QS Asia Rankings 2027: IIT Delhi Falls to 66th, All Six Indian Top-100 Slip

IIT Delhi remains India’s highest-ranked institution in the QS Asia University Rankings 2027, released on 3 November, but it fell from 59th to 66th. All six Indian institutions in Asia’s top 100 moved down, according to QS and Careers360’s analysis of the table. India has 325 ranked universities, the second-highest count in Asia, including 34 new entrants.

Six in the Top 100, All Lower

IISc Bangalore dropped from 64th to 79th, IIT Bombay from 71st to 83rd, IIT Madras from 70th to 85th, IIT Kharagpur from 77th to 90th and IIT Kanpur from 77th to 97th. Just outside the top 100, Chandigarh University is 104th and the University of Delhi 106th, down from 95th. Twenty-one Indian universities are in the Asia top 200, up from 20.

Why Most Indian Universities Slid

Of the returning Indian universities, 71% fell, 18% rose and 11% held their position. QS says that figure counts how many institutions moved down, not how much their performance dropped, and it puts the shift largely down to 195 new universities entering the table across Asia.

Research volume is the strong point. Twenty-seven Indian universities are in Asia’s top 50 for papers per faculty, and IISc ranks first. Forty-seven Indian institutions are in the regional top 100 for staff with PhDs, against 16 in 2018. Only three are in the top 50 for citations per paper, which points to a gap between how much is published and how widely it is cited.

QS Senior Vice President Ben Sowter described India’s growth as “a rate of growth unmatched by any other major higher education system in Asia”.

What Students and Institutions Will Look At

Rankings do not change admissions or funding rules, but universities use them in recruitment and partnerships.

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Source: Based on reporting by Careers360 and Elets Digital Learning. QS ranking table: QS Asia University Rankings.

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