The Indian Institute of Technology Madras is considered to be one of the best engineering colleges in India. This is a residential institute based in Chennai. IIT Madras campus is famous for its 617 acres of lush greenery. There are almost 550 faculty members, 8000 students and 1250 administrative and support staff members. There are 20 academic departments and few research centers related to the field of engineering and pure science with almost 100 labs.
Highlights of the IIT Madras Campus
There are 300 species of trees and plants, which are mostly found in this area, which include a wide variety of native wild species unique to tropical dry evergreen forests. These include the most graceful antelopes in the world - Blackbuck and 100 species of birds at different times of the year.
The IIT Madras campus has an excellent transportation system as it is located at a distance of 10 kilometers from the Chennai Airport, 12 kilometers from the Chennai Central railway station, and the nearest station on the Chennai MRTS line is Kasturba Nagar. The campus is also well-connected with the city buses.
The IIT Madras provides a lot of facilities and activities for its students, faculty, and staff members. See the table below for some of the highlights of the campus:
| Particulars |
IIT Madras Campus Highlights |
|---|---|
| Area |
617 Acres |
| Location |
Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Hostel |
22 Hostel: 16 for Male students, 6 for female Students |
| Campus Facilities |
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| Campus Amenities |
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IIT Madras Hostel
There are 22 hostels in total built for the students enrolled in the Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs at IIT Madras. First-year Undergraduate students admitted to IIT Madras are allocated shared accommodations and further allocated single, double, or triple sharing rooms depending on the hostels. There are 16 hostels in total for males and 6 for females. All the hostels are named after great rivers of India.
The following is a list of hostels at IIT Madras:
| Male Students |
Female Students |
|---|---|
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IIT Madras Hostel Fee
The Hostel fee for the IIT Madras 2026 batch is showcased in the below table:
| BTech, BS, Dual Degree, MA, MSc, MBA |
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|---|---|
| Particulars |
Amount |
| Hostel Admission Fee |
500 |
| Advance Dining Charges |
18026 - 18879 |
| Establishment – A Charges |
8000 |
| Establishment - B Charges |
1500 |
| Refundable Deposit (New admission only) |
5000 |
| Other Fee (Optional)* |
7500 |
IIT Madras Hostel Facilities
Hostels at IIT Madras provide various amenities to the students, which include WiFi connection, Library, Garden, etc. Each hostel has a common room where all the hostel level meetings take place. The hostellers observe festivals like Holi, Pongal, Onam, Diwali, New Year’s Eve and an annual hostel night in all the hostels where they celebrate with food and drinks.
Following are the list of hostel facilities provided to the students:
- WiFi/ LAN in each room
- Computer Room
- Garden
- Library
- Washing Machine
- Sport Facilities
- Music /Tech/ Television rooms
- Transport
- Mess Facility
IIT Madras Hostel Life
The hostel at IIT Madras is a perfect place that provides all the facilities that a student needs to live comfortably and study without being disturbed. Every student gets a bed, a table and chair, Almirah and all other electrical facilities with a LAN port having high speed Internet. There is a common room in each hostel having TV, table tennis, Pool and Foosball tables. There is a courtyard for outdoor games where there is a Football and Cricket ground along with separate Basketball and Badminton courts.
IIT Madras Central Library
Central Library of IITM comes equipped with state-of-the-art facilities. It is a 5-storeyed, fully air-conditioned and wi-fi enabled place, which has a plethora of resources like CD-ROMs, online database, audio-video cassettes, books, E-journals, patents, E-standards, theses, reports, monographs, full-text and bibliographical database etc. It has subscription of renowned research journals, even e-subscription to various journals.
There are various sections in the library- Textbook/Reference, General Stacks, Reading Halls, Journals and Current Periodicals, Media Research Center (educational and scientific video screening center), Book Bank, etc.
Students of IIT Madras become members of the Central Library, by default, and have access to references and books from the library of other colleges in the city too.
The Central Library at IIT Madras has received the Wiley Library Award 2019 in the category of Digitally Transformed Academic Library (Government).
Sports Facilities at IIT Madras
There are excellent sports facilities in IIT Madras campus, including a swimming pool of Olympic standard, well-equipped gymnasium, the famous IIT-Chemplast cricket ground, a huge stadium and a hi-tech wooden floored multipurpose indoor stadium.
The sports facilities at IIT Madras are as follows:
- K.S Narayanan Centre for Cricketing Excellence
- An athletics stadium
- Four tennis courts (synthetic-floored) and badminton courts (wooden-floored)
- An Olympic standard swimming pool
- Football and hockey fields with floodlights
- Two basketball courts and two volleyball courts
- Well-equipped gymnasium with professional trainers
- Two world-class squash courts
- Weightlifting Arena
- Table tennis
- Skating around Sangam ground
IIT Madras Infrastructure FAQs
Below are the IIT Madras infrastructure FAQs:
The IIT Madras hostel fee for students pursuing undergraduate courses is showcased in the below table:
BTech and Dual Degree | |
|---|---|
Particulars | Amount |
Hostel Admission Fee | 250 |
Advance Dining Charges | 17766 |
Establishment – A Charges | 6500 |
Establishment - B Charges | 2000 |
Extra-Curricular Fee | 1500 |
Medical Insurance Premium (per annum) | 2301 |
Refundable Deposit (New admission only) | 3000 |
Student Wellness Fee | 200 |
Other Fee (Optional)* | 4750 |
Advance dining charges and Student Medical Insurance Premium are subject to change depending on the new tenders.
*Other fees (Optional) include Saarang / T-shirt of Shaastra / L-tap / Hostel Night charges.
Yes, the IIT Madras provides canteen facility for day scholars and hostellers looking for something different to eat.
The following are the food joints available on IIT Madras Campus:
Eateries | Opening time | Closing time |
|---|---|---|
Bachelors Restaurant FFT | 9:00 | 21:00 |
Coolbiz-Girls SFC | 9:00 | 0:00 |
Grama Bhojanam-FFT | 9:00 | 21:00 |
Café Coffee Day (CCD) | 10:00 | 0:00 |
Kannan Catering Services-FFT | 9:00 | 21:00 |
Leo Fortune | 7:00 | 23:45 |
Student Tea Stall | 12:00 | 4:00 |
Indian Coffee House | 9:00 | 18:00 |
Stud Dosa-Girls SFC | 17:00 | 0:00 |
Usha Café-Girls SFC | 9:00 | 4:00 |
Woss-FFT | 9:00 | 21:00 |
Wow Momo-FFT | 9:00 | 21:00 |
Anjappar Chettinad Rest. | 9:00 | 22:30 |
IIT Madras campus is located in the city of Chennai, previously known as Madras. The campus of IIT Madras is 10 km away from the Chennai airport and 12 km from Chennai Central Railway station. The main GATE of IIT Madras is on Sardar Patel Road circumscribed by the residential districts of Adyar and Velachery.
Infrastructure/Facilities
- Library
The Central Library, a five-storey, air-conditioned building, divided into different sections - text book/reference, general stacks, reading halls, journals and current periodicals, media research centre. It is well equipped with modern facilities and resources in the form of online databases, e-journals, and provide electronic access to various full text & bibliographical databases & e-journals. The library has incorporated books in the areas of science, technology, engineering, humanities, social sciences, management, generalia, comprises mainly of books, theses, pamphlets , reports, current journals, back volumes, specifications, standards, patents, audio-video cassette, microfiche, microfilms CD-ROM databases.It has seating capacity of 200 people at a time. Also facilitates photocopying service.
- Hostel
All hostels are named after the prominent rivers of India.Rooms are furnished with internet and laundry facility in the campus.Each hostel has separate room for television called common room. Telephone and washing machine is provided in every hostel. Hostel library is provided in every hostel. The students are not allowed to drive powered vehicles in the campus. They can use bicycles only or walk. Separate dining facility is provided in hostel It has two large dining facilities namely Himalaya and .
Boys HostelShared Rooms|In-Campus Hostel, Girls HostelShared Rooms|In-Campus Hostel - Sports ComplexAvailable Facilities:Badminton Court|Basketball Court|Cricket Ground|Football Ground|Squash Court|Swimming Pool|Tennis Court|Volley Ball Court|Athletic Stadium
- LabsAvailable Facilities:Chemistry Lab|Computer Lab|Electrical Lab|Mechanical Lab|Physics Lab|Basic Aerospace Engineering lab|Propulsion Lab|Thermodynamics Lab|Construction Material Lab|Structural Engineering Lab|Programming and Data Structures Lab|Digital Systems & Lab|Electrical Machines & Lab|Applied Programming Lab|Fluid Mechanics Lab|Marine Instrumentation Lab
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Student Forum
Answered 3 months ago
Living inside the college residential facilities brings extra expenses during the 4 years of a BTech at IIT Madras. Combined hostel room rent and mess dining charges cost between 1 Lacs and 5.4 Lacs rupees total. These rates vary depending on the specific hostel wings allocated.
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered 6 months ago
Indian Institute of Technology Chennai has many departments. Aerospace Engineering, Biotechnology, Applied Mechanics & Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Science & Technology, and others are the departments at the IIT Madras.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 7 months ago
The Indian Institute of Madras is spread across 617 acres of land. IIT Madras has developed a low-cost chip device. This device is meant to detect the antibiotic resistance in just 3 hours. There are several technical fests arranged in this college, such as Shaastra, Saarang, etc. The Centre for In
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 8 months ago
Indian Institute of Technology Chennai gives various UG, PG & other courses through its multiple departments. These courses are provided across Engineering & various other streams. Below table shows the list of IIT Madras in Chennai departments in detail:
IIT Madras Departments | ||
|---|---|---|
Aerospace Engineering | Biotechnology | Applied Mechanics & Biomedical Engineering |
| Physics | Ocean Engineering | Metallurgical & Materials Engineering |
| Medical Science & Technology | Mechanical Engineering | Mathematics |
| Management Studies | Humanities & Social Sciences | Engineering Design |
| Electrical Engineering | Data Science & Artificial Intelligence | Computer Science & Engineering |
| Civil Engineering | Chemistry | Chemical Engineering |
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a year ago
Indian Institute of Technology Chennai (Chennai IIT Campus), through its various departments, offers UG, PG, and other courses to students. These courses are provided across Engineering and various other streams. Below table shows the list of IIT Madras in Chennai departments in detail:
IIT Madras Departments | ||
|---|---|---|
Aerospace Engineering | Applied Mechanics | Biotechnology |
Chemical Engineering | Chemistry | Civil Engineering |
Computer Science and Engineering | Electrical Design | Humanities and Social Sciences |
Management Studies | Mathematics | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering |
Mechanical Engineering | Ocean Engineering | Electrical Engineering |
Physics | - | - |
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IIT Madras conducts an annual fest called Shaastra. It is an annual technical festival organised to celebrate unconstrained thinking and love for the spirit of engineering.
Another cultural festival organised by IIT Madras is Saarang, It is the largest cultural fest in India held every year in the month of January.