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Glimpse of IIIT- 18-Feb-2014

One among the Institutes of National Importance, Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are a group of institutes of higher education in India, focused on providing quality higher education to those inclined towards information technology.

Established by the central government, centrally funded, and managed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, these institutes were conceived with the objectives of developing professional expertise and skilled manpower in Information Technology (IT) and related areas.

Admissions into undergraduate programmes in IIITs are through the Joint Entrance Examination JEE.

For example, IIIT Allahabad offers a B.Tech degree in either Information Technology or Electronics and Communications Engineering. Admission is through JEE-MAIN.

In IIITA, foreign students are accepted based on SAT II scores.

Three postgraduate programmes are offered, Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Information Technology (MBA-IT), Master of Science (M.S.) in Cyber Law and Information Security (MS-CLIS), Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Information Technology, and an integrated M.Tech in Bio-Medical Engineering.

Admission to the MBA-IT programme is based on CAT scores and an entrance test, interview & group discussion. Admission to the MS-CLIS program is based on an entrance test and an interview. Admission to the M.Tech programme is based on Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) scores and on a written test or interview.

However, some IIIts also offer PhD programmes

List of IIITs

MHRD Funded:

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur
Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior
Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing Kancheepuram

Setup on Public Private Partnership by MHRD, respective State Governments and Industry Partners.

Indian Government is keen to approve the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bill that seeks to give IIITs administrative autonomy and uniformity and set up 20 more such schools on a public-private partnership (PPP) model. 

It is very important that IIITs are not to be confused with IITs because the two institutions are completely of different focuses.