IIIT Raichur, located in the city of Raichur in Karnataka, is one of the youngest and budding
IIITs proposed by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
The academic activity of the institute commenced in the year 2019 in August from the temporary
campus of the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana, with its first batch being
admitted to Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science and Engineering. Then, in September 2021,
IIIT Raichur shifted to the Transit in GEC Yermarus Camp, Raichur, Karnataka, where all academic
activities are currently taking place.
IIT Hyderabad mentored IIIT Raichur from August 2019 to November 2022 and oversaw its complete
functioning, including administration, teaching, new campus planning, etc. Prof B S Murty,
Director IITH & Mentor Director, IIITR, and Prof Harish Kumar Sardana, Director, IIITR,
exchanged the official handover document of the IIIT Raichur on 1st December 2022.
The transit campus is equipped with academic and administrative buildings, as well as separate
hostels for boys and girls. Starting Aug 2023, the institute started offering another B.Tech
program in Artificial Intelligence & Data Science.
The permanent campus of IIIT Raichur is currently under construction and will soon become
operational in a few years.