Campus life, Indian student community, food options, and day-to-day living at SRM Institute of Science and Technology in Kattankulathur.
Kattankulathur is the founding campus, opened in 1985 as SRM Engineering College and now the headquarters of a deemed-to-be university that reports more than 60,000 full-time students across all its campuses. In the engineering data SRMIST submitted for India Rankings 2025 the faculty alone recorded 20,642 undergraduate, 586 postgraduate and 418 integrated-master's students, of whom 646, 25 and 5 respectively came from outside India, taught by 1,661 faculty members. The campus carries site-wide high-speed Wi-Fi, three banks and more than five ATMs, a food court and shops beyond the university canteen, separate gyms for men and women, and an on-site SRM Hotel used by visiting families.
Two air-conditioned blocks with a combined capacity of about 400 are reserved for international students: the NRI Premium International Hostel on campus, and the Green Pearl International Hostel about ten minutes' walk away with shuttle buses to campus. Published 2026-27 rates include mess and cover the June-to-March academic year. For men, N Block is INR 273,000 a year for an air-conditioned two-share room and INR 253,000 for three-share, Green Pearl B Block is INR 197,500 non-air-conditioned three-share or USD 3,500 for the off-campus air-conditioned option, and Began Block is INR 133,000 for a non-attached two-share room. For women, Kopperundevi ranges from INR 165,000 to INR 270,000 and Meenakshi from INR 213,000 to INR 233,000. Laundry is optional at INR 7,500 to INR 8,500.
Hostel fees include mess catering, so food is bundled into the room rate rather than billed separately. The Green Pearl International Hostel runs a multi-cuisine dining facility serving Thai, Chinese and Indian food. On campus there is a food court and several shops beyond the university canteen. Fridges, washing machines, microwaves, room heaters, irons, air coolers and kettles are barred from every hostel, so in-room self-catering is not an option.
The campus houses the SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre with over 1,500 beds and the SRM Global Hospital, both open in an emergency, and SRMIST recommends taking out medical insurance. An anti-ragging committee, an equal opportunity cell and a grievance redressal mechanism are standing committees. A student may move into an allotted hostel room only once admission formalities, the student visa and immigration are complete.
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The Office of International Relations works from the second floor of the Central Library Building, west wing. It handles Form C residential registration on campus for foreign nationals and OCI card holders, arranges Chennai airport transfers on prior request at the student's cost, issues visa letters, bonafide certificates and Aadhaar applications, and runs separate student-services and helpdesk mailboxes.
