The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, has been ranked as India’s top university and the Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru as the top research institute globally in the latest released QS World University Rankings-2022. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the top university in the world for the 10th consecutive year.
The global higher education analysts QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) compiles the world’s most-consulted university rankings portfolio, releases the eighteenth edition of the QS World University Rankings (WUR) 2022 recently.
MIT attained the number one spot in the global ranking, the University of Oxford was rank two; while Stanford University and the University of Cambridge shared the third spot.
The QS World University Rankings 2022 have been released and only 35 Indian institutes got ranked among the total 1300 universities ranked from across the world. Just like last year, the top-100 list doesn’t feature any Indian university, however, apart from the usual three, no other Indian varsity secured a spot among the top 200.
This is for the fifth year straight that IIT Bombay (Rank 117), IIT Delhi (Rank 185), and IISc Bengaluru (Rank 186) are the only three Indian universities that bagged a spot amongst the top 200. O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) is once again ranked as India’s Number 1 Private University by the QS World University Rankings 2022.
QS World University Ranking Methodology
The parameters that are taken into consideration for the QS World University rankings include academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per faculty, faculty-student ratio, international faculty ratio and international students’ ratio. The QS rankings for the universities are based on the following metrics:
- Academic Reputation (40%)
- Employer Reputation (10%)
- Faculty/Student Ratio (20%)
- Citations per faculty (20%)
- International Faculty Ratio (5%)
- International Student Ratio (5%)
QS World University Rankings 2022
Here are the top 10 universities of the world:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Location: Cambridge, United States
- University of Oxford
Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
- Stanford University
Location: Stanford, United States
- University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Harvard University
Location: Cambridge, United States
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Location: Pasadena, United States
- Imperial College London
Location: London, United Kingdom
- ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- UCL
Location: London, United Kingdom
- University of Chicago
Location: Chicago, United States
QS World University Rankings 2022: Top 10 Indian Universities
Only 22 Indian higher institutions found a place amongst the top 1000 universities of the world. But this number is relatively unchanged from the last few years there were 21 Indian varsities in the 2021 rankings, 23 in 2020, 24 in 2019, and 20 Universities in 2018.
However, a statement from QS noted that the Indian universities have improved their performance on academic reputation metric and research impact. However, they continue to rank poorly in the teaching capacity metric — no Indian university ranks among the top 250 universities for faculty-student ratio.
This year too, just three Indian universities attained a place among the global top 200 — Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, which retains its status as Indian number-one for the fourth consecutive year. It ranks joint-177th, having fallen five places over the last year.
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) has become India’s second-best university, having risen from 193 to 185, and superseded the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc Bangalore), which has fallen in rank from 185 to 186. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was among the institutes that made its debut in the QS World University Rankings, placing in the 561st-570th band.
Here are the top 10 Indian universities as per the QS World University Rankings 2022:
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Rank: 117
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), Rank: 185
- Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, Rank: 186
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Rank: 255
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK), Rank: 277
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), Rank: 280
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Rank: 395
- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), Rank: 400
- University of Delhi (DU), Rank: 501-510
- Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Rank: 561-570
Highlights of QS World University Rankings-2022 for Indian Institutes
Moreover, out of the 20 IOEs selected by the Government of India, only 11 found a place in the top 1000 of the QS World University Rankings 2022. This includes IISc, 4 IITs, Delhi University, Anna University, University of Hyderabad, MAHE, Jadavpur University and O.P. Jindal Global University.
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc) is the world’s top research university, reveals in the QS World University Rankings 2022. IISc achieved a perfect score of 100/100 in Citations per Faculty (CPF) indicator.
Seven Indian Universities that Debuted in QS’ 2022 global rankings
- Jawaharlal Nehru University
- IIT Bhubaneshwar
- Pondicheerry University
- Siksha O Asnusandhan
- IIT Allahabad
- Osmania University
- SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Indian Institutes that have improved their position in the global ranking
- IIT Guwahati
- IIT Roorkee
- IIT Kharagpur
- IIT Kanpur
- IIT Delhi
- IIT Hyderabad
- IIT Madras
- Savitribai Phule University
Indian Institutes that have declined in ranking
- IIT Bombay
- IISc Bangalore
- OP Jindal Global University
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- Banaras Hindu University
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