Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad

The institute was founded in 1998 under a public-private partnership Deemed University model involving the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the Government of Telangana, and NASSCOM, with the state government providing land and buildings. Ajay Prakash Sawhney, as special officer and Secretary of IT for the state government, helped shape its concept, while Rajeev Sangal designed the syllabus and served as its first director until 2013. Originally named Indian Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, it was renamed in 2001 when it became a deemed university. It served as a foundation and mentor institute for the LNM Institute of Information Technology in Jaipur. Academically, it emphasizes early research engagement alongside coursework, with departments and centres in areas such as computer science, electronics, computational linguistics, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence. In the 2025 NIRF rankings, it was placed 38th among engineering colleges and within the top 100 overall. Admissions to undergraduate programs use JEE (Main), UGEE, Olympiad representation, DASA, and lateral entry, while postgraduate admissions use the Postgraduate Entrance Exam. It celebrated its Silver Jubilee in September 2023.