IIT Delhi Tops Indian Indian Institute On QS World University Rankings
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has clinched the top spot among the Indian Universities in the 2025 QS Asia University Ranking list. The premier tech institute has secured 44th position in the list and it has overtaken IIT Bombay in the latest rankings. Six Indian universities were ranked among Asia’s top 100.
IIT Delhi’s rise to the top rank in India is attributed to its significant improvements across several key metrics assessed by the QS Rankings. When IIT Delhi clinched top spot, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay got the second position. Regionally, IIT Delhi climbed to 44th rank from 46th rank, taking the national top position and overtaking last year’s leader, IIT Bombay which had slipped from 40th rank to the 48th rank regionally.
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Other than IIT Bombay, few other top varsities such as IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IISc and IIT Kanpur also observed a drop in their rankings.
When IIT Bombay saw a drop eight ranks, IIT Madras saw a drop of three years. IISc and IIT Kanpur saw decline of four ranks each as IISc fell from 58 to 62 this year and IIT-K fell from 63 to 67 this year. Meanwhile, IIT Kharagpur has only saw a decline of only one rank as she fell from 59 to 60th rank this year.
As per the data released, more Indian universities have seen an increase rather than a drop. A total of 63 Indian universities participated in QS rankings. And in this, 59 universities have climbed the table, 51 dropped in ranks and 31 remained stable in their ranks or bands
This year’s QS World University Ranking edition highlights India’s impressive upward trajectory in higher education across the continent.
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As per the ranking, Peking University takes the highest ranks, followed by the University of Hong Kong in second. Singaporean institutions take third and fourth, with the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nayang Technological University (NTU). China’s Fudan University has climbed to fifth, usurping its domestic compatriot Tsinghua University, which drops to seventh.
