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June 8, 2017
QS World University Rankings 2018: MIT Named World's Best University for Record Sixth Year
Photo: A section of the Stata Center building, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA. Image Credit: Adam Fagen.
Photo: Alexandra Amouyel, Executive Director of Solve at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), during the recent “Solve at the United Nations” event. Solve is an MIT initiative “connecting innovators with resources to solve global challenges”. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Mark Garten.
LONDON, June 7, 2017 — QS Quacquarelli Symonds, higher education experts, have released the 14th annual QS World University Rankings.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the world’s leading university for a record sixth consecutive year. 959 universities are ranked.
Ben Sowter, Research Director, QS, said: “MIT is the nucleus of an unrivalled innovation ecosystem. Companies created by its alumni enjoyed combined revenues of $2 trillion, making them the equivalent of the world’s 11th largest economy.”
QS World University Rankings 2018: Top 20
- MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) US
- STANFORD UNIVERSITY US
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY US
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CALTECH) US
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE UK
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD UK
- UCL (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON) UK
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON UK
- UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO US
- ETH ZURICH CH
- NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (NTU) SG
- ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL) CH
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY US
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY US
- NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (NUS) SG
- YALE UNIVERSITY US
- JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY US
- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY US
- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA US
- AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (ANU) AU
PRESIDENT OF INDIA RECEIVES 2018 EDITION OF THE QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS
New Delhi, Rashtrapati Bhavan:
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the 2018 edition of the QS World University Rankings brought out by the Education Promotion Society of India (EPSI) at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Speaking on the occasion, the President said that he was happy to find three Indian institutions - IIT Delhi and IISc Bangalore, which were already in the top 200, and the latest entrant IIT Bombay securing ranks within the coveted top 200 and IISc Bangalore being now ranked 6th globally for Citations per Faculty.
The President said that while in terms of infrastructure there has been considerable expansion in the higher education sector, quality of education in many institutes remains a matter of concern. In ancient times, we had renowned seats of higher learning - Nalanda, Takshashila, Vikramashila, Valabhi, Somapura and Odantapuri - that dominated the world higher education system for eighteen hundred years beginning sixth century BC. Scholars from round the globe flocked to these centres of learning in search of knowledge. A reverse scenario exists today. Many meritorious Indian students pursue their higher studies from foreign universities. Our higher learning institutions are capable of producing world-class scholars but lose them to foreign universities.
The President said that during his visits to the universities in his capacity as Visitor to Central Intuitions of Higher Learning, he had been sharing his concerns about the performance of Indian institutions in world university rankings. A high rank can boost the morale of the academic and student communities, open greater avenues of growth and placement for students, help attract the best faculty from across the world, and provide a benchmark for continuous quality enhancement.
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