IISC top Indian institute in QS world varsity rankings

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Science (IISC) in Bengaluru emerged as the best higher education institution in India, ranking 155th globally in the latest edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (WUR). IISC has witnessed a massive jump of 31 positions in its rank in comparison to last year.

According to a statement issued by QS analysts, on Thursday, the 19th edition of the ranking featured a total of 41 Indian Universities. Of them, 27 were featured in the top 1000. Last year, 22 Indian institutes were placed among the top 1000. As many as six of these 27 universities found place within 300 but only three made it to the top 200, like last year.

Overall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the world’s top University for the 11 consecutive year. The University of Cambridge has risen to second place, while Stanford University remains in the third position.

The two other institutions that made it to the top 200 from India were the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay (IIT-B) and Delhi (IIT-D). While IIT-B secured 172nd rank globally, rising five places from last year,

IIT-D placed at 174th rank , up 11 places since last year.

As many as six indicators were used to determine the QS rankings 2023. They included academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, citations per faculty, international students ratio and international faculty ratio.

“The Indian Institute of Science (155 th globally) is the new national leader. Remarkably, it is also the global leader in the Citations per Faculty indicator, which QS uses to evaluate the impact of the research produced by universities. Furthermore, IISC Bengaluru is the fastest rising South Asian university in the QS World University Rankings top- 200, having gained thirtyone places year on year,” the statement read.

“All the featured IITS improved their standing, a testimony to the strength and success of the Indian public technological research university model,” it added.

While Iit-madras secured 250th rank, Iit-kanpur stood 264th, Iit-kharagpur 270th and Iit-roorkee 369th. Iit-guwahati gained eleven places and came in 384th and Iit-indore stood as the highest-ranking debutant in this edition coming in 396th. In terms of the performance of the Institutes of Eminence (Ioes), five of the declared public Ioes ((IISC, IIT-B, IIT-D, IIT Madras, and Iit-kharagpur) attain a higher rank than in the previous edition. Two of the public Ioes, including University of Delhi (DU) and University of Hyderabad, witnessed a decline in their rankings and the ranking of Banaras Hindu University remained unchanged.

Prof TG Sitharam, Director of IIT Guwahati said, “A higher ranking in QS WUR for IIT Guwahati makes me proud of our excellent faculty and students and their efforts to contribute towards top quality research as well as other parameters.”