Indian Institute of Technology Madras has 15 hostels for boys. Rooms are available on a single, double and triple sharing basis. Postgraduate students avail single rooms with internet and LAN facilities provided for every hostel. All the necessary facilities such as washing machines, sports facilities, music rooms, common rooms, etc are available for the students.

IIT Madras has 5 hostels for the girls. The first-year students are provided with double occupancy type accommodation and for seniors single, double, and triple rooms are available depending on the availability. Hostels have technologically well-built computer rooms. Hostels have gardens and libraries, washing machines, sports facilities, music rooms, common rooms are used for meetings and for arranging/planning of festivals, hostels act as a venue for celebrating them.

The hospital is responsible for providing facilities to address the health requirements of students and faculty apart from regular wellness. It also has certain specialists such as cardiologist, ophthalmologist, ENT surgeon, orthopaedic surgeon, general surgeon etc. and laboratories for conducting several tests such as x-rays. It also has an in-patient ward and well connected to an Apollo hospital pharmacy.

IIT Madras has a Central Library equipped with wi-fi. It has a collection of online databases, books, CD-ROMs, AV cassettes, reports, e-journals and other content for students. The Central Library received Wiley Library Award 2019 in the ‘Digitally Transformed Academic Library (Government)’ Category.

Indian Institute of Technology Madras provides both indoor and outdoor sports facilities for all students.

IIT Madras has a well-maintained IT infrastructure to meet the computational needs of the institute. IBM 370 was the first computer that was presented by the Federal Republic of Germany. The centre was relaunched in 2007 and has the capacity of housing 12,000 CPUs and computing power of 10 peta flops.

Canteen food joints are available throughout the year for hostel members with different types of cuisine.

IIT Madras has an auditorium facility for events and seminars. Open Air Theatre is available in a large spot or arena near the hostel where every weekend the film club screens movies

The university has Wi-Fi facility for the students and staff.

IIT Madras has departmental-based laboratories facility for the students. They can visit the laboratories to have some practical experience for better learning.

IIT Madras has two banks, State Bank of India and Canara Bank operating as regular branches and providing services to students, faculty and staff along with ATM services.

Guest Houses such as the Bose-Einstein guest house and Taramani Guest house dedicated for invited guests, and visiting faculty etc. Students can also avail guest rooms for their parents visiting them

Convenience store is available to shop for essential supplies, general supplies and groceries. It also has a salon and a bakery.

The Institute operates buses and mini autos connecting the main gate to different parts of the campus, including the Hostel and Academic zones at frequent intervals. Students are encouraged to traverse the vast campus on bicycles or on foot. Use of powered vehicles by students is not permitted.