IIIT Bhubaneswar: Courses, Facilities

Placements & Internships : There are a lot of companies that hire students from IIIT Bhubaneswar. The top recruiters from college include companies like Infosys, TCS, and IBM. Most of the companies that come to IIIT Bhubaneswar are IT sector oriented. Other companies

Placements & Internships : There are a lot of companies that hire students from IIIT Bhubaneswar. The top recruiters from college include companies like Infosys, TCS, and IBM. Most of the companies that come to IIIT Bhubaneswar are IT sector oriented. Other companies that visit the campus includes Mindtree, Ernst and young, Dell, Incture, Tiger Analytics, and TEKsystems. The average salary for the year 2015-2019 batch was around 5 lacs per annum. The highest salary for the batch was around 12 lacs per annum. The college has a very good placement scenario as most of the students get placed. The college tries to place every student who has no backlogs.

Entrance Exams & Admissions : International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar is one of the leading colleges in India. It offers B.Tech in disciplines like Computer Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Information Technology. It also offers Mtech in Computer Science Engineering. The eligibility Criteria includes an aggregate of 75 percent and above in 10+2 with an aggregate of minimum 60 percent in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. For getting admission in IIIT Bhubaneswar, one needs to qualify JEE Mains (i.e., Joint Entrance Examination). The admission process is very similar to that of getting into IITs and NITs. There are several rounds of counseling held by JOSAA. The home state students get preference over students from other states. The cutoffs vary every year and there is no specific trend as such. The top scorers generally opt for Computer Science Engineering followed by Information Technology. As per last year, which is 2018, the branch opener for Computer Science Engineering had a score of 176 in JEE Mains. 

Fees & Scholarships : IIIT Bhubaneswar is a government college and has a very affordable fee structure. The average fees per semester for the B.Tech students are about 98k which includes hostel fees as well. The college is also open for foreign students. There are students from countries like Afghanistan, Colombia, and Kenya. These students are offered scholarship based on their merits. Scholarships are also provided to students from our country. These scholarships are offered to students from the state of Jammu and Kashmir and the students who belong from Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes. On an average around 50 students from each batch get benefits from the scholarships offered. After getting admitted to the college, each student is asked to open an account in the bank for maintaining fees related records and are advised to use the same for college-related purposes. Loans are easily provided by the bank without any interest rates.

Academics & Faculty : The daily routine at IIIT Bhubaneswar is very hectic. The classes begin at around 8:00 a.m. in the morning and continue till 5:15 in the evening. The college houses decent faculty members. The quality and method of teaching are average. Apart from academics, the college also focusses on various non-academic activities which makes college life easier. 

College Infrastructure & Hostel Facilities : The campus of IIIT Bhubaneswar is in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar and is spread around 50 acres. IIIT Bhubaneswar is a residential college. There are some classrooms which are well equipped with projectors and computers. Students pursuing M.Tech and Ph.D. have a separate block for themselves and all of their classrooms are well equipped with projectors and computers for their daily classes. There are two hostels. One is the older one and the other is the new one. Blocks D to L are the old blocks and P, Q are the new ones. The new hostel has single rooms whereas the old hostel has sharing rooms. The new hostel is one on the costlier side but is much more comfortable than the older one. One can opt for the new hostel from second year only whereas the foreign students are given the new hostel by default. Apart from this, there are a lot of PGs and rented flats available within the radius of 2km. These PGs and hostels are also pretty much affordable and are available at around 5k per month. The fees for the new hostel is around 20k per semester whereas the fees for the old hostel are around 10k per semester only. The food offered in the mess is decent and lunch and dinner cost around Rs. 25 whereas the breakfast costs around Rs. 10 only. The quality of Classrooms, Labs, Libraries, and mess is also nice. The best part about college is the high-speed Wi-Fi which works 24*7 and is accessible to all the students.

Clubs & Associations : Apart from academics, there are a lot of activities which helps in keeping the students engaged and makes their life a little less boring. There are societies like the Cultural Society, News and Publication Society, Art and Deco Society, Print and Media Society, photo geeks and the sports club. Nukkad is one of the strengths of the college. The main techno-cult fest of the college, Advaita, is held in the second week of February every year. There are also other cultural festivals which take place throughout the year. This includes events like Tasveer and Vibes. THe college also celebrates festivals like Diwali and Holi in the campus.