IITs finally found their way in World's Top Varsities

Moment of Triumph for IITs!

Few days back IIT Fraternity were in dilemma when top 500 world rankings have been announced by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). IISc was the only institute from India which has made its prestigious place in the top 500 world rankings. It was a dark and stormy night and the rain fell in torrents for IITs but now it's a new morning with new hopes.

It's a moment of triumph for IITs as QS World university rankings have been announced and IITs have finally found their way in World's top varsities. Cambridge Univerity has topped the list and it has been declared as world's best varsities, followed by Harvard University and MIT ranked second and third. These QS World university rankings have a domination of US institutions, which took 13 of the top 20 places.

Five British universities in the top 20:
University Name Rank
Oxford University 5th
Imperial College, London 6th
UCL 7th
Edinburg 20th
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology 18th

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology is the only university in the top 20 which is not from the English speaking world

Ranking of other world universities

The highest ranking Asian universities are Hong Kong at 22, Tokyo at 25 and the National University of Singapore at 28. King Saud University, in Saudi Arabia, at 200 was the highest rated institution in the Arab world.

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi was the highest ranked at 218th and followed by IIT Bombay at 225th place. It is the second year for Cambridge University when it has topped the list. IIT rankings in the QS world university rankings has boosted the morals of IITs all over again.

Fissure between Harvard and Cambridge was very minute, but Cambridge has made it place because of its student/faculty ratio. Individual attention is one of the key attractions of the Oxbridge tutorial system, said Ben Sowter, QS head of research.

He also said that, UK higher education is still better and cheaper than compared to many US universities, but other international institutions may offer better value for money. QS said that, Universities in the Netherlands, including Amsterdam University (63rd place) Utrecht (80) and Leiden (88), are all in the top 100 and offer English-language courses for less than £2,000 per year.