QS World ranks IIT Kharagpur among top universities

Kolkata: According to the most recent edition of the QS World University Ranking, IIT Kharagpur has been named one of the world's top universities for the study of several engineering subjects.

The institute ranked 37th in mineral and mining engineering in 2022, up from 44th in 2021, and 80th in electrical and electronic engineering, up from 90th in 2021.

According to the 12th QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022, which was released on April 6, the pioneering institute ranked 101st in the world and third in India in engineering and technology.

In the QS ranking IIT Kharagpur has been ranked among India's top three domestically. It was placed in the first position in respect of statistics and operational research, besides in agriculture and forestry and in the second position in mineral and mining engineering, environmental sciences, economics and econometrics. The institute was placed in the third position in engineering and technology, computer science and information systems, chemical engineering, besides accounting and finance, the release said.

Speaking on the QS Rankings, the institute director Prof V K Tewari said, "IIT Kharagpur stands out from other IITs with its multi-disciplinary mandate to transform its education curriculum to a knowledge economy along with focusing on skill development and entrepreneurship.

In the QS World University Rankings by Subjects 2022, Jadavpur University ranked fifth among the best Indian institutions among the top 500 worldwide in arts and humanities, a university spokesperson said.

Jadavpur University and IIT Delhi are ranked within the range of 401-450 worldwide along with Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi University and IIT Mumbai.

Jadavpur University is the only state university in India which was ranked in the QS World University Rankings in the sphere of arts and humanities, 2022, the spokesperson said.

JU Vice-chancellor Prof Suranjan Das expressing happiness said the higher educational institution is striving to maintain its high academic excellence by giving stress to research activities and its success is more significant considering it is in the domain of arts and humanities.