- Twenty-three Indian Institutions have been ranked among the best global universities in QS World University ranking 2020.
- Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay has been ranked India’s best university for the second year in a row, gaining a global ranking of 152 in the QS World University Rankings for 2020.
- Two other Indian universities — IIT Delhi (182) and the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (184) — have also cracked the top 200.
- The Manipal Academy of Higher Education, which falls within the 701-750 ranking band, is the top private university in India.
- The O.P. Jindal Global University, founded in 2009, is the only new entrant in the list this year, ranking in the 751-800 band.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has again been named the world’s top university. This is the eighth year in a row MIT has received this distinction.
- Nanyang Technological University of Singapore is the top Asian University.
- The QS rankings were based on academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per faculty, student-to-faculty ratio, proportion of international faculty, and proportion of international students. MIT earned a perfect overall score of 100.
