Nine Indian universities, institutes among world's top 50 in subject-wise rankings: QS

New Delhi: Nine Indian universities and institutions are among world's top 50 in the QS subject-wise rankings even as some of the top institutions on the list including three IITs, two IIMs and JNU saw a drop in their positions.

According to the 15th edition of the World University Rankings by Subject, announced on Wednesday by London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), India celebrates 12 top-50 positions across the subject rankings and the broad faculty areas, earned by nine institutions.

Leading the way is the Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, which ranks 20th globally for Engineering-Mineral and Mining, making it the country's highest-performing subject area.

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad and Bangalore continued to be among world's top 50 for Business and Management Studies but their ranking has dropped since previous year. While IIM Ahmedabad's ranking dropped to 27 from 22, that of IIM Bangalore slipped to 40 from 32.

The new entrants from India in top 100 include IIT Madras and Vellore Institute of Technology for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and IISc Bangalore and IIT Kanpur for Engineering-Mineral and Mining.

"A total of 79 Indian universities – 10 more than last year – feature 533 times across this year's rankings, marking a 25.7 per cent increase compared to the previous edition. This includes 454 entries in individual subjects and 79 appearances across the five broad faculty areas," QS said in a statement.

Computer Science & Information Systems remains India's most represented subject, with ranked entries increasing from 28 last year to 42 this year — placing India fourth globally for this discipline, behind only the US (119 entries), the United Kingdom (62) and China (58) , said the statement.

In the latest edition of the QS subject-specific rankings, India has the fifth highest number of new entries behind China, the US, the UK and Korea, and ranks 12th for the number of overall entries.