IITs shine in world university rankings
IIT Delhi's electrical
engineering
department has
been ranked the
37th best globally,
the highest entry
from India across all
categories in the
latest QS world
university rankings!!!
IIT Delhi's
electrical engineering
department has been
ranked the 37th best
globally, the highest
entry from India across
all categories in the
latest Quacquarelli
Symonds (QS) world
university rankings.
QS is a reputed British
education and career
advice company, which
earlier produced the
rankings with the
Times Higher Education.
Since 2010, it has been
producing them on its
own.
The IIT Bombay's civil
engineering department
has been ranked 39th,
while IIT Delhi's
mechanical and
aeronautical engineering
has been positioned
43rd. Indian Institute of
Science ranks 50th in
materials science.
IITs have come as the
only saving grace for
Indian universities,
which have taken a
massive beating in the
rankings released on
Wednesday. Not a single
university or
department has made
it to the top 200
altogether in 12 of the
30 disciplines covered in
the rankings.
Important subjects
without a single
top-200 Indian
institution include
medicine, law,
economics and
education.
The best performances
from Indian universities
came in engineering as
expected.
IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi
and IIT Madras are all
ranked in the global top
50 in at least one of the
four areas of
engineering: civil,
mechanical, electrical
and chemical.
Delhi University and JNU
have made it to the top
100 in the world for
English literature, while
the only other Indian
entry in this category
are Jadavpur University
and University of
Kolkata both of which
are among the top
151-200.
IIT Bombay's linguistic
department is the only
that made it in this
category among the top
200.
Chinese universities on
the other hand have
achieved 37 top-50
rankings in 23 subjects,
compared to just four
for India.
"These rankings reflect
the progress made by
the IITs in recent years
in engineering, but in
many other areas of
the academic spectrum
India is lagging way
behind its international
competitors," said QS
head of research Ben
Sowter.
"India faces numerous
challenges as it
attempts to expand
participation and
increase university
funding. These rankings
make it clear that it is
some way off achieving
a truly internationally
competitive higher
education system."
Covering 30 subjects,
the QS rankings by
subject are the largest
of its kind.
The US and UK
universities dominate
the list, with Harvard
ranking number one in
10 subjects, ahead of
MIT (7), University of
Oxford (4), UC Berkeley
(4), University of
Cambridge (3), Imperial
College London (1) and
UC Davis (1).
India's struggles are in
contrast to the strong
performance of leading
universities elsewhere
in Asia, with
institutions including
National University of
Singapore, University of
Tokyo, Kyoto University
Hong Kong University
and Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology making
it to the global top 10 in
several disciplines.
engineering
department has
been ranked the
37th best globally,
the highest entry
from India across all
categories in the
latest QS world
university rankings!!!
IIT Delhi's
electrical engineering
department has been
ranked the 37th best
globally, the highest
entry from India across
all categories in the
latest Quacquarelli
Symonds (QS) world
university rankings.
QS is a reputed British
education and career
advice company, which
earlier produced the
rankings with the
Times Higher Education.
Since 2010, it has been
producing them on its
own.
The IIT Bombay's civil
engineering department
has been ranked 39th,
while IIT Delhi's
mechanical and
aeronautical engineering
has been positioned
43rd. Indian Institute of
Science ranks 50th in
materials science.
IITs have come as the
only saving grace for
Indian universities,
which have taken a
massive beating in the
rankings released on
Wednesday. Not a single
university or
department has made
it to the top 200
altogether in 12 of the
30 disciplines covered in
the rankings.
Important subjects
without a single
top-200 Indian
institution include
medicine, law,
economics and
education.
The best performances
from Indian universities
came in engineering as
expected.
IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi
and IIT Madras are all
ranked in the global top
50 in at least one of the
four areas of
engineering: civil,
mechanical, electrical
and chemical.
Delhi University and JNU
have made it to the top
100 in the world for
English literature, while
the only other Indian
entry in this category
are Jadavpur University
and University of
Kolkata both of which
are among the top
151-200.
IIT Bombay's linguistic
department is the only
that made it in this
category among the top
200.
Chinese universities on
the other hand have
achieved 37 top-50
rankings in 23 subjects,
compared to just four
for India.
"These rankings reflect
the progress made by
the IITs in recent years
in engineering, but in
many other areas of
the academic spectrum
India is lagging way
behind its international
competitors," said QS
head of research Ben
Sowter.
"India faces numerous
challenges as it
attempts to expand
participation and
increase university
funding. These rankings
make it clear that it is
some way off achieving
a truly internationally
competitive higher
education system."
Covering 30 subjects,
the QS rankings by
subject are the largest
of its kind.
The US and UK
universities dominate
the list, with Harvard
ranking number one in
10 subjects, ahead of
MIT (7), University of
Oxford (4), UC Berkeley
(4), University of
Cambridge (3), Imperial
College London (1) and
UC Davis (1).
India's struggles are in
contrast to the strong
performance of leading
universities elsewhere
in Asia, with
institutions including
National University of
Singapore, University of
Tokyo, Kyoto University
Hong Kong University
and Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology making
it to the global top 10 in
several disciplines.
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