Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, is the fastest rising South Asian university among the top 200 universities of the prestigious QS World University Rankings, securing 31 positions, while four IITs also rank higher than the previous ones. included in the category. Edition.
London-based global higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) on Thursday released the 19th edition of the world’s most consulted international university rankings.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, which has secured the 172nd rank, is the second best institute in India, up five places, while IIT Delhi has gained eleven places to rank 174th.
IIT Kanpur has moved up thirteen places to its highest position (264) in the history of these rankings, while IIT Roorkee has risen 31 places to its highest rank (369).
However, leading universities like Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi University and Jamia Millia Islamia have slipped in the prestigious rankings.
Delhi University, which is the 10th best Indian university to feature in the 19th edition of the world’s most-advised international university rankings, has slipped to 521-530 category from the earlier 501-510 category. JNU’s ranking, which was earlier between 561-570, has come down to 601-650 bracket. Jamia Millia Islamia which was between 751-800 last year is now between 801-1000.
The rankings show that Jamia Hamdard has moved from a position between 1001-1200 to 1201-1400 bracket in the previous edition.
Among the universities outside Delhi, the University of Hyderabad (from 651-700 to 751-800), Jadavpur University (from 651-700 to 701-750) and IIT-Bhubaneswar (701-750 to 801-) showed a decline. 1000).
The ranking showed that IIT Guwahati has secured eleven positions, reaching its best result of all editions of the QS World University Rankings, while IIT Indore is the highest ranked debutant in this edition, ranked 396th globally. The place has been given.
OP Jindal Global University is the highest ranked private university for the third consecutive year as per the ranking.
A total of 41 Indian universities have ranked in the ranking, out of which 12 have improved, 12 remained stable, 10 declined, while seven universities are new entries.
As per the rankings, 13 Indian universities have improved their research impact over global competitors, showing an increase in Citation Per Faculty (CPF) scores.
In contrast, Indian universities continue to struggle with the measure of institutional teaching capacity of QS. Thirty of India’s 41 ranked universities have suffered a decline in the faculty and student ratio (FSR) indicator of QS, with only four recording improvements, it showed.
However, on an encouraging note, now two Indian universities rank in the top 250 for faculty and student ratio, as compared to previous editions.
The highest performers in this metric are Savitribai Phule Pune University (225th for FSR) and OP Jindal Global University (235th for FSR), followed by IISc Bengaluru (276th for FSR).
“This edition of the QS World University Rankings reflects the excellent work that many Indian universities are doing to improve their research footprint, with positive consequences for their reputation globally.
“In contrast, our dataset also shows that the Indian higher education sector is still struggling to provide adequate teaching capacity. Further expansion of provision – within and across universities – if India is to continue to scale new heights.” In the field – will be necessary.” said Ben Souter, senior vice president of QS.
“National Policy on Education (NEP), 2020 aims to achieve equality, inclusiveness and quality in the education sector. Prime Minister Modi, his ministers and the University Grants Commission (UGC) are implementing the new framework that will make India’s higher education fundamental. Must be changed.
“Of these, the multi-modal education framework is instrumental in taking education to remote and inaccessible parts of the country and partially addressing the rapidly growing demand for university places in the world’s largest democracy,” he said.
QS surveyed 99,000 employers and hiring managers globally, whose opinions inform QS’s Employer Reputation (AR) metric. IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi are the only two national universities to feature in the world’s top-100 in this important metric, ranked 59th and 72nd respectively and improving their ranks year after year, it showed Is.
India also struggles in the internationalization metrics of QS. For example, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (1001-1200) is the best performing local institution to international faculty ratio, ranked 411th globally.
On the other hand, Amity University (1001-1200) is the national leader in the ratio of international students, ranked 542nd globally.
This year’s QS World University Rankings is the largest ever, with 1,418 institutions across a hundred places, up from last year’s 1,300.