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June 7, 2018
QS World University Rankings 2019 Announced; MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Caltech, Oxford World's Best; IIT Bombay Tops In India; Panjab University Chandigarh Knocked Out
Photo: Harvard Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Image Credit: Jonathan E. Shaw.
London, June 6, 2018 — The fifteenth edition of the QS World University Rankings was released today by global higher education analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds. QS ranks the world’s 1000 best universities, which come from 85 different countries.
KEY FACTS
- US institutions retain all of the top four positions (MIT Ist, Stanford 2nd, Harvard 3rd, Caltech 4th);
- The University of Oxford (5th globally) is the UK’s top university;
- Both UK and US universities record more improvements than drops, representing stabilization for both sectors after recent regressions;
- Continental Europe’s best university is ETH Zurich (7th, up from 10th);
- Asia’s two best universities are the National University of Singapore (11th) and compatriot Nanyang Technological University (12th);
- China achieves its first top-20 position in the QS World University Rankings: Tsinghua University places 17th;
- Latin America continues to struggle, especially in QS’s research metric, but Argentina’s Universidad de Buenos Aires reaches its highest-ever rank (73rd, up from 75th);
- Both Malaysia and Russia record consistent, noteworthy improvements.
QS evaluates the universities according to the following six metrics:
- Academic Reputation
- Reputation among Employers
- Faculty/Student Ratio
- Citations per faculty
- International Faculty Ratio
- International Student Ratio
QS World University Rankings 2019: Top 20
Institution Name — Country/Territory
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) — United States
- Stanford University — United States
- Harvard University — United States
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech) — United States
- University of Oxford — United Kingdom
- University of Cambridge — United Kingdom
- ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) — Switzerland
- Imperial College London — United Kingdom
- University of Chicago — United States
- UCL (University College London) — United Kingdom
- National University of Singapore (NUS) — Singapore
- Nanyang Technological University (NTU) — Singapore
- Princeton University — United States
- Cornell University — United States
- Yale University — United States
- Columbia University — United States
- Tsinghua University — China
- University of Edinburgh — United Kingdom
- University of Pennsylvania — United States
- University of Michigan — United States
PERFORMANCE OF SOUTH ASIA (INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA)
KEY FACTS
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, climb and are in the top 200 of the world in QS World University Rankings, considered one of the most authoritative and prestigious rankings in the world.
- IIT-Bombay is now the top institute in the country, placed at 162.
- The Indian Institute of Science (170) is at the second place. IIT-Delhi (172) is at the third place.
- The number of Indian universities in the top 1,000 increases from 20 to 24.
- Panjab University Chandigarh gets eliminated while its mother, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, gets placed in the 801-1000 group.
- Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala (801-1000), Amrita University (801-1000), Amity University (801-1000), and Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi (751-800) are new entrants this year. Their achievement is commendable.
- Excellent performance by University of Delhi (487), University of Hyderabad (591-600), Jadavpur University (601-650), Anna University 751-800), Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (751-800), and Manipal Academy of Higher Education (751-800).
- Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Amity University, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University), Banaras Hindu University, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Savitribai Phule Pune University, University of Calcutta, University of Mumbai, Vellore Institute of Technology, are all placed at 801-1000 in the QS World University Rankings 2019.
- Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) (397) tops in Pakistan, while Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (801-1000), University of Dhaka (801-1000), and University of Colombo (801-1000) lead in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka respectively.
INDIA
QS RANK — UNIVERSITY
- 162 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
- 170 Indian Institute of Science
- =172 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
- =264 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
- =283 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)
- =295 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)
- =381 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)
- =472 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)
- 487 University of Delhi
- 591-600 University of Hyderabad
- 601-650 Jadavpur University
- 751-800 Anna University
- 751-800 Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
- 751-800 Manipal Academy of Higher Education
- 801-1000 Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh
- 801-1000 Amity University
- 801-1000 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University)
- 801-1000 Banaras Hindu University
- 801-1000 Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
- 801-1000 Savitribai Phule Pune University
- 801-1000 Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala
- 801-1000 University of Calcutta
- 801-1000 University of Mumbai
- 801-1000 Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)
PAKISTAN
- =397 Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS)
- =417 National University of Sciences And Technology (NUST) Islamabad
- 551-560 Quaid-i-Azam University
- 701-750 Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
- 751-800 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
- 801-1000 University of the Punjab, Lahore
- 801-1000 University of Engineering & Technology (UET) Lahore
BANGLADESH
- 801-1000 Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
- 801-1000 University of Dhaka
SRI LANKA
- 801-1000 University of Colombo
India’ positive performance is symptomatic of a successful year for the country’s higher education system, said Ben Sowter, QS Research Director.
“Indian progress can be primarily attributed to improvements in QS’s reputational indicators, which account for the insights of 83,000 academics and 42,000 employers. Seventeen of India’s 24 ranked universities improve their rank for Academic Reputation, while 13 improve their rank for Reputation among Employers,” Sowter added.
“Most of India’s other universities are struggling to improve their research impact, relative to global competitors. India’s universities are also struggling to internationalize in an increasingly competitive international education market,” Sowter explained.
R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary, Higher Education, HRD Ministry, expressed his view that the result of the QS World University Rankings 2019 is an affirmation of faith in the premier Indian higher educational institutions and an endorsement of the effectiveness of the measures being taken by Indian Government to improve the ranking of Indian institutions.
The Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Mr. Prakash Javadekar said that the successes registered by Indian Institutions in QS World Best Universities Ranking 2019 released today is the result of relentless work in the premier institutions and various initiatives of HRD Ministry under the guidance and dynamic leadership of Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi. The minister congratulated the Indian Institutes ranked among the top 500 institutions in the rankings.
|GlobalGiants.Com|
Kudos to the faculty & students of @iitbombay, @iitdelhi & @iiscbangalore for figuring in top 200 in the @worlduniranking #QSWUR #48MonthsOfTransformingindia #4yrsofmodigovt
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) June 7, 2018
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