QS World University Rankings 2023: Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a London-based global higher education analyst, has released the 19th edition of its prestigious QS World University Rankings 2023 list, the largest ever, with 1418 institutions across one hundred locations against the featured 1300 universities in the 18th edition of QS World University Rankings 2022. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA continues to be the best university for the eleventh time in a row. As expected, the USA and the European universities dominated the QS Rankings 2023.
Coming to India’s contribution to the QS World University Rankings 2022, IISc Bangalore emerges as the fastest-rising university in the South Asian region with an overall score of 49.5 and ranking 155th alongside the United States’ Emory University and figures in the Top 2022 of the QS World University Rankings 2023 along with IIT Bombay (=172nd rank) and IIT Delhi (=174th rank).
A total of 41 Indian universities have featured in the QS World University Rankings 2023. Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) continue their good run in the top 10 Indian Universities in the QS World University Rankings 2023 from among the Indian Universities.
QS World University Rankings 2023: Top 10 Universities
The QS World University Rankings 2023 is compiled based on 8 key ranking indicators – Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Citations per Faculty, Faculty Student Ratio, International Students Ratio, International Faculty Ratio, International Research Network and Employment Outcomes. Based on the all above mentioned key indicators, the overall score of the top ten QS Global Universities Ranking 2023 list is compiled as given under:
| Rank | University | Location | Overall Score |
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | USA | 100 |
| 2 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 98.8 |
| 3 | Stanford University | USA | 98.5 |
| 4 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 98.4 |
| 5 | Harvard University | USA | 97.6 |
| =6 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | USA | 97 |
| =6 | Imperial College London 97 UCL | United Kingdom | 97 |
| 8 | UCL | United Kingdom | 95 |
| 9 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | 93.6 |
| 10 | University of Chicago | USA | 93.2 |
Top Indian Universities In QS Ranking 2023]
A total of 41 Indian universities have featured in the QS World University Rankins 2022. IISc Bangalore is the top-ranked institution in the country with =155th rank followed by IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi with =172nd rank and =174th rank respectively. Let’s explore the top Indian universities in QS Ranking 2023 as given under.
| Rank | University | Location | Overall Score |
| =155 | Indian Institute of Science (IISc) | Bengaluru | 49.5 |
| =172 | IIT Bombay | Mumbai | 46.7 |
| =174 | IIT Delhi | New Delhi | 46.5 |
| 250 | IIT Madras | Chennai | 38.6 |
| =264 | IIT Kanpur | Kanpur | 37.6 |
| =270 | IIT Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 37.2 |
| =369 | IIT Roorkee | Roorkee | 29.9 |
| =384 | IIT Guwahati | Guwahati | 29.3 |
| =396 | IIT Indore | Indore | 28.7 |
| 521-530 | University of Delhi | New Delhi | – |
On India’s performance in the QS World University Rankings 2023, QS Senior Vice President Ben Sowter said, “This edition of the QS World University Rankings reflects the excellent work that several Indian universities are doing to improve their research footprint, with positive consequences for their reputation on the global stage. Conversely, our dataset also suggests that the Indian higher education sector still struggles to provide adequate teaching capacity. Further expansion of provision – both within universities and across the sector as a whole – will be necessary if India is to continue reaching new heights.”
“The National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 aims to achieve equity, inclusivity, and quality across the education sector. Prime Minister Modi, his ministers, and the University Grants Commission (UGC) are implementing new frameworks which should radically transform India’s higher education,” Ben Sowter added.
