IIT Bombay in Times Top 200
IIT Bombay has been ranked 174 in the Times Higher Education list of 200 top higher educational institutions in the world. Harvard University tops the list. IIT Bombay has moved ahead from 269 in the last survey. However, a close look at the survey shows that the two IITs did not make it to the top 100 due to two indicators: international staff and international students. In the case of an indicator like peer review, IIT Delhi scored 64 and IIT Bombay 74.
IIT-Delhi and IIT-Mumbai have been ranked 154 and 174 respectively in the Times Higher Education list of 200 top higher educational institutions in the world. Harvard University tops the list. While IIT-Delhi has jumped from the 307th rank in 2007, IIT-Mumbai has moved ahead from 269 in the last survey.
However, a close look at the survey shows that the two IITs did not make it to the top 100 due to two indicators: international staff and international students. While IIT-Delhi scored 16 points for international staff and 14 for international students, IIT-Mumbai could get 23 points for international staff and 13 for international students.
In the case of an indicator like peer review, IIT-Delhi scored 64 and IIT-Mumbai 74. Academic peer review is considered the centrepiece of the Times rankings. It attracts the greatest scrutiny. While respondents are prevented from selecting their own institutions, the result is based on responses to a survey distributed worldwide to previous respondents and subscribers of two key database: the World Scientific from which 180,000 email addresses are drawn and the International Book Information Service.
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