Odisha’s KIIT First Indian University To Get Five Stars In QS Star Ratings

Bhubaneswar: KIIT Deemed to be University has achieved the honour of being the first Indian university to get the “Five Stars Rating” in the prestigious QS Star Ratings System. The rating results were published on Tuesday, April 27.

The QS Intelligence Unit, a division of QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd, rated KIIT a Five Stars institution, the maximum achievable, after rigorous and independent data collection and analysis of performance metrics in a range of indicators across eight categories. The rating will be valid for three years.

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The rating exercise evaluated higher education institutions from all over the world against pre-established global benchmarks of excellence across eight categories — Teaching, Employability, Academic Development, Internationalisation, Online Learning, Innovation, Inclusiveness and Computer Science & Engineering.

KIIT scored a perfect five in four categories and four in the remaining categories, ensuring an overall rating of Five Stars.

Expressing happiness at the achievement, KIIT & KISS founder Dr Achyuta Samanta said, “KIIT has been rated as a Five Stars Institution on the basis of its excellence and diversity by the QS Stars rating system operated by the QS Intelligence Unit, the independent compiler of the QS World University Rankings since 2004. We resolve to continue to do our best”.