Overview
- None of the 103 Indian institutions reached the global top 200, with IIT Delhi ranked 205 after falling from 171 last year.
- IIT Bombay placed 236 and IIT Kharagpur 236, while several other leading institutes declined, including IIT Madras at 305, IIT Kanpur at 310, and IISc at 462.
- Across India’s cohort, 32 universities improved, 15 held their positions, and 30 fell, with 26 institutions debuting and nine achieving their highest-ever ranks within the top 700.
- Indicator-level gains stood out: IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur entered the global top 100 for Employability and Outcomes, IIT Bombay ranked 100th for Environmental Impact, and the University of Delhi rose to 94th in Knowledge Exchange.
- Lund University topped the global list for the first time, followed by the University of Toronto and UCL, in a ranking that expanded to roughly 2,000 institutions.