NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has achieved a landmark by making it into the world’s top 150 universities in the latest edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking released on June 28.
QS founder and CEO, Nunzio Quacquarelli Also congratulated IIT Bombay for securing its highest rank ever and said that they’ve ranked 2900 institutions for this year’s ranking system and said there were 45 Indian Universities that were featured in the QS rankings.
Earlier, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore achieved its highest rank in 2016 with a ranking of 147.
According to the QS official statement, IIT Bombay has been ranked 1st in India and has moved significantly up from 177th rank last year to 149th rank this year in the World University Rankings, with an overall score of 51.7 out of 100. It is for the first time ever since its participation that IIT Bombay has been ranked within the top 150 in QS rankings. Overall, the Institution improved its 2023 performance by 23 places.