International Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Hyderabad

About International Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Hyderabad

The International Institute of Information Technology (formerly Indian Institute of Information Technology), Hyderabad is an autonomous, self-supporting institution started in 1998 with seed support from the Government of Andhra Pradesh. A major goal of IIIT is to impart a uniquely broad and interdisciplinary IT education of the highest academic quality. This is achieved through an integrated curriculum that consists of a highly diverse set of IT courses, interdisciplinary IT research projects, day-to-day interaction with industry, preparation in entrepreneurship and personality development courses.

Infrastructure

Located in Hyderabad, the future Silicon Valley of India, the Institute combines the freedom of an academic institution with the strength of the corporate sector. It enjoys the locational advantage of being close to the HI-TEC City (a centre housing software development centres of companies like Microsoft, Oracle, Motorola, Infosys and GE Capital) and the presence of IT majors from across the globe right on the campus through their schools and research centres.

Hyderabad combines spectacular growth in Information Technology with the charm of a high quality of life. The Institute has a campus of 62 acres abutting the institutional area of the Hyderabad Central University and about 3 kms. from the HI-TEC City. Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Development Banking (JNIDB) and the CMC Research and Development Centre are located very close to IIIT. The Indian School of Business, a prestigious business/management institution, is being established by prominent Indian business houses in a campus adjacent to the IIIT campus. IIIT interacts with the educational, research and other academic institutes and acts as a resource centre for information technology. One example of this interaction is the catalyzing of the 'MSIT ' programme.

Apart from hostel there are 50 executive rooms and an air conditioned guest house.Expansion of the infrastructure facilities is being carried out. A new academic complex with large lecture halls, research centers, laboratories, hostels, married housing will be ready in the first phase.

Research centres aim at developing IT for specific problems provide students with opportunities for involvement in IT problem solving and innovation. Major national and international IT companies are actively involved in IIIT's academic programmes through their corporate schools on the campus. These include IBM,Signal Tree, Motorola and Oracle.

Facilities and Campus

The Institute is spread over a campus of 62 acres. It is fully residential in nature and hence is a self contained unit. The institute has a wireless campus. The wireless network has been provisioned with the latest wireless LAN technology 802.11g to offer users with high speed connectivity. There are 4 buildings that house the corporate schools and research centers. In addition to this, the academic building has the lecture halls, tutorial rooms, computer and electronics labs and offices of the administration and faculty.

Labs - The Institute has well-equipped, air-conditioned computer laboratories allocated batch-wise to students. They are equipped with the latest hardware and software. The average PC-to-student ratio is 1:2. All terminals are part of an intranet (1Gbps Backbone), which connects all buildings, including the hostels. The Institute has high bandwidth (5 Mbps) internet connectivity round the clock. Researchers have 24 hours access to the computational facilities. The students administer their own computer systems. Research centres and corporate schools provide specialised high-end equipment for research and development.

In addition to the computer labs, there are digital signal processing and electronics laboratories. Most classrooms are equipped with overhead and multimedia projectors. Seminar halls facilitate organization of symposia, seminars, student-industry interactions and guest lectures.

Library - The Library supports the main objective of the institute in imparting an interdisciplinary IT education of the highest academic quality by providing reference materials for highly diverse set of IT courses at graduate and postgraduate levels, and research programs.The Library is housed in a separate two-floor building. The building is centrally air-conditioned with a seating capacity of about 300 students. For research students, about 80 separate cubicles are provided. A reading room facility is provided where members can read their own reading material.

The Library has a large collection of Reference Books, Text Books, Technical reports, Standards, Literature books and CDROMS. The library subscribes to over 1 5 0 journals/magazines. The Library is being managed with a fully integrated multi user Library Management Software. Using this software, cataloguing and circulation services are being automated along with OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) facility.

The Library is a member of INDEST Consortium and facilitates online access to research material from IEEE , ACM, Springer Link and ASCE. To improve communication skills in English, five sets of Linguaphone English Course material (text and audio) are available.

Hostels - The institute has four boys hostels having a total of 224 rooms with double/Triple occupancy and 624 rooms with single occupancy, and one girls hostel with 216 single occupancy rooms. The ladies hostel has attached bath rooms in each of the rooms.There is an optical fibre network connecting all buildings on campus including the hostels. B.Tech. first year students are provided sharing accommodation in the hostel. All other students are provided with individual rooms. The hostels also have wireless Internet access.

Departments

1. CSE (Computer Science & Engineering)
   
2. Computer Science and Information Security
   
3. Computer Aided Structural Engineering
   
4. VLSI and Embedded Systems
   
5. IT in Building Sciences
   
6. Computational Linguistics
   
7. Bio-informatics
   
8. Communication Systems and Signal Processing
   
9. Power Systems

Other Facilities

Digital Library - A digital library is also maintained. It is an online archive of useful software, books and tutorials. Students can download any permitted software from this resource. There are many textbooks and reference books available in the digital format as well. Many lectures have also been recorded and are available online for students use. Most courses maintain an intranet site containing lecture slides and other course material.

Sports - The institute gives sufficient incentive for everyone to excel in any of the plethora of activities and skills available. Facilities are provided for cricket, volley ball, soccer, basket ball, table tennis, and various other games. A gymnasium has been recently set up within the hostel premises.

Dining Facilities - Spacious and modern kitchens with steam cooking cater to healthy and nutritious food. Strict hygienic conditions are maintained. Each hostel has its own mess. The student is liberal to choose any mess of his choice. There is also a canteen which functions for 12 hrs. a day.

Gymnasium - A state of art gymnasium has been established to aid the physical fitness maintenance of the students. The gymnasium is equipped with all modern equipment and is open for both boys and girls at separate times during mornings and evenings.

Student Clubs, Transport, Health services, Banks & ATM , Student activity centre etc. are other facilities available to the students.

Extra Curricular Activities

Felicity - Each year IIIT holds it's annual cultural and technical festival called Felicity. Since its inception four years ago, Felicity has gone from strength to strength and is now one of the most eagerly awaited college fests in Hyderabad. Felicity attracts students from all major engineering and degree colleges across the country. Renowned bands like Strings, Parikrama, Motherjane, Indian Ocean and Bombay Vikings have performed at Felicity over the past few years.

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Information compiled from: International Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Hyderabad Website