IIT Bombay has been ranked 1st in India and has moved significantly up from 53th rank last year to 44th rank this year in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject 2020.

Overall, the Institution improved on its 2019 performance by 9 places. The results were released on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 by QS, a British company. The overall score is 49.4 out of 100. The Institute has a score of 54.2 in academic reputation, 71.2 in employer reputation, 3.4 in citation per faculty, 45.8 in faculty student ratio and 1.6 in international students, all scores out of a maximum of 100 points.

“Our students and faculty members are our key strength. It is their dedication and the hard work that has got us where we are today. I am sure they will take us much further in the near future, ” said Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director, IIT Bombay.

IIT Bombay has been ranked 1st in India and has moved significantly up from 53th rank last year to 44th rank this year in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject 2020.

Overall, the Institution improved on its 2019 performance by 9 places. The results were released on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 by QS, a British company. The overall score is 49.4 out of 100. The Institute has a score of 54.2 in academic reputation, 71.2 in employer reputation, 3.4 in citation per faculty, 45.8 in faculty student ratio and 1.6 in international students, all scores out of a maximum of 100 points.

“Our students and faculty members are our key strength. It is their dedication and the hard work that has got us where we are today. I am sure they will take us much further in the near future, ” said Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director, IIT Bombay.

While IIT Bombay has been ranked 44, IIT Delhi has bagged the 47th rank. Last year, IIT Delhi was at the 61st position.

"It is a significant achievement of our premiere engineering institutions, which has made India proud. This is the result of continuous efforts of our government to promote the environment of research and innovation in our educational institutions," Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said.

"This is the result of the various measures we have taken in the institute on boosting the research ecosystem on the campus, strengthening our connect with the external stakeholders, significantly enhanced internationalization efforts from the institute and various other measures initiated in the last three years," IIT Delhi Director V Ramgopal Rao said in a statement.

Five institutions from India have been ranked among the top 100 this year, while in 2019 there were three, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IIT Madras. This year IIT Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) is at 86th, IIT Madras (IITM) at 88 and IIT Kanpur (IITK) at 96.

In arts and humanities, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been ranked at the 162nd position while the Delhi University has been ranked at 231 spot.