Nine Indian Universities and institutions among world’s top 50

Nine Indian universities and institutions are among world’s top 50 in QS subject-wise rankings. According to the 15th edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, announced today, India celebrates 12 top 50 positions across the subject rankings and the broad faculty areas, earned by nine institutions. Leading the way is the Indian School of Mines (ISM) in Dhanbad, which ranks 20th globally for Engineering-Mineral and Mining, making it the country’s highest-performing subject area. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has been ranked at 28th position and IIT Kharagpur at 45th spot for Engineering-Mineral and Mining.

IIT Delhi bagged the 26th and IIT Bombay 28th spot for Engineering and Technology. The two institutions have also improved their rank for Engineering-Electrical and Electronic to enter the top 50 list.

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad and Bangalore continued to be among world’s top 50



for Business and Management Studies. While IIM Ahmedabad’s ranking is on 27th position, IIM Bangalore has secured the 40 spot.

IIT Madras (Petroleum Engineering) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) (Development Studies) continued to be among world’s top 50.

The global higher education expert, QS in a statement said, a total of 79 Indian universities, ten more than last year, feature 533 times across this year’s rankings, marking a 25.7 per cent increase compared to the previous edition. In the latest edition of the QS subject-specific rankings, India has the fifth highest number of new entries behind China, the US, the UK and South Korea, and ranks 12th for the number of overall entries. It said, the high number of the new entries featured in the rankings is a continuation of a trend of the country’s growing higher education ecosystem, both in terms of size and quality.