Six of the top 10 Indian universities lost their previous position.
AB Wire
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore has been ranked sixth in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings for BRICS nations. While more universities from India made into the list this year, some of the earlier universities that featured in the 2015 edition lost their positions, reported The Times of India.
Other universities that found a place in the top 50 include IIT Bombay (13), IIT Delhi (15), IIT Madras (19), IIT Kanpur (22), IIT Kharagpur (25), IIT Roorkee (39), and University of Delhi (41). Forty-four universities from India found a place in the list.
Even though IISc Bangalore lost a position from the last year’s list, eight other Indian universities got inducted into the list of top 50. When compared to last year, India’s presence in the top 20 list was reduced and six of the top 10 Indian universities lost their previous position.
China topped the list of 250 with 86 universities followed by Russia (55), and Brazil (54). India improved its position to 17.6 percent from 15.5 percent last year.
While many other Indian universities lost their previous position, the University of Delhi improved its spot climbing up to 41 compared to last year’s 46.
“The expanded rankings demonstrate India’s increasing strength in depth, successes that are based primarily on its research excellence. Twelve of their universities score 90 or above for our citations per paper indicator, highlighting that India’s research output is able to compete with the best produced by China, Brazil, and Russia,” Ben Sowter, head of research at QS, told media.
“The data we use to compile the rankings shows that 21 Indian institutions achieve full marks for hiring staff with Ph.D. qualifications,” he added.
QS Quacquarelli Symonds is a global provider of specialist higher education and careers information and solutions. They publish the University Rankings for BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – every year.