IITs are still the best institutes in the country
The country’s IITs are at the top in the QS rankings. Apart from IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur has got 222nd rank. IIT Madras has got 227th rank, IIT Kanpur has got 263rd rank, IIT Roorkee has got 335th rank and IIT Guwahati has got 344th rank. Indian Institute of Science has got 211th rank and there has been an improvement of 14 points. The representation of Indian universities is also increasing at the fastest rate in G20 countries.
India ranks third in Asia
If we look at the list of institutions from different countries included in the ranking, the Indian higher education system ranks seventh globally and third in Asia in terms of representation. In Asia, there are Japan (49 universities) and China (71 universities). QS has prepared this ranking keeping in mind sustainability and employability.
America’s MIT is number one among top 10 universities
America’s MIT is number one among the top 10 universities of the world. Imperial College of London has got the second position. Harvard University and Oxford University are third, Cambridge University is fifth, Stanford University is sixth, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology is at seventh position. After that are National University of Singapore, UCL of England and California Institute of Technology of America.
The QS (Quacquarelli symonds) World University Rankings portfolio was launched in 2004. The rankings are based on comparative data about the performance of the world’s top universities. This ranking system is considered very important worldwide and students also take QS rankings into account while choosing a university abroad.