QS World University Rankings 2024: IIT Bombay in top lists

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay has reached a significant milestone by cracking the top 150 universities in the world in the most recent Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking, which was published on Wednesday.

Nunzio Quacquarelli, founder and CEO of QS, commended IIT Bombay for achieving its highest position ever and noted that 45 Indian universities are included in the rankings, which were based on 2900 schools this year.

An annual compilation of university rankings, the QS World University Rankings includes the worldwide overall and subject rankings.

Earlier, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore achieved its highest rank in 2016 with a ranking of 147.

According to the official statement, IIT Bombay has been ranked 1st in India and has moved significantly up from 177th rank last year to 149th rank this year in the QS World University Rankings, with an overall score of 51.7 out of 100. It is for the first time since its participation that IIT Bombay has been ranked within the top 150 in QS rankings. Overall, the Institution improved its 2023 performance by 23 places.

Noteworthy here is that for the first time, this year, 45 Indian Institutions got ranked in QS World University Ranking.

The statement said that the decision has been taken on nine parameters in QS ranking, among which the Employer Reputation indicated the strongest one for IIT Bombay with a rank of 69 globally.

“The Institute has a score of 81.9 in employer reputation, 73.1 in citation per faculty, 55.5 in academic reputation, 47.4 in employment outcome, 54.9 in sustainability, 18.9 in faculty-student ratio, 4.7 in international faculty, 8.5 in international research network and 1.4 in international students, all scores out of a maximum of 100 points. Among these nine parameters, the Employer Reputation indicated the strongest one for IIT Bombay with a rank of 69 globally,” it said.

When highlighting the accomplishments of Indian universities, QS Chief noted that they had evaluated 2900 institutions for this year’s ranking and that 45 universities appeared in it, representing a 297% rise over the previous nine years.

The QS chief also congratulated Chandigarh University for securing the 780th rank.

“I’d also like to congratulate Chandigarh University as the top performing Indian private university that came in the 780,” he said.