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QS World University Rankings
- 20 Jun 2019
- 2 min read
- IIT-Bombay has been ranked India’s best university for the second year in a row, gaining a global ranking of 152 in the QS World University Rankings for 2020.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology topped the QS World University Rankings for the eighth consecutive year.
- Two other Indian universities — IIT Delhi (182) and the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (184) — are now under 200.
- Other Indian universities included in the top 500 list are IIT-Madras (271), IIT-Kharagpur (281), IIT- Kanpur (291), IIT-Roorkee (383), University of Delhi (474) and IIT-Guwahati (491).
- There are a total of 23 Indian institutions in the top 1,000. While most are government-funded universities, five are privately funded.
- The Manipal Academy of Higher Education, which falls within the 701-750 ranking band, is the top private university in the country.
- For private institutions, it was the indicators such as teacher-student ratio, and international faculty and student populations that propelled them to the top.
QS World University Rankings
- QS is a leading global career and education network for ambitious professionals looking to further their personal and professional development.
- QS develops and successfully implements methods of comparative data collection and analysis used to highlight institutions’ strengths.
- The QS World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings which comprises the global overall and subject rankings.
