BITS, Pilani came into existence as a Deemed University by an act of the Indian Parliament in the year 1964. In its formative years, the Institute had ties with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, USA. It adopted a semester system, modular structure of courses, continuous and internal evaluation, letter grading and the likes. The institute also created institutionalized linkages with the industries and structured Practice School as an integral component of education.

The institute seeks to further strengthen its linkages with universities overseas, Research and Development organizations, and also Industrial organizations. Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) have been signed in order to initiate or memorialize relationships with various universities, and to enhance educational and research linkages, exchange of information, faculty exchange, students exchange, and to set up state-of-the art infrastructure facilities in areas like Communications, Computer Science and Biotechnology.

Students of BITS, Pilani have completed their first degree, higher degrees, Ph.D., research and development projects at centers abroad. Centers for Biotechnology and Computer Networking have been established with the help of the institute's International collaborations.Also, an International Relations Unit has been set up to promote relations with renowned Institutions abroad.

This website aims at providing an overview of the responsibilities of the International Relations Unit in promoting relations with foreign Universities and in strengthening further, the relations with existing partner Universities abroad. It presents a brief description of the International Collaborations during the last few years. It is noteworthy that BITS, Pilani has collaborations with several overseas universities and industries of world fame.