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A Research University, founded in 1998, under the not-for-profit Public Private Partnership (N-PPP) model.
First IIIT to be set up in India.
Accredited at Grade A by National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC) for a period of five years, starting Sept 2011
Mission is to contribute to transforming industry and society, in India and the world over, by delivering world class research and education, and promoting innovation and human values.
Ranked Top 6 among Universities in South Asia, in terms of research papers on the Internet, in a survey held every three years, by Cybermetric Lab, Spain’s largest public research institution. (Oct 2009)
Ranked Top 5 overall and Top 3 in campus recruitment, among all technology schools in the country, by Dataquest-IDC's India’s Top Engineering Colleges Survey 2010
Dataquest’s All-India Rankings of IIIT-H over past five years.
- 2011 --- Awaited
- 2010 --- Top 5 overall and top 3 on placement
- 2009 --- Top 7 overall and top 5 on placement
- 2008 --- Top 7 overall and top 3 on placement
- 2007 --- Top 9 overall and top 5 on placement
- 2006 --- Top 10 overall

The rankings cover all premier engineering colleges, including the IITs.

Named among 25 Extraordinary Individuals and Institutions that have transformed education in India The India Today, India’s leading news magazine. (July 27, 2009)
Nine of every 10 IIIT-H alumni work in product research, architecture, design, or development, at top notch information technology companies, world wide.
Offers, even for the undergraduate students, research led curricula that encourage participation in ongoing research projects. As a result, students get to do a large number of research projects, and thus bring to employers deep research orientation and innovative mindset.
Has over 100 PhD and 360 MS by Research students pursuing research in various areas of computing and IT.
Has the largest academic research groups in the country working in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Speech, and Computer Vision.
Is organized as a cluster of research laboratories and centers – not as departments, unlike other Universities.
Is committed to the advancement of research and education in:

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