The university was established on 15 September 1999 as the Indian Institute of Information Technology, with its campus at International Tech Park. It functioned at that location for four years, and relocated to its present campus in Electronic City in August 2003.
The university is a not-for-profit society registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960. It is governed by a board with S. Gopalakrishnan, co-founder, Infosys as chairman. Other members of the board include Dr Ajay Kumar, IAS, Defence Secretary, Government of India, ISN Prasad, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka, Prof AnnaLee Saxenian, Dean, School of Information, UC Berkeley and Prof S. Sadagopan, the founder director. Other members of the governing Body can be viewed at https://www.iiitb.ac.in/governing-body
International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore is ranked among the top 10technical universities in india as per India Today, August 2020 edition. More information is available at https://www.iiitb.ac.in/news-events/iiitb-ranked-among-the-top-10-technical-universities-in-india and https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/india-s-best-universities/story/20200803-tech-at-it-s-best-1704023-2020-07-25 International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore was ranked 62 amongst engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020.
Student life
Student hostels
IIIT Bangalore is a fully residential campus. Most students reside in the student hostels, and are encouraged to do so to fully engage in the extra-curricular activities and academic routine. The campus has 3 hostels in total. Lilavati, the women's hostel, has around 260 single occupancy private rooms, while Bhaskara and Visveshwaya are the Men's hostel blocks which have a total of 754 single occupancy private rooms and 76 triple occupancy rooms. The common mess and canteen are located at the ground floor of Bhaskara hostel and is shared by all the students.
Student fests
is the annual cultural festival of IIIT Bangalore. First held in 2015, it is a three-day fest which is typically help in January. The fest consists of carnivals, concerts and band performances, competitive gaming arena, singing and dance competitions, League of Fanatics, which is an intense trivia contest and various other cultural activities. Spandan is the annual intra sports festival of IIIT Bangalore, primarily organised for the alumni to revisit the campus and compete with the current students. The three-day event receives active participation from the administrative staff and faculty members as well. Umang is the annual inter sports festival of IIIT Bangalore. The three-day fest attracts students from various colleges in Bangalore.
