QS World Rankings 2026: IIT Delhi Leads India - Complete List of Ranked Indian Universities

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India has made its strongest ever appearance in the QS World University Rankings 2026. A total of 54 Indian universities have featured in the global rankings this year, a significant increase from 46 in 2025 and 45 in 2024. This steady progress represents a 390% growth from just 11 institutions in 2014, making India the fastest growing higher education system among G20 countries.

India’s Global Standing

With this meteoric rise, India is now the fourth most represented country in the world after the US, the UK, and China. This shows that Indian universities are strengthening their position on the global stage, especially in the areas of quality of education, research publications, and international collaborations.

However, it is also true that India needs to improve in some key areas—such as international student diversity, faculty-student ratio, and global collaborations—to get more institutions in the top 100 or even 50.

QS Rankings 2026 Full list of Indian Institutes

Rank	University	Location	Overall Score	Academic Reputation	Employer Reputation	Employment Outcomes
123	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)	New Delhi	65.5	67.9	95	50.5
129	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)	Mumbai	64.8	73.3	97	72.6
180	Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)	Chennai	58.4	56.8	86	45.8
215	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)	Kharagpur	54.5	42.5	79	47.7
219	Indian Institute of Science	Bangalore	54.2	56.6	46.4	15.1
222	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)	Kanpur	54	49.4	82.7	47.6
334	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)	Guwahati	42.3	25.4	62	8.7
339	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)	Roorkee	42.2	26.8	52.2	20
556	Indian Institute of Technology Indore	Indore	30	8	16.9	5
566	Indian Institute of Technology BHU Varanasi	Varanasi	29.3	9.3	19.4	10
664	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH)	Sangareddy	26.4	10.3	15	6.5
691	Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)	Vellore	25	20.5	26	16
801-850	Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN)	Gandhinagar	n/a	7	9.1	2
851-900	Manipal Academy of Higher Education	Manipal	n/a	14.7	11.8	14
951-1000	Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar	Bhubaneswar	n/a	5	12.4	2
1401+	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad	Prayagraj	n/a	4.2	13	2

IIT Delhi: Highest ever ranking

IIT Delhi has secured 123rd position in the QS World University Rankings 2026, its best ever ranking. This ranking is shared with Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. In the previous years, the institute was ranked 150th in 2025 and 197th in 2024, indicating its consistent improvement.

Three key factors have contributed to this achievement:

IIT Delhi ranks 50th globally in employer reputation
86th in citations per faculty
142nd in academic reputation

These figures reflect the growing recognition and quality of the institute globally.

IIT Bombay: Strong recognition in the industry

IIT Bombay is ranked 129th in the 2026 rankings. Though it has dropped slightly from its best ranking last year (118), it has still managed to retain its place among the top Indian institutions.

Its most notable achievement is in employer reputation, where it has been ranked 39th worldwide. This indicates that global employers consider its students to be top talent.

IIT Madras: Enters global top 200 for the first time

IIT Madras has made a massive jump in the QS Rankings 2026. The institute has climbed 47 places to 180th position, placing it among the global top 200 universities for the first time.

This is one of the biggest ranking jumps in 2026, reflecting the improvements in the institute’s research quality, academic growth and international collaborations.

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