QS Rankings 2025

• Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2025 have been released.
• Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) is a London headquartered company that provides insights and guidance to students for higher education institutions.

Top 3

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2. The Imperial College, London and
3. University of Oxford both

IIT Bombay - 118

• 118 which is an improvement from the previous years 149.
• This is the first time that IlIT Bombay has been placed among the top 150 institutions in the QS World Rankings with a score of 56.3 points.

Other IITs

• IIT Delhi has been placed at 150 with an overall score of 56.2 while
• IISc Bangalore - 211
• IIT Kharagpur - 222
• IIT Madras - 227
• IIT Kanpur - 263
• IIT Roorkee and IIT Guwahati - 334

Other University

• Delhi University has also found a spot in the rankings at 328th place
• Anna University has been ranked 283.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RANKINGS:

• The QS World University Rankings serve as a trusted global benchmark for academic excellence, research impact, and institutional reputation.

• These rankings play a crucial role in guiding prospective students, researchers, and academics in their pursuit of educational opportunities and collaborations.

• By recognizing and celebrating the achievements of leading universities, the rankings foster a culture of healthy competition, encouraging institutions to continuously strive for innovation, academic rigor, and impactful research.

• As the world navigates an ever-changing landscape of challenges and opportunities, the QS World University Rankings 2025 serve as a reminder of the vital role played by higher education institutions in shaping a better future through knowledge, discovery, and intellectual discourse.

INDIA'S PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO OTHERS:

Lags in International Faculty and Student ratio

• The country lags in the International Faculty Ratio and International Student Ratio indicators, underscoring the need for greater international collaboration and exchange.

International students proportion - 2.9

• India's score for the proportion of international students is a mere 2.9, significantly below the global average of 26.5.

Need to diversify the representation of international faculty

• Similarly, the average score for the proportion of international faculty is 9.3, indicating a need to increase the diversity and representation of international faculty members in Indian universities.

Faculty Student ratio lower than global average

• Additionally, India's faculty and student ratio score is considerably lower than the global average, suggesting a need for a strategic focus on faculty recruitment and retention.

Top performing among G20 nations

• India is top performing G-20 nation in QS World University Rankings, research output surged by 54%.

14% year on year improvement

• India has emerged as the top- performing nation among G-20 countries in the latest QS World University Rankings, showcasing a 14 percent year- on-year improvement in the average ranking of its universities.

Research output surged by 54%

• India has become one of the world's most rapidly expanding research centres. From 2017 to 2022, India's research output surged by an impressive 54 %.

January 2025

World Future Skills Index

India's Second Rank in QS World Future Skills  Index

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January 2026

Chandigarh University

QS rankings 2025

The 2025 QS rankings have named Chandigarh University as India's number 1 private university, 109th best university in Asia, and 575th worldwide. This places it in the top 2% of the universities worldwide and in India, alongside institutions with equally prominent alumni, the IITs.

Founder

Founded in 2012 by Satnam Singh Sandhu, Rajya Sabha Member.

"Satnam Ji has distinguished himself as a noted educationist and social worker who has been serving the people at grass roots in different ways. He has always worked extensively to further national integration and also worked with the Indian diaspora", The Prime Minister said after his election as a Rajya Sabha member.

Vice Chancellor

Bawa, former registrar at Guru Nanak University, the founding vice chancellor, claimed to have visited 200 universities in 54 countries in order to develop the Chandigarh University Model. A vision was built by studying the best in the world: Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford.

BA in AI & ML, 2014

The Chandigarh University introduced a BA degree in artificial intelligence and machine learning in 2014, way before the ChatGPT's entry into the market.

150 startups

150 startups have been incubated at the Chandigarh University, with the institution consisting of a government-backed technology business incubator. The startups are varied in nature, with the majority being consumer-centric, like:

• New Age Davos
• Smart Bicycles
• a platform for selling agri-products

30 CoE

The university has over 30 centers of excellence, hubs specifically crafted to carry out research, with an annual research fund of 15 crores.

QS ranking study

According to the QS study,

• 10,940 journal articles were published,
• 5,891 papers were represented at conferences, and
• 1,090 books were sent out into the world.
• 500 faculty members working on the research.
• 35% of the research focuses on engineering,
• 34.3% on computer science, and
• 5.4% on social sciences. Print