IISc overtakes IITs to become top Indian university in global rankings

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru has been named the best university in India in the QS World University Rankings. IISc Bengaluru has been ranked 155 worldwide with a score of 49.5. As compared to the previous year, IISc has now climbed 31 places at this year’s list.

Quacquarelli Symonds or the QS World University Rankings is a global education analyst which releases a list of top ranking universities every year.

On the list, IISc has been followed by IIT-Bombay (IIT-B). IIT-B is on 172th position, followed by IIT Delhi at 174.

IIT Kanpur and IIT Roorkee have been placed at 264 and 369 ranks respectively.

While, IITs and IISc have improved their rankings, University of Delhi and University of Hyderabad have fallen from their ranks. They have slipped from band 501-510 to 521-530 and 651-700 to 751-800, respectively.

The total number of Indian institutes on the list of global universities of 1,000 are 27.

President Ram Nath Kovind also appreciated the improved numbers and said, “We should be setting benchmarks for the best in the world. In the top 300, there are six institutions (from India) this year as against four last year (in QS rankings).”

The QS World University Rankings are based on several parameters such as academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio, international student ratio, employment outcome and international research network.