BITS Pilani NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Pharmacy #2 in NIRF 2025.
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Pilani, Rajasthan · NIRF ID IR-P-U-0391
At a glance
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani is a private institution in Pilani, Rajasthan. Its best current NIRF result is #2 in Pharmacy (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 88.6% and a ₹17.7L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 13,551 students.
2023-24
2,554 / 2,883
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Pharmacy journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
PharmacyNIRF 2025 Rank#2 Score82.28
NIRF Pharmacy journey
Rank #6 → #2 since 2017; score 64.79 → 82.28.
The rank line is BITS Pilani's all-India position in NIRF Pharmacy: #6 in 2017 to #2 in 2025. Lower is better.
Pharmacy 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #2
- Score (out of 100)
- 82.28
- Last year rank
- #3
- Movement vs previous
- 1
- Best rank
- #2
- Ranking trend
- Improving
UniversityNIRF 2025 Rank#7 Score67.24
EngineeringNIRF 2025 Rank#11 Score67.02
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#16 Score65.06
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#18 Score56.71
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 85.4% → 88.6%; latest median salary ₹17.7L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 2,554 placed — 88.6% of the batch
- 310 chose higher studies
- 19 reported another outcome
Half of the 2,554 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹17.7L
- Placement rate
- 88.6%
Salary and placement rate, year by year
What this means: These are graduate outcomes, not staff pay. Median salary means half of placed graduates earned more and half earned less, so one unusually large offer cannot distort it like an average. The placement rate rose from 85.4% to 88.6%. The reported median salary moved from ₹11L in 2017-18 to ₹17.7L in 2023-24.
PG (two-year) placements
Latest three graduating batches.
Who studies here
Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.
Research & PhD
Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.
Where the institution spends its money
Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹230.99 Cr → ₹459.9 Cr.
Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24
Keep these charts separate: This chart is what the institution spends, while the placement chart is what graduates earn. The salary line is the faculty and staff pay bill: ₹230.99 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹459.9 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹20.64 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹143.91 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Research (RPC) improved most: 57.7 → 80.7. Perception (PR) is the lowest latest pillar.
What the lines mean: Each line is a score out of 100: TLR covers teaching and resources, RPC research, GO graduation outcomes, OI outreach and inclusion, and PR peer perception. BITS Pilani improved most in Research (RPC) (57.7 → 80.7). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 91.2, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 55.8.
Questions about BITS Pilani
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
BITS Pilani ranking questions
What is BITS Pilani NIRF ranking 2025?
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Pharmacy rank #2 with a score of 82.28.
Which NIRF categories include BITS Pilani in 2025?
BITS Pilani appears in the NIRF 2025 Pharmacy, University, Engineering, Overall and Research ranking categories on this profile.
Is Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani private or government?
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani is marked as a private institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani located?
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani is listed in Pilani, Rajasthan.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of BITS Pilani graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹17.7L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 2,554 of 2,883 graduates placed (88.6%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹17L.
What is BITS Pilani's best NIRF category?
Pharmacy is its best current result at #2 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 82.28.
How many students does BITS Pilani have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 13,551 students, including 10,595 from outside the state and 407 international students.
Is BITS Pilani improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 57.7 in 2017 to 80.7 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 2,126 PhD scholars.
How much does BITS Pilani spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹459.9 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹143.91 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹20.64 Cr for the library. These are institution expenses, not graduate placement salaries.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ranking cards and deep-profile facts are limited to official data published through the selected 2025 edition.