Ph.D. in Humanities and Social Sciences 

at BITS Hyderabad, Medchal

For admission to the PhD course at BITS Hyderabad, the candidate shall be a graduate with 60% aggregate. An applicant shall have adequate proficiency in English as well. The accepted examination for PhD course is UGC NET and CSIR NET.

Candidates seeking admission shall first check the course-specific eligibility criteria. Eligible students can further fill out the application form for the respective course/or the required examination. BITS Hyderabad offers admission to BE/BPharm/MSc courses is based on merit in BITSAT. For ME/MPharm course admission, BITS HD exam or GATE/GPAT scores are considered. Candidates qualifying for the exam are further called for counselling. Moreover, aspirants seeking admission to PhD programmes need to take the respective entrance test for admission as well.

BITS Pilani Hyderabad admission is entrance-based. BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus offers four Integrated First Degree, Higher Degree, and PhD programmes. The selection criteria for some of the courses, such as BTech, BSc, M.Tech, etc., require BITSAT entrance exam scores. Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test (BITSAT) is an entrance exam conducted by the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, for admissions to undergraduate engineering courses (BE) at its  Pilani campus.

According to the media reports, BITS Pilani has achieved 54.35% placements in the semestor 1 of the placement session 2025 across its three Indian campuses (Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad). A total of 1700 students registered for the placements, of which 924 secured job offers from reputed companies. The average salary offered across the three campuses stood at INR 28.64 LPA. Earlier, 297 companies visited BITS Hyderabad campus in 2024 and placed 81.01% of students. The average and median package secured by the overall batch 2024 was INR 20.7 LPA and INR 185 LPA.

BITS Hyderabad offers good placements annually for its various courses like BTech, M.Tech and BPharma, etc. A total of 109 recruiters participated in the placement process 2023 and placed students of various courses like BTech, MTech, and BPharma, etc. The key highlights of BITS Hyderabad placements for the Class of 2023 are presented below:

BITS Hyderabad OBC category cutoff 2024 was concluded for admission to the BE specialisations, Integrated MSc specialsiations and BPharm . The last round closing ranks for the OBC category candidates were between the range of 135 and 284. The most difficult specialisation turned out to be in Computer Science. After BE in Computer Science, the toughest specialisation turned out to be BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering.

To get admission into BITS Hyderabad, candidates must have a valid score in the BITSAT, as per the category they belong to. For candidates belonging to the General AI category, the last round closing ranks were between the range of 161 and 298. Therefore, candidate belongoing to the General AI category must have a score of atleast  cutoff was released for 298 to get admission into the college. 

BITS Goa has good record of placements. According to the media reports, BITS Pilani has achieved 54.35% placements in the semestor 1 of the placement session 2025 across its three Indian campuses (Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad). A total of 1700 students registered for the placements, of which 924 secured job offers from reputed companies. The average salary offered across the three campuses stood at INR 28.64 LPA. The top recruiters of BITS Hyderabad in 2025 include Accenture, EY, IBM, General Electric, Volvo Eicher, etc.

Some of the prominent recruiters who visited during the recent BITS Hyderabad placements are listed in the table below:

BITS Hyderabad cutoff 2024 was released on the basis of BITSAT. The cutoff was released for admission to BE and Integrated MSc specialisations, and BPharm. For BE specialisations, the last round closing scores were between 235 and 298. The toughest specialisation among the General AI category was BE in Computer Science. On the other hand, the easiest course was Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.). For admission to BPharm, the last round closing rank among the General AI category was 161.