It is located on the southern bank of the Ganga River in Bhagalpur, the 2nd largest city of Bihar.

Meanwhile, the institute has not distributed degree certificates to students from the 2018-22 batches onwards, and as of now has no public plans to do so in the near future.

IIIT Bhagalpur has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with eduCLaas of Singapore to start two PG diploma courses – Digital Business Management (DBM), Software Engineering and Management (SEM) from this year.

The logo takes inspiration from artifacts closely related to Bhagalpur such as the Vikaramshila Mahavidyalaya, Bhagalpuri saree to name a few.

[8] Today inaugurated the newly constructed buildings of IIIT of Bhagalpur city built at a cost of Rs 128 crore.

IIIT Bhagalpur was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 20 February 2024, at 11:30 AM through online mode.

At that time, academic operations were running in a temporary building provided by Bhagalpur College of Engineering (BCE), which had offered space on its campus.

The New Boys' Hostel, completed with accommodation for 800 students, was fully equipped with all basic facilities.