[1] On 9 August 2017, The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017 has been notified in the Gazette of India.

[2] The act confers the "Institute Of National Importance" (INI) status on 15 IIITs set up on the public-private partnership (PPP) mode in Vadodara, Guwahati, Sri City, Kota, Tiruchirappalli, Kalyani, Una, Sonepat, Lucknow, Kottayam, Manipur, Dharwad, Pune, Nagpur, and Ranchi.

[3][4] IIIT Senapati, Manipur is currently operational from its own city campus of 13 Acres located in Mantripukhri, Imphal.

The college is expected to shift to its permanent campus of 150 acres in the Senapati District of Manipur which is under construction with a budget of around 125 crores by June, 2025.

[5] The campus has fully functional and highly specialized labs such as: The campus has the following sports facilities: The college has the following fully active clubs under the aegis of Technical and Cultural Board of IIITM : Admissions are purely based on merit through the Nationwide Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Mains which is conducted for the purpose of admission of students into IITs, IIITs, and NITs and the seat allocation will be through Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) and Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB).