Top Universities in India

361 universities in India with a measured position, 9 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
1 Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay #118 (2026) #1 3,163,977
2 Indian Institute of Technology, Madras #180 (2026) #2 2,719,257
3 Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur #222 (2026) #3 2,427,940
4 University of Delhi #328 (2026) #4 3,831,092
5 Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee #339 (2026) #5 2,370,176
6 Anna University #465 (2026) #6 1,519,702
7 Indian Institute of Technology, Indore #477 (2025) #7 1,095,132
8 University of Madras #526 (2024) #8 934,901
9 Jawaharlal Nehru University #580 (2025) #9 1,065,531
10 Vellore Institute of Technology not ranked #31 2,233,363
11 Manipal University not ranked #34 1,670,609
12 SRM Institute Of Science & Technology not ranked #36 1,099,311
13 National Institute of Technology Rourkela not ranked #37 1,026,019
14 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham not ranked #38 968,579
15 Birla Institute of Technology and Science not ranked #40 940,553
16 Lovely Professional University not ranked #43 827,166
17 Shivaji University not ranked #49 688,248
18 Amity University not ranked #51 669,109
19 Indian Statistical Institute not ranked #52 657,805
20 Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) not ranked #61 515,051
21 Symbiosis International University not ranked #84 375,672
22 Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology not ranked #81 372,703
23 Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions not ranked #92 322,214
24 Nirma University not ranked #104 269,206
25 Jaypee Institute of Information Technology not ranked #109 245,201
26 Gandhi Institute of Technology and Managment not ranked #113 238,432
27 Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies not ranked #157 192,247
28 University of North Bengal not ranked #164 173,998
29 Chaudhary Charan Singh University not ranked #162 170,802
30 Punjab Engineering College not ranked #180 143,181
31 Uttaranchal University not ranked #185 131,404
32 Mohan Lal Sukhadia University not ranked #186 130,915
33 Goa University not ranked #187 125,918
34 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior not ranked #188 125,497
35 PES University not ranked #198 110,501
36 Tumkur University not ranked #197 104,568
37 St Joseph's Institute Of Technology not ranked #203 103,311
38 Tripura University not ranked #205 99,327
39 Manav Rachna University not ranked #214 80,558
40 Manipur University not ranked #218 72,242
41 International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore not ranked #217 71,130
42 National Institute of Technology Delhi not ranked #224 61,060
43 Sri Sai Ram Engineering College not ranked — 61,010
44 Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly not ranked #225 59,171
45 MIT World Peace University not ranked #227 58,858
46 Shobhit University, Meerut not ranked #252 38,200
47 Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli not ranked #264 31,709
48 SRM University not ranked #265 31,013
49 University of Kota not ranked #271 28,098
50 ICFAI University, Hyderabad not ranked #280 26,437
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What the two columns mean

In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 138 ranked UK 55 ranked Germany 40 ranked China 37 ranked Australia 31 ranked Canada 26 ranked France 19 ranked Italy 18 ranked South Korea 17 ranked Japan 16 ranked Spain 15 ranked Switzerland 13 ranked