While the world’s leading universities remain largely unchanged, challenger institutions – from across East Asia and the Middle East – are becoming increasingly competitive, with upward momentum in key performance indicators
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