University of Hyderabad Humanities School tops RUR India Rankings

Hyderabad: RUR (Round University Ranking) Rankings Agency. in partnership with Clarivate Analytics, announced the release of RUR 2020 Humanities World University Ranking. The ranking is dedicated to highlight the performance of more than 800 world's leading higher education institutions by 20 indicators grouped: teaching, research, international diversity and financial sustainability.

RUR Ranking is designed to provide relevant data on global higher education to address stakeholder`s personal tasks: students, academic community, university management, policymakers. The University of Hyderabad (UoH) is ranked among the humanities subject area with No.1 position in India and 276th globally. It is 53rd in global teaching ranking in humanities.

Reacting to the rankings, Prof Appa Rao Podile, the Vice-Chancellor, said, "I am happy to note that our university humanities group is No.1 in the country and recognised in the top 276 institutions of the world. It's even more gratifying to see the university among the top 53 institutions in terms of its teaching. Our School of Humanities faculty have been producing excellent research."

All data for the RUR is provided annually by Clarivate Analytics through its Global Institutional Profiles Project (GIPP). This is an annual data collection survey that unifies three different data sources: statistical data submitted by universities, bibliometric data and academic reputation data. The survey's raw data is available through In Cites service by Clarivate Analytics.

RUR Ranking evaluates performance of higher education institutions worldwide since 2010. Over the 11 years, 1100 world`s leading universities from 85 countries participated in the ranking.