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Q:   Why is Shiksha Grading better than other ranking bodies?

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For the students looking forward to study abroad, the ranking of a university plays a crucial role in decision-making. However, the availability of multiple rankings online can be overwhelming for the university's international audience. All the top ranking bodies rank universities on the basis of different parameters, which can be hard to understand for first-time study abroad aspirants. Keeping this in mind, the Shiksha Study Abroad has launched Shiksha Grading. It caters the Indian audience and ranks all the universities with Indians as their target audience.

What makes Shiksha Grading stand out is that the website uses the aggregate of all the publicly available university and course rankings from top-ranking publishers and maps it into 9 buckets - A++, A+, A, B+, B, C+, C. In this method, universities are graded by country and courses are graded by availability at the college in a particular country. With the help of this, students will no longer be required to check multiple ranking organisations to know about the performance of a particular university. Students would only be required to check Shiksha Grading – a platform where all the top rankings from popular ranking groups would be normalised and all universities would be graded into 9 buckets - A++, A+, A, B+, B, C+, C.

Q:   Is Harvard better than IIT?

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Harvard University and IIT are very well-known institutions worldwide and have their own strengths as well as weaknesses. According to the QS World University Rankings 2025, Harvard University has claimed the spot #4 in Best Global Universities, whereas IIT Bombay ranks #118 in the same category. On the basis of world workings, Harvard University has an upper hand.

Mentioned below is the comparison between both the universities on the basis of some other parameters that can help you choose the better university for you:

Parameters

Harvard University

IIT

Acceptance Rate

4%

<1%*

QS Rankings

#4

#118 - IIT Bombay

#150 - IIT Delhi

#222 - IIT Kharagpur

Annual Tuition Fee (B.Tech)

INR 45.1 L

8 L - 20 L

Average Package

175,000 (INR 1.45 Cr)

INR 23.5 LPA

*the acceptance rate of IIT is much lower than that of Harvard since the number of applicants applying to IIT is much larger.

Students at Harvard can choose their major according to their preference. However, IIT's majors are allotted according to the candidate's score/percentile. Also, Harvard accepts applicants on the basis of their overall profile. Whereas, IITs accepts candidates solely on the basis of their score/percentile.

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University Ranking

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Harvard University US News & World Report Ranking 2025

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Global Universities
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111
National University233
Best Graduate Law Schools345
Best Graduate Medical Schools891
Best UG Biomedical Engineering Schools212325
Biomedical Engineering PG222521
Computer Engineering PG202022
Electrical Engineering PG191626
Entrepreneurship MBA
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445
Finance MBA
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777
Graduate Business School
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556
MBA Business Analytics
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101112
Mechanical Engineering PG232323
UG Electrical-Electronic and Communications Engineering3132– / –
UG Mechanical Engineering– / –29– / –

Harvard University vs Other Universities: US News & World Report Comparison

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Harvard University FT (Financial Times) Ranking 2025

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GMBA
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3411

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Harvard University QS Ranking 2025

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World University
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544
Accounting and Finance
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11– / –
Architecture and Built Environment66– / –
Biological Sciences11– / –
Communication and Media Studies– / –6– / –
Engineering and Technology
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88– / –
Global MBA
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23– / –
Law and Legal Studies11– / –
Mathematics55– / –
Mechanical Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering135– / –
Medicine11– / –
Performing Arts2420– / –
Pharmacy and Pharmacology11– / –
Physics and Astronomy22– / –
Politics11– / –
Sociology11– / –

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Harvard University QS 2025: Ranking Criteria

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Harvard University THE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2025

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University
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224
Arts and Humanities655
Clinical and Health232
Engineering
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Law761
Life Sciences111
PG Business and Economics
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543
PG Computer Science
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796
Psychology454

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Law22– / –
Mathematics2129– / –
Nursing5151– / –
Physics78– / –
Political Sciences12– / –
Sociology11– / –

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Bloomberg Ranking 2023

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Best Business School USA
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326
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B.E. / B.Tech

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US News & World Report - Best UG Biomedical Engineering Schools212325
US News & World Report - UG Mechanical Engineering-29-
US News & World Report - UG Electrical-Electronic and Communications Engineering3132-

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LL.M.

Ranked by202120222023
QS - Law and Legal Studies-11
ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Law222
US News & World Report - Best Graduate Law Schools-34
THE (Times Higher Education) - Law-76

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M.A.

Ranked by202120222023
QS - Sociology-11
QS - Politics-11
ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Political Sciences112
ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Sociology111
THE (Times Higher Education) - Arts and Humanities-65
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Q:   Which is the number 1 university in USA?

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As per the QS World University Rankings - Best Global Universities 2025, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the top ranking university in the US. Whereas, Harvard has been ranked #2 in the US top universities list. According to the Times Higher Education rankings, the top 3 universities in the US are Stanford University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Other top universities in the US include:

California Institute of TechnologyPrinceton UniversityUniversity of California – Berkeley
Yale UniversityColumbia UniversityUniversity of Pennsylvania

 

Q:   Is Harvard the No. 1 university?

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Harvard University is not only a top-ranking university is US, but one of the top 5 universities in the world. In QS World University Rankings - Best Global Universities 2025, Harvard University has secured the rank #4, which is unchanged from its rank #4 in 2024 and a notch above the rank #5 in 2023 rankings. According to the US News & World Report Rankings, Harvard stands tall at the #1 in Best Global Universities category since 2019. When talking about Times Higher Education (THE) rankings, Harvard University has claimed the spot #4 in World University Rankings in 2025, observing an unchanged trend from its ranking in 2024.

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2025#4#4
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2023#5#2
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