CS International Rankings: BITS Pilani Ranked Among Top 10 Indian Institutes For Computer Science
Pilani, Rajasthan: Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, has been ranked 9th in CS International Rankings 2025 for Computer Science department. The institute ranked 9th, entering the top ten Indian institute in the ranking, while outshining other prestigious institutions. The Institute improved its performance compared to the preceding years, when it was ranked 10th during 2023-24 combined years and ranked 15th during for the 2024 year in the CS rankings.
CS ranking is a popular, US-based academic ranking system, focusing on recent research productivity while providing an objective measure of scholarly impact within the field of computer science. The improvement from 10th to 9th highlight’s the University’s consistency in an intensely competitive space in the CS community.
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BITS Pilani, was ranked ahead of many other premier Indian Institutes such as the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, several established IITs, IMSc, ISI Kolkata, CMI India, DAIICT and IIIT Bangalore, among others this year. BITS Pilani was one of the first six institutes in India to be declared ‘Institution of Eminence’.
Reacting to the development, Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, Group Vice-Chancellor, BITS Pilani said the CS Ranking is a publication-based system where the position of an institution depends entirely on the quality of venues in which its faculty publish, adding that BITS Pilani’s current standing at number 9 places us firmly among the leading institutions in Computer Science research in the country.
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“It is a testimony to the commitment and excellence of our faculty across campuses. This recognition also comes close on the heels of our strong performance in the NIRF rankings. At BITS Pilani, we are continuously building a vibrant research ecosystem through enabling policies and sustained institutional support that allow our faculty to excel,” the professor wrote.
The ranking looks into recent research productivity and its key purposes include providing a transparent, data-driven evaluation of computer science research performance. It is mainly focused on publications in top-tier conferences rather than journal publications or subjective reputation surveys.
