New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has broken into the world’s top 150 varsities and achieved the 149th position in the QS World University Rankings 2024. Last year, IIT Bombay was placed at rank 172. While IIT Bombay achieved its highest rank ever, this is the first time in eight years that an Indian higher education institution has made it to the top 150 list.
With 45 Indian universities making it to the rankings, up from 41 last year, India is the seventh most-represented country globally and the third in Asia. However, India is one university less in the top 200, compared to last year.
Overall 13 Indian universities have slipped down in the QS Rankings. In the QS World University Rankings 2024, IIT Delhi comes in second at 197th position, slipping down from 174th position last year. Some other reputed universities also faced the same feat. While IIT Kanpur fell from 264th to 278th ranking, IIT Madras fell from 250th rank to 285th rank.
Meanwhile, Odisha’s Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar figures in the 731-740 rank category, while SOA is in the 1201-1400 rank category.
Rank 149 — Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
Rank 197 — Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
Rank 225 — Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Rank 271 — Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)
Rank 278 — Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)
Rank 285 — Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
Rank 364 — Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)
Rank 369 — Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)
Rank 407 — University of Delhi
Rank 427 — Anna University
“I am happy that 45 Indian universities have made it to the rankings in this year’s QS World University Rankings. In the last 9 years, PM Modi has transformed education in India… Indian universities today are world-class” Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar told ANI.
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