RUR World Ranking 2020: IISc Bangalore only Indian institute in top 100

The Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Bangalore got ranked as the best Indian institute by the Round University Ranking (RUR) 2020, Russia.

The Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Bangalore got ranked as the best Indian institute by the Round University Ranking (RUR) 2020, Russia. The prominent Indian institute of Science also obtained a significant place on a global platform as it’s the only Indian institute that got featured in the top 100 or Diamond League.

The performance of the institute got improved this year as compared to 2019. The institute managed to climb a good number of positions and got 62nd rank. In 2019, IISC was ranked 84^th with 81.393 score. However, this year, the institute’s score is 83.813.

Just like last year, none of the other Indian institutes could make it to the top 100.

Surprisingly, IIT-Kharagpur, which was ranked as the best Indian institute by THE Impact Ranking 2020, secured the 324th position with a score of 59.05 in RUR World University ranking.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi is placed at 249 places followed by IIT-Madras at 271 and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune at 287th.

RUR World Ranking 2020: Top 5

The universities that remained the best globally are Harvard University, USA with a perfect 100 score followed by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) with 99.291. Imperial College of London at the third spot (The only UK varsity to feature in the top five). Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) got the 4^th and the 5^th rank respectively. Last year, Yale University was on the 5^th position.

Rank	University
1	Harvard University
2	California Institute of Technology
3	Imperial College London
4	Stanford University
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

RUR World Ranking 2020: Indian Universities

Rank	University
62	Indian Institute of Science
249	IIT Delhi
271	IIT Madras
287	IISER Pune
321	IIT Kanpur
324	IIT Kharagpur
362	University of Hyderabad
473	Indian School of Mines
480	Manipal Academy of Higher Education
538	Jamia Milia Islamia
634	Cochin University of Science and Technology
663	Amity University
719	Vellore Institute of Technology

 RUR World University Rankings claims to evaluate the performance of over 829 institutes across the world and as many as 13 Indian institutes have managed to secure their place in the index. The evaluation of ranking of higher education institutes is done considering the four key areas- international diversity, research, teaching and financial sustainability.

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