The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2021 were released recently.
Key takeaways
The top 10 universities of the world comprised mainly the top-notch Ivy League colleges from the US, the UK and even one from Switzerland.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of the United States secured Rank 1.
Status of Indian universities:
No Indian institute secured a position among the top 100 universities of the world.
Like last year’s QS rankings, IIT Bombay, IISc Bengaluru, and IIT Delhi featured in the top 200 list.
All three saw a drop in their ranks this year.
IIT Bombay dropped 20 spots — from 152 to 172, IISC Bengaluru dropped one spot from 184 to 185, and IIT Delhi dropped 11 spots from 182 to 193.
The total number of Indian institutions in the top 1,000 global list has also fallen from 24 to 21.
Important value additions
QS World University Rankings
It is published annually by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British company specialising in the analysis of higher education institutions around the world.
It measures the world’s top 1,000 universities on 6 factors:
