Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (aka. IIIT-Delhi or IIIT-D) was created as a State University by an act of Delhi Government (The IIIT Delhi Act, 2007) empowering it to do research and development and grant degrees. IIIT-Delhi was officially established on 10th June, 2008 as per this notification in the Delhi Gazette. First class (for BTech(CSE) students) was held on 8th September, 2008. The institute began with its first batch of 60 BTech students in 2008. This first batch graduated in 2012 - the first Convocation took place in November, 2012. By that time, the institute has attracted nearly 30 faculty members, and its academic program consisted of B.Tech., M.Tech. and Ph.D. programs in CSE and ECE. In a relatively short time, it has earned a good reputation in India and abroad for being a center of quality education and research in IT. 2012 turned out be more remarkable year because during the summer of this year, the institute started functioning from its permanent campus in Okhla. Smt. Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi, inaugurated the campus in October, 2012.

• 80% or more marks in the aggregate and 80% or more in Mathematics in class XII from CBSE/ICSE/IB board or equivalent.

• Admissions are made through JEE Mains rank followed by counselling.

• 98% placements for B.Tech and 91% for M.Tech CSE with overall average salary package up to 9.33 LPA.
• Scholarships for meritorious and deserving students.
• Institute of National Importance and UGC recognise.
• Grade 'A' accreditation by NAAC.
• Sponsored research projects form agencies like DST, DIT, Indo-US foundation, Microsoft, SAP etc.

• Separate training and placement.
• Offers sponsored projects from agencies like DST, DIT, Indo-US foundation , Microsoft, SAP.
• Highest salary offered is 31 lacs.
• 75% of student got salary package higher than 6 lacs.
• Around 78 no. of companies visited (2014-2015).

• Microsoft
• Google
• IBM
• Epic
• Amazon.com
• Adobe
• Linkedin
• Samsung

• IIIT-Delhi has been ranked 3rd best engineering college in Delhi by THE WEEK- Hasan Research, 2011.
• IIIT-Delhi was ranked as the 9th best engineering college in the Northern India Zone.
• IIIT-Delhi has been ranked 34th among all the colleges in India.

• Separate laboratories for each department.
• Library cum Information Centre building.
• Hygienic canteen.
• Dining and recreation center.
• Well- furnished Gym.
• 24 hours sport facilities.
• Wi-Fi facility.
• Full-fledge Data center which hosts 40 Servers and network unified storage of 45.3TB.