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The 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject have been released recently.

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Key Findings of 2024 QS World University Rankings 

• Status of Indian Universities: A total of 69 Indian universities made it to the rankings with 424 entries across all subjects. It was 19.4 percent higher than the previous year’s 355 entries.
  • With this, India became the second most represented country in Asia after China whose 101 institutions were on the list.
• Status in Asian Region: In the broader Asian region, India secured the second spot in terms of the number of universities featured behind China which had 101 universities in the list.
• Increase in Research Output: From 2017 to 2022, its research output increased by 54 per cent.
• This increase is more than double the global average and significantly exceeds the output of its more Western peers.
  • In terms of volume, India is now the world’s fourth-largest producer of research, generating 1.3 million academic papers in this period.
  • It is behind only China’s 4.5 million, the United States’ 4.4 million, and slightly less than the United Kingdom’s 1.4 million.
• Research Impact: India is about to surpass the UK in terms of research productivity based on its current trajectory. India, however, comes in ninth place worldwide for the 2017–2022 period when it comes to research impact as determined by the number of citations. 
• Indian University rankings: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) emerged as the highest ranked Indian university in the list with rank 20 under the subject of Development Studies. 
  • JNU was also the country’s top-ranked university in the subjects of Geography, History, Modern Languages, Politics & International Relations, Anthropology, English Language & Literature and Linguistics.
  • Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad emerged as the next best rank of 22nd in the subject of Business & Management Studies. Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore stood the first spot in the Accounting & Finance subject.
  • The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB) secured 25th rank in the subject of Engineering-Mineral & Mining.
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) secured 29th spot in Petroleum Engineering.