IIT Delhi only Indian institution in top 50 of employability ranking

A PRESTIGIOUS Indian education institution is the only one of its kind among the top 50 in the Global University Employability Ranking by Times Higher Education (THE).

The Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS) reveals the world’s top 250 universities for producing employable graduates according to recruiters.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi is the only one from the country in the top 50 ranks on the list.

Ranked below the top 50 are the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, (in 58th position), followed by IIT-Bombay at 72. The latest THE Rankings have five Indian institutions in top 200 and a total of seven in top 250. These include the Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad, ranked 154) and IIT Kharagpur in the 155th position.

Globally, the US continues its dominance with four universities in the top five, led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology and Harvard University as the top three, respectively. In all there are 55 US universities in the top 250, followed by France with 18 and the UK 14. Singapore, Japan and the UK have one institution each in the top 10.

The employers that took part provided around 8,00,000 graduate jobs or placements in 20222023. The survey, now in its 12th year, incorporated 98,014 votes from employers worldwide on which universities teach the key skills that students need to thrive in the workplace.