QS World Rankings 2021 : QS World University Rankings is a yearly publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds. Formerly, known as Times Higher Education–QS World University Rankings. The publisher had got together with Times Higher Education (THE) magazine to publish its worldwide league tables from 2004 to 2009 before both started to announce their particular versions. QS then decided to continue using the pre-existing methodology while Times Higher Education adopted a contemporary methodology to create their rankings.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of the United States took the numero uno spot, followed by Stanford University and Harvard University occupying the second and third ranks. California Institute of Technology seized the fourth spot. The UK’s Oxford University secured the fifth place in the ranking.
Among the Indian institutes to appear in the list, IIT Bombay took the top spot at rank 172 (compared to rank 152 in the previous year’s list) while IISc, Bengaluru is at the 185th spot (rank 184 in last year). IIT Delhi is ranked 193 (as against rank 182 last year) in the globe. A total number of 21 Indian institutes made it to the top 1000 list in the 2021 QS world rankings.
These rankings are taken as a reference point by higher education aspirants to select their university for choice.
QS World University Rankings
Editor – Ben Sowter (Head of Research)
Staff writers – Craig O’Callaghan
Categories – Higher education
Frequency – Annual
Publisher – Quacquarelli Symonds Limited
First issue – 2004 (in partnership with THE), 2010 (on its own)
Country – United Kingdom
Language – English
Website – www.topuniversities.com
The methodology of QS World University Rankings
Indicator – Academic peer review
Weighting- 40%
Elaboration – Based on an internal global.
Indicator -academic survey( Faculty/Student ratio)
Weighting – 20%
Elaboration – An evaluation of teaching commitment.
Indicator – Citations per faculty
Weighting – 20%
Elaboration – An evaluation of research impact.
Indicator – Employer reputation
Weighting – 10%
Elaboration – Based on a survey on graduate employers.
Indicator – International student ratio
Weighting – 5%
Elaboration – An evaluation of the diversity of the student community.
Indicator – International staff ratio
Weighting – 5%
Elaboration – An evaluation of the diversity of the academic staff.
QS issues the rankings results in the world’s media. It has entered into partnerships with several outlets, including The Guardian in the United Kingdom, and Chosun Ilbo in Korea. The first rankings published by QS independently of THE, and using QS’s original methodology, were released on September 8, 2010, with the second appearing on September 6, 2011.
QS created its rankings to assess performance according to what it believes to be the main aspects of a university’s mission:
teaching,
research,
nurturing employability
internationalisation
Top 5 universities in the world according to QS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of the United States
Stanford University
Harvard University
California Institute of Technology
UK’s Oxford University
QS Rankings 2021 for India dominated by IITs in top spots
A large number of IITs dominated the top 10 universities from India in the QS World University Rankings 2021.
This is same as what every average college-goer considered while planning their higher education. IITs are the institutes to seek if you want a brilliant education in India.
Delhi University is the only central university to seize a spot among the top 10 universities in India. If the top 11 are to be taken into account, Jadavpur University also made it among the top few leading Indian institutes.
A total number of 21 Indian institutes made it to the top 1,000 in the QS Rankings 2021 while previous year, 24 institutes had secured a rank.
IIT Kharagpur, University of Hyderabad, Jamia Millia Islamia, IIT Madras, Calcutta University are some of the names from these 21 institutes.
HIGHLIGHTS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is ranked the world’s best university for a record-breaking ninth consecutive year;
The top three institutions stay American: MIT is followed by Stanford University (2nd) and Harvard University (3rd);
Britain’s top institution is the University of Oxford, which falls to the fifth position. Its compatriot competitor, the University of Cambridge, remains at the 7th;
112 of America’s 153 ranked universities fall, with only 34 registering improvements. This is mainly due to collective relative decline in QS’s measures of academic standing and research impact;
Europe’s best university is ETH Zurich (6th no-change);
The National University of Singapore is Asia’s top university(11th);
China’s Tsinghua University lands a new all-time high (15th);
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (100th) becomes the first Mexican university ever to reach a top-100 place;
Universities in Russia and Malaysia continue to rise: Lomonosov Moscow State University (74th) and Universiti Malaya (59th) reach registered highs.
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