Indian Institute of Information Technology Bhagalpur is an institute of national importance and a joint venture of Govt. of India (50%), Govt. of Bihar (35%) and BELTRON (15%). IIIT Bhagalpur started its first academic session under the mentorship of IIT Guwahati on 1st August 2017 in a temporary building of Bhagalpur College of Engineering. The institute is situated on the bank of the holy river Ganga, 250 km away from the city Patna, the capital of Bihar. The institute is fully residential and has separate hostels for boys and girls. 50 acres of land have been provided by the Govt. of Bihar, and the construction of new buildings has been completed. The institute is now running in its fully-fledged campus with all required laboratory facilities developed as per the curriculum design.