IISc Overtakes IITs as the Top Indian University in Global Rankings

IISc Overtakes IITs as the Top Indian University in Global Rankings

In the 2023 edition of the QS World University rankings, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru emerged as the highest-ranked Indian institute. Rising 31 places in a year, pushing IIT-Bombay to the second and  IIT-Delhi to third position.

Apart from IISc at 155th position, IIT-Bombay (IIT-B) and IIT-Delhi (IIT-D), have risen five and 11 places to rank 172 and 174 respectively and emerged as the only Indian institutes in the global league of top 200, in continuation of a trend since 2017. The total number of Indian institutes increased to 27 from 22 among the top 1000 institutes globally.

Speaking to The Indian Express, QS spokesperson William Barbieri attributed the remarkable rise of IISc, which is one of the eight public Institutes of Eminence (IoE), to improvement across four out of six parameters based on which the rankings are prepared.