QS World University Rankings 2021: IIT Bombay best in India but dips in Global Ranking

According to the results of the QS World Rankings released on June 10, IIT Bombay received an overall score of 46 out of 100.

Indian Institute of Bombay (IIT Bombay), ranked first in India and 172nd globally in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) in World University Rankings, 2021. Despite being “pleased to have retained the number one position in India”, IIT Bombay is concerned about the drop in global QS World Rankings, The Director of IIT Bombay, Professor Subhasis Chaudhuri, revealed in a statement. The statement further stated, the fall in IIT Bombay’s global ranking could be "linked" to the Academic Reputation criterion. Last year, IIT Bombay was ranked 152nd globally by QS. However, the drop this year could be because of the drop in faculty-student ratio after the intake increased to accommodate the new Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota.

As QS runs a global survey for the Academic Reputation (AR) score, according to the official release by IIT Bombay, the institute’s drop in global rankings is “linked to the Academic Reputation (AR) portion of the rankings which constitutes 40% of the weight.”

On the EWS quota, Professor Chaudhuri’s statement says: “There seems to have been a drop in faculty to student ratio, which we speculate may have been caused by an enhanced student intake last year related to the EWS reservation. As the trend of increased student intake via EWS will continue next year also, we are interested to see the effect of this on the rankings in subsequent years.”

According to the results of the QS World Rankings released on June 10, IIT Bombay received an overall score of 46 out of 100 with 50.4 in academic reputation, 74.2 in employer reputation, 53.1 in citation per faculty, 36.2 in faculty-student ratio, 3.9 in international faculty, and 1.6 in international students.

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