additionally, the students gain enough exposure and experience to kick-start a healthy career.

Students that are inclined towards research and want to pursue higher education are provided with a 6 months thesis in the final year instead of practice school. Students get offers from top foreign and Indian universities like MIT, USA, UIUC, CMU, INRIA, NTU and NUS Singapore, Harvard, ETH Zurich, EPFL, etc. to do their thesis.

Additionally, some students apply off-campus to various companies and research internships like DAAD, MITACS, Charpak, etc in the 3rd year.

In all, a plethora of internship opportunities are provided to BITSians and it’s up to you to make the most out of them.