IISc, Bengaluru & IIT - B among top 200 universities : QS
Q. Which two Indian institutes have for the first time made it to the top 200 list of the world's best universities ranking by QS?- Published on 16 Sep 15a. IIT-B & IIT-D
b. IISc Bengaluru & IIT-B
c. IISc Bengaluru & IIT-D
d. None of the above
ANSWER: IISc Bengaluru & IIT-B
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru has obtained the top spot among Indian counterparts bagging 147th rank in the QS University Rankings. Another institute to make it to the top 200 is IIT-D ranked 179th this year. As per QS World University Rankings 2015, there are 14 Indian institutions in the World University Rankings and half of them are among the global 400. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the world's top university, followed by Harvard.
The University of Cambridge has along with Stanford University tied for the third place. London is the only city in the world with four universities in the top 50, more so than Boston and New York (3) Paris, Sydney, Hong Kong and Beijing (2), with the LSE making the top 40 for the first time. 34 countries are represented in the top 200 with US being the dominant nation with 49 institutions.
