QS World University rankings Asia 2022: NIT-Rourkela slips; IIT-Bhubaneswar, SOA & KIIT In list

Bhubaneswar: Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) released the QS Asia University Rankings 2022 recently. IIT-Bombay (rank 42), IIT-Delhi (rank 45) and IIT-Madras (rank 54) are the top three Indian universities in the rankings.

In all, 118 Indian universities figure in the rankings.

Odisha’s National Institute of Technology-Rourkela (NIT-Rourkela) has slipped to a rank of 271-280. The institute was ranked 250 in year 2021; 225 in year 2020 and 215 in year 2019.

IIT-Bhubaneswar figures in the rankings for the first time, ranked 251-260.

Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) (ranked 401-450) and Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) (ranked 451-500) also figure in the list. Both are located in Bhubaneswar.

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, is ranked 56 followed by IIT-Kharagpur (60), IIT-Kanpur (64) and University of Delhi (77).

IIT-Bombay secured an overall score of 71 out of 100. The institute ranked 37 last year. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) are also in the top 200 this year.

In the Asia Top 10, five universities are from China. The National University of Singapore has secured the first position followed by Peking University at the second place and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, at the third position.

For the Asian rankings, QS compared 687 universities on 11 key indicators.

India’s Top 10

* Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B), Rank: 42

* Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D), Rank: 45

* Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M), Rank: 54

* Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Rank: 56

* Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), Rank: 60

* Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K), Rank: 64

* University of Delhi, Rank: 77

* Jawaharlal Nehru University, Rank: 107

* Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee (IIT-R), Rank: 109

* Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G), Rank: 119

Asia’s Top 10

* National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore

* Peking University, China

* Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

* The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong

* Tsinghua University, China

* Zhejiang University, China

* Fudan University, China

* Universiti Malaya (UM), Malaysia

* Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong

* Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China