Times Higher Education announced the results of World University Rankings, 2021.
In the 2021 ranking, India has recorded its highest ever number of universities to qualify Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2021.
However, none of Indian Universities could make it to top 300.
Around 63 universities from India have qualified for the ranking.
Indian Institute of Science, or IISc, Bengaluru, has been placed in the 301-350 category in overall global rankings.
The others in the list of top 500 are- IIT Ropar and IIT Indore.
Bharathiar University and VIT University are secured 801-1000 category.
This year 14 more universities have qualified as compared to that of the 2020 ranking.
It is the highest jump by any country in south Asian region.
The University of Oxford was at the top position followed by Stanford University, Harvard University, California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The United States was the most represented country with 59 entries in the top 200.
It was followed by UK with 29, Germany with 21.
China’s Tsinghua University was the first Asian university to make it to top 20.