IITs Improve Position in QS World University Rankings

The QS World University Rankings 2027 were released on 18 June 2026. IIT Delhi ranked 118th globally and became India’s highest-ranked institution in the edition. IIT Madras ranked 170th, IIT Bombay ranked 134th, and IIT Hyderabad ranked 588th in the same ranking list.

QS World University Rankings

The QS World University Rankings are annual global university rankings prepared by Quacquarelli Symonds, a higher education analytics firm. The rankings use indicators such as academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio, and international student ratio.

Indian Institutions in Global Rankings

The 2027 edition included 52 Indian universities. India ranked fifth globally by the number of institutions in the list, after the United States, the United Kingdom, China, and Germany. The number of Indian institutions in the QS rankings rose from 11 in 2015 to 52 in 2027.

Performance of IIT Delhi, IIT Madras and IIT Hyderabad

IIT Delhi rose five places from the previous edition and reached 39th globally in employer reputation and 60th in citations per faculty. IIT Madras moved up from 180th to 170th and remained among the top 200 global universities. IIT Hyderabad improved by 76 places from 664th to 588th in the 2027 edition.

Important Facts for Exams

• IIT Delhi became the highest-ranked Indian institution in the QS World University Rankings 2027.
• IIT Delhi’s 118th rank was the highest position ever achieved by an Indian institution in the QS rankings.
• IIT Bombay had earlier held the highest Indian rank in the 2025 QS World University Rankings.
• The QS World University Rankings 2027 included 52 Indian universities.

Ranking Trends

IIT Bombay fell from 129th to 134th in the 2027 edition. The rise in the number of Indian institutions in the QS rankings over the past decade was 271 per cent, from 11 in 2015 to 52 in 2027.