Auditorium
Sports & recreation
IIT Madras has an auditorium facility for events and seminars. Open Air Theatre is available in a large spot or arena near the hostel where every weekend the film club screens movies
Banks/ATMs
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IIT Madras has two banks, State Bank of India and Canara Bank operating as regular branches and providing services to students, faculty and staff along with ATM services.
Boys Hostel
Residential
Indian Institute of Technology Madras has 15 hostels for boys. Rooms are available on a single, double and triple sharing basis. Postgraduate students avail single rooms with internet and LAN facilities provided for every hostel. All the necessary facilities such as washing machines, sports facilities, music rooms, common rooms, etc are available for the students.
Cafeteria
Residential
Canteen food joints are available throughout the year for hostel members with different types of cuisine.
Classrooms and Lecture Halls
Academic
The IITM infrastructure includes a Central Lecture Theatre with aseating capacity of 400 people.; Thehall is used for almost every in-house activity in IIT Madras.; The IIT Madras classrooms of the institute are all air-conditioned and equipped with modern facilities for interactive learning lessons.; The ground floor of theClass Room Complex is kept open till 1 am during the quiz weeksfor the students to hang out and study together.
Convenience Store
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Convenience store is available to shop for essential supplies, general supplies and groceries. It also has a salon and a bakery.
Faculty Quarters
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IIT Madras infrastructure includes residential options for the director and faculty members of the institute.; The facilities includes in the faculty quarters are:; Supermarket; Shopping Complex; Green Grocer; Banks and ATM; Tailoring Shop; Schools; Creche; Play area
Girls Hostel
Residential
IIT Madras has 5 hostels for the girls. The first-year students are provided with double occupancy type accommodation and for seniors single, double, and triple rooms are available depending on the availability. Hostels have technologically well-built computer rooms. Hostels have gardens and libraries, washing machines, sports facilities, music rooms, common rooms are used for meetings and for arranging/planning of festivals, hostels act as a venue for celebrating them.
Green Campus
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One of the IIT Madras campus highlights is that it has beenbuilt around a Guindy National Parkwhich ishome tothe majesticBlackbuck.; In addition to Blackbuck, large numbers ofchital(spotted deer),bonnet macaque,monkeysand other rare wildlife are seen around the campus.; The institute also has an exemplarycollection of migratory birds, ranging from theForest Wagtail to the Pied Crested Cuckoo to the Golden Oriole.; The IIT Madras infrastructure has been built around the national park, preserving over300 species of trees which are unique to the region.; Indian Institute of Technology Madras also has anatural lakeon the campus that is filled with rainwater.
Guest Room/Waiting Room
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Guest Houses such as the Bose-Einstein guest house and Taramani Guest house dedicated for invited guests, and visiting faculty etc. Students can also avail guest rooms for their parents visiting them
Hostel
Residential
All hostels are named after the prominent rivers of India.Rooms are furnished with internet and laundry facility in the campus.Each hostel has separate room for television called common room. Telephone and washing machine is provided in every hostel. Hostel library is provided in every hostel. The students are not allowed to drive powered vehicles in the campus. They can use bicycles only or walk. Separate dining facility is provided in hostel It has two large dining facilities namely Himalaya and .
I.T Infrastructure
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IIT Madras has a well-maintained IT infrastructure to meet the computational needs of the institute. IBM 370 was the first computer that was presented by the Federal Republic of Germany. The centre was relaunched in 2007 and has the capacity of housing 12,000 CPUs and computing power of 10 peta flops.
Infrastructure Overview
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IIT Madras is a unique institution acting as a leader offering various programs of study and its uniqueness lies in its world-class infrastructure and modern-day facilities. IIT Madras is committed to providing all the facilities required for an active and fruitful student life.IIT Madrasis uniquely located in a protected forest area carved from the Guindy National Park which is exceptional in the busy metro city of Chennai.The campus houses more than 300 species of trees, plants and unique species of birds and animals within the campus. IIT Madras facilities include transportation, open-air theatre, hostels and many more. Students can read the details of IIT Madras facilities given below.Also See:IIT Madras Cutoff
Laboratories
Academic
IIT Madras has departmental-based laboratories facility for the students. They can visit the laboratories to have some practical experience for better learning.
Library
Academic
IIT Madras has a Central Library equipped with wi-fi. It has a collection of online databases, books, CD-ROMs, AV cassettes, reports, e-journals and other content for students. The Central Library received Wiley Library Award 2019 in the ‘Digitally Transformed Academic Library (Government)’ Category.
Medical Facilities
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The hospital is responsible for providing facilities to address the health requirements of students and faculty apart from regular wellness. It also has certain specialists such as cardiologist, ophthalmologist, ENT surgeon, orthopaedic surgeon, general surgeon etc. and laboratories for conducting several tests such as x-rays. It also has an in-patient ward and well connected to an Apollo hospital pharmacy.
Open Air Theatre
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IIT Madras infrastructure includes astate-of-the-art open-air theatre, equipped with all modern technology.; The theatre has a great sound system and a giant projector that is used to screen movies on the weekend.; In addition,the OAT conducts the Saarang Pro-showstoo.
Optimum Location
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The IIT Madras campus is located at an optimum location in the city of Chennai.; The institute is close to Raj Bhavan, 10 km from the Chennai Airport and 12 km from the Chennai Central Railway Station.; In addition, the IITM campus is well connected by bus routes.
Some of the other IIT Madras facilities offered at the institute are:
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Cafeteria; New Academic Complex; High-Tech Gym; Centre of Innovation; Student Activity Centre; Workshops; Medical Facilities; Places of Worship; Guesthouses; Schools
Sports
Sports & recreation
The IIT Madras campus facilities include admirable sporting facilities consisting of various courts, fields and a swimming pool.; The campus has cricket, football, and hockey grounds, volleyball, squash, and basketball courts, as well as an athletic jogging/racing track whuch are all outdoor gaming facilities.; In addition, the IIT Madras infrastructure has also built tennis courts and included table tennis rooms as indoor gaming facilities.
Transport
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The Institute operates buses and mini autos connecting the main gate to different parts of the campus, including the Hostel and Academic zones at frequent intervals. Students are encouraged to traverse the vast campus on bicycles or on foot. Use of powered vehicles by students is not permitted.
Wi-Fi Campus
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The university has Wi-Fi facility for the students and staff.
