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IIT-Bombay leads country in global university rankings

The institute's position improved significantly from last year, moving up by 17 places, from 179 to 162

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The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) emerged the best ranked institute in the country as per the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World rankings, the results of which were declared on Wednesday night.

The institute's position improved significantly from last year, moving up by 17 places, from 179 to 162. With an overall score of 48.2 out of 100, it scored 52.5 in academic reputation, 72.9 in employer reputation, 54.1 in citation per faculty, 43.3 in faculty student ratio, 4.4 in international faculty and 1.8 in international students, all scores out of a maximum of 100 points.

Among these six parameters, employer reputation is the strongest one with a global rank of 93. Professor Devang Khakhar, director, IIT-B said, "The increase in rank is a reflection of continuous improvement in all spheres of our activity".

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Banglaore bagged the 170th position, while IIT Delhi followed at 172nd place. Meanwhile, like last few years, Mumbai University failed to feature in the top 100, making it to the bottom of the list (800-1000).

Indian institutes did well when it comes to research citations per faculty.

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