QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS

About:

• Published annually by global higher education consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds, the QS list ranks the world’s top 1,000 universities.
  
  
• Besides overall global rankings, it also gives subject rankings in 48 different subjects and five composite faculty areas, as well as for graduate employability and various other aspects.
  
  

Key findings:

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was placed on top of the global list for the eighth consecutive year.
  
  
• 23 Indian universities are in world top 1,000. There were 24 in last year’s rankings. Out of the 23, nine are in the top 500, including seven IITs.
  
  
• IIT Bombay was placed at number one in the list of Indian universities for the second consecutive year. It was globally ranked at 152.
  
  
• IISc has world’s second best score on research impact, but dropped in overall ranking. IISc is the first Indian institution to see its research cited more than 100,000 times in a five-year period.
  
  
• The Manipal Academy of Higher Education, which falls within the 701-750 ranking band, is the top private university in the country.