IIT-B is India’s best in employability ranking

IIT Delhi, Madras also among world’s top 200

Indian Institutes of Technology (IITS) Bombay, Delhi, and Madras have ranked among the world’s top 200 institutes, according to the latest QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022, which looks at graduate employment processes and outcomes.

Released by global higher education analysts Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the list has 12 Indian institutions among the 550 included in the rankings.

Among these, India’s national employability leader — those implementing the nation’s strongest employability processes and achieving the strongest employability outcomes — is Iit-bombay, which is placed in the 101-110 group, moving towards the global top 100.

It is followed by Iit-delhi, which jumped from the 151-160 band to the 131-140 group, and Iit-madras, which has risen from the 171-180 band to the 151-160 category.

Of the total 12 Indian institutions ranked, four have improved their position since the previous iteration of the ranking, while another four have remained stable within their rank or band. The rankings of two Indian institutions have dipped, while O P Jindal Global University (JGU) and IIT Roorkee are the new entrants this year. Ben Sowter, director of research at QS, said, “The data that contributes to this ranking shows that Indian universities are consistently producing high numbers of entrepreneurs, business leaders, and other highly successful individuals. However, with consistently low scores in our Partnerships with Employers indicator, it is also clear that India’s higher education leadership must strive to create stronger links with industry, facilitating more employer-student connection opportunities on campus.” According to its founding chancellor Naveen Jindal, JGU’S debut in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings comes at a time when the private institute is celebrating its 12th anniversary on September 30, 2021.

JGU’S founding vice-chancellor C Raj Kumar said, “JGU’S entry into QS GER also shows that NON-STEM graduates can also develop impactful career trajectories, given the right platform. JGU will continue to work towards strengthening its platform for creating meaningful and globally recognised career pathways for NONSTEM aspirants.”

According to over 50,000 employers surveyed by QS, IIT Bombay achieved the nation’s leading score for QS’S Employer Reputation indicator of 73.9/100, 70th in the world.

Three Indian universities achieved top-100 scores for QS’S Alumni Outcomes metric, which measures the number of highly successful business leaders, philanthropists, high-wealth individuals, and entrepreneurs produced by each university. The University of Delhi ranked 21st globally and number-one in India for this metric, scoring 96/100. Indian universities have underperformed in QS’S Partnerships with Employers indicator. Only one Indian university — IIT Bombay — achieved a top-200 score for this category. Moreover, IIT Madras achieved India’s highest location adjusted Graduate Employment Rate score of 100/100, which was fourth globally, also making it the only Indian institution to achieve a top-50 score on this parameter.

The QS Graduate Employability Rankings rates universities on partnerships with employers (including internships), the number of sectoral leaders among their alumni, the frequency with which employers are present on campus, and a location adjusted graduate employment rate.

“With students becoming increasingly conscious of the competitiveness of the global graduate jobs market, and of the ever-increasing financial costs of their educational investment, it has become correspondingly crucial that independent data of this sort is available to them, so as to inform evidence-based decisions about their educational futures,” Sowter said.