IITB ranked #163 in world
IIT Bombay has climbed up from a position of 174 in 2008 to 163 in 2009. However, IIT Delhi has gone down from its 154th place in 2008 to 181 in 2009. Although India is represented in the top 200, only by the IITs in Mumbai and Delhi, mainland China now has six universities in the overall ranking, as well as five from Hong Kong. There are other success stories in Asia, where universities have been on an upward curve. The continent has nine universities in the top 50, while the Japanese universities of Nagoya and Tohoku, and the National Taiwan University have all broken into the top 100.
IIT Bombay has climbed up from a position of 174 in 2008 to 163 in 2009. However, IIT Delhi has gone down from its 154th place in 2008 to 181 in 2009.
The subject rankings also recognise the strengths of some universities that do not appear in the top 200 overall. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), for example, appears in the subject ranking for the arts and humanities.
Although India is represented in the top 200, only by the IITs in Mumbai and Delhi, mainland China now has six universities in the overall ranking, as well as five from Hong Kong.
There are other success stories in Asia, where universities have been on an upward curve. The continent has nine universities in the top 50, while the Japanese universities of Nagoya and Tohoku, and the National Taiwan University have all broken into the top 100.
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