The mission of BITS is to prepare young men and women to act as leaders for the promotion of the economic and industrial development of the country and to play a creative role in society. It has the reputation of a highly purposive university often setting the pace for workable reforms in higher education, suitable and relevant for the Indian cultural milieu.

BITS has been following the semester system with continuous and internal evaluation since its inception. The education programmes are modular and flexible. Through its Practice School programme, BITS has established purposeful linkages with universities. The Institute has evolved a direction for Research which makes research relevant to the national development and social needs. It has developed and adopted a unique academic administrative structure which makes all its innovation possible and workable.

The Institute operates its education programmes at three tiers of education, namely, the Integrated First Degree programmes, Higher Degree programmes and the Doctoral programmes. The programmes in the Institute are designed to allow as many components of science and applied science as are necessary for the graduates of the programmes to function effectively and efficiently in the technological society. These programmes contain certain structural commonality the common courses are invariable operated together irrespective of the clientele who are required to take the courses. Similarly, irrespective of the ultimate degree for which a student qualifies, the large factor of this commonality between all students creates and educational basis which provides easy professional linkage, communication and groups activity among students graduating in different degrees. This similarity among different students graduating with different degrees is further welded in a stronger professional bond when they work as internees in the Practice School stations or as members in a team working on a mission-oriented, time-bound research and development projects.

The various structure flexibilities provide not only scope for multiple point entries but also enable the system to accommodate many legitimate educational and operational needs of students.