QS BRICS University Rankings 2019: IIT Bombay Stands Tall From India

A pioneer in publishing the World University Rankings, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), has released the BRICS University Rankings 2019. Around 399 universities from BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are featured in the rankings. Tsinghua University from China continue to stand tall at the first position. Peking University and Fudan University also defended their second and third places, respectively.

According to the QS, the BRICS University Rankings 2019 was prefaced by the release of first-ever QS World University Rankings by location and separate tables for both mainland China and India. The top ten QS BRICS University Rankings 2019 were dominated by China. A total of seven Chinese universities have been featured in the top ten universities. Two Indian universities and one Russian university featured in the top 10 QS BRICS University Rankings 2019.

2019 Rank	2018 Rank	Country	University
1	1	China	Tsinghua University
2	2	China	Peking University
3	3	China	Fudan University
4	4	China	University of Science and Technology of China
5	6	China	Zhejiang University
6	5	Russia	Lomonosov Moscow State University
7	7	China	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
8	9	India	IIT Bombay
9	8	China	Nanjing University
10	10	India	Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Out of the 399 universities, Chinese universities takes the lion's share with a total of 112 institutions. Russia occupied the second position in terms of most featured universities followed by Brazil with 90 universities. While coming to India, 83 universities featured in the QS BRICS University Rankings 2019.

The QS BRICS ranking is based on eight different indicators that includes the ratio of faculty to students, the proportion of academic staff with a PhD and the institution's reputation among academics and employers. The BRICS University Rankings is an annual rankings which was launched in 2013.