International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
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| Motto: | ? |
| Established: | 1998 |
| Type: | Deemed University, Education and Research, Private |
| Director: | Rajeev Sangal |
| Faculty: | 47 (regular) |
| Undergraduates: | 670 |
| Postgraduates: | 370 |
| Location: | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Campus: | Urban, 62 Acres |
| Mascot: | Banyan Tree |
International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad is an autonomous institute started in 1998 with seed support from the Government of Andhra Pradesh. It emphasizes research from the undergraduate level, which makes it different from the other leading engineering institutes in India like the IITs. Raj Reddy, the only Indian to get the Turing Award, is the chairman of the board of governors.
It is a research university. The major goal is to impart a uniquely broad and interdisciplinary IT education of high academic quality. This is done through an diverse curriculum of IT courses, interdisciplinary IT research projects, interaction with industry, preparation in entrepreneurship and personality development courses.
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[edit] Centers
- Language Technologies
- Data Engineering
- Visual Information Technology
- Center for Security, Theory and Algorithmic Research
[edit] Location
The institute is in Gachibowli, Hyderabad. It is close to HITEC City (a centre housing software development centres of companies like Microsoft, Oracle Corporation, Motorola, Infosys and GE Capital) and the presence of IT majors from across the globe right on the campus through their schools and research centres.
[edit] Academic Programs
The institute is a centre of learning for both under graduate and post graduate courses. The course pattern lays stress on research at both graduate and under graduate levels. The institute provides undergraduate programs in Computer Science and Electronics. Dual degree courses in either disciplines leading to a MS by Research degree are also present. Post graduate programs provided are Master of Technology, Master of Science(Research) and Master of Philosophy. PhD courses are also offered.
[edit] Admissions
[edit] Under Graduate Programs
Admissions are solely through AIEEE.
[edit] Postgraduate Programs
Admissions are on the basis of Post-graduate Entrance Exam (PGEE) conducted by IIIT-H. Admissions to the MSIT programme[1] run at this institute are based on a test conducted every year from April to May.
[edit] Campus
The Institute is situated on a campus of 62 acres (250,000 m²). There are 4 buildings that house the corporate schools and research centers. In addition to this, the academic building has the lecture halls, tutorial rooms, computer and electronics labs and offices of the administration and faculty.
All students are provided individual hostel rooms. The Institute has a Guest House with four air conditioned suites. Two hostels for men and one for women have a total of about 1200 rooms. There is an optical fibre network connecting all buildings on campus including the hostels.
The Institute has well-equipped air-conditioned computer laboratories allocated batch-wise to students. The labs are equipped with modern hardware and software. The PC to students ratio is about 1:2. All computers are part of an intranet (1 Gbit/s Backbone). The Institute has high bandwidth (8 Mbit/s) Internet connectivity round the clock. Research students have 24 hours access to the computer facilities. The students administer their own computer systems. The research centers and corporate schools provide specialized equipment for research and development.
The entire campus has WiFi connectivity.
[edit] Conferences
- IJCAI 2007, the premier international conference on Artificial Intelligence
- FSTTCS 2005
- ICDE RIDE 2003 (Multi-Lingual Information Management)
[edit] Ranking
IIIT Hyderabad was ranked 7th among the top technology schools in India, in a 2008 by Dataquest Magazine[2]
[edit] Curriculum
IIIT Curriculum can be said to be one of the best out of the engineering colleges in India. Students have the independence of choosing the subjects they want to study from the second year onwards.Eminent members of the industry are regularly invited to teach at the institute. The classroom for many courses is a mix of under graduate students, post graduate students and working professionals registered for the course. Students in under graduate programs are required to study limited number of cross departmental subjects, which they can choose from a large selection. Thus improving their knowledge beyond the regular curriculum. Students in third year onwards are encouraged to work in one of the research labs, thus making them work aware, and thus helping them choose their future field of work.
[edit] Students Parliament
The student representatives of each batch constitute the student parliament of IIIT, the student parliament is given powers by the administration to form laws regarding student life in IIIT. The constitution of the college has been drafted by the students parliament. It acts as a governing body for the students. Student issues are addressed to the administration through the parliament. It acts as an intermediary between students and the administration.
[edit] Felicity
Each year IIIT holds it's annual cultural and technical festival Felicity [3]. Since its inception four years ago, Felicity has gone from strength to strength and is now one of the most eagerly awaited college fests in Hyderabad. Felicity attracts students from all major engineering and degree colleges across the country. Renowned bands like Strings[4], Parikrama[5], Motherjane [6], Indian Ocean and Bombay Vikings have performed at Felicity over the past few years.
Jayaprakash Narayan, founder of the Lok Satta Party, gave an inaugural address at Felicity 2009. In addition, this time around Felicity saw a performances from the vocalist Mohit Chauhan(singer of the popular number 'Masakali' in the Hindi film 'Delhi 6') who was the member of the band Silk Route and the rock band, Demonic Revelations.
[edit] Sports
The students are encouraged to engage in various co-curricular and extra curricular activities for their all round development. IIIT has a state of the art gymnasium and provides ample facilities for major sports such as Cricket, Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Throwball, Table-tennis, Badminton and Athletics. Inter-house sporting competitions are held every year where the four houses, namely Aakash, Agni, Prithvi and Vayu vie for the honors.
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