The Indian Institute of Technology Mandi is in the Kamand Valley, Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, on the left bank of the Uhl river about 14 km from Mandi. It became an IIT under the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2011, which the institute says was passed by the Lok Sabha on 24 March 2011 and by the Rajya Sabha on 30 April 2012. Its first director’s tenure began on 15 January 2010.
Teaching and research are organised in nine schools: biosciences and bioengineering; computing and electrical engineering; civil and environmental engineering; chemical sciences; humanities and social sciences; management; mechanical and materials engineering; mathematical and statistical sciences; and physical sciences. Its NIRF 2026 data submission reports 2,026 UG and PG students in 2024-25, plus 915 full-time and 66 part-time PhD scholars.