Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad is one of the 23 IIITs of India. This premium engineering institute was established in the year 2015. This institute is known for its B. Tech. and PhD degrees of 4 and 6 years respectively. The institute is situated in Dharwad, Karnataka. It is established under the public and private partnership model. This means both the government of India along with the government of Karnataka and industry partner, has funded the college. The funding is done by MHRD and the state government, and the industry partner is Keonics.
This is a self-sustaining institute and is established to cover the gap of skill in the IT sector faced in recent years. They offer B. Tech. in three specializations of; electronics, computer science, and data science and AI. They also offer a doctoral-level degree or PhD in computer science, electronics, mathematics, and physics. They have all the required facilities and amenities for the students ranging from fully equipped labs to hostels. They are currently running out of a temporary campus in Hubballi's IT Park. The institute is planning to shift to its permanent campus in the year 2020. The government has provided 61 acres of land for a well-structured and facilitated campus of IIIT Dharwad at Tadasinakoppa village which falls between Dharwad and Hubballi cities.
Currently, IIIT Dharwad runs from a temporary campus in Hubballi. Whereas, they will shift to the permanent campus in Tadasinakoppa village in 2020-21. The temporary campus is in the IT park, 3rd floor. The location is in the Deshpande Nagar, Hubli Dharwad highway and is in an easy to reach location from the main junction and bus stop. The rail junction is 2.5kms away and the bus stop is 2km away from the institute. Students can easily reach the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad by bus or cab from the junction or bus stop.
Since its commencement in the year 2015, the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad has grown both academically and culturally. The students and faculties are continuously involved in various projects for institutes and student's betterment. Some of the collaboration of the institute are:
AIWC (Australia India Water Centre)
Health and Family Welfare Service (HFWS) of the Government of Karnataka.
To be eligible for admission to the B.Tech program at IIIT Dharwad, candidates must have passed 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics as compulsory subjects and have at least 60% marks in aggregate.
Boys Hostel Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad (IIIT-DWD) is a residential Institute. All students preferably have to stay in the hostel accommodation provided by the Institute. It helps to create a community environment and this promotes a group education culture. IIIT-DWD offers separate hostels for Boys. Located at Vidya Nagar, in the heart of Hubli city, near to IIIT Dharwad transit campus and well connected to transit campus by public transport service. Hostels are equipped with 24×7 safety measures, along with other facilities such as the internet, Mess, CCTV etc. Hostels are well maintained and kept neat and tidy by dedicated housekeeping service. The hostel's rooms are comfortable, offer the home-like environment and provided with all basic amenities for day to day use. Current hostel rooms are provided on twin/ triplet-sharing basis allocated on the basis of first come first serve basis.Hostel Fees: Rs. 45000/- for the 1st Semester (includes Rs. 5000/- caution deposit)
Girls Hostel Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad (IIIT-DWD) is a residential Institute. All students preferably have to stay in the hostel accommodation provided by the Institute. It helps to create a community environment and this promotes a group education culture. IIIT-DWD offers separate hostels for Girls. Located at Vidya Nagar, in the heart of Hubli city, near to IIIT Dharwad transit campus and well connected to trasit campus by public transport serveice. Hostels are equipped with 24×7 safety measures, along with other facilities such as internet, Mess, CCTV etc. Hostels are well maintained and kept neat and tidy by dedicated house keeping service.The hostels rooms are comfortable, offer home like environment and provided with all basic amenities for day to day use. Current hostel rooms are provided on twin/ triplet-sharing basis allocated on the basis of first come first serve basis.Hostel Fees: Rs. 45000/- for the 1st Semester (includes Rs. 5000/- caution deposit)
Library The Indian Institute Of Information Technology, Dharwad campus has one of the biggest online and offline campus libraries. The library has 2500 offline and digital books on various subjects. Also, there are journals, magazines, newspapers, and digital media DVDs and CDs for student's academic purposes.
Sports The campus has a large and open sports complex. The sports complex has a football ground, basketball court, volleyball court, etc. not, only that there is a separate place for indoor sports and games as well.
Cafeteria Cafeteria facility available in this college.
Auditorium The campus of IIIT Dharwad also has a plethora of auditoriums and halls for cultural and educational seminars and webinars. There is a large auditorium which will be used for events and programs. Also, there are separate seminar halls and lecture halls with large seating capacity.
Medical/Hospital There is a medical complex on the campus too so that students will not have to go out to get medical attention. There is also a pharmacy on the campus for buying medicines and first aid.
Wifi IIIT-Dharwad maintains the campus network backbone connectivity and internet connections on 24×7 basis. The IT Park has wired connectivity and also Wi-Fi Routers have been installed for benefit of students and faculty with a bandwidth of 5.5Mbps (1:1) to start with.
IT Infrastructure IT facility available in this college.
Laboratories Being a premier technology institute of India, the college has various laboratories that are equipped with the best of the technologies and equipment. Some of the major labs on the campus are; physics lab, electronics lab, computer lab, analog and digital lab, processional communication lab, microcontroller lab, microprocessor lab, networking lab, etc.