JNU Emerges As National Leader In QS Rankings 2024

As many as 69 Indian universities have made it to the 'QS World University Rankings', with a total of 424 entries across 55 subjects, a 19.4 per cent increase over the previous year's 355.

With this, India became Asia's second most represented country, following China, which has 101 institutions on the list compiled by global higher education specialists QS Quacquarelli Symonds.

Out of the total Indian entries this year, 72 per cent were either new to the list, improved or retained their positions. Just 18 per cent reported a drop.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was the top-ranked Indian university on the list. JNU was placed 20 in the QS World University Rankings for Development Studies.

JNU was also the top-ranked university in the fields of geography, history, modern languages, politics and international relations, anthropology, English language and literature, and linguistics.

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) ranked 22 in Business & Management Studies. The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore) ranked top in India for Accounting and Finance.

The rankings analysed the performance of 16,400 university programmes across 56 academic disciplines and five broad faculty areas (Arts & Humanities, Engineering & Technology, Life Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences) at 1,500 universities in 95 countries and territories.

A total of 69 Indian universities made it to the rankings, with 424 entries across all fields. It was 19.4 per cent higher than the previous year's 355 entries.

In the broader Asian region, India ranked second in terms of the number of universities listed, trailing only China, which had 101 universities on the list.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay) ranked 25 in the Engineering-Mineral & Mining category. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) ranked 29 in Petroleum Engineering.

According to QS, India is one of the world's fastest growing research centres.