Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is one of the leading institutes of the country in higher technological education, basic and applied research. It is a residential institute with nearly 550 faculty, 9700 students and 1250 administrative & supporting staff in a self-contained campus located in a beautiful wooded land of about 620 hectares. It has established itself as a premier centre for teaching, research and industrial consultancy in the country.
IIT Madras offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees across 16 disciplines in Engineering, Sciences, Humanities and Management with nearly 100 laboratories organised in a unique pattern of functioning.
The placement office is the nodal point of contact for companies to interact with IIT Chennai. The office is well equipped and is designed to smoothly handle and support the placement process at all stages. Infrastructure for pre-placement talks, written tests, group discussions and personal interviews are available.
Internationally, IIT Chennai was ranked 271 in the QS World University Rankings 2020 and 50 in the QS Asian University Rankings 2020.
It was ranked 601–800 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2020, 125 in Asia and 63 among Emerging Economies University Rankings in 2020. IIT Madras also ranked first among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020 and first overall.
Spread over 620 acres in Chennai, IIT Madras provides residential accommodation for its students, faculty, administrative and supporting staff, and their families. The residential houses employ private caterers. The self-contained campus includes two schools (Vanavani and Kendriya Vidyalaya), three temples (Jalakanteshwara, Durga Peliamman and Ganapathi temple), three bank branches (SBI, ICICI, Canara Bank), a hospital, shopping centers, food shops, a gym, a swimming pool, cricket, football, hockey and badminton stadiums. Internet is available in the academic zone and the faculty and staff residential zone. Internet is available in the hostel zone from 2pm till midnight and from 5am to 8am.
IIT Madras offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees across 16 disciplines in engineering, sciences, humanities and management. About 360 faculty belonging to science and engineering departments and centers of the institute are engaged in teaching, research and industrial consultancy.
The departments and centers of the institute are responsible for the academic activities which include teaching, research and industrial consultancy.
The courses of study are organized on semester programs and each semester provides for a minimum of seventy instructional days. The medium of instruction is English. Continuous evaluations are conducted by the faculty, a consequence of the autonomous status granted to the Institute. Research work is evaluated on the basis of the review thesis by peer examiners both from within the country and abroad. Ordinances in respect of the academic program of study are prepared by the senate, the highest academic body within the institute.
Departments
Undergraduate Programmes:
Postgraduate programmes
Continuing Education Programmes
Research Programmes
Placements
Students can find further detailed information on the placement procedure, rules and regulations at https://placement.iitm.ac.in/
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Library
Student Mix
No of Students
Campus Size
Labs
Internet Wi-Fi
SportsUndergraduate Admission (B.Tech and Dual Degrees) and M.S
Postgraduate Admission: M.Tech and M.S
Postgraduate Admission: M.Sc/post-B.Sc programmes
Postgraduate and Research Admission: M.S (by research) and Ph.D programmes
Postgraduate Admission: 5-year integrated MA programmes
Postgraduate Admission: B.Sc. in Programming and Data Science
Postgraduate Admission: MBA
Fees:
The fee varies from course to course. A B.tech student needs to pay approximately Rs 26,500 for tuition and hostel. A day scholar for the same course has to pay Rs. 31,500. An MBA hosteller needs to pay approximately Rs. 59,000 while the day scholar pays Rs. 64,000.
All hostellers have to pay the approximate fee of Rs 16,000 to the hostel offices.
Internationally, IIT Chennai was ranked 271 in the QS World University Rankings 2020 and 50 in the QS Asian University Rankings 2020.
It was ranked 601–800 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2020, 125 in Asia and 63 among Emerging Economies University Rankings in 2020. IIT Madras also ranked first among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020 and first overall.
IIT Madras provides residential accommodation for its students, faculty, administrative and supporting staff, and their families. Most students at IIT Madras reside in the hostels, where extracurricular activities complement the academic routine. The campus has 18 hostels, of which four, Sharavati, Sarayu, Sabarmati and Tunga are exclusively for women. Dining facilities are provided in three centralised halls namely Nilgiri, Vindhya and Himalaya. The hostels may accommodate undergraduate and graduate students, though they tend to keep the two apart.
Students are assigned to hostels at the time of admission, where they usually spend their entire stay at the institute. The residential houses employ private caterers. Internet is available in the academic zone and the faculty and staff residential zone. Earlier, internet was limited in the hostel-zone from 2:00 pm till midnight and from 5:00 am to 8:00 am, but increasing demand during the academic semester led to full day Internet service.
