IIT-Guwahati ranked among 70 varsities in QS new rankings

NEW DELHI: Four Indian universities have found a place among 150 best young universities in the world and Indian Institute of Technology in Guwahati (IITGuwahati) was ranked best from India with a rank under 70, said Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) a global ranking body, in an annual list of best universities under 50years of age.

The 2021 edition of the QS Top 50 Under 50 Rankings released Wednesday has placed IIT-Hyderabad, central university of Hyderabad and the Jindal Global University in Haryana as the other institutions from India in the best 150 universities list. This is one more than last year, thanks to the debut of IIT-Hyderabad.

Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University retained its status as the world’s leading young institution. NTU is closely followed by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and South Korea’s KAIST.

“…Reputations, resources, and world-class outcomes are typically built over time, and... the period over which some institutions have been able to do so, has been one of centuries. We are therefore keen to illuminate the ...universities that have not enjoyed the same historical advantages as their competitors,” Ben Sowter, director of research at QS said in an email.