QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023: IIT Delhi ranks among top 50 for Engineering and Technology

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi was listed as one of the top 50 institutions in the world for Engineering and Technology in the 13th edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023.

As per QS World University Rankings 2023, IIT Delhi has been ranked 48th globally with a score of 80.1 in Engineering and Technology. Last year, the institute was ranked 72^nd. The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 is released today, March 22.

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Moreover, five of the institute’s academic programmes featured among the top 100 subjects globally in the Engineering and Technology area which include Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Chemical Engineering.

"The institute’s Electrical Engineering programme achieved a 49th rank (overall score of 76.7), Computer Science a 67th (overall score of 71.8), Mechanical Engineering a 70th (overall score of 75.5), Civil Engineering was ranked in the 51-100 bracket (overall score of 77.0), and Chemical Engineering was ranked 96th (overall score of 72.4)", the official release reads.

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Some subjects of IIT Delhi were also ranked among the top two domestically which include Electrical and Electronics (1st), Civil and Structural (1st), Statistics and Operations Research (1st), Computer Science and Information Systems (2nd), Chemical (2nd), Material Science (2nd) and Biological Sciences (2nd).

Commenting on the achievement of IIT Delhi, Professor P V Rao, Dean, Planning and Head, Rankings, IIT Delhi, said, “IIT Delhi is among the top fifty institutions globally in the area of Engineering andTechnology and also five programmes offered by the institute have achieved top hundred ranks globally in the QS World University Rankings by Subject, which is a phenomenal achievement”.

Across the globe, a total of 54 specific subjects were ranked in 2023 by the QS under five broad subject areas in 1,594 institutions.