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World Top Ranking Indian Universities

Five Indian institutions , Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), Delhi (IITD), Kanpur (IITK), Madras (IITM) and Kharagpur (IITKGP) has rated among the top ranking Indian Universities.

U.S.News & World Report’s World’s Best Universities rankings, based on the QS World University Rankings, identified these to be the world’s top universities in 2009.

Rank Subject Score Citations per Paper
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States 100.0 4.2
2 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 86.3 4.5
3 Stanford UniversityUnited States 81.5 4.2
4 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 77.0 3.3
5 California Institute of Technology (Caltech)United States 76.2 4.6
6 University of TokyoJapan 69.1 1.9
6 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom 69.1 2.7
8 University of TorontoCanada 63.3 3.4
9 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States 63.2 3.1
10 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)Switzerland 60.8 3.5
11 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 59.8 3.0
12 Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States 59.3 2.9
13 Tsinghua UniversityChina 59.2 1.2
14 National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore 57.5 2.9
15 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 55.4 2.2
16 Kyoto UniversityJapan 54.2 1.9
17 University of British ColumbiaCanada 53.2 2.9
18 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)United States 53.1 4.2
19 Tokyo Institute of TechnologyJapan 51.4 1.8
20 McGill UniversityCanada 51.2 2.3
21 KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science & TechnologyKorea, South 50.7 2.1
22 Harvard UniversityUnited States 50.5 4.8
23 Princeton UniversityUnited States 50.3 4.4
24 Cornell UniversityUnited States 50.0 3.7
25 University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 49.5 2.9
26 Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong 49.1 2.7
27 Seoul National UniversityKorea, South 47.5 2.2
27 University of WaterlooCanada 47.5 2.1
29 University of MelbourneAustralia 46.9 2.6
30 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)India 46.7 1.9
31 Peking UniversityChina 46.6 1.6
32 Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyIsrael 46.5 2.4
33 University of New South WalesAustralia 45.3 2.1
33 Nanyang Technological University (NTU)Singapore 45.3 2.2
35 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)India 44.4 1.9
36 University of Texas at AustinUnited States 44.2 2.9
37 Purdue UniversityUnited States 43.7 2.5
38 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 43.5 2.6
38 École PolytechniqueFrance 43.5 2.4
40 University of SydneyAustralia 43.2 2.0
41 University of MichiganUnited States 42.5 3.3
42 Australian National UniversityAustralia 41.6 2.4
43 University of California, San DiegoUnited States 40.5 3.0
44 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland 39.8 3.1
45 Technische Universität MünchenGermany 39.7 2.4
46 University of AlbertaCanada 38.8 2.5
47 National Taiwan UniversityTaiwan 38.0 2.1
47 Osaka UniversityJapan 38.0 1.7
49 Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands 37.9 2.6
50 Monash UniversityAustralia 37.3 2.1
50 Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenBelgium 37.3 2.7
52 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 36.8 2.3
53 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 36.5 1.1
53 KTH, Royal Institute of TechnologySweden 36.5 2.1
55 The University of AucklandNew Zealand 36.0 1.7
56 Chalmers University of TechnologySweden 35.6 2.3
57 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 35.5 1.8
57 Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule AachenGermany 35.5 2.0
59 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 35.2 1.6
60 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)India 34.8 1.9
61 University of QueenslandAustralia 34.7 2.5
62 Technische Universität BerlinGermany 34.6 1.9
63 UCL (University College London)United Kingdom 34.0 3.0
63 University of Hong KongHong Kong 34.0 2.8
65 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)India 33.8 1.7
66 Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech)United States 33.5 2.2
67 Columbia UniversityUnited States 33.1 3.5
68 University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States 32.7 4.2
68 University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom 32.7 2.4
70 Yale UniversityUnited States 32.5 3.7
71 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 31.9 3.6
71 Universität KarlsruheGermany 31.9 1.9
73 Vienna University of TechnologyAustria 31.8 1.8
74 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 31.6 2.1
75 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITKGP)India 31.3 1.7
76 Tohoku UniversityJapan 30.9 2.0
77 Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteUnited States 30.1 2.8
78 Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand 29.9 1.8
78 The Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 29.9 2.2
80 Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)Indonesia 29.8 0.6
81 Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)Korea, South 29.6 2.9
81 Technical University of DenmarkDenmark 29.6 2.9
83 University of Wisconsin-MadisonUnited States 29.4 3.1
84 Ecole Normale Supérieure, ParisFrance 29.3 3.0
84 National Tsing Hua UniversityTaiwan 29.3 2.0
86 Fudan UniversityChina 28.7 1.7
87 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 28.6 3.9
87 University of CalgaryCanada 28.6 1.7
89 McMaster UniversityCanada 28.4 2.7
89 Universität StuttgartGermany 28.4 2.1
91 The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 28.2 2.1
92 City University of Hong KongHong Kong 28.0 2.8
93 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom 27.9 2.6
94 Helsinki University of Technology TKKFinland 27.8 1.9
95 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 27.6 2.9
96 University of WashingtonUnited States 27.5 3.9
97 RMIT UniversityAustralia 27.3 1.4
98 Brown UniversityUnited States 27.1 3.5
98 University of BristolUnited Kingdom 27.1 2.8
98 Nagoya UniversityJapan 27.1 1.6

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  • Dr.Robin Mathew June 5, 2009, 4:26 am

    We all hope to see such a ranking where our institutions come somewhere in the international ranking.Actaully the data given above is not correct.According to the ranking of Time Higher Education Supplement IIT delh is in the 154 the position.IIT Bombay is in the 174 the position.
    More popular ranking is ofThe Center for World-Class Universities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,where our prestigious IISC Bangalore is in the 387the postion.

  • George Miller November 15, 2009, 4:53 am

    as regards indian universities many feature as good. being a professor myself, i visited a number of universities in india. i got fascinated by the number of students in delhi university and university of calicut. the latter has the most affiliated colleges, i think. jawahir lal university offers better education than all. calcutta university has a good system of education as well. callcuta, calicut and delhi universities rank second to jnu in the type of education they offer to the best of my estimation.george2000@yahoo.com

  • Dr. Subhash Arya January 21, 2010, 5:13 am

    Please don’t spread false news.
    The correct top 100 Universities list are as below

    IIT/IIMs, JNU and Delhi University are

    Top 100
    [edit] January
    Rank ↓ University ↓ Country ↓
    1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States
    2 Stanford University United States
    3 Harvard University United States
    4 California University, Berkeley United States
    5 Cornell University United States
    6 Michigan University United States
    7 California Institute of Technology United States
    8 Minnesota University United States
    9 Illinois University, Urbana-Champaign United States
    10 Texas University, Austin United States
    11 Wisconsin University, Madison United States
    12 Washington University United States
    13 Pennsylvania University United States
    14 Pennsylvania State University United States
    15 Carnegie Mellon University United States
    16 Texas A&M University United States
    17 Columbia University United States
    18 California University, Los Angeles United States
    19 Maryland University United States
    20 Chicago University United States
    21 Purdue University United States
    22 Philedephia University United States
    23 Michigan State University United States
    24 Toronto University Canada
    25 Arizona University United States
    26 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States
    27 Indiana University United States
    28 Cambridge University United Kingdom
    29 New York University United States
    30 North Carolina University, Chapel Hill United States
    31 California University, San Diego United States
    32 Johns Hopkins University United States
    33 Georgia Institute of Technology United States
    34 Duke University United States
    34 Rutgers University United States
    36 Pittsburgh University United States
    37 Princeton University United States
    38 British Columbia University Canada
    39 North Carolina State University United States
    40 Zurich ETH Switzerland
    41 Yale University United States
    42 Oxford University United Kingdom
    43 Southern California University United States
    44 Mexico National Autonomous University (Mexico City) Mexico
    45 Virginia University United States
    46 Colorado University, Boulder United States
    47 California University, Davis United States
    48 Australian National University Australia
    49 California University, Santa Barbara United States
    50 Iowa State University United States
    51 Georgia University United States
    52 Tokyo University Japan
    53 Washington University in St. Louis United States
    54 Florida State University United States
    55 Taiwan National University Taiwan
    56 Arizona State University United States
    57 California University, Irvine United States
    58 Helsinki University Finland
    59 Utah University United States
    60 Oslo University Norway
    61 Alberta University Canada
    62 Simon Fraser University (Burnaby) Canada
    63 Montreal University Canada
    64 Oregon University United States
    65 Edinburgh University United Kingdom
    66 Iowa University United States
    67 Nebraska University, Lincoln United States
    68 London University – University College United Kingdom
    69 Calgary University Canada
    70 Northwestern University United States
    71 Utrecht University Netherlands
    72 Boston University United States
    73 Ohio State University United States
    74 Oregon State University United States
    75 Rice University United States
    76 University of Missouri United States
    77 Louisiana State University United States
    78 Kyoto University Japan
    79 Connecticut University United States
    80 Brigham Young University United States
    81 Tennessee University, Knoxville United States
    82 Manchester University United Kingdom
    83 Washington State University, Pullman United States
    84 Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm) Sweden
    85 Berlin Free University Germany
    86 George Mason University United States
    87 São Paulo University Brazil
    88 California University, Santa Cruz United States
    89 Vanderbilt University United States
    90 Vienna University Austria
    91 McGill University Canada
    92 Rochester University United States
    93 Bologna University Italy
    94 Waterloo University Canada
    95 Louvain University Belgium
    96 Geneva University Switzerland
    97 New York State University, Buffalo United States
    98 Delaware University United States
    99 Glasgow University United Kingdom
    100 New Mexico University United States

    [edit] July
    Rank ↓ University ↓ Country ↓
    1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States
    2 Harvard University United States
    3 Stanford University United States
    4 California University, Berkeley United States
    5 Cornell University United States
    6 Wisconsin University, Madison United States
    7 Minnesota University United States
    8 California Institute of Technology United States
    9 Illinois University, Urbana-Champaign United States
    10 Michigan University United States
    11 Texas University, Austin United States
    12 Washington University United States
    13 Chicago University United States
    14 Carnegie Mellon University United States
    15 Pennsylvania University United States
    16 Columbia University United States
    17 Texas A&M University United States
    18 Maryland University United States
    19 California University, Los Angeles United States
    20 Purdue University United States
    21 Johns Hopkins University United States
    22 Cambridge University United Kingdom
    23 Pennsylvania State University United States
    24 Tokyo University Japan
    25 Arizona University United States
    26 Taiwan National University Taiwan
    27 Florida University United States
    28 Toronto University Canada
    29 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States
    30 North Carolina University, Chapel Hill United States
    31 Michigan State University United States
    32 New York University United States
    33 North Carolina State University United States
    34 Rutgers University United States
    35 California University, San Diego United States
    36 Yale University United States
    37 Pittsburgh University United States
    38 São Paulo University Brazil
    39 Princeton University United States
    40 Virginia University United States
    41 British Columbia University Canada
    42 Oxford University United Kingdom
    43 Duke University United States
    44 Mexico National Autonomous University (Mexico City) Mexico
    45 Georgia Institute of Technology United States
    46 Zurich ETH Switzerland
    47 Southern California University United States
    48 Colorado University, Boulder United States
    49 Kyoto University Japan
    50 California University, Davis United States
    51 London University – University College United Kingdom
    52 Helsinki University Finland
    53 Florida State University United States
    54 Norwegian Science and Technology University (Trondheim) Norway
    55 Oslo University Norway
    56 California University, Santa Barbara United States
    57 Simon Fraser University (Burnaby) Canada
    58 California University, Irvine United States
    59 Ohio State University United States
    60 Nebraska University, Lincoln United States
    61 Utah University United States
    62 Georgia University United States
    63 New Mexico University United States
    64 Washington University in St. Louis United States
    65 Oregon University United States
    66 Iowa State University United States
    67 Arizona State University United States
    68 Vienna University Austria
    69 Madrid Complutense University Spain
    70 Boston University United States
    71 Edinburgh University United Kingdom
    72 Bologna University Italy
    73 Alberta University Canada
    74 Southampton University United Kingdom
    75 George Mason University United States
    76 Iowa University United States
    77 Australian National University Australia
    78 Calgary University Canada
    79 Utrecht University Netherlands
    80 Uppsala University Sweden
    81 Louvain University Belgium
    82 Vanderbilt University United States
    83 Brigham Young University United States
    84 Berlin Free University Germany
    85 Oregon State University United States
    86 Rice University United States
    87 California University, Santa Cruz United States
    88 Geneva University Switzerland
    89 University of Missouri United States
    90 Massachusetts University, Amherst United States
    91 Hong Kong University Hong Kong
    92 Linkoping University Sweden
    93 Montreal University Canada
    94 Groningen University Netherlands
    95 Tennessee University, Knoxville United States
    96 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute United States
    97 Charles University (Prague) Czech Republic
    98 Tsukuba University Japan
    99 Hamburg University Germany
    100 Delaware University

  • mustafa December 24, 2010, 5:34 am

    hi there

    I am Mustafa Jawad from Iraq has completed a study Bachelor’s in Communications Engineering last year and I want to complete a Masters at a university in India and I have no information on how admission in Indian universities Fargo assistance in sending the details on how to obtain the acceptance in universities in India if that was possible and the names of Indian universities and the strongest to you my sincere thanks and appreciation
    best regard

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