News Excerpt:
The QS World University Rankings 2025, released by Quacquarelli Symonds, showcasing a notable improvement for many Indian universities. This year's ranking is the largest ever, featuring over 1,500 universities across 105 higher education systems.
Indian Institute Improved Ranking:
- Impressively, 61 percent of Indian universities have ascended in rank, with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) achieving the highest position amongst Indian institutions.
- IIT Bombay has made remarkable progress, soaring from the 149th position in 2024 to 118th in the 2025 rankings, a leap of 31 places.
- IIT Delhi and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore have shown significant advancements. IIT Delhi climbed 47 spots, moving from 197th to 150th, while IISc rose from 225th to 211th, improving by 14 positions.
- IIT Kharagpur secured the fourth position amongst Indian institutes, jumping from 271st to 222nd in the global rankings.
- IIT Madras made an impressive leap from 285th to 227th, climbing 58 ranks.
- One of the most significant advancements was made by the University of Delhi (DU), which rose 79 ranks from 407th in 2024 to 328th in 2025, securing the seventh spot among Indian universities.
- Both IIT Roorkee and IIT Guwahati also made considerable progress, reaching the 344th and 383rd positions, respectively.
Top Institute in Rankings:
- Countries with Highest Ranking: The United States is the most represented country, with 197 ranked institutions, followed by the United Kingdom with 90 and mainland China with 71.
- Globally, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) retained its title as the world's best institute for the 13th consecutive year.
Top 10 Institutions:
| Rank | College/University |
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 2 | Imperial College London |
| 3 | University of Oxford |
| 4 | Harvard University |
| 5 | University of Cambridge |
| 6 | Stanford University |
| 7 | ETH Zurich |
| 8 | National University of Zurich |
| 9 | University College London (UCL) |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) |
