QS Asia Rankings 2027: IIT Delhi Is India’s Top University at 66th, Full List Here

The QS World University Rankings: Asia 2027 have been announced on November 3, 2026, by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). This year's ranking consists of 1,722 universities from 26 higher education systems in Asia.

India ranks second in the ranking, having 325 universities, out of which 34 are new entries. Several prestigious universities in India showed a decline in rankings. The top-ranked Indian university is IIT Delhi, with its 66th rank in Asia.

QS Asia University Rankings 2027: Top 10 Asian Universities

Position one for the QS Asia Rankings 2027 was maintained by the University of Hong Kong. Peking University came in second while Tsinghua University occupied third position.

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has the largest number of top ten universities, five in total. Mainland China has three universities while Singapore has two universities.

Rank	University	Country/Region
1	The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong SAR
2	Peking University	China (Mainland)
3	Tsinghua University	China (Mainland)
4	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong SAR
5	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong SAR
6	Fudan University	China (Mainland)
6	National University of Singapore	Singapore
8	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore
9	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong SAR
9	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong SAR

None of the Indian universities featured in the top 50 of the QS Asia Rankings 2027.

QS Asia Rankings 2027: India Performance

India remains the second-largest higher education system represented in the QS Asia Rankings 2027. A total of 325 Indian universities have been included, with 34 new entrants.

Metric	India
Universities ranked	325
New entrants	34
Total universities ranked in Asia	1,722
Higher education systems	26
Indian universities in Asia Top 200	21
Indian universities in Asia Top 100	6
Regional representation	2nd

India has increased its representation in the Asia Top 200, with 21 universities compared with 20 in the previous ranking. However, according to the supplied ranking data, none of India's top six universities improved their positions.

QS Asia Rankings 2027: Top 10 Indian Universities

IIT Delhi leads the Indian list at 66th position in Asia. IISc Bengaluru and IIT Bombay occupy the next two positions among Indian institutions.

Asia Rank	University
66	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi)
79	Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
83	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)
85	Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)
90	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur)
97	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur)
104	Chandigarh University
106	University of Delhi
120	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati)
124	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee)

In the QS Asia Rankings 2027, IIT Delhi still tops the chart in terms of ranking from all universities in India. IISc Bengaluru comes second from India, with IIT Bombay right behind it.

Chandigarh University has climbed up the ladder, while University of Delhi and other IITs have ranked poorly, according to the data provided.

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QS Asia Rankings 2027: India's New Entrants

In the QS Asia Rankings 2027, India has included 34 additional universities, bringing the total number of its participation to 325 universities.

The provided data supports the fact that 34 universities have joined for the first time, but does not give a full and verified list of these universities with their specific rankings. Thus, all 34 new universities must not be taken for granted.

QS Asia Rankings 2027: India's Research Performance

India did well in research-related criteria especially in Papers per Faculty criterion.

As per the information provided, 27 universities from India are amongst the top 50 universities in Asia in the category of Papers per Faculty criterion. Additionally, five universities from India are amongst the top 10 in this category.

Top Indian Universities for Papers per Faculty

University	Rank	Score
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru	1	100
IIT Madras	3	100
IIT Delhi	7	100
IIT Roorkee	8	100
IIT Ropar	9	100

India did well in the Staff with PhD criterion as well. As per the data provided, fifteen Indian universities are at the top position when it comes to this criterion.

Staff with PhD criterion carries 5% weightage in the total QS Asia ranking and is meant to measure the academic and doctoral prowess of universities.