SAINIK SCHOOL BIJAPUR was the 13th School to be set up in the chain of Sainik Schools. The School started functioning on 16th September 1963, when the foundation stone was laid by late Smt. Indira Gandhi. The school was originally located in Vijaya College campus and moved to its present location in November 1966. The new campus was inaugurated by Dr. Zakir Hussain the then vice president of India, on 17 Dec 1966. The school is affiliated to the CBSE and is a member of the IPSC


LOCATION : The school is located in a sprawling campus of 406 acres in the famed city of the world famous Gol Gumbaz. Bijapur, the northern most district of Karnataka, is on the Solapur ? Hubli section of the south central railway. It is connected by road with Solapur, Belgaum and Bangalore. It is 100 km south of Solapur on National Highway No. 13 connecting Solapur with Bangalore. The name Bijapur is derived from a sanskrit term 'Vijaypura' meaning 'City of Victory'. The city has a population of about 2,50,000. There are two medical colleges, two engineering colleges and a number of other educational institutions. The city is fast developing into an important tourist centre.

CLIMATE & GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES :
The city of Bijapur is located in the Northern part of Karnataka ie the interior of the Deccan Plateau. Its exact location is on the narrow crest of the central uplands nearly 600 mts above the MSL, to the North of River Doni basin. The place lies on the dry and arid tract of the Deccan Plateau. Five rivers namely Krishna, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, Bhima and Doni flow through Bijapur district..
The climate is dry and healthy. The place receives moderate rain fall from both SW monsoons (June - Sept) and also the retreating monsoons (Oct - Nov). The minimum temperature recorded ( in Dec) is 15°c and maximum temperature is 38°c to 40°c (in the month of March).