IIT Bombay has been ranked 1st in India and 149th in world in QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World University Rankings 2024.
- It has moved significantly up from 172nd rank last year to 149th rank this year. For the first time ever, IITB has been ranked within top 150 and top 10% in QS rankings.
- IITB has a score of 81.9 in employer reputation, 73.1 in citation per faculty, 55.5 in academic reputation, 47.4 in employment outcome, 54.9 in sustainability. Among the various 9 parameters employer reputation indicated the strongest one for IIT Bombay with a rank of 69 globally.
- Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore stands 225th globally, down from last year’s 155th rank.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is on top of the rankings for the 12th year in a row. University of Cambridge has managed to retain the second spot while University of Oxford has replaced Standford University on the third spot.
- QS World University Rankings are run by global higher analyst specialist Quacquarelli Symonds. The rankings analyse 1,500 institutions across 104 locations and draw insights from 17.5 million academic papers and 2,40,000 academic faculty and employers.
