The International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (abbreviated IIIT Bangalore or IIITB) is a research deemed university located in Electronics City, Bangalore, India. It is a registered not-for-profit society and one of three autonomous "International" IIITs in India — alongside IIIT Hyderabad and IIIT Delhi — that operate independently of the standard government-funded or Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model used by other IIITs. As of 2024, the institute is self-funded through research, innovation, and internally generated revenues, and receives no direct government or industry grants. It is governed by a Board chaired by Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder of Infosys.
History
The university was established on 18 September 1998 as the International Institute of Information Technology, with its campus at International Tech Park, Bangalore. Prof. S. Sadagopan, who had earlier served at IIT Kanpur and IIM Bangalore, became its founding Director. The institute relocated to its present campus in Electronics City in August 2003. On 4 July 2021, at the institute's 21st convocation, Prof. Sadagopan handed over the directorship to Prof. Debabrata Das.
Academics
The university offers B.Tech, Integrated M.Tech (Dual Degree B.Tech + M.Tech), M.Tech, M.S. (Research), M.Sc. (Digital Society), and Ph.D. degrees across various specialisations. It also offers postgraduate diploma and certificate programmes.
Rankings
Competitive Programming
IIIT Bangalore has qualified for the World Finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) twice, in 2017 and 2018. The student-run club CAMP (Club for Algorithms, Math and Programming) trains students for programming contests including the ICPC. The institute offers a value-added course in competitive programming, which saw 40% student enrolment in 2023.
Student life
Hostels
IIIT Bangalore is a fully residential campus. It has three hostels: Lilavati (women's hostel) with around 260 single-occupancy rooms, and Bhaskara and Visveswaraya (men's hostels) with a combined 754 single-occupancy and 76 triple-occupancy rooms. A shared mess and canteen are located in Bhaskara hostel.
Festivals
- Synergy – Annual three-day technical festival held in November, featuring hackathons, coding contests, and entrepreneurship challenges.
- Infin8 – Annual three-day cultural festival, first held in 2015, typically held in January, featuring concerts, competitions, and cultural events.
- Spandan – Annual intra-sports festival primarily for alumni to compete with current students and staff.
- Umang – Annual inter-college sports festival attracting students from across Bangalore.
Innovation
IIIT Bangalore established its Innovation Centre in 2009. The centre runs annual thematic accelerator programmes for startups working on frontier technologies including AI, Mobile Apps, Bots, Conversational Interfaces, and Augmented Reality.