QS Asia University Rankings 2025: IIT Delhi pushes IIT Bombay out to become best in India

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has replaced IIT Bombay on the top spot in India in the QS Asia University Rankings 2025. The institute jumped to the 44th position while IITB slipped to the 48th spot this year.

163 Indian universities ranked in this year’s QS Asia rankings. Of these; 59 universities improved their positions while 51 saw a dip. 31 universities stuck to their old spot.

IIT Delhi has performed exceptionally well in ‘staff with Phd’ indicator while IITB remains the best in academic reputation and employer reputation parameters.

Moreover, of Asia’s top five universities in Papers per Faculty, four are Indian. Anna University made a mark in this indicator, grabbing the second place.

QS Asia University rankings 2025

A comparison of the universities’ rankings this year with the last year is given below.

Jessica Turner, QS CEO, said, “India's academic prowess is illustrated through remarkable research output and an exceptional number of PhD-trained faculty, setting a benchmark for regional and global peers while enhancing the international reputation of its universities.”

“However, while India’s outbound mobile student population enriches campuses the world over, attracting international students remains a challenge, reflected by QS’ International Students indicator, one of only two metrics in which most of its universities have dropped,” she added.

Noting the rise in regional and global reputation of the leading Indian universities, combined with the introduction of new policies encouraging foreign universities to establish and operate campuses in India, she hopes that India will achieve its goal of hosting half a million international students by 2047.