IIT Bombay, IISc Bangalore among 35 Indian institutes in QS World University rankings

Three Indian universities — IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IISc Bangalore — have achieved a top-200 position in the QS World University Rankings 2022, the same as last year. Thirty-five Indian institutes of higher education, including seven for the first time, are featured in this year’s expanded table of 1,300 universities. Last year, 21 Indian universities had made it to the top 1,000.

IIT Bombay, which retained its status as the highest-ranked Indian institute for the fourth consecutive year, is joint-177th in the overall ranking, having fallen five places from last year. IIT Delhi has become India’s second-best university, rising from the 193rd to the 185th position, edging out IISc Bangalore, which is a joint-186th. This year, IIT Madras has risen 20 places, and now ranks joint-255th, its highest since 2017. IIT Kanpur (277th) has moved back into the top-300 and attained its highest rank since 2016. At 280th, IIT Kharagpur is at its highest-ever position in the QS World University Rankings. IIT Guwahati (joint-395th) has entered the global top-400 for the first time, while IIT Hyderabad (591st-600th band) marked its entry into the top 600. Jawaharlal Nehru University made its debut in the QS World University Rankings, and is positioned in the 561st-570th band.

As a sector, Indian universities have made consistent progress in QS’ Academic Reputation (AR) metric: 20 of India’s 35 entrants have improved their AR scores, while nine have seen a drop. Indian universities have also improved their research impact relative to global competitors. Seventeen of India’s 35 universities have seen a rise in the Citations per Faculty (CPF) score, against 12 that saw a drop.