IIT Madras Campus Highlights
The IIT Madras campus is home to 300 species of trees and plants, a wide variety of native wild species, which are unique to the tropical, dry evergreen vegetation, including the most elegant antelopes in the world - the Blackbuck and 100 species of birds seen at different times of the year.
The IIT Madras Campus is well connected to all means of transport, it is situated 10 km away from the Chennai Airport, 12 km from the Chennai Central Railway Station, and Kasturba Nagar is the nearest station on the Chennai MRTS Line. The campus is also well connected with the city buses.
The IIT Madras offers a wide range of facilities and activities to its students, faculty and staff members. Refer to the table given below to check the important highlights of IIT Madras campus:
| Particulars |
IIT Madras Campus Highlights |
| Area |
617 Acres |
| Location |
Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Hostel |
22 Hostel: 16 for Male students, 6 for female Students |
| Campus Facilities |
- Library
- Computer Centre
- Skill training and fabrication facility
- Sports
- Extra Mural Lectures
- Leisure Time Activity Program
- NCC | NSS | NSO | NCA
- Guest Houses
- Schools
- Open Air Theatre
- Places of Worship
- Campus Security
|
| Campus Amenities |
- Banks
- Post office
- Shopping Complex
- Hospital
- Bus Transport
- Canteens
|
IIT Madras Hostel
IIT Madras has a total of 22 hostels built for its students pursuing Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses. Students admitted to the first year of the Undergraduate course at IIT Madras are allotted a shared accommodation. Further in the subsequent years, the students are allotted single, double, or triple sharing rooms, depending on their hostels. Out of the 22 hostels, 16 are for males and 6 are for females. All the hostels are named after the mighty rivers of India.
Below mentioned are the names of the hostels at IIT Madras:
| Male Students |
Female Students |
- Alakananda
- Brahmaputra
- Cauvery
- Ganga
- Godavari
- Jamuna
- Krishna
- Mahanadhi
- Mandakini A
- Mandakini B
- Narmada
- Pampa
- Saraswathi
- Sindhu
- Tamiraparani
- Tapti
|
- Bhadra
- Sabarmati
- Sarayu
- Sharavathi
- Swarnamukhi
- Tunga
|
IIT Madras Hostel Facilities
Hostels at IIT Madras offer various facilities to the students, such as Wi-Fi connectivity, a Library, a Garden and more. There is a common room in each hostel where all the hostel-level meetings take place. The hostellers celebrate festivals such as Holi, Pongal, Onam, Diwali, and New Year’s Eve. An annual hostel night is also organised in all the hostels where the students celebrate with food and drinks.
Listed below are the hostel facilities offered to the students:
- WiFi/ LAN in each room
- Computer Room
- Garden
- Library
- Washing Machine
- Sport Facilities
- Music /Tech/ Television rooms
- Transport
- Mess Facility
IIT Madras Hostel Fee
The Hostel fee for the IIT Madras 2025 batch is showcased in the below table:
| BTech and Dual Degree |
| Particulars |
Amount |
| Hostel Admission Fee |
250 |
| Advance Dining Charges |
17766 |
| Establishment – A Charges |
6500 |
| Establishment - B Charges |
2000 |
| Extra-Curricular Fee |
1500 |
| Medical Insurance Premium (per annum) |
2301 |
| Refundable Deposit (New admission only) |
3000 |
| Student Wellness Fee |
200 |
| Other Fee (Optional)* |
4750 |
Advance dining charges and Student Medical Insurance Premium are subject to change depending on the new tenders.
*Other fees (Optional) include Saarang / T-shirt of Shaastra / L-tap / Hostel Night charges.
| MTech, MSc, MBA, MA (2023) and MS and PhD |
| Particulars |
Amount |
Amount (for married) |
| Hostel Admission Fee |
250 |
250 |
| Advance Dining Charges |
17766 |
17766 |
| Establishment – A Charges |
6500 |
6500 |
| Establishment - B Charges |
2000 |
2000 |
| Extra-Curricular Fee |
1500 |
1500 |
| Medical Insurance Premium (per annum) |
2301 |
2596 |
| Refundable Deposit (New admission only) |
3000 |
3000 |
| Student Wellness Fee |
200 |
200 |
For a more detailed hostel fee structure, click here .
IIT Madras vs Other IITs: Hostel Comparison
The comparison of IIT Madras with other top IITs based on the Hostel Fee and the availability of hostel is tabulated below:
| College Name |
Hostel fee* |
Number of Hostels Available |
| IIT Madras |
INR 33,517- INR 38,267 |
20 |
| IIT Bombay |
INR 40,750 |
17 |
| IIT Delhi |
INR 8,000 – INR 10,500 |
18 |
| IIT Kharagpur |
INR 30,000 |
21 |
*This fee is sourced from unofficial sources. Hence, is indicative.
IIT Madras Hostel Life
The hostel at IIT Madras has everything a student would require to live comfortably and focus on their studies without any disruptions. Each student gets a cot, a table and chair, an almirah, and all electrical facilities with a LAN port with high-speed internet. Each hostel has a common room consisting of TV, table tennis, pool and foosball tables. For outdoor games, the hostels have a courtyard that serves as a football and cricket ground, and separate basketball and badminton courts are also available.
IIT Madras Library
IIT Madras Central Library is well-equipped with modern facilities. It is a five-storey, fully air-conditioned and wifi enabled facility that contains a myriad of resources, including CD-ROMs, online databases, audio-video cassettes, books, e-journals, patents, e-standards, theses, reports, monographs, full-text and bibliographical databases among others. It has subscriptions to famous research journals, including e-subscriptions to a palette of journals.
The library has different sections- Textbook/Reference, General Stacks, Reading Halls, Journals and Current Periodicals, a Media Research Centre (which regularly screens educational and scientific videos), and a Book Bank, among many others.
IIT Madras students by default become members of the Central Library and can avail access to reference materials and books/journals from other libraries in the city as well.
The Central Library at IIT Madras was awarded the Wiley Library Award 2019 in the 'Digitally Transformed Academic Library (Government)' category.
IIT Madras Sports Facilities
IIT Madras offers some excellent sports facilities on campus, including an Olympic-standard swimming pool, a well-equipped gymnasium, the impressive IIT-Chemplast cricket ground, a vast stadium, and a high-tech wood-floored multipurpose indoor stadium.
The sporting facilities at IIT Madras are listed below:
- K.S Narayanan Centre for Cricketing Excellence
- An athletics stadium
- Four tennis courts (synthetic-floored) and badminton courts (wood-floored)
- An Olympic-standard swimming pool
- Hockey & and football fields with floodlights
- Two basketball courts and two volleyball courts
- A well-equipped gymnasium with professional instructors
- Two world-class squash courts
- Weightlifting Arena
- Table tennis facility
- A skating rink around Sangam ground
The IIT Madras campus is located in the city of Chennai. The city is known for its culture, music, beaches, popular temples and delicious food. The students at IIT Madras can explore the city during weekends.
The must-visit places in Chennai that the students at IIT Madras should not miss are listed below:
- Covelong Beach- Offers a plethora of water activities such as surfing, jet skiing, boating, swimming and windsurfing which are the most popular ones.
- Thiruvanmiyur Beach- The perfect spot for people who enjoy quiet sunsets and sunrise the beach is located in the neighborhood of Thiruvanmiyur in Chennai.
- Fort St. George- It is a British museum that’s open from 9 AM to 5 PM with an entry fee of INR 5 for Indians and INR 100 for foreigners.
- Elliot’s Beach: Considered as the cleanest beach, Elliot’s Beach is a must-visit.
