The Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2015, covering 18 countries , has placed China on top with 27 universities in the top 100.
India now has four universities in the top 40 – IISc, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, IIT Roorkee and Punjab University, Chandigarh – and seven more in the top 100. Punjab University, ranked 13th last year, however, has fallen to 39th in the rankings.
China’s Peking University and Tsinghua University occupy the first and second positions. Taiwan is the next best represented country in the list published on Thursday morning.
“India is starting to show its potential in these rankings... But this improved showing is partly due to the fact that more Indian institutions have recognised the benefits of being part of the rankings process, and more are sharing their data with Times Higher Education,” Phil Baty, editor of the Times Higher Education Rankings, said in a statement. “Several Indian institutions have actually lost ground compared with last year. So there is no room for complacency,” he said.
