IIT-B top Indian institute in QS Asia ranking
Premier education centre the only Indian institute to improve performance among the top 100
The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) rose one position to the 34th rank in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings 2018.
It was the only Indian institute to better its performance among the top 100 and was also the top-ranked Indian institute in the QS Asia University Rankings.
This year, IIT-B saw its best position in the past three years since its 46th rank in 2016. Earlier this year, IIT-B was ranked 179th in the QS World University Rankings, showing an improvement in its 2017 performance by 40 places.
Other Indian institutes on the Asian list were IIT-Delhi (41), IIT-Madras (48), Indian Institute of Science (IISc)Bangalore (51), IIT-Kanpur (59), IIT-Kharagpur (62), University of Delhi (72), IITRoorkee (93) and IITGuwahati (98). All these have slipped in their rankings from last year. The IISc registered the biggest decline by 18 places, down from 33 in 2017.
According to IIT-B, the institute made an overall score of 75.7 out of 100. In terms of parameters, IIT-B scored 88.1 in academic reputation, 97.5 in employer reputation, 44.5 in faculty student ration, 96.3 in staff with PhD, 89.6 in papers per faculty, 9.7 in international faculty, 6.3 in international students, 10.9 in inbound exchange students, 9.1 in outbound exchange students, and 41.4 in citations per paper.
Among the 10 parameters, employer reputation was the strongest for IIT-B with a rank of 21 globally.
“This is a reflection of the excellent work being done by the faculty and students of the institute,” said Devang Khakhar, director, IIT-B. The institute was among the top 8 per cent in the QS Asia University Rankings. Considering there are approximately 11,900 universities globally, this made IITB among the top one per cent universities in Asia.
Overall, the QS Asia University Rankings 2018 saw Nanyang Technological University of Singapore topping the list, followed by the National University of Singapore. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and The University of Hong Kong were at the third, fourth and fifth slots, respectively.