Here’s how has IITs performed in QS World University Rankings 2024

Meanwhile, IIT Kharagpur slipped from the 270th rank in 2023 to 271 in 2024. But, this year IIT Kharagpur came third amongst IITs, whereas last year, it was fifth.

IIT Kanpur too slipped, from 264th rank last year to 278th rank this year. Following IIT Kanpur, is IIT Madras which probably had the sharpest fall among first generation IITs. IIT Madras fell from the 250th rank in 2023 to the 285th rank in 2024. Interestingly, IIT Madras secured the top position in this year’s domestic NIRF overall ranking.

IIT Guwahati secured 364th rank, an improvement of 20 ranks from last year while IIT Roorkee maintained its spot at 369. IIT Indore slipped 42 ranks from its previous rank. The institute secured 396th rank in 2023 to 454th rank in 2024.

IIT BHU’s rank improved by nearly 80 ranks, last year it was in the rank band between 651 to 700, and this year it secured 571st rank. On the other hand, IIT Hyderabad fell from the 581 to 590 rank band in 2023 to 691 to 700 rank band this year, recording a fall of nearly 100 ranks. IIT Bhubaneswar jumped from the 801 to 1000 rank band in 2023 to 731 to 740 rank band this year.

Out of the 11 IITs featured in the list, only four saw an improvement, one remained constant and the remaining six saw a fall.