Indian Institute of Technology in World's top Institutions List

Updated on: Thursday, October 01, 2015

iitm Seventeen Indian higher education institutions have featured in a list of the world's best universities topped by California Institute of Technology. While no Indian institution was among the world's top 200 universities, the 12th edition of the annual rankings released by Times Higher Education on October 1 has the Indian Institute of Science in the un-ranked 251-300 category and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in the 351-400 category.

"With the population of young people in the country continuing to expand resulting in further pressure on resources, it is now more crucial than ever that India invests in research and strengthens its links with other nations. The government has spoken about improving its universities but is yet to implement an initiative in this area.

Other Indian institutions featured in the list are: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Indian Institute of Technology Madras in the 401-500 category. The 501-600 category has Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Jadavpur University and Panjab University.

Aligarh Muslim University, Amrita University, Andhra University, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, University of Calcutta, University of Delhi and Savitribai Phule Pune University have been placed in the 601-800 category.

The Institutions rankings list have doubled the number of institutions covered around the world for this year's list, which was topped by California Institute of Technology, followed by Oxford and Stanford in second and third place. University of Cambridge and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) complete the top five, with Harvard University a close sixth.

Indian Institute of Technology in World's top Institutions List

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