The Institute has been accredited by the National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC) & the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) established by the UGC & AICTE respectively. The Birla Institute of Technology was established in the year 1955 at Mesra, Ranchi, by the Philanthropist-Industrialist Mr. B M Birla with a vision to be recognized as a world-class learning institution for engineering and technology by providing the highest-quality academic programs that foster student development and connect knowledge, practice, and outstanding scholarly research.
Over the last fifty years, the Institute has not just kept pace with the times; it has often taken a lead in introduction of programs in emerging areas.
The Institute today offers Under Graduate, Post Graduate as well as Doctoral level programs in Engineering & Technology, Applied Sciences, Remote Sensing, Computer Applications, Information Science, Bio-Medical Instrumentation, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Business Management & Hotel Management & Catering Technology. The total number of registered students now exceeds 10,000 distributed amongst the main campus at Mesra and the extension centers within India as well as three overseas centers. A rich heritage of academic excellence; a strong commitment towards creation and constant up gradation of academic infrastructure; an unremitting interaction with the industry; an unrelenting Endeavour to develop effective teaching skills of its faculty and to provide an environment that promotes productive research and most of all a stringent intake of the best talent have placed BIT amongst the frontrunners in the domain of technical education and research. With students drawn from all the States of our Country, the Institution has endeavored to maintain its all India character. BIT has graduated over 18,000 Degree holders in Engineering & Technology and over 2500 Post graduates. The active research programs of the Institute have produced a number of Doctorates (PhD's) in various areas.