QS University Rankings 2026: 54 Indian institutes on list, only 3 in top 200
The QS World University Rankings 2026 were released there's some good news, and some not-so-good. Fifty-four Indian universities have made it to the global list this year, which makes India the fourth most represented country overall, after the USA, UK, and China. But only three of those have made it to the top 200.IIT Delhi has climbed to the 123rd position, up from 150 last year, and 197 in 2024. It's now India's highest-ranked university in QS Rankings 2026. The institute has done well across key parameters -- 50th in Employer Reputation, 86th in Citations per Faculty, and 142nd in Academic Reputation.advertisementIIT Bombay, which was the top Indian institute in 2025 at rank 118, slipped slightly to 129. But the surprise rise came from IIT Madras, which jumped 47 spots to land at 180, making one of the biggest gains for India in this year's list.8 NEW INDIAN UNIVERSITIES JOIN RANKINGS
In another boost, eight Indian institutions entered the QS rankings for the first time, the highest number of new entries by any country this year. This expansion shows how Indian universities are slowly gaining global visibility.Apart from the IITs, IIT Kharagpur stands at 215, IISc Bangalore at 219, and Delhi University at 328. From the private sector, BITS Pilani sits at 668 and OP Jindal Global University remains in the 851–900 band.Here are the top 20 Indian universities as per QS World University Rankings 2026:Rank in IndiaGlobal RankUniversity NameLocation (State)1123Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)Delhi2129Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)Maharashtra3180Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)Tamil Nadu4=215Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)West Bengal5=219Indian Institute of Science (IISc)Karnataka6222Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)Uttar Pradesh7=328University of DelhiDelhi8=334Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)Assam9=339Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)Uttarakhand10=465Anna UniversityTamil Nadu11503Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management SciencesHimachal Pradesh12=556Indian Institute of Technology IndoreMadhya Pradesh13=558Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)Delhi14=566Indian Institute of Technology BHU VaranasiUttar Pradesh15=566Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityMaharashtra16=575Chandigarh UniversityPunjab17=664Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH)Telangana18=664University of MumbaiMaharashtra19=668Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniRajasthan20=676Jadavpur UniversityWest Bengaladvertisement(Note: The rankings as mentioned below are at time accompanied by '=' which indicates that the position is shared by other institutes.)GLOBAL RANKINGS: MIT STILL ON TOPAt the global level, MIT continues to reign at Rank 1 for the 14th straight year. Imperial College London has moved up to second, pushing Stanford University to third.Asia has also made impressive strides -- Peking University is steady at 14th, Tsinghua University rises to 17th, and Fudan University makes a strong leap to 30th.Here are the top 10 universities globally as per QS World University Rankings 2026:RankUniversity NameLocation1Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge, United States2Imperial College LondonLondon, United Kingdom3Stanford UniversityStanford, United States4University of OxfordOxford, United Kingdom5Harvard UniversityCambridge, United States6University of CambridgeCambridge, United Kingdom7ETH ZurichZrich, Switzerland8National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore, Singapore9University College London (UCL)London, United Kingdom10California Institute of Technology (Caltech)Pasadena, United StatesWHAT'S NEW IN THE METHODOLOGY?This year's rankings included over 1,500 universities from more than 100 locations. A new metric, International Student Diversity, was introduced (though not yet scored). It tracks both how many and how diverse the international student population is at each university.Check the full QS World University Rankings 2026 here
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