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25/03/23 09:34 AM IST

QS World Subject Rankings 2023

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  • The 13th edition of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject 2023 was released recently.
Major Highlights
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of US is ranked first followed by University of Cambridge of UK, Stanford University of US respectively.
  • The mathematics programme offered by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Bombay made it to the global top 100 categories by scoring the 92nd spot.
  • IIT Delhi’s Electrical engineering programme broke into the top 50 categories globally, placed 49th, while the same programme offered by IIT Kanpur has been placed 87th, featuring in the top 100 categories for the first time.
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University breaks into the world’s top 100 in Sociology, taking 68th place, showing a rise of 33 places.
  • The University of Delhi also joins the world’s top echelon in Sociology, in rank 91.
  • The 11 Institutes of Eminence (IoE), including both IIT-Delhi and IIT-Bombay, that were declared by the government in 2018 for upgrade to world class status constituted 44% of the overall Indian entries (158) this year.
  • India is the second-most improved nation in Asia with its overall performance improving by 17.2% year on year, after Mainland China which improved by 21.9%.
  • For the second consecutive year, the dentistry programme offered by the Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences in Chennai stood out as the best performing institution among Indian institutes and secured 13th rank globally.
QS World Rankings
  • QS is the world’s leading provider of services, analytics, and insight to the global higher education sector.
  • The QS World University Rankings by Subject are compiled annually to help prospective students identify the leading universities in a particular subject.
  • This year’s rankings include three new subjects: data science, history of art, and marketing.
  • The rankings cover 54 academic disciplines, the India universities perform well in the fields of Computer Science, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Business Studies, and Physics.
Source- Hindustan Times

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