IIT Delhi was established in the year 1961. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi was declared as an Institution of National Importance under the 'Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, in 1963 and in the same year, they were granted the status of Deemed University. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has secured 5th position with an overall score of 72.15/100 by NIRF in 2021 in the management category. The institute has retained its place in the second position in the engineering category in NIRF 2021 Ranking. The institute has secured 4th rank in the overall NIRF 2021 Ranking and ranked 4th in the research category. The institute had secured 3rd rank in the overall NIRF Ranking 2020.
IIT Delhi has a campus of 320 acres and includes amenities like a shopping centre, hospital, stadiums, bank, post offices, etc. Currently, the Institute has 17 Centres of Excellence of which four are built by IIT Delhi, five are backed by sponsored projects, and eight are industry-sponsored. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi offers courses in B.Tech, M.Tech, M.Sc, Ph.D, and M.Des. IIT Delhi has a provision of a Dual Degree and an Integrated course (B.Tech and M.Tech) for the undergraduate programme.
IIT Delhi is recognised as the No. 1 institute of India. The institute provides vast exposure to its students through its course programmes and extra-curricular programmes. The course curriculum at IIT Delhi is wide knowledge-based and designed to train the students in the process of learning and training.
The institute is situated in Hauz Khas, New Delhi. The nearest railway station is Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station at a distance of 12.4 km. The Hauz Khas Metro Station is 3.6 km away and the airport, Indira Gandhi International Airport is 10 km away. The Vasant Vihar Bus Depot is 4 km away from the campus. The institute is well connected with roads, railways and airways.
Boys Hostel There are 11 boys' hostels inside the campus premises. Each hostel has amenities like indoor games, TV in the common room, reading room, dining hall, etc. Students have free access to the internet.
Girls Hostel Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has 2 girls' hostels. Recreational facilities like indoor games, TV in common room, reading room, dining hall, etc are available for the students. All the rooms have Internet connectivity.
Gym The institute has a central double-storied recreation block with a swimming pool and a gymnasium hall.
Library The IIT Delhi facilities include a Central Library that houses more than three lakh documents comprising of books, theses, journals, video cassettes and compact discs in the fields of science, engineering, humanities, literature and management. Students can subscribe to electronic resources at discounted rates.
Sports Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi provides indoor and outdoor sports facilities to the students. A cricket field with four turf wickets, four cricket practice pitches, hockey and football grounds, three volleyball and two basketball courts, eight tennis courts (four synthetic and four clay courts), a tennis practice wall, three squash courts, one badminton hall, two table tennis halls with synthetic flooring, one weight- lifting hall, Olympic size swimming pool, kid’s pool, two multi-gyms, a flood-lit stadium with 400 metres athletics track, flood-lit jogging track and ancillary arrangements for all the games are available to the students. Construction of new multipurpose hall with facilities for badminton, table tennis and squash courts is under consideration.
Cafeteria IIT Delhi canteen is located opposite Aravali Hostel, in Himadri Hostel and adjacent Kumaon Hostel and the others located in front of Library across the road. The canteen serves healthy and hygienic food to the students. There are Coffee and Cold drinks kiosks also in the Institute.
Auditorium The auditorium has a seating capacity of over 120 and hosts numerous guest lectures, seminars and other programmes.
Medical/Hospital IIT Delhi facilities include a 14 bedded hospital to provide OPD treatment and cure general ailments. A team of 10 allopathic, 1 homeopathy, 1 dental and 4 doctors on a contractual basis run the hospital.
Wifi The academic area, main guest house, faculty guest house, RCA and Hospital are also connected through secure Wi-Fi.
IT Infrastructure IIT Delhi has a well-maintained IT infrastructure. The Institute LAN is a state of the art switched network with Fiber Optics and enhanced CAT5/CAT6 UTP backbone. It consists of more than 9000 network access points spread over the campus using about 265 Cisco switches and about 75 virtual LANs.
Classrooms The Institute has fully air-conditioned lecture theaters equipped with LCD projectors to ensure the best possible environment for learning.
Laboratories The Departments has well-equipped laboratories, workshop and library facilities.
Swimming Pool The central double-storied recreation block with a swimming pool and a gymnasium hall
Convenience Store For the benefit of the student community, there is a stationery shop situated in the academic area. A number of Xeroxing facilities and STD/ISD/PCO facilities are available in all the Hostels.