About International Institute of Information Technology

International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore is a Deemed University established in 1999. An Autonomous Institute, it is popularly known as IIIT-B. It has been established on the lines of other well established Institutes of National Importance (INI) in India. These INIs include the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). The other objective behind setting up the institute is to contribute to the IT world by focusing on education, research, entrepreneurship and innovation. The Institute is a registered not-for-profit society funded jointly by the Government of Karnataka and the IT industry. The Institute moved to its present Electronics City campus in 2003. IIIT B became a Deemed University in 2005. It started offering M. Tech and Ph. D programmes since then. Prior to the deemed university status, the Institute offered, a highly valued post graduate diploma programme. In 2012, it started a five year integrated M. Tech programme admitting students who have completed their higher secondary school educations.

IIIT-B is situated opposite the Infosys corporate headquarters and is within easy walking distance of other major companies like HP, Siemens, Wipro, GE, Satyam and others, giving students and faculty opportunities for productive interaction with the industry. IIIT-B is also closely associated with the Government of Karnataka's Board for IT Education Standards (BITES) that establishes academic benchmarks for undergraduate IT education in the state. IIIT-Bangalore has an applicant: student ratio of higher than 15. It has attracted people with Ph.D degrees from MIT, UC Berkeley, University of Toronto, Purdue, leading universities of Europe, IIT’s and IISc to be on its 36 strong faculty. Its 1800+ M.Tech graduates work in 100+ corporations in 20+ countries. Some of them are pursuing doctoral programs in leading Universities like UC Berkeley / MIT.

Information compiled:International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore- Website