Opportunities

Off-Campus Thesis (Abroad)

Students have the opportunity to conduct their off-campus thesis at foreign universities or research labs during their final year for one or two semesters. For this purpose, students must submit the pre-registration form for the thesis course in the previous semester and register for the thesis at AUGSD/AGSRD. After registration, AUGSD/AGSRD will forward the details to IPCD.

IPCD provides partial financial support to eligible undergraduate students for travel expenses. To facilitate this process, IPCD will communicate with students to collect applications from interested candidates. To avail of this financial assistance, students must submit an application to IPCD.

Students are required to submit the necessary documents, including an invitation letter from the host university, travel tickets, a joining report from the host university, and boarding passes. IPCD will verify the student and travel details and forward them to the Accounts Department for further processing.

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Off-Campus Thesis (Abroad) Students A Y 2018-19 to 2024-25

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Semester Abroad Program (SAP)

Through SAP, students can study at a top-ranked foreign university while earning credits that count toward their degree at BITS Pilani. Credit transfer can be considered from a top ranked university (QS/THE World Rankings) through AUGSD, DCA, and IPCD, even without an MoU.

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Internship Programs Abroad

IPCD disseminates, coordinates, and facilitates international internships, fellowships/scholarships.

 

Some prestigious opportunities include:

S N Bose Scholars Program (US): To nurture future innovators and thought leaders, the Science & Engineering Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and WINStep Forward have partnered to develop a dynamic and transformative student exchange program, S.N. Bose Scholars Program between premier institutions in India and the United States. The program is named in honor of Satyendra Nath Bose (1894 - 1974), a visionary Indian physicist best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s. The class of particles that obey Bose-Einstein statistics, Bosons, was named after him. 

 

MITACS (Canada) [Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems]: Mitacs is a nonprofit national research organization that, in partnerships with Canadian academia, private industry and government, operates research and training programs in fields related to industrial and social innovation. 

 

Viterbi-India Program (US): The Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and The Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California (USC) have partnered to support the IUSSTF-Viterbi Program. This program provides opportunities to Indian students to undertake research internship at the Viterbi School of Engineering in the summer for a period of 8 weeks. 

 

DAAD (Germany) [Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst]: :DAAD scholarships are aimed primarily at graduates, doctoral students and postdocs and are awarded for study and research visits to universities and non-university research institutions in Germany. In some programmes, internships are also funded. 

 

NTU-India Connect Program (Singapore): The NTU India Connect Program is a Global Connect Fellowship (GCF) offered by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, providing Indian students with a research experience at the university. 

 

ANU-FRT Program (Australia): The FRT is a competitive and prestigious program that attracts the very best international students from high-quality Indian institutions and provides them exposure to ANU research in the Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medical research disciplines. The program offers a valuable opportunity for India’s emerging research talent to form international linkages and develop research skills at one of the world's leading universities.

 

ILDP (Hiroshima) [International Linkage Degree Program]: ILDP in Hiroshima refers to the Hiroshima University's International Linkage Degree Program. This program focuses on fostering innovative individuals who can apply advanced technologies in interdisciplinary fields like smart infrastructure, new energy, and environmental sustainability, particularly in areas like India and Japan.  

 

TAU Summer program (Israel): Our Summer Research program is for those of you looking for a unique experience as part of a world-renowned research group at TAU. With its 400 labs and 125 research institutes, TAU is the ideal environment for taking onboard a different research culture and helping you pinpoint youThe scholarship is designed for Indian students from all fields and streams of study, enrolled in an Indian institution at the Bachelors or Master’s degree level, who wish to undertake a study exchange semester programme in France (for a period of four to six months).r future research track. 

 

Charpak exchange program: The scholarship is designed for Indian students from all fields and streams of study, enrolled in an Indian institution at the Bachelors or Master’s degree level, who wish to undertake a study exchange semester programme in France (for a period of one to six months). 

 

STEM Program at Macquarie University: Macquarie University offers a variety of STEM programs, spanning undergraduate and postgraduate levels, across fields like science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. These programs include computer science, engineering management, and more. Additionally, the university has a strong focus on integrating STEM education and design thinking.