IISc Bangalore ranked world's best research university, 41 Indian institutes featured in QS World Uni ranking ‘23
As per citations per faculty (CpF) indicator, IISc topped globally.
The number of Indian universities listed in the QS World University Rankings 2023 has gone up to 41 from the previous 35 institutes since last year with seven of them joining the list for the first time.
The Indian Institute of Science (155th globally) Bengaluru has climbed 31 places to secure the first position among the Indian institutes, followed by IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi. The top three institutes are listed among the global top 200.
IISc has ranked 155th globally and listed as the global leader in the ‘Citations per Faculty’ (CpF) indicator, which QS uses to evaluate the impact of the research produced by universities.
This year’s Rankings is the largest ever, with 1,418 institutions across 100 locations, up from 1,300 last year. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) finished a record-extending 11th consecutive year as world number one. The University of Cambridge rose to second place, while Stanford University remained in the third position.
Following IISc were some of the leading Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), all of whom improved their standing, while IIT Indore debuted at 396th rank (see box).
Among declared public institutions of eminence, while IISc, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras and IIT Kharagpur attained a higher rank, University of Delhi and University of Hyderabad saw a decline while Banaras Hindu University’s rank remained unchanged.
On the other hand, two of the declared private institutions of eminence maintained the same rank — Manipal Academy of Higher Education and Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) — while O. P. Jindal Global University (JGU) rose to the next band of 651-700.
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Among new entrants, University of Madras debuted in the 541-550 band, while Chandigarh University debuted in the 801-1,000 bracket as the youngest varsity, having been established less than 10 years ago.