Seven Indian institutions — five Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru and Delhi University — are ranked in the top 100 in the latest ‘QS World University Rankings: Asia 2026’ announced on Tuesday. Chandigarh University has improved its ranking from 120 last year to 109 this time.

In the top 100, IIT Delhi fell from 44th to 59th, IISc from 62nd to 64th, IIT Madras from 56th to 70th, IIT Kanpur from 67th to 77th and Delhi University from 81st to 95th. There are 20 Indian institutions in the top 200 and 66 in the top 500.

This 17th edition of the ranking is the largest ever, featuring 1,529 universities across 25 higher education systems. India has added 137 universities to reach a total of 294, the second-most represented higher education sy

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