IISc leads Indian tally in THE Rankings 2022, Oxford tops list
Three educational institutes from India have made it to the list of the best 400 universities across the world in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022.
As per the rankings, Indian tally is led by the IISc Bangalore — a consistent first among Indian institutes. Globally, the University of Oxford tops the ranking for the sixth consecutive year.
A total of 71 universities/institutes made it to this year’s THE rankings compared to 63 last year.
Ten Indian universities, including Banaras Hindu University, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi Technology University (DTU), Jamia Millia Islamia, and Punjab University, have been placed in the 601-800 ranks. The University of Delhi has been ranked on the 801-1,000 bracket.
While the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, has found a place in the 301-350 band, which is the highest position held by an Indian Institute in the world university rankings for this year. IIT Ropar has secured a place in the 351-400 ranking. It is followed by the JSS Academic Higher Education and Research, and IIT Indore, Alagappa University, and Thapar University.
The IITs, including Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mumbai, Guwahati, and Madras, had boycotted the rankings last year over doubts on transparency.
University of Oxford tops the chart followed by California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, MIT, Princeton University, University of California Berkley, Yale University and University of Chicago ranking 10th.
Country-wise, the US is the most-represented country overall with 183 institutions, and also the most represented in the top 200 (57), although its share of universities in this elite group is falling. China has two institutions in the top 20 for the first time: Peking University and Tsinghua University share 16th place. Institut Polytechnique de Paris is the highest new entry at 95th place, following a merger of five institutions.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 include more than 1,600 universities across 99 countries and territories.
China now has the joint fifth-highest number of institutions in the top 200 (up from joint seventh last year), overtaking Canada and on a par with the Netherlands. Six new countries feature in the table compared with last year: Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Palestine and Tanzania.
Harvard University tops the teaching pillar, while the University of Oxford tops the research pillar and Macau University of Science and Technology leads the international pillar.