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India's top IITs rank slip as universities from China, Singapore surge ahead: QS Asia Rankings 2026
November 10, 2025 9:40 am
Nine of India’s top 10 institutions, including seven IITs, see sharp rank falls in QS Asia 2026 list even as their scores improve — a sign of stronger competition from East and Southeast Asia.
QS Best Student Cities 2026: Delhi world's most affordable, Mumbai in top 100
July 16, 2025 6:38 pm
QS Best Student Cities Ranking 2026: Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Chennai have moved up from their previous positions, indicative of a broader upward shift in India’s academic visibility, affordability, and improvement in workforce relevance.
IISc Bangalore tops nation list in 4 subjects; Indian universities missing in law: THE World University Rankings 2024 by subject
October 27, 2023 11:59 am
Under the arts and humanities category, two universities – Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the University of Delhi (DU) have been ranked in the 501-600 range
'More government support can make us globally competitive': Vice-Chancellor NLSIU Sudhir Krishnaswamy
June 12, 2023 10:12 am
The National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru has managed to top the law institutions category for the sixth time in a row in the National Institutional Ranking Framework results 2023.
IISc Bangalore tops NIRF research, university rankings
June 06, 2023 11:37 am
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore ranked second, falling behind IIM Ahmedabad in the management category.
Times World University Ranking: To bring IITs back on board, agency modifies criteria
April 27, 2023 3:59 pm
According to sources, representatives from THE recently made a presentation to IIT-Delhi, IIT-Bombay, and IIT-Madras on March 7, and listed modifications to the ranking criteria, including changes to the citation metric, which IITs had previously criticised.
Why 6 IITs have boycotted THE World University Rankings third year in a row?
October 14, 2022 9:59 am
IITs Boycott Times Higher Education Ranking: IITs in Mumbai, Delhi, Kanpur, Madras, Roorkee and Kharagpur want more "transparency" in THE's ranking methodology. "They allot a rank to an institute directly. We should know what the process is," IIT Bombay director told The Indian Express
Despite language barrier, Chinese universities make huge gains in global rankings over the last decade
July 04, 2022 9:42 am
An analysis of the QS rankings and Times Higher Education (THE) rankings over ten years shows that only China has significantly increased its share of universities in the world's top 500
IIT-Bombay best in country, 8 Indian institutes in top 500: QS World University Ranking 2021
November 30, 2020 5:18 pm
The USA continued to dominate the ranking with four out of the top five institutes including the top rank holder MIT being from the country. Among Asian counterparts, the top-ranking was the National University of Singapore.
Indian universities rise in employability ranking, IIT-Delhi most employable in country: Times Higher Education
November 21, 2020 9:43 am
The US’ country score has fallen by 51 per cent in the last 10 years from 4,227 in 2010, to 2,067 in 2020, as per the report. Despite the dip it is the US-based California Institute of Technology which has attained first place to become the most employable university in the world
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Top 5 Higher Educational Institutes in India: QS World University Ranking 2021
June 10, 2020 7:05 pm
Overall, 21 Indian universities and institutes have found a place this year among the world’s top 1,000, as opposed to 25 last year.
Check out top 10 Indian institutes in THE Asia University Ranking 2020
June 11, 2020 12:17 pm
In the latest THE University Rankings for Asia, eight institutes placed in the top 100 best institutes in Asia. This is India’s best performance since 2016, in terms of the number of institutes. Last time, India had eight institutes in the top 100 in 2016.
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