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IIT Bombay was founded in 1958.<ref name="set up">{{cite web|title=How was IIT Bombay set up|url=http://www.iitb.ac.in/about/how.html|publisher=IIT Bombay |access-date=3 October 2012}}</ref> In 1961, the Parliament decreed [[Indian Institutes of Technology|IITs]] as [[Institutes of National Importance]].<ref name=Growth/> A committee formed by the [[Government of India]] recommended the establishment of four higher institutes of technology to set the direction for the development of technical education in the country in 1946. Planning had begun in 1957 and the first cohort of 100 students was admitted in 1958.<ref name=Growth>{{cite web|title=The Growth of an Institute for Higher Technological Education|url=https://www.iitbombay.org/contact-us/history-of-iit-bombay|publisher=IIT Bombay|access-date=3 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121220223030/https://www.iitbombay.org/contact-us/history-of-iit-bombay|archive-date=20 December 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Since its establishment in Powai, the institute has expanded to include more than 584 major buildings, with a combined area of more than 2.2 square kilometers.
IIT Bombay is known for its 4-year, 5-year
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These students were selected from over 3,400 applicants for admission to the first year undergraduate engineering programmes of Aerospace, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Engineering Physics, Energy, Mechanical, Metallurgical Engineering, and MSc Chemistry.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} One of the main objectives of establishing the institute was to develop facilities for studies in a variety of specialized engineering and technological sciences. The need for establishing adequate facilities for postgraduate studies and research was kept uppermost in mind in the founding years. While the institute was functioning provisionally at Worli, an effort was made to expedite the progress of the building project at its permanent location and [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] laid the foundation stone of the Institute at Powai on 10 March 1959.<ref name="worli" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://alumni.acr.iitb.ac.in/events_list/foundation-day/ |title=Foundation Day - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|access-date=1 September 2023 |website=www.alumni.acr.iitb.ac.in}}</ref>
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Internationally, IIT Bombay was ranked 118 in the [[QS World University Rankings]] of 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/indian-institute-technology-bombay-iitb |access-date= |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref> and 36th in Asia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-05 |title=QS World University Rankings 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings |access-date= |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>
IIT Bombay was also ranked 4th in the overall category,<ref name="Rankings_NIRF_O_2023" /> 4th among research institutions,<ref name="Rankings_NIRF_R_2023" /> 3rd among engineering colleges <ref name="Rankings_NIRF_E_2023" /> and 10th among management schools <ref name="Rankings_NIRF_B_2023" /> in India by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) in 2023. ''[[Outlook India]]'' ranked IIT Bombay 3rd among government engineering colleges in 2022.<ref name="Rankings_OUTLOOK_E_G_2022" /> IIT Bombay was ranked 1st in the [[QS World University Rankings|QS India Rankings]] of 2020.<ref name="Rankings_QS_INDIA_2020" /> In
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