History
Established in 2008, the institute has grown to be recognized as one of the most promising young institutions for education and research in India.
Education
It aims to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in specified domain areas of IT. Towards this end it plans to organize itself as a conglomerate of R&D Centers, some of which would be in partnership with different companies and global organizations. All centers will also be engaged in teaching and thesis guidance. These centers, with various labs, will be the hub of activity, with active contribution from faculty and students—BTech, MTech and PhD.
Research
IIIT-Delhi aims to have focused research groups in some areas of IT and some domain areas. The number and nature of research areas will evolve as more faculty and research staff joins.
Short Courses
University Ranking
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2024
801 -200
2023
601
2022
601
World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
Housing services
There are two Faculty Housing Towers consisting of a Director's residence and 72 faculty houses. At present, there are four hostels, two for the boys having 508 & 454 beds and another two for the girls with 404 and 394 beds. There are 22 married hostel accommodations are also available for married PhD students. The rooms are provided night time air conditioning in summers, and heating in winters. High-speed Internet connectivity is also available in hostels.The Sports Block also have 14 guest rooms and 2 guest suites on the second floor .
Library services
The Library and Information Center has a common study area for students on the ground floor, the library on the first floor and several labs on the upper floors.
Campus life
The institute has its permanent campus in Okhla with start of the art infrastructure and modern facilities. IIIT-Delhi currently has six departments (Computer Science, Electronics and Communication, Computational Biology, Human Centered Design, Social Science and Humanities, and Mathematics); five Research Centres (Infosys Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Centre for Computational Biology, Centre for Design and New Media sponsored by TCS, Centre for Technology and Policing, and Cybersecurity Education and Research Centre); 60+ regular and 20+visiting faculty members, all Ph.D. from world’s best institutes.
Sports facilities
Sports enthusiasts will find plenty to engage themselves at IIIT Delhi. Here, we are building sports culture and participation among students from intra-college events like football, table tennis, pool tournaments and the Intramural, to external participation in the sports events of IIT Kanpur, IIT-BHU, IIT Roorkee, IIT Delhi, SNU, Delhi Half Marathon and Twaran, the inter-IIIT sports meet.
The institute is accredited ‘A’ grade by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) and has been accorded 12-B status by the University Grants Commission (UGC).