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IISc-Bangalore remains India’s top university
Global higher education think tank, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), has released its World University Rankings 2016-17. Although, IISC-Bangalore has remained as the India’s top University its ranking has dropped from 147 to 152.
Hyderabad: Global higher education think tank, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), has released its World University Rankings 2016-17. Although, IISC-Bangalore has remained as the India’s top University its ranking has dropped from 147 to 152.
Founded in 1909 as a result of the joint efforts of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the Government of India and the Maharaja of Mysore, IISc's global ranking last year was 147—also just within the top 150 universities in the world.
- IIT-Delhi - 185
- IIT-Bombay - 219
- IIT-Kanpur - 302
- IIT-Kharagpur - 313
- IIT-Roorkee - 399
- IIT-Guwahati - 481
The rankings of the six IITs, including Delhi, Bombay, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Roorkee and Guwahati too slipped, while IIT Madras improved by five places to break into the global top 250 universities.
Among the six premier institutes, IIT-Delhi was ranked 185 for 2016-17, against 179 last year, IIT-Bombay at 219 (against 202 last year), IIT-Kanpur 302 (271), IIT-Kharagpur 313 (286), IIT-Roorkee 399 (391) and IIT-Guwahati in the 481-490 band against 451-460 band last year.
While, University of Delhi (501-550), University of Calcutta (651-700). Banaras Hindu University, Panjab University, University of Mumbai University of Pune all fall in the 701+ category. "This year's rankings imply that levels of investment are determining who progresses and who regresses," said Ben Sowter, head of research at QS.
"Institutions in countries that provide high levels of targeted funding, whether from endowments or from the public purse, are rising. On the other hand, some Western European nations making or proposing cuts to public research spending are losing ground to their US and Asian counterparts."
The QS World University Rankings called for considerable investment, in terms of human and capital for Indian institutions to remain competitive and upwardly mobile in the rankings even as the ministry of human resource development continues to target further increases in Gross Enrolment Ratios for the tertiary sector.
The global rankings are
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. Stanford University
3. Harvard University
4. University of Cambridge
5. California Institute of Technology
6. University of Oxford
7. University College of London
8. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
9. Imperial College, London
10. University of Chicago
Quacquarelli Symonds
