QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022: 5 IIT Delhi programmes in top 100

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Delhi) has featured among the top 100 educational institutes in the world for five of its academic programmes under the Engineering and Technology category as per the 12th edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022 announced today, April 6.

The five academic programmes that are in the top 100 rank globally are Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Chemical Engineering and Civil Engineering.

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The Institute’s Electrical Engineering programme achieved 56th rank (overall score 77.5), Mechanical Engineering 64th (overall score 76.6), Computer Science 65th (overall score 71.0), Chemical Engineering 92nd (overall score of 74.5) and Civil Engineering was ranked in the 51-100 bracket (overall score 74.0).

IIT Delhi has also been ranked among India’s top three domestically for Electrical and Electronic (1st rank), Statistics and Operations Research (1st), Computer Science and Information Systems (1st), Civil and Structural (1st), Mechanical (2nd), Mathematics (2nd), Social Sciences and Management (2nd), Material Science (3rd), Chemistry (3rd), Biological Sciences (3rd) and Sociology (3rd).

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Speaking of the QS Rankings by Subject 2022, Professor P V Rao, Dean, Planning and Head, Ranking Cell, IIT Delhi said, “IIT Delhi has been consistently performing very well in core Engineering Specialisations securing top 100 ranks globally. This year we have witnessed a substantial improvement in most of the specialisations like Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Chemical Engineering, etc. with improved scores of H-index and citations. IIT Delhi has also improved globally in other specialisations such as Mathematics, Social Sciences and Management, etc.”

A total of 51 specific subjects were ranked in 2022 by the QS under five broad subject areas in 1,543 institutions from across the globe. The Institute has been currently ranked at 72 globally in the subject area Engineering and Technology in QS WUR by Subject 2022 with a score of 78.9 and 2 domestically in this category.

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022