IIIT Delhi: Admission 2026, Fees, Courses, Cutoff, Ranking, Placement

Unfortunately, IIIT Delhi's mess food is like any other typical mess food. I have friends in other IITs and I heard from them that their mess food is better. The mess scenes are very chaotic, especially during the day. 

There are frequent menu changes but only for the show. No new dishes are added and only the order or serving is changed. They even interchange lunch and dinner and claim this act as updating the menu. The mess app doesn't improve the food quality.

The food served is of substandard quality and the majority of students tend to order their food online. So, be prepared to be disappointed by the IIITD Mess. 

The three IIITs mentioned by you, namely IIIT Hyderabad, IIIT Delhi and IIIT Allahabad have no connection with one another. Only IIIT Allahabad is a member of a collective known as the IIITs.Out of the remaining two, IIIT Hyderabad stands for The International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, and IIIT Delhi stands for Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi.

All these three are prestigious institutions and I would disagree that they are underrated. IIIT Hyderabad is very difficult to get into. It has high cutoffs which are at par with some of the top IITs. IIIT Hyderabad is considered as one of the best institutes to study CS. The same is evident through their CS placements, a number of entrants in GSoc, and their participation in competitive programming. As far as IIIT Delhi is concerned, the institution has grown tremendously in the past few years. It has cut offs comparable to NSIT and DTU. 

All these institutes are relatively new and have the tag of “Research Institutes” attached to them. These might be an obstacle to their fame. This is because in India, students choose those institutes that promise the best industrial career prospects and not the ones driven by research.

However, because these institutes are research-driven, the quality of their course content is top notch and they attract some of the best faculty. This also works to increase your overall development and opportunities in the industry. The popularity of these institutions is thus growing rapidly. 

Therefore, all three institutions are really good choices to pursue your higher studies.

The saddest part of IIIT Delhi is its poor reputation and deteriorating brand name. It’s still unknown among the masses because it’s a developing institute. Moreover, the additional I in IIIT stands for Indraprastha and not International so this is also a big disappointment. 

Most people confuse IIIT Delhi with IIT Delhi because the former is unknown while the latter is highly reputed. The sad part is that IIIT Delhi is an excellent college in terms of academics, infrastructure, and highly qualified faculty members. But its brand name and reputation have affected its growth terribly.

Yes, IIIT Delhi is very strict in the sense that it ensures every student gets to nurture their talents equally here and enter the competitive world. It does not shy away from making the students work hard to prepare them for a bigger purpose. 

The subsequent semesters bring in more workload and the strictness also increases. Additionally, it follows the Plagiarism Policy forbidding students from copying any assignment or labs from their peers or from the internet. Students therefore have to be thorough with their concepts and cannot rely on others. After every small interval of time that may be weeks or days of getting deadlines.

So yes, IIIT Delhi is definitely very strict compared to many colleges.

Yes, it's advisable to learn a coding language before being admitted to IIIT Delhi although it's not completely necessary. IIIT Delhi organizes some coding sessions during the orientation for people with non-CS backgrounds. If you have no knowledge of coding, you don't have to worry much because many non-CS students have launched successful startups. All you need is the determination to work hard and interest to learn new things. 

If you are adamant about learning a programming language, choose Python. You will be introduced to the world of programming through this and get excellent exposure too. 

IIIT Delhi, although a newly established institute has been fast gaining reputation and has witnessed fast-paced growth over the past few years. Many factors combined have resulted in this. Here are some of the unique traits that helped it gain a reputation in such a short span of time

• Idea: IIIT Delhi brought to life the unique idea of establishing an engineering institute in India, that would restrict its prospective students to only a single branch. Moreover, it had the audacity to set itself in the capital city of India that too with state government assistance.
  Patience: IIIT Delhi has been patiently waiting for the results for a long time now. It began from the library building of another institute, NSIT, and now has shifted to its own accredited campus. 
• Honesty: The professors of IIIT Delhi are known for their academic honesty and don't sugarcoat things to make them look appealing. Their genuineness is a unique trait that attracts students a lot.
• Faculty: IIIT Delhi has an amazing faculty base with huge contacts and connections. They allow you to work with them and are also directly responsible for the updated curriculum the institute delivers.
• Bond: You will be amazed by the harmony between juniors and seniors at IIIT Delhi. Here, seniors are your biggest assets as they guide you with everything from course selection to finding eateries for late-night deliveries.

IIIT Delhi has taken baby steps to become what it is today and it's expected to even get better in the future. 

Instead of branch upgradation, I would like to call it branch change/ transfer. As an alumnus of IIITD, I can tell you about the procedure for branch change in my college-

1. CSE, ECE, CSAM, CSS, CSD, and CSB are the six branches available for branch transfer.
2. Because some courses start differing from 2nd semester onwards, the transfer takes place after semester 1.
3. After semester 1, the admin office sends a notification to all the students along with a form in which they can highlight the branch to which they want to get transferred.
4. Your JEE Main rank plays no role during the branch transfer. Instead, your CGPA decides your fate. Few courses, however, have a grade requirement (B- or above accordingly).
5. Every branch can see an influx/ outflux of 10% of its original strength. For example, if CSE originally had 120 students, 12 can enter it and/or leave it for that batch.

This is the process for branch transfer at IIITD. I would suggest you also talk to the seniors and refer to the official website of IIITD to see if any new changes have been made to this procedure.

Also, to find out about branch changes at NSUT Delhi or DTU, I would recommend you talk to the alumni and administration of both these colleges.

Yes, IIIT Delhi is better than some of the NITs, especially in terms of curriculum. Almost all NITs have outdated curricula while IIIT Delhi revises its curriculum frequently. Almost every engineering college has foundation courses like biology, chemistry, and physics in the first year which students have no choice but to study. These are a waste of time. IIIT Delhi introduces the CSE subjects right from the first year without wasting any time. Moreover, its curriculum is flexible so students get to choose what they want to study.

IIIT Delhi first-year students are taught Intro to Programming with Python, data structures and algorithms with Java, Shell Scripting, and Latex. Graph theory is introduced in the third semester followed by deep learning in the 4th sem. After this, an ECE student is free to choose any CSE stream and finally even sit for the CSE placements. No other engineering college offers such a flexible curriculum throughout India. IIIT Delhi also has an exceptionally good faculty base. 

So, if you have an interest in IT, then IIIT Delhi is better than all NITs and many other good colleges in India.