IIT BHU Hostel Fees 2026, Facilities, Rooms, Food, Photos

IIT BHU Hostels: Students' Opinion

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IIT BHU offers a total of 16 hostels, with new constructions underway. Every undergraduate student is guaranteed a hostel room. The yearly hostel fee is approximately Rs. 5,500, while the mess fee is Rs. 30,000 per year. Hostels are equipped with 24/7 high-speed Wi-Fi, electricity, and water supply, including water coolers and geysers. Rooms generally accommodate two students, but first-year students may share with three due to increasing numbers. Amenities include common areas with TVs and table tennis, badminton and volleyball courts, and canteens open until late at night.

A unique feature is the Satvik mess for those avoiding onion and garlic. While some hostels, especially older ones, have room size limitations, new hostels with modern amenities like lifts and balconies are being developed. The mess food is well-rated, offering a diverse menu with vegetarian and non-vegetarian options, including a special meal once a week. Overall, the infrastructure is improving, with renovations and new constructions enhancing the living experience.

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IIT BHU: 13 Answered Questions

How is IIT BHU hostel ?

Suresh ModakStudies at IIT BHU

The Vishweshwaraiya Hostel at IIT BHU is considered to be one of the best. I would recommend you to stay there if you are looking for hostel accommodation.

This hostel has an old-world charm which makes it look breathtaking.
The royal number of rooms in this hostel is around 321.
The rooms have been placed in such a way that you will get to enjoy the view of the lush gardens that are maintained throughout the year by dedicated gardeners.
There are three common rooms which have gaming facilities like chess, carrom, and tennis.
There is also provision for playing outdoor games such as volleyball and badminton.
Three is 24/7 CCTV coverage and high-speed Wi-Fi LAN has been installed in all the rooms.

Are there bathroom attached hostel rooms in IIT BHU?

Ansh DubeyStudied at IIT BHU

No, the IIT BHU hostels do not have attached washrooms. Even the rooms are shared, and you won’t get a single seater room facility over here. Most government colleges do not provide their students with premium facilities. IIT BHU is one of them.

Thus, IIT BHU only offers common washrooms to its students in the hostels.

What is the mess menu of IIT BHU?

Aarjav JainStudied at IIT BHU

IIT BHU has several hostels, and each one of them has 2-3 messes. Different people are given contracts for each mess, on an annual basis. Around 150-200 students eat everyday in each mess. This entire system ensures that quality food is served in the messes. This many messes can’t have a single menu.

There is no fixed menu as such even if we consider a single mess. The ‘Maharaj’ i.e. the person in charge, keeps on including/removing dishes, based on the prices of raw ingredients. For lunch and dinner, there is roti, two-three kinds of rice, 2-3 kinds of vegetable curries, and 1-2 kinds of dals. Salad forms a part of these meals.

Fruit salads, sweets and cakes are given at least once a week. On Saturdays, poori-chhole and a few snacks are served alongside other regular items. Special food items like 2-3 types of parathas, noodles, dosa, idli, etc. are added to the menu at least once every 2 weeks. Eggs are served twice a week, and paneer items are served to vegetarians. Chicken, fish and mutton are served twice a week. You can pay separately and order egg bhurji, omelet and egg rice anytime from the mess. The mess charge is around Rs. 12,000 per semester.

Overall, the mess menu is quite decent at IIT BHU.

Which is the best hostel (overall) to live in when at IIT BHU?

Prajukta GhoseStudied at the Indian Institute of Technology Varanasi

The best hostel to live at IIT BHU is the Vivekanand Hostel. Once you spend your time there, you will never want to switch hostels. Here are short reviews of the other 4 hostels.

Morvi Hostel: A decent hostel with nice lawns, hygienic toilets, and LAN ports. It just acks basic
Guantanamo Bay: One of the worst hostels to stay at at IIT BHU. The hostel did not have lawns and was surrounded by mud. The worst part of this hostel is the uncleaned toilets and unhygienic living conditions.
Vivekanand Hostel:Decent double-seater rooms and big lawns surrounded the hostel. The sports facilities are awesome including a badminton and a volleyball court
Visvesvaraya Hostel: A very pathetic hostel with poor living conditions where students are literally stuffed together. The only good thing was its location and the canteen. The mess, and LAN network all made life challenging here.

Overall, I consider Vivekanand Hostel to be the best for me.

How are the hostels in IIT BHU?

Oindrila BoseStudied at IIT BHU (2019)

Freshers are allotted these three hostels(the first two are for boys and the last one is for girls): Vishweshvarayya Hostel, S N Bose Hostel, and Gandhi Smriti Mahila Chhatravas.

My brother lived in IIT-BHU Hostel and got to experience all the good and bad of hostel life at IIT-BHU. According to him:

ROOMS

The rooms are very small and are shared by 2 to 3 people
On first entering, you will not like the rooms at all. The rooms are covered in spider webs everywhere and some of the old used belongings from the previous occupants
You will need to clean your room and get all the required items
A bed, table, and chair are provided by the hostel administration
Cupboards are in-built and you have to share them with your roommate
The rooms have hardly any space, but the lawns are big and the hostel corridors are long
There’s a sufficient number of washrooms on each floor. Each floor has water coolers.

OTHER FACILITIES: Common rooms, Canteens, Mess, TV Room, Badminton court, TT tables, and lawns. There’s also high-speed internet which can be connected through both, Wi-Fi and LAN

FOOD AND HOSTEL CANTEENS- The food is above average, better than other colleges and most of the other IITs.

Hostel canteens close between 2:30 A.M to 4:00 A.M. Students can still obtain food from within the campus at any time

HOSTEL TIMINGS- Apart from the first few months, there are no in-and-out hostel timings for boys. However, for girls, there is a strict time restriction, 10 PM.

HOSTEL STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION- The hostel staff and administration are friendly and supportive. You can also ask your Maharaja to make a dish that you wish to eat.

You will certainly face some challenges as you try to adjust to your new life. Living in and sharing small rooms with strangers will be difficult at first. You will have to learn to manage with very basic facilities, but as you make more and more friends at your hostel, you will come to enjoy every day that you spend there.

Also, some of these experiences are subjective, while others can also be different for a different academic batch. My brother completed his graduation in 2018.

How does a person survive in IIT BHU hostels?

Rohit SahaIIT BHU (2019)

Not many may agree but personally, I feel IIT BHU hostels are great in their own way, limiting the luxurious lifestyle and teaching us to be satisfied with limited resources.

The reason why the rooms are smaller than the lawns is to ensure students don’t remain holed up in their rooms the whole and explore the campus. Had these hostels been flats with big rooms and no lawns, most of them would have spent their time on their laptops.
It’s better to live a challenging student life than a luxurious one as it prepares you for future struggles and helps you escape your comfort zone. Trust me you will miss these poorly furnished rooms when you will be living your lives in the hustle and bustle of cities hiked in your apartments.
The small rooms bring together students and result in better bonds between them. You end up making friends for life.
You can make up for the poor facilities by eating and sleeping healthily. After all that is the point of getting hostels in the first place, a healthy lifestyle.

You will surely be overwhelmed by the situation of the city in the initial days but end up falling in love with the overall vibe. Just adapt well to your surroundings, and the Induction program will be of great help.

How are the hostel rooms for a first-year student at IIT BHU?

Mahima SethiStudied M.A PSIR from Banaras Hindu University

IIT BHU, Varanasi has massive hostels with sprawling, lush-green lawns. There are 12 male hostels and one female hostel with two extensions. Students at IIT BHU are provided with double-seated accommodation beginning in their first year, thanks to the construction of four new hostels in a year and the renovation of others. Needless to say, all of the hostels have LAN access, and students are permitted to use the internet 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the semester. A few hostels have Wi-Fi, making it even easier for students to connect to the internet. First-year students are assigned to separate hostels, whereas second-year students are assigned to hostels at random, with students from all years living in the same hostel. This facilitates social interaction among students from all branches and batches.

Hostels have their own common room, as well as badminton and volleyball courts, and are always bustling with activity. Each hostel has its own hangout area, complete with chole-samose and chai. Many inter-hostel competitions are held throughout the year, ranging from matki-phod on Janamashtmi to the Inter Hostel Sports Tournament. Each hostel has its own mess service, which is supervised by student volunteers who work with the Mess Maharaj to decide on the menu.

How are girls’ hostels in IIT BHU? How many girls are in one room?

Bharti SinhaM.Tech Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Varanasi

Most of the IIT BHU hostels for girls are old. Recently one new girls' hostel has been established. The hostel rooms have all essential amenities such as bed, table, chair, etc. You will have access to full-speed wi-fi inside the hostel rooms.

There are 5 girls hostels, i.e. SC Dey Girls, IIT BHU Girls’ hostel -1 & 2, Gandhi Smriti Mahila Catrawas, and Limbdi. Usually, the hostel rooms are double sharing.

Why is the Dhanrajgiri Hostel (IIT BHU) getting demolished?

Aradhya BanerjeeB.Sc from Banaras Hindu University (2018)

Dhanrajgiri Hostel is among the oldest hostels in IIT BHU. It dates back to the days when the institute was known as IT BHU. In fact, it is the first hostel on the engineering campus of BHU. Naturally, the hostel building is quite old and in need of renovation.

To accommodate the increasing number of students, IIT BHU has decided to demolish the hostel and rebuild it as Boys Hostel - I (S+10) and Dining Block (G+1 floor).

What is the present internet speed in IIT BHU hostels?

Nilesh KumarB.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Varanasi (2020)

The recent downloading speed is around 6 Mbps during the day as the traffic is very high. During the night the speed definitely increases but the increase is not that significant since people are awake at night too. When you are allotted your hostel rooms you will get an Ethernet cable. The speed might improve if you use the Ethernet instead of the wifi. In recent years a network with 1 Gbps bandwidth has been set up which resulted in good internet speed.

This might look very high speed to some people reading this answer, but actually this is a pretty normal speed considering its an IIT. IIT Roorkee has far better speed than this.

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IIT BHU Hostels: Students' Opinion

AI-Generated Summary based on 779 Reviews

IIT BHU: 13 Answered Questions

How is IIT BHU hostel ?

Are there bathroom attached hostel rooms in IIT BHU?

What is the mess menu of IIT BHU?

Which is the best hostel (overall) to live in when at IIT BHU?

How are the hostels in IIT BHU?

How does a person survive in IIT BHU hostels?

How are the hostel rooms for a first-year student at IIT BHU?

How are girls’ hostels in IIT BHU? How many girls are in one room?

Why is the Dhanrajgiri Hostel (IIT BHU) getting demolished?

What is the present internet speed in IIT BHU hostels?

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