QS World University Rankings 2021:
As many as 25 courses by Indian universities have figured in the top 100 globally, according to QS World University Rankings by Subject.
- Three Indian Institutes of Technology have entered the top 100 engineering institutes with IIT-Bombay grabbing the best-ever 49th position in the engineering and technology category followed by IIT Delhi (54) and IIT Madras (94). MIT, USA has retained its top position.
- Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore that secured the number one position in the NIRF 2020 is placed at the 92nd spot for natural sciences, followed by IIT Bombay (114), IIT Madras (187), and IIT Delhi (210).
- Similarly, IIT-Madras is at number 30 for its petroleum engineering program, IIT-Bombay and IIT-Kharagpur have grabbed 41 and 44 positions, respectively, in the subject ranking for mineral and mining engineering.
- In the life sciences and medicine category, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) bagged 248th spot.
- Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been ranked 159th for arts and humanities, followed by the University of Delhi (252).
- Also, Delhi University bagged the 208th spot worldwide in the social sciences and management category.
QS World University Rankings by subject calculate performance based on four parameters —
- academic reputation, employer reputation, research impact (citations per paper), and the productivity of an institution’s research faculty.
- The QS rankings offer independent data on the performance of 253 programs at 52 Indian higher education institutions, across 51 academic disciplines.
