Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH)

IIT Hyderabad (IITH), established in 2008, is ranked among the top 10 Engineering institutes in India in National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF), ever since NIRF rankings started (2016). This year (2025) IITH has crossed one of the first generation IITs and climbed to 7 th rank. IITH is ranked 6 th in NIRF-Innovation Rankings. In QS Rankings-2026, IITH stands at 664 in the world and 270 in Asia, and in the top 10% of global institutions in Citations per faculty. IITH has been striving for excellence passionately with a motto of “Inventing and Innovating in Technology for Humanity (IITH)”. Some of the unique features of IITH are captured below. We welcome your collaboration with our innovative and agile ecosystem for mutual growth.

Some Important Statistics:

5800+ students (60% being PG+PhD students), 340+ regular faculty members and 350+ non-teaching staff. 13,050+ Scopus publications with 2,50,400+ citations, 156 h-index, 5320+ projects worth Rs. 1670+ Cr (185 million USD) (Rs. 335+ Cr in 2024-25, which is Rs. 1+ Cr per faculty, which is one of the highest among IITs) research funding, 710+ patents (250 patents in 2025) and 335+ startups (Rs. 1,500+ Cr (170 million USD) revenue).

1. Academic Innovations:

First institute in India to start Fractal Academics, giving a lot of flexibility to students and faculty.

Unique BTech program (Engineering Sciences) wherein students can choose their curriculum.

First Indian Institute to start BTech in AI, first IIT to start Industry oriented BTech in Biomedical Eng., Biotech. & Bioinformatics, Industrial Chemistry, Computational Eng. and IC Design & Technology.

Departmental credits of BTech are limited to 60% and 10% of Credits from liberal arts and creative arts.

Multidisciplinary and industry oriented UG/PG programs.

Open to All Teaching (OAT) program to open its courses to the whole world through hybrid classrooms.

Unique departments/schools such as AI, Climate Change, Design, Liberal Arts, Entrepreneurship & Management, Heritage Science & Technology, a School of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, a School of Sustainability and a Centre for Research in Education Assisted by Technologies (CREATE).

2. Industry Connect & Support to Innovation:

Semester-long internship with 6 credits in BTech to get connected closely with industry.

Industry defined MTech projects with a one-year embargo on the thesis content to be open to public.

Minor, Double major, dual degree in entrepreneurship and an MTech Techno-Entrepreneurship through its Entrepreneurship & Management department. • BUILD (Bold & Unique Ideas Leading to Development) student projects with a semester break with 6 credits.

Diploma to BTech students after 2 nd Year to pursue their startup dreams (Option for BTech in next 5 years).

Industry oriented Interdisciplinary and Online MTech programs with an exit option of Executive MTech.

3. Research Innovations:

First institute with an autonomous vehicle on campus since August 2023 (25,000 km and 30,000 passengers)

Leading institute in autonomous navigation, 5G/6G, Additive manufacturing, Materials characterization, etc.

About 30 Centres in various areas of research set up by govt and industry funding.

Tech. Research Park (TRP) for industry and Tech. Incubation Park (TIP) for startups with 150,000 sft each.

Joint Doctoral Program (JDP) and Jointly Supervised PhD (JSP) with several universities and Joint Research Centers with several overseas Universities/Institutes such as Purdue, Deakin, Swinburne, Shimane, NIMS.

Identified by JST (Japan) as a Hub for connecting Japan to India through Lotus program.

4. National Initiatives & Rural Development:

Creating Database of Indian Researchers abroad by IITH for Vaibhav Summit conducted by MoE.

Maintaining Research Scholars Database for all IITs.

Training competent human resources in semiconductors field with support from MoE, Purdue & NTHU.

Supporting research eco-system in India by making 480+ equipment of IITH available on I-STEM portal.

Creating research, technology and startup culture among students of the country by enabling BTech students from 11 NITs (5 NITs from northeast) to spend their final year at IITH.

Coordinating GIAN (Global Initiative for Academic Networking) program for the country.

Several National Centres/Hubs such as TIHAN, 5G/6G testbeds, SITHI-CISCoM, CLEANZ, CoE on Critical Minerals, Heritage Science & Technology, Medical Devices, etc.

RDC and Next Bharat and MSME Skill Development Centres to upskill rural youth.