QS WUR 2024: IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi among top 200 in World

Among the top in the world, it is once again universities from the United Kingdom and the United States of America (USA) grabbing the top 10 ranks.

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and IIT Delhi have secured their position among the top 200 universities globally with IIT Bombay being ranked as the best university in India in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2024.

IIT Bombay jumped from 177th rank last year to 149th rank this year with an overall score of 51.7 out of 100. IIT Delhi is another institution from India ranked among the top 200 with a rank of 197 and a score of 46.1.

Among the top in the world, it is once again universities from the United Kingdom and the United States of America (USA) grabbing the top 10 ranks. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is ranked the best in the world, it is followed by the University of Cambridge, and at third position is the University of Oxford.

Rank 2024	Name of University	Country	Score
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	United States	100
2	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	99.2
3	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	98.9
4	Harvard University	United States	98.3
5	Stanford University	United States	98.1

Coming back to Indian universities, for the first time ever since its participation that IIT Bombay has been ranked within the top 150 in QS Rankings. This year as many as eleven Indian universities have secured a place among the top 500 globally of which eight are IITs.

The Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru is the third-best university in India as it has been ranked 225. 

QS Rank 2024	Name of University	Score
149	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)	51.7
197	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)	46.1
225	Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru (IISc)	42.1
271	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)	37.4
278	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)	36.9
285	Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)	36.1
364	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)	30.3
369	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)	30
407	University of Delhi (DU)	27.4
427	Anna University	26.5
454	Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IITI)	25.2

The 20th edition of the QS World University Rankings features 1,500 institutions across 104 locations, this year QS has included three more parameters to rank institutions, which are Sustainability, which has become a touchpoint for global institutions as they come to realise their impact on the world. The other two are Employment Outcomes, the International research network.