| Discipline | Major Thrust Areas at BITS- Pilani, Hyderabad Campus |
| Biological Sciences | Genomics, Proteomics, Environmental & Microbial Biotechnology, Molecular Parasitology, Human Disease pathology, Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology and Biomarkers |
| Bioengineering | Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Bioinstrumentation, Bio-transport Process |
| Civil Engineering | Structure, Water Resources, Geotechnical, Transportation, Image Processing and GIS, Disaster Management, Earthquake Engineering, Finite Element Method, Disaster Loss Estimation, Genetic Algorithm and Neural Network Applications |
| Chemical Engineering | Energy Integration, Separation Process, Process Control, Environmental Pollution Control, Biomass Gasification, Multiphase Reactors, Evolutionary Computation |
| Chemical Sciences | Theoretical Chemistry, Synthetic Organic, Physical, Inorganic Bioinorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Green chemistry, Environmental remediation, Catalysis, Nano materials, Computational and Polymer chemistry |
| Computer Science & Information Systems | Computer Networks, Database Systems, Software Engineering, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Computer Control Systems, Computer Architecture, Formal Methods, Information Retrieval |
| Economics & Finance | Macroeconomic Models and Policy, Money and Financial Markets, Microeconomic Analysis, Financial Engineering, Econometric Studies |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | Instrumentation and Control, Microelectronics, Signal Processing and Embedded Systems, Power Electronics, Telecommunication, Robotics and Intelligent Systems |
| Humanistic Studies | Gender Issues, Medical and Developmental Sociology, Indology, Indian Philosophy, Governance, Professional Ethics, Conflict Management. |
| Languages | Professional Communication, ELT, Indian Writing in English |
| Mathematics | Pure and Applied Mathematics, Fluid Mechanics, Modeling Theory, Statistics |
| Mechanical Engineering | CAD/CAM, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing,Casting and Welding, Solidification processes,Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer,Material Tensile Strength Characterization at High Strain rates and Temperatures,Nano Materials & Bio Materials,Product Design and Manufacturing,Refrigeration and Comfort Conditioning from Unconventional Energy Sources,Renewable Energy Sources, Solar energy,Robotics, Mechatronics and Artificial Intelligence |
| Pharmacy | Drug Design, Screening, Drug Delivery Systems, Phytochemistry and Natural Drugs |
| Physical Sciences | Theoretical Physics, Semiconductor Device Physics, Material Science, DNA Nanotechnology, Photonics, Storage devices, Nanocomposites and soft lithography, Bio-sensors |