IIIT Sonepat is a joint venture of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, the Govt.

[2] On 18 March 2013, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India introduced a bill in the Parliament to establish 20 new Indian Institute of Information Technology's in different parts of the country.

[3] IIIT-S started to intake students from the academic year 2014–15, offering Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Information technology to the incoming students, functioning in the campus of NIT Kurukshetra, with NIT Kurukshetra acting as their mentor institute.

[citation needed] The Institute presently offers B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and Information Technology (IT) with an intake of 120 and 60 students respectively.

The IIIT Sonepat administration has made arrangements to ensure the safety and security of the girls while they are residing on the Technopark campus.