DU figures most among Indian varsities in QS Rankings 2023

India has gained ground in the largest-ever QS World University Rankings by Subject, with 66 Indian universities cumulatively achieving 355 entries, a 18.7% increase compared to last year (299). India is the second-most represented country in Asia for the number of ranked universities (66), after China (Mainland) (99). The most represented Indian universities in this edition of the rankings are the University of Delhi (27 entries), IIT Bombay (25 entries) and IIT Kharagpur (23 entries).

India’s highest-ranked university is Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences for Dentistry (13th globally, up 5 places), the only one to achieve perfect score (100/100) in both Citations per Paper and H Index (a way of measuring both the productivity and impact of the published work of a scientist or scholar).

The next two highest-ranked universities in these tables are IIT Madras placing 21st in Petroleum Engineering (up 9 places) and the Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad, placing 25th (up one place) in Engineering-Mineral & Mining.

The eleven declared Institutes of Eminence take 44% of the overall Indian entries (158). They account for 35 of the 49 top-100 Indian positions across the 54 academic disciplines and the five broad faculty areas featured in this edition. QS Research Director, Ben Sowter, said: “Globally, India produces the world’s fourth most research. However, at its current growth rate, India is poised to surpass the UK for productivity in the near future.