IIT Madras Campus Infrastructure, Hostel Details & Facilities ,Adyar, Chennai

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

  • Library
  • Computer Centre
  • Skill training and fabrication facility
  • Sports
  • Extra Mural Lectures
  • Leisure Time Activity Program
  • NCC | NSS | NSO | NCA
  • Guest Houses
  • Schools
  • Open Air Theatre
  • Places of Worship
  • Campus Security

Campus Amenities

  • Banks
  • Post office
  • Shopping Complex
  • Hospital
  • Bus Transport
  • Canteens
IIT Madras Hostel

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

  • Alakananda
  • Brahmaputra
  • Cauvery
  • Ganga
  • Godavari
  • Jamuna
  • Krishna
  • Mahanadhi
  • Mandakini A
  • Mandakini B
  • Narmada
  • Pampa
  • Saraswathi
  • Sindhu
  • Tamiraparani
  • Tapti
  • Bhadra
  • Sabarmati
  • Sarayu
  • Sharavathi
  • Swarnamukhi
  • Tunga

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

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).

IIT Madras Central Library

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 Sports

IIT Madras Infrastructure FAQs

Below are the IIT Madras infrastructure FAQs:

Q:   Which is the biggest festival of IIT Madras?
A:

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.

Q:   What is the hostel fee at IIT Madras for undergraduate courses?
A:

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.

Q:   Is there any canteen facility available at IIT Madras?
A:

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

Q:   Where is the IIT Madras campus situated?
A:

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 Complex
    Available Facilities:
    Badminton Court|Basketball Court|Cricket Ground|Football Ground|Squash Court|Swimming Pool|Tennis Court|Volley Ball Court|Athletic Stadium
  • Labs
    Available 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
  • Cafeteria
    Gym
    Hospital / Medical Facilities
    Wi-Fi Campus
    Shuttle Service
    Auditorium
    Convenience Store
Other Facilities:
Air-conditioned Conference Halls|Open-air Theater|Research Park|Students Facilities Centre|Post Office Facility|Banks with ATM facility|Computer Centre|Central Lecture Theatre

Infrastructure Reviews

Overall Infrastructure Rating (Out of 5)

4.5

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Shree Kanti | M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 23 Jul 2026
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5.0
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
This is the best college for doing M.Tech CSE.

Infrastructure: IIT Madras infrastructure was so fascinating and beautiful. Our campus was connected with nature. Many animals like deer, monkey-like animals, and birds freely roamed here, making students feel close to nature. Hostel rooms were clean and well decorated. Food was served hygienically and was delicious.

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Devansh Burman | BS in Data Science and Applications (online) - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 28 Jun 2026
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4.0
Placements 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Value for Money 4
IIT Madras BS Degree in Data Science and Applications review

Learning Experience: Course content is good and industrial relevant. The website is also user friendly but the lectures are not that good. Exams are quite good and difficult. Overall, this degree is worth the investment of time and money.

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Khalid Hasan | BS in Data Science and Applications (online) - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 9 Jun 2026
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4.0
Placements 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Value for Money 4
An instance of online learning: My experience of pursuing an online degree at IIT Madras.

Learning Experience: The course content is rigorous. You have to do assignments every week which sometimes becomes challenging if you are a working professional or doing dual degree. The content they provide through their platform is per the industry standard. They do not compromise with their institute's legacy. This programme build skills that you need today and the industries ask for. The only challenge I have experienced in this programme is for standalone students as they do not get the physical environment of ...

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Devwrat Tamrakar | M.Tech. in Ocean Structures - Batch of 2023
Reviewed on 25 May 2026
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4.8
Placements 5 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Choosing Ocean Engineering at IIT Madras.

Infrastructure: The hostels are good, some are old, and some are new. Single room from the second year onwards. In the old hostel, the money problem is there. But the grounds have everything like cricket, volleyball, and badminton. For food, we have 3 meals. Himalaya, Nilgiri, and Vindhyachal. The food is okay in all the mess, not good, not bad.

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Samar Murmu | M.Sc. in Physics - Batch of 2022
Reviewed on 16 Feb 2026
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4.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
Review of IIT Madras - Indian Institute of Technology.

Infrastructure: The course curriculum is good, covering the topmost topics and also ensuring a basic understanding that goes on to high diversity in subjects, as they change every semester. Teachers are excellent in their work. They guide us, and we get the best knowledge with practical knowledge in practical classes every week. Hostel facilities are available, and the accommodations are very good, with 24 hours of water supply. The rooms are 2 sharing, and the charges are reasonable. The mess food is hygienic ...

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Charani Meka | B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 11 Jan 2026
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4.4
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
Review of facilities and life at IIT Madras.

Infrastructure: The department building is very spacious with a lot of classrooms and labs. The building is a bit old, so the renovation is being made now. The hostel infrastructure is nice, but there is a bit of a problem with monkeys in one or two of them. The mess food is of nice quality. Food courts are available throughout the day.

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Harsha vardini | B.Tech. in Civil Engineering - Batch of 2027
Reviewed on 22 Dec 2025
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4.4
Placements 4 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Good campus, good placement, good faculty, but hostel alone needs improvement.

Infrastructure: Hostel infrastructure needs to be improved. We will receive free Wi-Fi throughout. Library and many places are provided for students to study. We have wide options for mess and menu. Canteens are available at low cost without compromising the food quality. Labs are awesome.

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LUNAVATH HARI CHN ... | B.Tech. in Civil Engineering - Batch of 2027
Reviewed on 15 Sep 2025
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5.0
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
The best campus in India, and very good.

Infrastructure: Facilities in the department and library include Wi-Fi. Everything is good and well. The hostel is maintained well and nicely, with a mess, food, good infrastructure, AC classrooms, and facilitated labs. Medical facilities and sports facilities are also good.

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Anonymous | M.A. in Economics - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 26 Aug 2025
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5.0
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Overall best college for M.A. In Economics Course.

Infrastructure: The college is located in the northeast, and connectivity to the rest of India is limited. Thus, there were few female students on campus. Hotels were good. Each student is given an individual furnished room. Each hotel has a mess area, restaurant, and TV room. The food is awesome. It will take some time to adjust the menu for other public school students.

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Sagnik Chakrabarty | B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 22 Aug 2025
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4.2
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
Life at IITM is like your dream college life.

Infrastructure: Institute Wi-Fi is present in all public places. Labs and classrooms are very well maintained and mostly air-conditioned. Library is open from 8:00 AM to 11:30 PM, and it is air-conditioned too. Hostel facilities are moderate, and we come to the hostel mostly for sleeping. We stay in the library most of the time. The quality of food available is also moderate. The institute hospital is very good, like a multi-specialty hospital. All types of sports are played here like cricket, football, badmint...

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Kripa Mariam Roy | B.S. in Medical Sciences & Engineering - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 18 Aug 2025
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5.0
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
A must experience campus life.

Infrastructure: All the infrastructure in our department is top-notch, with table Wi-Fi connections, AC classrooms, and lab facilities for various subjects. All the students will be provided with hostels at the time of admission. There are single, double, triple, and quadruple sharing rooms. In each room, a cot, a cupboard, a study table with a chair, a socket, and LAN facilities will be provided. Hostels also have a basketball court, lawns, and various games, including board games. Mess can be selected by the ...

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Sahin Mohammed Ma ... | M.Sc. in Physics - Batch of 2022
Reviewed on 29 Jul 2025
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5.0
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Absolutely satisfied because of infrastructure and facilities.

Infrastructure: Infrastructure of hostel is too good and neat and clean. There will be a single room also available in the hostel. Classroom is near and good. Labs with all facilities. Library has been quiet and peaceful. Canteen facilities are super on campus and worth money.

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Tejavath Shiva ka ... | B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 26 Jul 2025
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4.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Good college, but you need to read and enjoy as well.

Infrastructure: IIT Madras has good classrooms, fast Wi-Fi, nice labs, and a big library. Hostels are clean with 24-hour water, power, and internet. Mess food is clean and okay, with different food choices. Canteens have many tasty options. There is a free campus hospital and ambulance. Sports grounds, gym, and games are also available for students.

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Venkata shiva | B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering + M.Tech. in Applied Mechanics - Batch of 2024
Reviewed on 25 Jul 2025
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3.8
Placements 3 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
Great campus life with good placements and strong academic support.

Infrastructure: Department had good labs, classrooms with AC and projector, and Wi-Fi all around. Library was big with many books. Hostel rooms were fine, and shared type. Mess food was okay, sometimes good, sometimes not. Medical help was available 24X7. Many sports ground and gym were also there. It's quite good.

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Rishabh yadav | B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering - Batch of 2029
Reviewed on 17 Jul 2025
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5.0
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Best college with best placement rates.

Infrastructure: Best infrastructure I have ever seen in my whole life. Every type of facility is available to students. IITM will give you everything, you just have to study and enjoy on campus. First time you enter the campus, you will find yourself in jungle.

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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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Rashmi Karan

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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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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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Jagriti Pruthi

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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

BiotechnologyApplied Mechanics & Biomedical Engineering
PhysicsOcean EngineeringMetallurgical & Materials Engineering
Medical Science & TechnologyMechanical EngineeringMathematics
Management StudiesHumanities & Social SciencesEngineering Design
Electrical EngineeringData Science & Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science & Engineering
Civil EngineeringChemistryChemical Engineering

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Ishita B

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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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