BITS Pilani Hostel: Facilities, Fees, Campus

BITS Pilani is a fully residential campus where hostel accommodation is provided to all enrolled students. The living quarters (locally called Bhavans ) feature furnished rooms, student-run or outsourced dining messes, high-speed internet, and active common recreational spaces.

How many campuses of BITS Pilani are there?

BITS Pilani operates five main campuses, including three traditional technical campuses in India i.e. Pilani, Hyderabad and Goa. All BITS campuses are fully residential and offer on-campus hostel accommodation for all enrolled students. Check below to get information about BITS Pilani hostels:

Pilani Campus

Pilani Campus is fully residential and hostel accommodation is provided to all students.

• There are eleven hostels for boys and one hostel complex for girls. The hostel rooms are fully furnished.
• Common room facilities with Cable TV and telephone are available in each hostel.
• Internet connectivity has been provided in all hostel rooms. Solar water heating systems are provided in all the hostels.
• There is a common kitchen cum mess unit for every set of two boys’ hostels. Girls’ hostel, however, has a separate mess of its own, situated within the boundary of the hostel. 
• It is mandatory for the students staying in the hostel to have their food in the Hostel Messes. The messes attached to hostels are fully managed by the students.

Download: BITS Pilani Department of Management Hostel Facilities 

Permission to become day-scholar may be granted only under exceptional circumstances where student’s parents or close relatives are residents of Pilani.

Hyderabad Campus

BITS Pilani Hyderabad is fully residential and hostel accommodation is provided to all students. There are 6 hostels for boys and 2 hostels for girls.

• There are two common kitchen cum mess units for all students. The mess serves vegetarian and non-vegetarian food and the units operates under the management of 5 member student mess council.
• Students staying in the hostel have to necessarily take their food in the Hostel Messes.
• Every inmate of the hostel is provided with basic amenities like cot, table, chair, ceiling fan, cupboard.
• Common room facilities with Cable TV is available in each hostel. Internet connectivity has been provided in all hostel rooms.

Read More: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Hostels 

Goa Campus

The institute is fully residential. There are separate hostels for boys and girls providing accommodation for each student on the campus of BITS Pilani Goa. 

• Hostel common rooms are equipped with recreational facilities like Table Tennis, Carom along with LED TV with Dish connection, newspaper and telephones.
• The hostels also have a badminton court which is well illuminated with solar lights.
• There are two large sized dining halls with a seating capacity of 1200 students at a time.

What are the facilities at BITS hostels (all campuses)?

BITS Pilani campuses (including Pilani, Goa , and Hyderabad ) feature fully residential hostel systems with comprehensive basic, recreational, and dining amenities for all resident students. All hostels provide broadly similar core facilities with campus and hostel-specific variations. Check below amenities students can expect across all campuses, grouped by category:

Sports Facilities

• Outdoor Facilities: Football, Hockey, Basketball (Synthetic Acrylic surface), Tennis (Synthetic Acrylic Surface), Volleyball Courts and Throw ball (for Girls).
• Indoor Facilities: Foosball,Table Tennis, Carom, Chess, Billiards and Badminton (wooden Courts).

Healthcare

All BITS (Birla Institute of Technology and Science) campuses have on-campus medical centers that provide primary healthcare, emergency services, and pharmacies for students and staff. It provides 24*7 emergency care services for all its residents through a dedicated medical team.

• Two male doctors along with compounder cum lab-technician and a sister reside on campus, for any consultation.
• The medical center has an ECG machine and facility to check the blood sugar. Some basic equipment is available and shortly many more facilities will be added.
• The medical center has arrangements with Medicity Hospital, Medchal, for any emergency situations.
• Specialists are available on routine as well as on call basis. The institute is empanelled with corporate and private hospitals for higher care.

Guest Accommodation

Excellent facilities are available for boarding and lodging on payment at Visitor's Guest House (VGH) built in the southern corner of the campus. The VGH allows visitors to have a comfortable stay by providing all the  facilities.

Shopping Complex & Bank

BITS Pilani campuses have on-campus shopping complexes equipped with grocery stores, food outlets, and essential utility services.

• BITS Pilani (Rajasthan): Features Connaught Market , which houses the cooperative general store “Akshay” for groceries, stationery, and sports gear at subsidized rates, alongside hair salons, tailoring shops, and medical store.
• BITS Pilani - Hyderabad Campus: Features a 15,000 sq. ft. shopping complex known as Connaught Place (CP) . It includes a supermarket, a bank branch with ATMs, a medical shop, a bakery, a bookstore, laundry services, a juice corner, and men's and women's salons.
• BITS Pilani - Goa Campus: Features an on-site Shopping Complex that includes a supermarket, a fruit and vegetable vendor, a cafeteria, a gents' salon, a beauty parlor, a laundry service, and a bookstore, alongside SBI and HDFC bank/ATM facilities.

Central Library

The campuses have library with several creatively built seating halls, a digital library with internet access terminals, and a large area for book storage.

Is BITS Hostel Expensive?

The hostel and accommodation fees at BITS Pilani campuses are moderately priced at around INR 36,000 per semester (approximately 72,000 per year), though total yearly expenses including mess charges and private tuition make the overall institute expensive. Students can check below hostel fee at BITS:

Hostel Fees for the academic year 2026-27 for First Degree programmes and Higher Degree Programmes

Mess & Electricity advance for the academic year 2026-27 for First Degree programmes and Higher Degree Programmes

Other Advances for the academic year 2026-27 for First Degree programmes and Higher Degree Programmes

Mess & Electricity advance and other advances are payable at the beginning of each semester/term and adjustable at the end of the same.

Download to know MPharm/ MBA/ M.E. hostel fees: BITS Pilani Higher Degree Programmes Fee Structure