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TOP TEN UNIVERSITY OF INDIA
TOP TEN UNIVERSITY OF INDIA
India boasts 16
entries in the top 100 of the new QS University Rankings: BRICS, a ranking of leading universities in the
five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).
Unsurprisingly, the top universities in India are largely comprised of
Institutes of Technology (IITs) – the elite group of colleges specializing in
engineering, technology and science disciplines which have so far provided the
main success story of Indian higher education.
A closer look at
the 10 top universities in India…
1. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
Leading the top
universities in India is the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD).
Among the oldest of the IITs, IITD was founded as an engineering college in
1961, and renamed in 1963 when it was declared part of the Institute of
Technology group. Its large campus in the Hauz Khas neighborhood in the south
of Delhi is close to a number of other higher education and research
institutions, including Jawaharlal Nehru University, the National Council
of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and the Indian Statistical
Institute.
IITD ranks 13th
in the first edition of the QS University Rankings: BRICS. Like all of the IITs
featured, it scores especially well for its percentage of staff with a PhD, as
well as getting strong scores for research papers per faculty (3rd
among the BRICS universities) and employer reputation (7th).
2. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
Next is the Indian
Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), located in the Powai suburb of
Mumbai, India’s most populous city. The second oldest of the IITs, IIT Bombay
was established in 1958. While remaining highly focused on engineering and
science subjects, it also has a department of humanities and social sciences,
and its Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management is one of its three identified
Centers of Excellence. The other two are the School of Biosciences and
Bioengineering and the Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology.
Like IITD, IITB
gets strong scores for staff with a PhD (10th) and research papers
per faculty (18th). It’s also among the top universities in India
for research impact, ranked just outside the BRICS top 30 for citations per
paper. It’s also the highest rated Indian institution by both academics and
employers – coming out 6th among BRICS universities in the global
employer survey and 13th in the global academic survey. In the BRICS
ranking overall it places 15th.
3. Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
Just one place
behind IITB, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) ranks 16th
in the QS University Rankings: BRICS. The third oldest of the IITs, it dates
back to 1959, and is located in the city of Chennai (formerly Madras), one of
the leading urban centers in the south of India. Like many of the IITs, it
boasts a large and attractive campus, including a natural lake and land shared
with the Guindy National Park. Again, it ranks well for staff with a PhD (joint
3rd), papers per faculty (10th), employer reputation (10th)
and academic reputation (25th).
4. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)
Again just one
place behind, the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) is ranked
17th among the BRICS universities. Another of the earliest IITs to
be formed, it was created in 1960, and has a large campus just outside the city
of Kanpur, in the northern state Uttar Pradesh. Like most of the IITs, it
combines its central focus on engineering and science subjects with a selection
of courses in humanities and social sciences, and postgraduate degrees in
business and management. It shares the same strengths as the other IITs,
scoring well in the reputation surveys and the indicators for staff with a PhD
and papers per faculty.
5. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITKGP)
India’s fifth representative,
the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITKGP), is also ranked
within the top 20 BRICS universities, at 18th overall. It was the
first of the IITs to be inaugurated, in 1951, and has one of the largest
campuses, across more than 2,000 acres in the town of Kharagpur, in the
north-east of India. In the BRICS ranking indicators, it follows the same
general trend as the other IITs, and in fact is ranked the top university in
the BRICS countries for percentage of staff with a PhD.
6. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)
Outside of the
BRICS top 20, but still within the top 50, is the Indian Institute of
Technology Roorkee (IITR), ranked 31st overall among BRICS
universities. This is one of a newer batch of IITs; though established as early
as 1847 (as the Thomason College of Civil Engineering), it only became an IIT
in 2001. Its main campus is in Roorkee, a city in the northern state
Uttarakhand, and in addition to the usual selection of departments covering
science and engineering subjects, it also boasts three Centers of Excellence,
dedicated to nanotechnology, transportation systems and disaster mitigation and
management. It ranks second among the BRICs universities for staff with a PhD.
7. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)
The seventh IIT to
feature is the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), ranked 51st
in the QS University Rankings: BRICS. Established in 1994, IITG boasts an
attractive campus on the northern banks of the Brahmaputra river, in north-east
India. Its six research centers focus on energy, environment, educational
technology, nanotechnology, mass media communication and instruments facility.
It joins IIT Delhi and IIT Madras in ranking joint third in the BRICS countries
for percentage of staff with a PhD – the major strong point of top universities
in India.
8. University of Calcutta
The first non-IIT
Indian university to appear in the BRICS ranking is the University of
Calcutta, ranked 52nd – just one place behind IIT Guwahati. This
multidisciplinary public university is in Kolkata, in the northeastern corner
of India, one of country’s most important commercial centers with a GDP among
the largest in southern Asia. Founded in 1857, the University of Calcutta has
long been recognized as one of the top universities in India. While its
reputation is not quite as strongly established internationally as those of the
leading IITs, it is ranked within the BRICS top 50 by both academics and
employers according to QS’s global surveys. Like the IITs, it also scores well
for staff with a PhD (16th among BRICS universities) and papers per
faculty (71st).
9. University of Delhi
Again just one
place behind, the University of Delhi is ranked 53rd among
the BRICS universities. Founded in 1922, it’s located on two campuses in the
national capital, New Delhi (part of the wider metropolis of Delhi), one in the
north and one in the south of the capital area. It covers the full spectrum of
subject areas, and boasts five departments which have been recognized as
national Centers of Advanced Studies: chemistry, history, geology, sociology
and zoology. It’s one of India’s strongest performers in the international
reputation surveys, rated 9th among BRICS universities by employers
and 13th by academics.
10. University of Mumbai
Finally, 10th
among top universities in India is the University of Mumbai, which joins IITB
in Bombay. Established in 1857, it’s among the country’s oldest universities,
covering a broad spectrum of subjects. Its strongest scores in the QS University
Rankings: BRICS are for papers per faculty (8th), employer
reputation (20th) and citations per paper (28th).
Other top
universities in India which rank among the top 100 BRICS universities are:
University of Hyderabad, University of Madras, Banaras Hindu University,
University of Pune, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad and
Manipal University.
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