THE World University Ranking 2021: IISc Ranked among top 350 Universities across the World

 Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has bagged the highest rank in the Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2021. Check out which all other Universities made up to THE WUR 2021 list.

THE World University Ranking 2021: The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking (WUR) 2021 is out and India has recorded the highest ever number of Universities to qualify for the ranking. A total of 63 Universities from India has qualified for the ranking, however, none of them could make up to the top 300. While the jump of 14 more institutes is the highest jump by any country in the South Asian region, however, it is China which is winning praises as China’s Tsinghua University becomes the first-ever Asian university to make the overall top 20.

Among Indian varsities, the highest rank is occupied byIISc one more time, followed by:

• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar
• IIT Indore
• Banaras Hindu University
• Institute of Chemical Technology
• University of Delhi
• IISER Pune and others.

IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Madras which are top-rankers in the Indian ranking index were not there in the top slots. This can be because the top seven IITs including Mumbai, Delhi, Kanpur, Guwahati, Madras, Roorkee, and Kharagpur had boycotted THE Ranking last year.

“India has previously suffered from a lack of internationalisation within its institutions, which were not attracting as many global scholars, thinkers, or students as much as other countries. The recent announcement of the New Education Policy, the first of its kind since 1986, could be a great step in the right direction for India. With proposed comprehensive changes to Indian higher education, such as the approval for foreign universities to open campuses in India, the policy is an incredibly exciting turning point for the country. It opens the door for universities around the world to benefit from the talent and research of students and staff from India, which will positively reflect on the country in future THE World University Rankings,” Phil Baty, Chief Knowledge Officer at THE, was quoted as saying in an official release.

In THE WUR 2021, the United States is the most represented country with 59 entries in the top 200, followed by the UK with 29 and Germany with 21 institutes in the top ranking universities across the world.

THE WUR 2021 has been announced on the basis of the performance of 1,527 higher education institutes from 93 countries or regions on several parameters including teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook.

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