QS World University Rankings

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About QS World University Rankings

Published annually by global higher education consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds, the QS list ranks the world’s top 1,000 universities.
For 2024, universities were evaluated in 55 specific subjects and five broader subject areas.
Highlights of the 2024 Rankings:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been ranked as the No. 1university in the world by QS World University Rankings for 12 straight years.
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) is the top ranked Indian institution, being ranked at 149.
- A total of 69 Indian universities with 424 entries have made it to the QS World University Rankings by subject, marking a 19.4% rise from the previous year’s 355 entries achieved by 66 universities.
- India is the second most represented country in Asia for the number of ranked universities (69), after mainland China with 101.
- India holds the fourth position in the total number of ranked entries (454), after China (1,041), Japan (510) and South Korea (499).
- Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) leads among Indian institutions, securing the 20th position globally for development studies.
- In total, 12 Indian Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) feature in the top 100, and 69 HEIs from India are ranked in 44 out of 55 subjects.
- India has shown significant progress, with a 20 percent improvement in the Citations per Paper indicator, reflecting a strong research capability.
- In terms of volume, India is now the world’s fourth-largest producer of research, generating 1.3 million academic papers in this period, trailing only behind China, the United States and the United Kingdom.
- However, the country faces challenges in securing citations in premier global journals, with only 15% of its research cited in these publications between 2017 and 2021.

Q1: Where is Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)?

MIT is a privately controlled coeducational institution of higher learning famous for its scientific and technological training and research. It is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Source: JNU India’s highest ranked university, 69 in top 500: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024