IIT-Delhi India’s top institute, country’s ‘academic reputation’ remains ‘modest’: QS rankings

The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi retained its place as India’s top-ranked university in the 2027 QS World University Rankings released on Thursday.

The institute is ranked 118th globally, the highest for an Indian institution. IIT-Bombay was the first Indian institute to be ranked 118th in 2025.

Fifty-two Indian universities were featured in the global rankings. Of them, 26 improved their ranks, nine held their position, 15 fell and two entered the list for the first time.

Seven of India’s top 10 universities were the Indian Institutes of Technology, including the top five.

Eleven Indian universities were among the world’s top 100 for research impact or citations per faculty, a measure of the relative intensity and volume of research being done at an institute.

The Indian Institute of Science Bangalore ranked 21st globally for citations per faculty.

The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay ranked 32nd globally for employer reputation. The metric is derived from QS’ survey of more than 69,400 employers globally who identify the universities from where they most prefer to recruit.

The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi was ranked 39th for employer reputation.

‘Modest’ academic reputation

However, the rankings, which were launched in 2004, noted that the “academic reputation” scores of Indian universities remained “modest”. The indicator measures the reputation of the universities and their programmes by asking more than 1.2...

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