Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, abbreviated IIT Bombay or IIT-B, is a public research university and technical institute in Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra, India.印度理工学院孟买校区（英文 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay，简称 IIT Bombay 或 IIT-B）是位于印度马哈拉施特拉邦孟买的公立研究型大学与技术学院。

According to OpenAlex the institute is associated with 67,061 scholarly works cited 3,182,173 times, and it is one of the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology set up as centres of excellence for training, research and development in science, engineering and technology.据 OpenAlex 统计，学校累计发表学术成果 67,061 篇，总被引 3,182,173 次；学校是印度为培养与研发科技人才而设立的 23 所印度理工学院之一。

History

• IIT Bombay was established in 1958 and was the second Indian Institute of Technology to be founded, its establishment supported by UNESCO with funding provided by the Soviet Union.学校于 1958 年设立，是第二所创办的印度理工学院，其创办得到联合国教科文组织支持，资金由苏联提供。
• The proposed site was allocated by the government of Bombay State at Powai in what is now Mumbai, then known simply as Bombay.校址由孟买邦政府划定，位于当时的孟买、即今日孟买的 Powai。
• The foundation stone was laid by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1959, and the institute is today governed by a Board of Governors whose chairman is nominated by the President of India.奠基石由贾瓦哈拉尔·尼赫鲁于 1959 年题立；学校现由理事会治理，其主席由印度总统提名。
• The first batch comprised 100 male students who spent their first year in a temporary facility at Worli because the Powai campus was still under construction, and they graduated in 1962.首届学生共 100 名男生，因 Powai 校区尚在施工，首年先在 Worli 的临时校舍上课，他们于 1962 年毕业。
• Under the Indian Institutes of Technology Act of 1961 the institutes were recognised as Institutions of National Importance, and IIT Bombay was among the first group of five such schools operating under that statute.依据 1961 年《印度理工学院法》，各理工学院被认定为国家重要学院，孟买校区是依该法设立的首批五所理工学院之一。
• All the institutes share a common IIT Council which supervises their administration, and each institute is run as an autonomous body.各理工学院共用一个 IIT 理事会统管其行政管理，每所学院则以自治机构的方式运作。
• The earliest of the institutes was founded in 1951 in West Bengal, the reason for creating them being that the newly independent Indian government saw a need to train and produce scientists and engineers.最早的一所理工学院于 1951 年在西孟加拉邦创办，设立这些学院的原因是独立后的印度政府认为必须培养与训练科学家和工程师。
• Two further institutes were founded in 1959, at Kanpur and at Madras, and the Delhi institute was created in 1961 and opened in 1963, so that the five oldest schools date from 1951 to 1963.另有两所理工学院于 1959 年分别在坎普尔与金奈创办，德里校区于 1961 年设立、1963 年开学，因此最早五所学院创办年份跨越 1951 至 1963 年。
• The system expanded again in 1994 with the institute at Guwahati, in 2001 with the conversion of the Roorkee school founded in 1847, and in 2008 with six new institutes at Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Jodhpur, Patna and Ropar.该体系于 1994 年随瓜哈提校区再度扩充，2001 年由 1847 年创办的鲁尔基学校转型而来，2008 年又新增布巴内斯瓦尔、甘地纳加尔、海得拉巴、焦特布尔、巴特那与罗巴尔六所校区。
• By 2021 the Indian Institutes of Technology had grown to 23 campuses enrolling 16,232 students, and one further institute was created in 2012 from the 1919 Banaras Hindu University school.至 2021 年，印度理工学院已发展为 23 个校区、共有 16,232 名学生，另有 1 所校区于 2012 年由 1919 年创办的贝拿勒斯印度大学学校改组而成。
• Admission to the undergraduate programmes is through the Joint Entrance Examination, with the Joint Entrance Examination Main screening candidates and the Joint Entrance Examination Advanced determining admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology.本科招生通过联合入学考试进行，其中 JEE Main 负责筛选考生，JEE Advanced 决定印度理工学院的录取。
• In 2018 one million candidates sat the Joint Entrance Examination Main, of whom 224,000 were allowed to sit the Advanced paper to compete for 11,279 places at the Indian Institutes of Technology.2018 年有 100 万人参加 JEE Main，其中 22.4 万人获准参加 Advanced 考试，角逐印度理工学院的 11,279 个名额。
• Reserved places are set aside for disadvantaged groups, including 15 per cent for Scheduled Castes, 7.5 per cent for Scheduled Tribes and 5 per cent for persons with disability, with an additional 20 per cent of places for female candidates.学校为弱势群体设置保留席位，其中表列种姓占 15%、表列部落占 7.5%、残障人士占 5%，另有 20% 的名额专门留给女性考生。
• On 9 July 2018 Prakash Javadekar, the Union Minister of Human Resources Development, announced that IIT Bombay would be granted the status of an Institution of Eminence, and the decision took effect on 11 October 2018.2018 年 7 月 9 日，人力资源发展部部长 Prakash Javadekar 宣布孟买校区将获得卓越院校地位，该决定于 2018 年 10 月 11 日生效。
• In April 2015 the institute launched the first United States and India joint Executive Master of Business Administration programme together with Washington University in St. Louis.2015 年 4 月，学校与圣路易斯华盛顿大学合作开办美印首个联合高级工商管理硕士项目。
• In November 2015 and January 2016 the National Virtual Academy for Indian Agriculture launched a free online agriculture course with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics and IIT Bombay.2015 年 11 月与 2016 年 1 月，印度农业国家虚拟学院与国际半干旱热带作物研究所及孟买校区合作推出免费的在线农业课程。
• Shireesh Kedare is the director and Koppillil Radhakrishnan chairs the Board of Governors, with the institute's budget recorded at 896 crore rupees for 2025 to 2026.现任校长为 Shireesh Kedare，理事会主席为 Koppillil Radhakrishnan，学校 2025 至 2026 财年预算为 896 亿卢比。
• The institute maintains academic and research links with Georgia Institute of Technology, the Texas A&M University Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute and KAIST, and belongs to networks including the Asian Universities Alliance and the BRICS Universities League.学校与佐治亚理工学院、得克萨斯农工大学核安全科学与政策研究所及韩国科学技术院保持学术研究联系，同时是亚洲大学联盟与金砖国家大学联盟等网络的成员。

Academics

• IIT Bombay has 17 academic departments, 35 additional academic centres and three schools, and the departments span aerospace engineering, biosciences and bioengineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, civil engineering, computer science and engineering, earth sciences, economics, electrical engineering, energy science and engineering, and environmental science and engineering.学校设有 17 个学术系、35 个学术中心和 3 个学院，院系涵盖航空工程、生物科学与生物工程、化学工程、化学、土木工程、计算机科学与工程、地球科学、经济学、电机工程、能源科学与工程，以及环境科学与工程。
• The remaining departments are humanities and social science, industrial engineering and operations research, mathematics, mechanical engineering, metallurgical engineering and materials science, and physics.其余院系为人文与社会科学、工业工程与运筹学、数学、机械工程、冶金工程与材料科学，以及物理。
• The three schools are the Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship, the IDC School of Design and the Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management.三所学院分别是 Desai Sethi 创业学院、IDC 设计学院与 Shailesh J. Mehta 管理学院。
• Among the named research centres are the National Centre for Mathematics, the National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education, the Centre for Machine Intelligence and Data Science named C-MinDS, the Tata Centre for Technology and Design and the Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering.具名研究中心包括国家数学中心、国家光伏研究与教育中心、机器智能与数据科学中心（C-MinDS）、塔塔技术与设计中心，以及 Wadhwani 生物工程研究中心。
• Other named centres include the Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas named CTARA, the Koita Centre for Digital Health, the Centre for Semiconductor Technologies named SemiX, the National Centre of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilization and the Water Innovation Centre named WICTRE.其他具名中心还包括农村地区技术替代中心（CTARA）、Koita 数字健康中心、半导体技术中心（SemiX）、碳捕集与利用国家卓越中心，以及水创新中心（WICTRE）。
• Recorded figures for 2023 to 2024 give 13,282 students, of whom 6,276 were undergraduates, 3,319 postgraduates and 3,687 doctoral, with 732 faculty members recorded in January 2025.2023 至 2024 年度的记录为在校学生 13,282 人，其中本科生 6,276 人、研究生 3,319 人、博士生 3,687 人，2025 年 1 月记录的教师为 732 人。
• The institute is chiefly recognised for its highly competitive Bachelor of Technology programme, and it also offers Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Design degrees at undergraduate level.学校最为人称道的是竞争极为激烈的工学学士项目，本科层次还设有理学学士与设计学士。
• At postgraduate level the institute offers Master of Technology, Master of Science by Research, Master of Science, Master of Design and Master of Business Administration, together with doctoral programmes, dual degrees and short-term courses through continuing and distance education.研究生层次设有工学硕士、研究型理学硕士、理学硕士、设计硕士与工商管理硕士，并提供博士项目、双学位以及通过继续教育与远程教育开设的短期课程。
• The university is a member of Links to Asia by Organising Traineeship and Student Exchange, an international network of leading European and Asian universities that exchanges students and senior scholars.学校是 LAOTSE 网络成员，该网络由欧洲与亚洲的顶尖大学组成，通过交换学生与资深学者开展合作。
• Strengths for which the institute is noted include electrical engineering, computer science and engineering, mechanical engineering, and chemical and biomedical engineering, the last linked to the Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering.学校以电机工程、计算机科学与工程、机械工程，以及与 Wadhwani 生物工程研究中心相衔接的化学与生物医学工程见长。
• Its energy and environmental work is anchored in the National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education, the National Centre of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilization and the Centre for Climate Studies.学校的能源与环境研究以国家光伏研究与教育中心、碳捕集与利用国家卓越中心和气候研究中心为骨干。
• Every year the institute awards degrees to more than a thousand students, selecting postgraduates through the Joint Admission Test for Masters and the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering.学校每年向一千多名学生授予学位，研究生通过硕士联合入学考试与工程学研究生入学考试选拔。
• Faculty members take on industry-sponsored research and consultancy projects through the institute, drawing funds from the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Space and the Department of Atomic Energy among others.教师通过学校承接企业委托的研究与咨询项目，资金来自科技部、空间部、原子能部等机构。
• Around 400 sponsored projects are active in a given year on average, several of them of national significance while others are supported by international funding bodies.学校平均每年约有 400 项在研的委托项目，其中若干具有国家意义，另一些由国际资助机构支持。
• At institutional level the institute is governed by a Board of Governors, the director appointed by the Union Minister of Education is also a member of it, and the registrar serves as its secretary.在机构层面，学校由理事会治理，校长由联邦教育部长任命并兼任理事成员，教务长担任理事会秘书。
• The director chairs the Senate, which comprises professors and nominated members and is the institute's highest academic body, assisted by two deputy directors and seven deans who head the departments, centres and schools.校长主持由教授与受委成员组成的参议院，参议院是学校最高学术机构，校长另有两位副校长与七位院长协助，各系、中心与学院的负责人亦在其列。
• The Academic Office initiates and coordinates the academic work of the institute, facilitates teaching and assessment, and acts as the repository of grades and academic records for all students, former and current.学术办公室负责发起与协调学校的学术工作、协助教学与考核，并保存全体在读与已毕业学生的成绩和学业档案。
• The institute's alumni and faculty include people of Indian origin who have led major industrial and space efforts, among them the former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation and the co-founder of Infosys.学校的校友与教师中有引领印度重大工业与航天事业的印度裔人物，包括印度空间研究组织前主席与 Infosys 联合创始人。

Campus

• The 545 acre campus is located on Adi Shankaracharya Marg between Powai lake and Vihar lake, and it lies roughly 15 kilometres from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.占地 545 英亩的校区位于 Adi Shankaracharya Marg，坐落在 Powai 湖与 Vihar 湖之间，距贾特拉帕蒂·希瓦吉·马哈拉杰国际机场约十五公里。
• Because of its proximity to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park the campus enjoys significant green cover, and leopards and mugger crocodiles from the park have on rare occasions strayed onto the campus.由于毗邻 Sanjay Gandhi 国家公园，校区绿覆率高，公园中的豹与沼泽鳄偶尔会闯入校园。
• The Main Building and the lecture hall complex stand at the heart of the campus, the core of an institution that grew from a temporary facility at Worli into a 545 acre site between the two lakes.主楼与阶梯教室群位于校园中心，这里正是学校从 Worli 临时校舍成长为占地 545 英亩、两湖之间校区的核心。
• The institute has 21 hostels in total, with Hostels 10, 15 and 11 together with a wing of Hostel 21 and Hostel 16 reserved for female students.学校共有 21 座宿舍楼，其中 10 号、15 号、11 号宿舍以及 21 号与 16 号宿舍的一部分翼楼专门供女生使用。
• Sports provision comprises two swimming pools, football, hockey and cricket grounds, and tennis, basketball, squash and volleyball courts, together with a Students' Activity Center for cultural and extra-curricular activities.体育设施包括两个游泳池、足球、曲棍球与板球场，以及网球、篮球、壁球和排球场，并设有学生活动中心用于文化与课外活动。
• The institute is a member of the LAOTSE exchange network, and the campus address is Adi Shankaracharya Marg, its coordinates being given as 19.07283 degrees north and 72.88261 degrees east.学校是 LAOTSE 交流网络成员，校区地址为 Adi Shankaracharya Marg，坐标记为北纬 19.07283 度、东经 72.88261 度。
• The first batch spent its opening year at Worli in temporary accommodation, and the transition from that rented facility to the purpose-built Powai campus marks the institute's early consolidation.首届学生开学当年在 Worli 的临时校舍度过，从租用场地到 Powai 专门校区的过渡，标志着学校早期的整合成形。

Reputation

• The institute is ranked 134th in the QS World University Rankings 2027 with a score of 62.6, and it is not listed in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, while the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026 to 2027 places it 681st.在 QS 2027 世界大学排名中，学校列第 134 位，评分 62.6；THE 2027 世界大学排名中查无该校记录，而《美国新闻》2026 至 2027 全球最佳大学排名将其列在第 681 位。
• According to OpenAlex the institute has 67,061 works and 3,182,173 citations, which places it among the most productive Indian technical institutes in that database.据 OpenAlex 数据，学校累计成果 67,061 篇、被引 3,182,173 次，在该数据库中位居印度高产技术院校之列。
• Earlier editions show a steady climb, with the institute ranked 129th in the QS World University Rankings 2025 and 36th in Asia in the same year.从往年版次可见学校名次稳步上升，该校在 2025 年版 QS 世界大学排名中列第 129 位，亚洲第 36 位。
• In the QS India Rankings 2025 the institute ranked first in the country and 118th in the world in that edition, while domestically the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 placed it third overall, fourth among research institutions and third among engineering colleges.在 2025 年版 QS 印度排名中，学校居全国第一、世界第 118 位；在国内，印度国家院校排名框架 2024 年将其列为综合第 3、研究机构第 4、工程学院第 3。
• In the 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject the institute was placed 84th in engineering and technology, 101st in natural sciences, 249th in social sciences and management, 266th in arts and humanities, and in the 401 to 500 band in life sciences and medicine.在 2020 年版 QS 学科排名中，学校工程与技术第 84、自然科学第 101、社会科学与管理第 249、艺术与人文第 266，生命科学与医学列 401 至 500 区间。
• The institute has no Nobel laureate, no Turing Award laureate and no Fields Medalist among its alumni or staff, so its highest academic distinction rests on the awards of its graduates in Indian science and technology.学校校友与教职人员中没有诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主，其最高学术荣誉体现在毕业生在印度科技领域所获的奖项上。
• Recognition instead comes through national frameworks, with third place among government engineering colleges in the India Today 2023 survey and second place in the India Today 2022 engineering rankings.其认可更多来自国内榜单，据 India Today 2023 年调查，学校在政府工程学院中列第 3，在 2022 年工程院校排名中列第 2。
• The institute's research standing is also reflected in its membership of the BRICS Universities League and the Asian Universities Alliance, which group research universities across the emerging economies.学校的科研地位也体现在其金砖国家大学联盟与亚洲大学联盟的成员身份上，这两个网络汇集新兴经济体的研究型大学。

Student life

• The motto of the institute is Jnanam paramam dhyeyam, rendered as Knowledge is the Supreme Goal.学校校训为「Jnanam paramam dhyeyam」，意为知识是至高目标。
• The Gymkhana is the overarching body for all student councils and institutional committees that coordinate student activities and organise events and festivals throughout the year.Gymkhana 是统辖全校学生理事会与专门委员会的总机构，负责协调学生事务并全年筹办各类活动与节庆。
• The Student Affairs Council is the apex student representative body and coordinates affairs through six Institute General Secretaries, each heading a major portfolio.学生会事务委员会是学生社团的最高代表机构，通过六名全院总干事分管各项主要事务。
• The six portfolios are hostel affairs, postgraduate academic affairs, undergraduate academic affairs, sports, technical affairs and cultural affairs, with the technical portfolio overseeing the institute's clubs, projects and competitions.六项分工为宿舍事务、研究生学业、本科生学业、体育、技术事务与文化事务，其中技术事务分管学校的社团、项目与竞赛。
• Among the notable student festivals are Mood Indigo, the institute's cultural festival, and Techfest, its technology festival, both organised through the Gymkhana structure.学校知名的学生节庆包括文化节 Mood Indigo 与科技节 Techfest，两者均通过 Gymkhana 的组织架构筹办。
• Accommodation is provided in 21 hostels with dedicated blocks for women, and the campus also carries a Students' Activity Center where cultural and extra-curricular groups work.学校提供 21 座宿舍楼并设有女生专区，校园内还设有学生活动中心，供文化与课外社团开展工作。
• Student life is organised around clubs ranging from the Institute Technical Council to the Cultural Council, and the institute's two swimming pools and grounds support inter-IIT sporting competition.学生生活围绕众多社团展开，从学院技术委员会到文化委员会，校内两个游泳池与各球场也支撑着院际体育竞赛。

Notable people

• Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of the institute in 1959, making him the political figure most directly connected with its creation.贾瓦哈拉尔·尼赫鲁于 1959 年为学校题立奠基石，是与学校创设关系最直接的政治人物。
• Shireesh Kedare serves as director and Koppillil Radhakrishnan chairs the Board of Governors, the two officers responsible for the institute's academic and statutory leadership.Shireesh Kedare 任校长，Koppillil Radhakrishnan 任理事会主席，两人分别负责学校的学术与法定领导工作。
• Among its alumni is K. Sivan, who chaired the Indian Space Research Organisation, and Nandan Nilekani, the co-founder and non-executive chairman of Infosys.校友 K. Sivan 曾任印度空间研究组织主席，校友 Nandan Nilekani 是 Infosys 的联合创始人兼非执行董事长。
• Parag Agrawal, former chief executive of Twitter, Manohar Parrikar, former Union Minister of Defence and Chief Minister of Goa, and Raghu Raghuram, chief executive of VMware, are all graduates of the institute.Twitter 前首席执行官 Parag Agrawal、曾任联邦国防部长与果阿邦首席部长的 Manohar Parrikar，以及 VMware 首席执行官 Raghu Raghuram 均为该校毕业生。
• Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder of Ola Cabs, Raj Subramaniam, chief executive of FedEx, and Viral Acharya, former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, are also listed among the institute's alumni.Ola Cabs 联合创始人 Bhavish Aggarwal、FedEx 首席执行官 Raj Subramaniam，以及印度储备银行前副行长 Viral Acharya 亦列于该校校友之中。
• The institute counts a number of laureates of the highest Indian science prizes among its graduates, its alumni having received national recognition in engineering and science even in the absence of Nobel laureates.尽管没有诺贝尔奖得主，该校毕业生仍获得印度最高科学技术奖项，校友在工程与科学领域屡获国家级认可。
• Manohar Parrikar received the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, and later served as India's Minister of Defence, making him the best known political alumnus of the school.Manohar Parrikar 曾获印度第三高平民荣誉 Padma Bhushan，后出任印度国防部长，是该校最知名的政治校友。
• Satyendra Pakhale, a designer, architect and artist, and Nitesh Tiwari, a film director, screenwriter and lyricist, represent the institute's graduates in the arts.设计师、建筑师兼艺术家 Satyendra Pakhale，以及电影导演、编剧兼作词人 Nitesh Tiwari，代表了该校在艺术领域的毕业生。
• Vipul Goyal, a stand-up comedian, and Colin Gonsalves, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India, are alumni whose careers lie outside science and engineering.单口喜剧演员 Vipul Goyal 与印度最高法院资深大律师 Colin Gonsalves 都是该校校友，其职业道路不在科学与工程领域。
• The institute's alumni extend into every major Indian industry and institution, and its teaching of students from across India and abroad has made it a common point of reference for engineering education in the country.学校校友遍及印度各主要工业与机构，招收来自全国与海外的学生，使其成为印度工程教育的重要参照。
• Dhirendra Nath Buragohain, founder director of IIT Guwahati, is recorded among the institute's people, showing the link between the older and younger Indian Institutes of Technology.IIT 瓜哈提的创校主任 Dhirendra Nath Buragohain 见于该校人物名录，显示了印度新老理工学院之间的联系。
• The institute's recorded faculty strength of 732 members in January 2025, drawn from 17 departments and 35 centres, indicates a faculty-to-student ratio near one to eighteen across its 13,282 students.学校 2025 年 1 月记录的 732 名教师分布于 17 个系与 35 个中心，以 13,282 名在校生计，师生比接近十八比一。