Six Indian universitis among Asia's Top 100

Updated on: Monday, May 18, 2009

Top Asian universities have been evaluated in the first regional ranking from QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd, the compilers of the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings.

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) is the highest ranked university in India at the 30th position, followed by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) at place number 34. Overall, six universities in India rank in the top 100 of the QS.com Asian University Rankings.

Universities in India ranked in the top 100 of the QS.com Asian University Rankings are:

Rank Institution

30 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)

34 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)

36 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)

49 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)

60 University of Delhi

63 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)

Nunzio Quacquarelli, Managing Director of QS said, “The results of the QS.com Asian University Rankings focus on regionally relevant measures of excellence, with the top performing universities distinguished not only by quality, but also by high productivity of research, compared to their regional peers.

In India, the Indian Institutes of Technology in particular have performed well, with high numbers of papers per faculty. These results, combined with those of the Times Higher Education – QS World University Rankings, place India’s universities on the world scale for quality higher education.”
Speaking about the advantage of regional rankings, Ben Sowter, Head of Research at QS said, by including additional factors, a regional comparasion can give a richer picture than a global level comparision. He said, "For example, effective internationalisation is a multi-faceted strategy upon which data can be more easily collected for a smaller group of countries. This process has begun with the inclusion of exchange criteria in the first QS.com Asian University Rankings.

These adjustments have had an inevitable influence on the results, the position of institutions in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore was to be expected, but the stronger performance of South Korean institutions in contrast to the world rankings suggests a strength known in the region that has yet to be fully acknowledged globally.”

For full results and key methodological differences between the THE-QS World University Rankings and the QS.com Asian University Rankings visit www.topuniversities.com/

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