M. M. Pallam Raju, then Union Minister for Human Resources Development, laid the foundation stone on 16 April 2013.

The campus' masterplan got 'GRIHA Exemplary Performance Award' under 'Passive Architecture Design' category at the 8th GRIHA Summit held during 2–3 March 2017, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

The academic campus' sports facilities include basketball, football, cricket, volleyball and badminton courts.

Faculty and students used to reside in the transit residential campus, which had a dining facility and a health center.

All IITs follow the same organization structure which has President of India as visitor at the top of the hierarchy.

Admissions to BTech programs are carried through Joint Entrance Examination, after completing 10+2 schooling.

[15] At IIT Jodhpur sponsored research and development programs were and are carried out in Centers of Excellence in the areas of information and communication technology, energy, and systems sciences.

[16] The French government had shown its interest in helping IIT Jodhpur develop its research and academic institute.

IIT Jodhpur has signed an Agreement on Academic Exchanges and MoU with Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan.

The Entrepreneurship Cell, which supports the growth of startups involves the student community in innovation and business activities as well.