IIT Delhi: Campus, Hostel & Other Facilities

Maimil Maiti

Updated on - Mar 12, 2024

The IIT Delhi infrastructure is excellent and has developed substantially to provide the best facilities for its students. Spread over an area of 330 acres, IITD is flanked by Outb Minar and the Hauz Khas monuments.

The institute has student hostels, a library, IT infrastructure, hospitals, a swimming pool, 24x7 Security, smart classrooms and other amenities. Some highlighting features of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi infrastructure are listed below.

Alongside being one of the most academically prominent institutes in the country, IIT Delhi offers premium facilities to ensure that students have a holistic learning and campus experience. Find out the unique features of IITD infrastructure here- GetMyUni Verdict.

• Hostel
• Library
• Cafeteria
• Medical Facilities
• Sports Facilities
• Laboratories
• Other Facilities

Hostel

• The IIT Delhi hostels are separate for girls and boys.
• The hostels have sharing facilities, with 13 hostels allotted to boys and 5 hostels allotted to girls.
• Although the rooms are non-air conditioned, for now, the common rooms and dining areas are air-conditioned.
• The hostels are equipped with all the basic amenities and other facilities such as reading rooms, lounge area, indoor gaming area and a dining hall with mess.
• In addition, faculty and staff accommodation is available at the IITD campus.
• The hostel fees for various courses are tabulated below.

Library

• The central library at IIT Delhi has substantial collections in physical sciences, engineering, and technology, with a vast collection of volumes.
• It is also equipped with a video viewing facility and has CDs of video lectures kept in the Computer Applications Division of the Library.
• The IIT Delhi library maintains a separate reference collection consisting of encyclopaedias, dictionaries, handbooks, journals and many more.
• The institute has access to over 59,000 full-text electronic journals, proceedings standards and over 15 databases for students.
• In addition, the IITD infrastructure has built an enormous library that houses over 1.9 Lakhs books, over 1.03 Lakhs bound journals, thousands of microfilms, theses, and technical reports.

Cafeteria

• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi infrastructure includes various cafeterias spread across the campus for the students.
• Shops like Amul, Lipton, Nescafe, Cafe Coffee Day and other chains are present in various hostels.
• The boy's hostel has a South Indian cafeteria near it.
• Kumaon, Zanskar, Aravali, Girnar, and Karakoram hostels have tea shops.
• Vindhyachal hostel has a Lipton, and the Nilgiri hostel has a Mother Dairy behind it.

Medical Facilities

• The IIT Delhi infrastructure includes a 14-bed hospital that is centrally located on the campus.
• The hospital provides OPD treatment and admission for general ailments.
• The hospital has 10 allopathic doctors, 1 homoeopathic doctor, 1 dental doctor and 4 doctors on a contract basis from Apollo Life for the night.
• There is also a 24/7 availability of doctors in the emergency.
• The list of facilities available at the IITD campus hospital is elucidated below-
• OPD
• Dental Facility
• Ward/Indoor Facility
• Minor OT/Dressing Room
• Physiotherapy
• Laboratory Services
• ECG Services
• Pharmacy
• X-Ray Facility
• Ambulance Services

Sports Facilities

• The IIT Delhi campus has first-class sporting facilities with several sporting courts and an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
• The campus has a 400-metre jogging/racing track alongside the main playing grounds.
• The IIT Delhi sports facilities also include volleyball and badminton courts, table tennis rooms, gymnasiums, squash courts, snooker tables, cricket/hockey/football fields, and basketball courts.
• The campus also has cycles to help in the transportation of students and other staff members.

Laboratories

The IIT Delhi infrastructure includes various laboratories for students' practicals and experiments. The labs present on the campus are listed below.

• Civil Engineering Lab
• Chemistry Lab and Physics Lab
• Computer Lab
• Electrical Lab and Electronics Lab
• Mechanical Lab
• Design Optimisation Lab
• Fluid Mechanics Lab
• Gas Dynamics Lab
• Impact Mechanics Lab
• Biogas Lab
• Research Lab
• Marketing Lab
• Economics Research Lab
• Digital Hardware Design Lab
• Advanced Networking Lab
• Vision and Graphics Lab
• Data Analytics Lab
• RF and Applied Electromagnetics Lab
• Shannon Lab
• Circuits and VLSI Lab
• Design and Innovation Lab

IIT Delhi Facilities

Some of the other facilities offered at IITD are:

• Gym
• Wi-Fi Campus
• 24X7 Security
• Auditorium
• Music Room
• AC Classrooms
• Faculty Houses
• Engineering Block
• Institute Activity Centre