Indian universities shine in World University Rankings – check details

By Priyanka Deshpande

CNBC-TV18.com

Published April 10, 2024

IIM-Ahmedabad is among the top 25 institutions globally for business and management studies, according to the QS World University Rankings by subject, announced on Wednesday April 10.

IIM-Bangalore and IIM-Calcutta ranked among the top 50. Here are some key highlights from the latest rankings:

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is the highest-ranked university in India. The university is ranked at 20th position globally for development studies.

The Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences in Chennai is at 24th position globally for dentistry studies.

Within Asia, India ranks second with 69 universities, trailing behind China's 101. It holds the fourth position overall with 454 ranked entries, following China (1,041), Japan (510) and South Korea (499).

India ranks fifth regionally for the number of top 200 entries and sixth for the number of top 100 entries.

In this year's QS World University Rankings by subject, India demonstrated significant progress, with a 20% improvement in the Citations per Paper indicator, reflecting a strong research capability.

In the International Research Network indicator, which measures the volume and diversity or research partnerships, India showed 16% growth.

However, there was a decrease of 5% in the H Index, which assesses the balance between research productivity and its impact.

While India is on the brink of overtaking the United Kingdom in research productivity, in terms of research impact, measured by citation count, India ranks ninth globally for the 2017-2022 period.

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