IIT-Kanpur slips to sixth spot in country in QS global ranking

LUCKNOW: Even after climbing by 15 points from 278th place last year to 263rd globally, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has slipped to sixth position domestically in the QS World University Ranking, 2025.
According to the rankings announced on Wednesday by the London-based higher education analyst, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), IITK had a score of 39.3.
In 2024 QS Ranking, IIT-K had fifth position with a score of 36.9.
The IIT Bombay and Delhi are among the top 150 universities in the world, while Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) retained the top rank globally for the 13th time. While IIT Bombay climbed from 149 last year to 118, up by 31 ranks, IIT Delhi improved its rank by 47 points to bag the 150th position globally.
IIT Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) bagged the fourth spot in India as it went from 271 in the 2024 rankings to 222 this time. IIT KGP is followed by IIT Madras which climbed 58 ranks (285 to 227) this year.
Boasting 46 universities in this edition of the rankings, the Indian Higher Education system is the seventh most represented globally and the third in Asia, trailing only Japan (49 universities) and China (Mainland) (71 universities).