World University Ranking
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The World Univesity Ranking 2020 has been released by the United Kingdom-based Times Higher Education (THE).
The ranking was released on September 11, 2019, and to a surprise, IIT Ropar has made an entry on the list as the Number one among the 56 Indian institutes on the list of the best universities of the world.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru are the best institutes of India and stand at among the top 301-350 universities of the world.
However, this is still a disappointment for India as for the first time after 2012, no Indian University has made up to the top 300 educational institutes of the world.
World University Rankings 2020: Top Indian institutes on the list
IIT Ropar and IISc Bangalore
These two universities share the first rank among top Indian institutes
IIT Indore
This university is the second best Indian institute in the world and stands in the same bracket as IISc Bangalore and IIT Ropar
IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur
These universities are in the third spot; they are in the top 401-500 universities bracket
Jamia Millia Islamia, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Panjab University, Savitribai Phule Pune University and Thapar University
These universities are among the top 601-800 universities of the world stand.Siksha 'O' Anusandhan and KIIT University from Odisha also made it to the World University Rankings 2020
Which are the top universities of the world?
- As per the World University Rankings 2020, the University of Oxford is the number one university in the world for the fourth time in a row.- The California Institute of Technology stands at the second place after a rise of three ranks
- The University of Cambridge fell to the third rank this year
- The universities of Stanford, Yale, Harvard and Imperial College London all got a rank among the top 10 universities in the world
About the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020 includes almost 1,400 universities across 92 countries, standing as the largest and most diverse university rankings ever to date.
The table is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
The ranking is audited by professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, and trusted worldwide by students, teachers, governments and industry experts.
