Indian universities have failed to find a place in the QS top 50 under 50 rankings; the annual list of the world’s best universities under fifty years of age. However, four of them – one more than last year – have managed to make it to the Next 100 under 50 table.
IIT Guwahati (1994) tops among the Indian institutes in the 61-70 bracket, followed by
IIT Hyderabad (2008),
University of Hyderabad (1974) and
OP Jindal Global University (2009), all in the 101-150 bracket. University of Hyderabad is a new entrant to the league.
Asian universities have taken four of the top five positions in the 2021 edition of the QS Top 50 under 50
rankings, released today by global higher education analysts
QS Quacquarelli Symonds. Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) retains its status as the world’s leading young institution, followed by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, South Korea’s KAIST, and City University of Hong Kong.
Australia, with nine featured universities among the fifty, enjoys higher levels of representation than any other location.
The average age of the top ten universities is 25.4 years, with three - Université PSL, Sorbonne University, and Aalto University – having been formed by foundation or merger within the last decade.