IIT Hyderabad - Indian Institute of Technology - [IITH], Hyderabad - Hostel Details

IIT Hyderabad offers a variety of hostel facilities for its students. The hostels are well-maintained and equipped with all necessary facilities such as furniture, internet access, and 24-hour security. 

• Every student is allotted a single room. The rooms are basic and modest. 
• There are no time deadlines for anyone 
• The campus is safe for everyone irrespective of your gender
• The food served is hygienic and tastes decent 
• There are eateries near the camps where you can enjoy delicacies 
• The LAN speed is 100 Mbps 
• Ragging is prohibited

Overall, the hostel facilities at IT Hyderabad are considered to be of high quality and are well-suited to the needs of students.

IIT Hyderabad has separate accommodation facilities for girls and boys through the facilities and infrastructure of both hostels’ are somewhat similar. Boys are not allowed to enter the girls' hostel. 

IIT Hyderabad Hostel  

Kandi campus of IIT Hyderabad has beautifully designed hostel buildings designed with unique infrastructure. IIT Hyderabad (new campus) provides single-seater rooms for all students. Girls are usually allocated to the new campus. Each hostel block has seven floors, with no rooms on the ground floor, and rooms on 6 floors only. Each floor has 32 rooms. So approximately, 192 students live in one block.

Some key highlights of the hostel are

• Dwelling Design: IIT Hyderabad’s hostel architecture is designed by the Japanese who have used Dwelling Design. This helps the equal amount of breeze flow in all the rooms irrespective of the location of the room and direction of airflow.
• Radiant Cooling: The walls and ceiling of the hostel rooms have hidden pipes that have cold water running through them. The temperature of this water is controlled depending on the season and outside temperature. This keeps the room warm in winter and cool in summer.
• Washrooms: Each floor is divided into 4 comprising 8 rooms each. Every pod has two bathrooms, two urinal pots, and two toilets.
• Toilets: Out of the 2 washrooms, one is Indian and one is Western. There are motion sensor lights in the hostel washrooms. There are both hot and cold water options available 24/7. 
• Rooms: Rooms are spacious enough for one person. A typical room has a single bed, a table, and a chair. There is also a built-in almirah. 

All in all, IIT Hyderabad has excellent accommodation facilities for both girls and boys.

No, there aren’t ACs in IIT Hyderabad. Instead, there is a Radiant Cooling system that is equally good. In this cooling system, the walls and ceiling of the hostels have hidden pipes that have cold water running through them. The temperature of the water is controlled depending on the season and outside temperature. This system keeps the hostel rooms warm in winter and cool in summer.

To ensure judicious usage of water, recycled water from the rest of the campus is used in the radiant cooling systems. IIT Hyderabad takes water conversation very seriously and implements steps for the same.

There are many uncommon things people often forget to pack. Here are a few things to bring along with you to the IIT Hyderabad hostel. 

• Bring a laptop as it will be very useful, especially from the 2nd year
• Clothes Hangers
• Clips for clothes
• Whiteboard with accessories
• Books if reading intrigues you 

Other essential commodities can be easily bought from the local market at cheap prices.

IIT Hyderabad has two accommodation options. Every student is allotted a single room irrespective of their year. Students are allotted double occupancy rooms.

Here is how these accommodation options are assigned to students of various courses

• B.Tech students both boys and girls are usually allotted single rooms in the new permanent hostel
• M.Tech makes students allotted double occupancy rooms in the first year and a single room in the second year
• M.Tech female students are allotted single rooms right from the first year
• Interns are allotted rooms in the temporary hostel and will be sharing 2 in a room.

It’s important to note that this pattern of allotment is not fixed but is usually observed.