THE World University Ranking 2021: Only IISc among top 350, total 63 Indian varsities qualified for ranking

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  THE World University Ranking 2021: Only IISc among top 350, total 63 Indian varsities qualified for ranking

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THE World University Ranking 2021 – 

1. India records its highest ever number of universities to qualify for the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking (WUR) 2021.
2. A total of 63 universities from India qualified for the ranking, however, none could make it to the top 300.
3. While the jump of 14 more institutes is the highest jump by any country in the South Asian region, however, it is China which is winning praises as China’s Tsinghua University becomes the first-ever Asian university to make the overall top 20.
4. The United States is the most represented country with 59 entries in the top 200, followed by the UK with 29 and Germany with 21 institutes in the top ranking universities across the world.
5. THE has assessed performance of 1527 higher education institutes from 93 countries or regions on several parameters including teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook.

Chinese universities competition for US, UK  – 

1. UK’s University of Oxford retains top spot for the fifth consecutive year, however, the report noted that “UK’s status as a higher education superpower is under challenge, as institutions from Asia continue to impress.”
2. Of the UK’s top 20 ranked institutions last year, only five were able to improve their position in the table.
3. The US also sees the challenge from Asia affecting its performance, claims THE. It further claims, “50 per cent of the US’s top 20 performing universities from last year’s ranking fails to maintain their position.
4. Over the past five years, the US has lost 4 positions in the overall top 200.
5. This rise is being credited to China. Asia’s rise is fronted by China’s Tsinghua University, which becomes the first Asian university ever to break into the THE World University Rankings top 20 since the current methodology launched in 2011.

What about India – 

1. Among India varsities, the highest rank is occupied by IISc yet again, however, IIT-Delhi, Bombay, Madras which are top-rankers in the Indian ranking index were not there in the top slots.
2. This could be because the top seven IITs including Mumbai, Delhi, Kanpur, Guwahati, Madras, Roorkee, and Kharagpur had boycotted the THE Ranking last year.

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