GUWAHATI: In its silver jubilee year,
Tezpur University (TU) achieved the distinction of making it to the list of top 100 universities in Asia, by securing the 100th rank in the Times
Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings 2018 declared on Tuesday night.
"The announcement made by the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2018 has brought enormous joy not only to the TU community but to the entire state of Assam as the premier central university achieved the feat by improving its position, after being placed in the 131-140 bracket last year," said a TU statement issued on Wednesday.
Significantly, uder the 'research' category, TU was ranked 4th in the country, just behind prestigious institutions like IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur. TU has been ranked 7th in India among all Higher Educational Institutions of the country. IISc Bangalore has become the top ranked institution in the country by securing 29th position in the rankings, while the other five higher education institutions of India which have been ranked ahead of TU are IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi.
While calculating the rankings, THE uses the same 13 performance indicators as the The
World University Rankings, with the universities being judged for teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. This year's rankings have covered over 350 universities from across 25 countries and regions with the
National University of Singapore being ranked Asia's top university for the third year in a row. Japan, once again, became the most-represented nation with 89 universities from the country making it to the list.
