QS rankings: which universities climbed or slipped, and why | Explained News, The Indian Express

QS rankings: which universities climbed or slipped, and why | Explained News, The Indian Express

By Express News Service |New Delhi |Updated: June 20, 2019 4:20:10 am

QS rankings: which universities climbed or slipped, and why

Published annually by global higher education consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds, the QS list ranks the world’s top 1,000 universities.

IISc has world’s second best score on research impact, but dropped in overall ranking.

Earlier this week, the latest QS World University Rankings placed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on top of the global list for the eighth consecutive year, and IIT Bombay at number one in the list of Indian universities for the second consecutive year (The Indian Express, June 18). How are universities ranked, and how have Indian ones fared?