IIT-B ranks 13 in QS University Rankings BRICS 2016

Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) has moved up to rank 13 in the prestigious Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) University Rankings BRICS. The results were released on Wednesday by QS — a global higher education analysts. The IITB ranks second in India, seven ranks below the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore at 6.

Since its last appearance in 2015 in the rankings, the Institute has moved up three places. IIT Bombay's overall score is 84.4 out of 100. The Institute has a score of 99.1 in academic reputation, 100 in employer reputation, 91.5 in Citations per paper, 94.7 in Papers per faculty and 97.6 in Staff with PhD, all scores out of a maximum of 100.

Expressing his happiness on the significant achievement, Prof. Devang Khakhar, director, IIT Bombay, said: "The improvements in ranks is a reflection of the progress being made by IIT Bombay, particularly in its research contributions."

Meanwhile, two other IITs also made it to the top 20. These are IIT Delhi at 15th and IIT Madras at 19th.

BRICS QS University Rankings: BRICS 2016 is a ranking of the 250 top universities in the five countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). Performance universities are based on eight key parameters viz. academic reputation (30%), employer reputation (20%), Faculty/student ratio (20%), staff with a PhD (10%), papers per faculty (10%), citations per paper (5%), international faculty (2.5%) and international students (2.5%).