QS Asia Rankings 2027: IISc Bangalore slips 15 places to 79th

The Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore's ranking on the QS World University Rankings: Asia 2027 dropped by 15 places, reaching 79th position. Meanwhile, the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi retained its top spot, though it slipped by seven ranks to 66th. Other top Indian institutions, including IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, and IIT Kanpur, also saw declines in their rankings.

IIT Bombay dropped from 71st to 83rd, IIT Madras fell from 70th to 85th, IIT Kharagpur ranked 90th instead of 77th, and IIT Kanpur fell from 77th to 97th. The QS rankings took into account various factors such as academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per paper, faculty-to-student ratio, staff with PhDs, international research network, and the proportion of international students.

India has the second-highest number of universities in the rankings, with 325 institutions participating. The University of Hong Kong remained the top-ranked institution, followed by Peking University, Tsinghua University, City University of Hong Kong, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong in the top five positions. Indian universities performed well in research, with 27 institutions in the top 50 for Papers per Faculty, including five in the top 10 and 15 institutions sharing the first rank for Staff with PhDs.