IIIT Sonepat — Fees, Placements & Admission 2026

IIIT Sonepat follows the Ministry of Education (MoE) fee structure for Public-Private Partnership IIITs. General, OBC, and EWS category students typically pay approximately Rs 90,000 to Rs 1.10 lakh per semester (Rs 1.8-2.2 lakh per year) as tuition, subject to periodic MoE revision. SC, ST, and PwD category students receive a full tuition fee waiver. Students from families with annual income below Rs 1 lakh receive a full waiver, while those with family income between Rs 1-5 lakh receive a two-thirds waiver under the Government of India fee remission scheme applicable to IIITs.

Hostel accommodation and mess charges at IIIT Sonepat are billed separately from tuition. Combined hostel rent, electricity, mess advance, establishment charges, and caution deposit typically total Rs 60,000 to Rs 80,000 per year for residential students. Boys and girls hostels are provided with furnished rooms, dining halls, Wi-Fi, laundry, and recreation facilities. Most B.Tech students stay on campus since the institute runs a fully residential programme with an in-house mess.

Beyond the statutory SC/ST/PwD and income-based waivers, IIIT Sonepat students can apply for Merit-cum-Means (MCM) scholarships, Institute Free Studentship, and central government scholarship schemes such as National Scholarship Portal awards. State-level Haryana scholarship schemes, industry endowment scholarships, and project-based research stipends provide additional financial support. Undergraduate summer research fellowships and teaching/research assistantships are available for qualifying students.

B.Tech admission at IIIT Sonepat is exclusively through JEE Main scores via the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling and the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) supplementary rounds — the centralised process for all 20 PPP-IIITs, 31 NITs, and GFTIs. Candidates appear for JEE Main, secure a valid All-India Rank, then participate in JoSAA choice filling and seat allocation. Branch and category preferences along with home-state/other-state quota under the 50:50 formula determine final seat allocation.

IIIT Sonepat was established in 2014 under the Public-Private Partnership model of the Ministry of Education (formerly MHRD), Government of India, jointly with the Government of Haryana and industry partners. It was accorded Institute of National Importance status through the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017. It is an autonomous institution governed by its own Board of Governors with NIT Kurukshetra serving as mentor institute during the set-up phase.

IIIT Sonepat is located in Sonepat District, Haryana, approximately 50 km north of Delhi along National Highway 44. Academic operations began in 2014 from a temporary campus inside NIT Kurukshetra. The permanent campus is being developed at the Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonepat 131029, a planned education hub housing multiple higher education institutions. The NCR location offers strong proximity to Delhi, Gurgaon, and Noida IT corridors, startup hubs, and corporate headquarters.

IIIT Sonepat offers four-year B.Tech programmes in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and Electronics and Communication Engineering / Information Technology (ECE/IT). The curriculum is designed in close consultation with NIT Kurukshetra and covers core computer science and electronics subjects with industry-aligned electives in data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, cloud computing, embedded systems, and communications. Capstone projects, industry internships, and research-fellowship opportunities are integral to the programme.