IIT Roorkee is one of the biggest technical institutions in the country having the largest number of academic units. It has 23 academic departments covering engineering, architecture and planning, humanities & social sciences, and management programmes, 1 school, 3 academic centres, 7 academic service centres and 4 supporting units.

• Academic Centers
  
  • Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation & Management (CoEDMM)
  • Centre for Transportation Systems (CTRANS)
  • Centre of Nanotechnology
• Academic Service Centers 
  • Continuing Education Centre (CEC)
  • E-Learning Centre
  • Greater Noida Extension Centre IITR
  • Institute Computer Centre (ICC)
  • Institute Instrumentation Centre (IIC)
  • Mahatma Gandhi Central Library
  • Rethink ! The Tinkering Lab
• Other Supporting Units 
  • iHUB Divyasampark TIH - under NM-ICPS mission, Govt of India
  • Institute Hospital
  • Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell
  • Water for Welfare: An Uttarakhand Government Initiative