The US fields 184 ranked institutions, more than any other country by a wide margin. MIT remains the top performing institution in the world, and nine US universities sit inside the global top 20. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the country’s most improved institution this year. Movement was mixed, though: 85 fell and 36 of those…
A decade ago, India’s presence in the QS World University Rankings could largely be described through a handful of institutions. The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institutes of Science (IISc) dominated the country’s global reputation, while much of the wider higher education system remained outside the international spotlight