IIT Madras is situated on Sardar Patel Road and is flanked by Adyar, Taramani and Velachery. The campus is opposite to the Central Leather Research Institute and Anna University. The campus is spread over 250 hectares of lush green forest, which is midway between the Chennai Airport and Central Railway station, and is well connected by buses and local trains. The campus is around 14 km from the Central Railway station. Adyar is the nearest bus terminus to the campus. The Institute in itself is located around 2.5 km inside the campus.

• 60% (5% relaxation for SC/ST/PD) marks in aggregate in board examination and JEE(Main) & JEE (Advanced).

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

• "A" Grade accreditation by NAAC.
• Deemed to be university under section 3 of UGC Act 1956.
• Excellent placement record.
• State of art infrastructure.
• Scholarship and Loans provided.
• Anti-Ragging University.
• Ministry of HRD places SRM University in Category A.
• Accredited by ABET for B.Tech courses.

• The institute has an active Training and Placement cell which places its students in various organizations.
• 70% of students take up coveted positions in corporates, 20% go overseas for higher studies in reputed institutions like MIT, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell and Cambridge, and 10% turn into entrepreneurs.
• Maximum Salary offered is INR 32 Lakh.
• 4280 students placed in 265 companies.

• Accenture
• Amazon.com
• Infosys
• Wipro
• Phillips
• Capgemini
• HP
• Google

• Ranked No.1 - Times of India 2014.
• Ministry of HRD places SRM University in Category A The Ministry of Human Resource Development(MHRD), Department of Higher Education, Government of India, has placed SRM University in highest Category 'A'.
• SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai is ranked no: 1 among the private institutes in India by Times Engineering Survey.
• The week magazine has ranked SRM University as No: 2 among the private Universities.
• SRM is ranked India's No.1 by India Today(Factual Ranking 2013).
• Ranked No.1 Private University - Deccan chronicle 2012.
• DNA-ZEE news ranked SRM universities among the top universities in India.

• Spacious and green, the ambience makes learning a welcome experience.
• From inspiring libraries and stimulating discussion rooms to large playgrounds and busy labs.
• Essential facilities like post office, banks, playgrounds, cafe & restaurants and internet browsing centers have all been provided in each campus.
• 52 blocks in a built up area of over 7.0 million sq.ft. and spread over 250 acres.
• 3 Star SRM Hotel with swimming pool.
• Central Library in the 16-storey University Building.
• Air-conditioned auditorium with audio-visual facilities that seats over 4000.
• University Network & Information Center (UNIC) that supports over 3000 computer systems.
• Wi-Fi enabled campus to provide wireless access to the 12 Mbps internet leased line.
• Modern lecture halls and ‘smart classrooms’.