Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT Hyderabad)

The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT Hyderabad) is a premier public technical university located in Kandi Village, Sangareddy district, Telangana, India. Established in 2008, IIT Hyderabad has rapidly emerged as a leading institution for higher education and research in engineering, technology, and sciences.

IIT Hyderabad was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India under the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act in the year 2011. The Act was approved by the Lok Sabha on 24 March 2011 and in the Rajya Sabha on 30 April 2012. It was created with the financial and technical support of the Government of Japan.

IIT Hyderabad began functioning on 18 August 2008 at an interim campus located within the Ordnance Factory Medak, with Prof. U. B. Desai as the founder director. In July of 2015, the school relocated to its 576-acre permanent campus in Kandi, Sangareddy. It is located near an outer-ring highway, and situated on NH-65.

IIT Hyderabad Campus

The IITH campus covers an area that covers 576 acres (234 hectares). The campus was designed by Pune-based and renowned American architect Professor. Christopher Charles Benninger. The campus is organic and divided into buildings in clusters which will be built in phases beginning in the year 2011. The campus is among India’s most impressive examples of sustainable, efficient, carbon neutral and environmentally sustainable architecture. The design was born from the local climate and requires extreme attention to improve the learning experience. Graduate and postgraduate programs are separate the student and teacher accommodation is separated, and boys and girls hostels are separated to create a diverse setting.

The 25 million square feet of buildings in Phase 1A, three academic blocks as well as 10 hostels that are operational (each having 200 beds)) have been completed as of March 2019.

IIT Hyderabad Faculty

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad is currently home to a highly skilled faculty consisting of 222 professors, assistant professors and associate professors. 218 faculty members comprise Ph.D. holders in their respective fields and the remainder have Masters of Design. A large portion of faculty members are engaged in their own research along with students who are working with them.

Hostel – Two students share a single room, which has enough space for 2 beds, 2 study tables and chairs, and 2 Godrej almirahs. The hostels have a TV room, a table-tennis room, computer room, and a game room where students can play carrom, chess and other indoor games.

Dining Facilities – Dining facility caters to all students of IITH. It is run by a private caterer. The Dining Hall is located in next to the Boys’ Hostel and can accommodate about 130 students at one time. The food for the girls’ hostel gets delivered everyday to them by the staff of the Dining Hall. There is also a small canteen at the institute and another dining hall called ‘Little Place’.

Library – The IIT Hyderabad library offers a variety of books available to IITH students. The library holds about 1,200 acquisitions of academic books and about 200 acquisitions of non academic books. There are magazines, newspapers and DVD’s also available for everyone’s use at the Library. The library is kept open throughout the year except on government declared holidays. The current working hours are: Mon-Fri = 8.00 A.M. To 11.00 P.M. Sat-Sun = 9 A.M. To 5.00 P.M.

The majority of IIT Hyderabad faculty members follow the policy of open-door, which means they are readily accessible to answer questions and provide advice outside of class time.

IIT Hyderabad Courses

IIT Hyderabad offers UG, PG, and PhD degrees in BTech, MTech, BDes, MDes, and PhD. National-level exam scores and the counseling process are among the selection criteria for each course. JEE Advanced scores and JoSAA counseling are required for the BTech program. UCEED and CEED exam scores are taken into account for the BDes and MDes programs. GATE and IIT JAM exam scores are accepted for MTech and MSc programs. The following are the major courses offered by IIT Hyderabad:

IT Hyderabad M.Tech

IIT Hyderabad offers an M.Tech program in three categories specifically, 2-year MTech, 3-year Tech Executive MTech, and 2-year MTech. The most important requirement to be admitted is a GATE score that ranges between 529 to 789 in General category. The admission to this program will be made by the GATE cutoff as well as interviews that are conducted by the department in question. The first year’s fee for the program are in the range of 5.01 lakhs. IIT Hyderabad holds a good record of M.Tech placements. In the most recent recruitment drive in 2020, the top CTC provided in the country was 60.41 LPA. The average CTC was the figure of INR 22.07 LPA. The most sought-after candidates in the field of M.Tech at IITH include Infosys, Dell, Amazon, Microsoft, Deloitte, AMD, Oracle, and Adobe.

IIT Hyderabad Admission

The applicants who are interested in admission to the Institute must meet the requirements for eligibility in the programs. They must fill out the online form through the site of the Institute. The application cost is INR 300 (for General as well as OBC (INR 150 in case of SC/ST/PwD category and Females) must be paid through SBI Collect.

IIT Hyderabad Alumni

Dr. Paladugu Suresh: Assistant Professor at CBIT Hyderabad and Indian Researcher in Imidazolium Carboxylate Based [C-H]+

Professor. Arruri Sathyanarayana: UGC-JRF and Research Excellence Award winner, Researcher in Synthesis and Applications of Bis-azolium and Bisazolene Derivatives

Dr. Chatla Naga Babu: UGC-JRF, SRF, and Research Excellence Award winner

Dr. Katam Srinivas: Indian Researcher in Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Applications

Research and Innovation:

IIT Hyderabad is renowned for its research contributions in areas like structural engineering, water resources, and materials science. The institute collaborates with national and international organizations to advance knowledge and technology.

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Rankings:

IIT Hyderabad has been consistently ranked among the top engineering institutions in India. In the QS World University Rankings 2025, it is ranked between 681-690.

Laboratories & Workshops – Workshop is a place where students use the discipline, art and profession of acquiring and applying technical, scientific and mathematical knowledge to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and processes that safely realize a desired objective or inventions. Central Workshop contains: fitting shop, carpentry shop, welding shop, machine shop, plastics & frp shop, hydraulic and pneumatic shop, foundry shop, smithy shop, electrical circuits and wiring shop and electronic components and circuits shop. First year B-Tech students of all the branches have to undergo the workshop compulsorily. In the workshops the students are introduced to the various hand tools, power tools and machine tools, like drilling, milling, shaping, and turning, turning is the operation done on lathe. They are also introduced to use the measuring and marking tools for accurate dimensions. The students are acquainted with the joints like arc welding the form of permanent joint, gas welding, riveting are the forms of semi permanent joints, and use of nut-bolts, screws etc are the forms of temporary joints. In the FRP workshops students learn about the fiber reinforcement polymers which are extensively used in manufacturing of artificial human limbs, flower pots, and helmets etc.

Scholarships – For the students joining the Institute from July 2009 onwards, two scholarships will be available for students of each batch joining the Institute. So, in the next academic year (2009-10), 12 students will be receiving these scholarships. This commitment from the University of Tokyo towards IIT Hyderabad and the scholarships is expected to continue until the year 2018. The scholarships for the undergraduate students will be awarded to students with best academic record. For the first year students, the award will be based on the Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) in their I Semester at IIT Hyderabad. For the second, third and fourth year students, it will be based on their Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) up to the end of first year, second year and third year, respectively. For the students admitted in the academic year 2008-09, three scholarships each were offered to the students with the best academic record in the BTech programs in CSE, EE and ME.

Medical Services – Th institute is serviced by a 50 bedded Ordnance Factory Hospital (OFH).  It provides secondary level health care in five specialities like General Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Anaesthesiology and Pathology. Some Honorary Specialists are visiting the Hospital on certain days in a week in the following specialities: Paediatrics, ENT, Ophthalmology, Dentistry, Ultra-Sonalogy, and Cardiology. Radiology and other imaging investigations, Ultra-Sonography Facility and Upper-Gastro Intestinal Endoscope facilities are available in the Ordnance Factory Hospital. The OFH is situated opposite the Market area, just a few minutes walk from the Institute. To be eligible for treatment at the OFH, students and staff from IIT have to register at the Hospital and then will receive their Medical Booklet.