The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Hindi: भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान मुंबई, Marathi: भारतीय तंत्रज्ञान संस्था मुंबई), popularly known as IIT Bombay or IITB, is an public research university located in Powai, Mumbai. IITB has 14 departments, 10 multi-disciplinary centres, 3 schools of excellence and 3 inter-disciplinary groups, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological research. Established in 1958, it is the second-oldest campus of the Indian Institutes of Technology system. IIT Bombay was ranked by QS World University Rankings as the 187th best university in the world in 2010, coming 47th in Engineering & IT. IIT Bombay was the second IIT to be established in 1958 with assistance from UNESCO and with funds contributed by the Soviet Union. UNESCO agreed to provide equipment and technical experts mainly from the Soviet Union, while the Government of India accepted the responsibility for all other expenses including the cost of the building project and recurring expenses. The site chosen for the institute was Powai, eighteen miles (29 km) from the city of Mumbai (then Bombay), with an area of 550 acres (2.