Five IITs along with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and the Delhi University have featured in the group of top 100 institutions in the QS World University Rankings Asia 2022. IIT Bombay grabs the 42nd position followed by IIT Delhi (45) and IIT Madras (54). IISc is placed at the 56th spot followed by IIT Kharagpur (60), IIT Kanpur (64), and University of Delhi (77), as per the data released on November 2 by QS. As many as 118 Indian universities have figured in the rankings.
IIT Bombay secured an overall score of 71 out of 100. The institute ranked 37th last year. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) have also secured a spot in the top 200.
In the top 10, five universities are from China. The National University of Singapore has secured the first position followed by Peking University at the second place and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, is at the third position.
The QS Asia University Rankings highlight the top universities in Asia each year. The rankings are based on 11 indicators which include academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, international research network among others.