BITS Pilani tops Telangana universities in QS Asia rankings

HYDERABAD: BITS Pilani has emerged as the highest-ranked institution among universities in Hyderabad and Telangana in the QS World University Rankings: Asia 2027, securing the 161st position in Asia, as reported by DC. The rankings, released on Tuesday, placed the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H) at 251st, the University of Hyderabad (UoH) at 270th […]HYDERABAD: BITS Pilani has emerged as the highest-ranked institution among universities in Hyderabad and Telangana in the QS World University Rankings: Asia 2027, securing the 161st position in Asia, as reported by DC. The rankings, released on Tuesday, placed the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H) at 251st, the University of Hyderabad (UoH) at 270th and Osmania University (OU) at 470th. BITS Pilani secured an overall score of 61.1. Its scores included 76.7 for papers per faculty, 59.4 for academic reputation and 38.9 for citations per paper. IIT Hyderabad improves its position by 19 places IIT Hyderabad climbed 19 places from 270th in the previous edition. The share of institutions it ranked ahead of increased from 82.5% to 85.5%. The institute reported improvements in research productivity, faculty qualifications, academic reputation and employer reputation. "This improvement is the result of the sustained work of our faculty, students, researchers and staff. At IITH, we are building an environment where strong fundamentals in education and research connect with technology, deep-tech innovation and real-world problem-solving. We will continue to encourage our students and faculty to pursue ambitious ideas and translate them into meaningful contributions," director Prof B S Murty told Deccan Chronicle. University of Hyderabad records gains in academic reputation The University of Hyderabad ranked 55th in Southern Asia and performed better than 84.4% of the institutions assessed. Its academic reputation ranking improved by 11 places, from 176th to 165th in Asia. The university ranked 130th for staff with PhDs and 145th for papers per faculty. Nearly 93% of its faculty members hold doctoral qualifications. Its researchers produced an average of 14 normalised papers per faculty member, compared with the regional median of 3.3. Osmania University's latest available QS Asia ranking stands at 470th. Six Indian institutions feature in Asia's top 100 The QS Asia 2027 rankings assessed 1,722 universities across 26 higher education systems, including 325 institutions from India. India remained Asia's second most represented higher education system, behind Mainland China. Its tally included 34 new entrants. However, all six of India's highest-ranked institutions slipped several positions compared with the previous year. According to London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), IIT Delhi remained India's highest-ranked institution at 66th in Asia, down from 59th last year, PTI reported from New Delhi. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, slipped from 64th to 79th. IIT Bombay fell from 71st to 83rd, while IIT Madras dropped from 70th to 85th. IIT Kharagpur slipped from 77th to 90th, and IIT Kanpur fell from 77th to 97th. "India has built remarkable research capacity. Its universities lead Asia for the number of institutions in the top 10 for Papers per Faculty, and 15 share first place for staff with PhD," QS said. ]]>