The University of San Diego on Wednesday received a $10 million donation from La Jolla philanthropists Raffaella and John Belanich to create state-of-the art classrooms, laboratories and other spaces in the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering.

The renovations will be carried out in Loma and Guadalupe Halls, and an intermediate annex building, campus officials say. When the work is done, the facilities will collectively be known as the Belanich Engineering Center.

“We are deeply grateful for Raffaella’s and John’s transformative gift to provide cutting-edge facilities offering students the opportunity to be changemakers for innovation, social justice and peace,” Engineering Dean Chell Roberts said in a statement.

The couple is widely known for its support of the arts, particularly opera, in San Diego. But John Belanich is also an engineer and real estate developer, which further aligns the couple’s interests with the university.