Indian Universities In The QS World University Rankings 2019

The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), which is popular across the world for hosting the educational events, has announced the World University Rankings 2019. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from the United States of America has successfully defended its crown for the 7th consecutive time in a row.

Though the QS World University Rankings 2019 is dominated by American and European universities, Indian universities have also increased their score and ranks considerably. As the number of universities increased from 959 to 1,000 in the QS WUR 2019, there is an increase in the total number of Indian universities compared to last year. A total of 24 Indian universities are featured in the QS World University Rankings 2019, and IITs continue to dominate the top positions. Here are the Indian universities that have made their way to the QS World University Rankings 2019.

Indian Universities In QS World University Rankings 2019

Rank 2019	Rank 2018	Rank 2017	University Name
162	179	219	Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB)
170	190	=152	Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
=172	172	=185	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD)
=264	=264	=249	Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM)
=283	=293	=302	Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK)
=295	=308	=313	Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)
=381	431-440	399	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IITR)
=472	501-550	481-490	Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG)
487	481-490	501-550	University of Delhi
591-600	601-650	-NA-	University of Hyderabad
601-650	601-650	-NA-	Jadavpur University
751-800	651-700	-NA-	Anna University
751-800	-NA-	-NA-	Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
751-800	701-750	-NA-	Manipal Academy of Higher Education
801-1000	801-1000	-NA-	Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh
801-1000	-NA-	-NA-	Amity University
801-1000	-NA-	-NA-	Amrita University
801-1000	801-1000	701+	Banaras Hindu University
801-1000	801-1000	-NA-	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
801-1000	801-1000	701+	Savitribai Phule Pune University
801-1000	-NA-	-NA-	Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
801-1000	751-800	651-700	University of Calcutta
801-1000	801-1000	701+	University of Mumbai
801-1000	-NA-	-NA-	Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)

Most of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are maintaining the momentum and taking the lion's share of the country in rankings. Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and University of Hyderabad have improved their rankings compared to last year. However, University of Calcutta and University of Mumbai continue to register the poor rankings.

While coming to the methodology of the World University Rankings, QS ranks the universities based on the six performance indicators, namely Academic Reputation (40%), Employer Reputation (10%), Faculty/Student Ratio (20%), Citations Per Faculty (20%) and International Faculty Ratio & International Student Ratio (10%).

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