BITS Pilani Campus, Hostel and Facilities

BITS Pilani Facilities

BITS Pilani maintains a well-balanced infrastructure. It provides many facilities for students and staff. Further details regarding the BITS Pilani infrastructure are listed below.

• Hostel
• Games and Sports Facilities
• Library
• Cultural and Recreational Facilities

Hostel: There are eleven male hostels and one female hostel complex. The rooms in the hostel are furnished. There is a common area with cable TV and a telephone in each hostel. All BITS Pilani hostel rooms have access to the internet. In addition, it also has solar water heating systems. Every set of two boys hostels has a common kitchen and mess unit. The girls hostel has its mess located within the hostel's perimeter. Students staying in the hostel must eat their meals in the hostel messes. In addition, the students run the mess halls attached to the dorms.

Games and Sports Facilities: The sports club is in charge of organising games and sports. Physical Director, Senior Coach, Life Saver (both male and female), Martial Art Instructor, and various support staff make up the Institute's team. There are facilities for the following games and sports: Football, hockey, cricket, basketball, volleyball, tennis, badminton, table tennis, athletics, gymnastics, health club, swimming, water polo, weight lifting, and many other sports are available. The BITS Pilani has a health club with superior weight-training machines and a workout floor. In addition, a 25x12.5 m swimming pool is available for swimming lessons, water polo, and racing. Students can join the Swimming Club/Health Club by paying the required fees. 

Library: The BITS Pilani library has room for up to 8000 students, offering 738 open-access study places and 246 open-access IT workstations. The students also get to use the network libraries through membership.

Cultural and Recreational Facilities

• Music, Dance, Hindi Drama, English Drama, Hindi Press, English Press, Creative Activities, Mime, Photography, and Poetry Clubs, English Language Activities Society, and Hindi Activities Society are among the clubs run by the students union. Several departments also assist in the planning of various student events.
• OASIS, a cultural celebration held in the days preceding Dussehra or Diwali, is a tradition among students. The students also arrange A Professions-Oriented Gathering over Educational Experience (APOGEE), an Academic Week during the Second Semester that may be defined as the University Youth's academic get-together.
• The 'Ragamalika' classical music circle strives to encourage blooming talent in music and dance among students. It also organises performances by well-known classical music and dance artists. There is also a SPIC-MACAY chapter at BITS Pilani, which arranges programmes to promote Indian classical music and culture among young people.
• Regional organisations such as Maurya Vihar, Sangam, Andhra Samiti, Tamil Mandram, Maharashtra Mandal, Moru Chhaya, and other programs.
• The Student Welfare Division's Recreational Activity Forum (RAF) regularly hosts film screenings for the BITS community. It hosts twelve English and Hindi films during the semester.