The total number of Indian institutions in the top 1,000 global list has fallen from 24 to 21 in the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World University rankings 2021, released on June 9, 2020.
Only three educational institutes from India, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and IIT Delhi feature in the top 200 list.
IIT-Bombay still maintains its position as the top institution in India in the QS rankings, but has slipped 20 places from 152 to 172 in the global list.
Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) overtook IIT Delhi to make it to the second place, but still dropped a rank to 185.
IIT Delhi fell more than 10 places in the rankings to 193 rank, while IIT Madras is at 275.
IIT Roorkee maintained its ranking at 383, while IIT Guwahati improved from 491 to 470.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of the USA took the top spot, followed by Stanford University and Harvard University taking the 2nd and 3rd ranks. California Institute of Technology took the fourth spot while the UK’s Oxford University took fifth place in the ranking.
The QS World University Rankings are based on six metrics: 1. academic reputation, 2. employer reputation, 3. faculty/student ratio, 4. citations per faculty, 5. international faculty ratio and 6. international student ratio.
