QS World University Rankings 2025: IIT Bombay, Delhi in top 150 universities; DU jumps one tier up

QS World University Rankings: Symbiosis International University made its debut while IIT Madras replaced IIT Kanpur as the 5th top university in India this year.

IIT Bombay retains top spot in QS World University Rankings 2024. (Image: IIT Bombay campus/Official Facebook account)

Vagisha Kaushik | June 5, 2024 | 09:34 AM IST

NEW DELHI : The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay retained the first position in India in the QS World University Rankings 2025 released today. The institute jumped up to the 118th spot from last year’s 149th. IIT Delhi remained the second best institute in India by grabbing 150th rank as per the rankings. Symbiosis International (Deemed) University made its debut this year as 46 Indian universities ranked in the QS World Rankings 2025.

While the two IITs secured spots in the top 150 universities in the world, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), IIT Kharagpur, and IIT Madras retained their places in the 200-300 slab. IIT Madras raced ahead of IIT Kanpur this year.

In the top 300-400 universities in the world, University of Delhi (DU), IIT Guwahati, and IIT Roorkee represented India by securing 328th, 335th, and 344th ranks respectively. DU improved its rank from the 400-500 slab to the 300-400 slab in QS rankings 2024. Even a private university, Anna University, jumped several places up to emerge in the top 300-400 world universities this year.

IIT Indore once again slipped in the world university rankings as the institute’s rank further dropped to 477 from last year’s 454. It is the only institute in India whose ranking didn’t go up.

The rank of IIT-Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU) improved from last year, however, the list didn’t mention the University of Madras which ranked in the top 500-600 universities in the previous year rankings.

Moreover, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, and Savitribai Phule University also jumped one slab up.

QS World University Rankings 2025

The rankings of Indian institutes in QS World University Rankings in the last two years is given below.

Institution

QS World University Ranking 2025

QS World University Ranking 2024

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB)

118

149

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD)

150

197

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru

211

225

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)

222

271

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM)

227

285

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK)

263

278

University of Delhi (DU)

328

407

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IITR)

335

369

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG)

344

364

Anna University

383

427

Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (IIT Indore)

477

454

Indian Institute of Technology, (BHU) Varanasi

531

571

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

580

601-610

Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences

587

771-780

Savitribai Phule Pune University

631-640

711-720

Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

641-650


Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad

681-690

691-700

Chandigarh University

691-700

771-780

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

701-710

781-790

University of Mumbai

711-720

751-760

Jadavpur University

721-730

741-750

University of Calcutta

751-760

801-850

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)

791-800

851-900

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES)

801-850

901-950

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

801-850

951-1000

University of Hyderabad

801-850

801-850

Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology

851-900

951-1000

Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI)

851-900

951-1000

Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)

901-950

951-1000

Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (deemed-to-be university)

951-1000


Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar

951-1000

731-740

Panjab University

1001-1200

1001-1200

Amity University

1001-1200

1001-1200

Banaras Hindu University (BHU)

1001-1200

1001-1200

OP Jindal Global University

1001-1200

951-1000

Aligarh Muslim University

1001-1200

1001-1200

SRM Institute of Science and Technology

1001-1200

1201-1400

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

1001-1200

1001-1200

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

1001-1200

1401+

Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)

1201-1400

1201-1400

Osmania University

1201-1400

1201-1400

Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (deemed to be university)

1201-1400

1001-1200

Chitkara University

1201-1400

1201-1400

Pondicherry University

1201-1400

1201-1400

Jamia Hamdard

1201-1400

1201-1400

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad

1401+


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