IISc makes Indian debut in top 100 world university ranking

November 12, 2015 14:22

First up, some good news. The Indian Institute of Science Bangalore has broken India's poor ranking spell by making a debut in the world's top 100 universities for engineering and technology.

IISc made its entry at 99th spot in a list that remains dominated by US institutions with Stanford, CalTech and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the top three positions in the 'Times Higher Education Ranking for Engineering & Technology'.

"This year's stand out success story has to be India, making its debut in this prestigious engineering and technology ranking, which represents the top few per cent of world universities for these subject disciplines.

"Whether you look at high tech sectors such as IT or aerospace engineering or more traditional fields such as steelmaking, India's engineering and technology prowess is highly visible the world over in the shape of companies based in India or run by people born in India, such as Google and Microsoft, Infosys and Wipro or Tata and Mittal," said Phil Baty, Times Higher Education World University Rankings editor.

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