Miscellaneous Current Affairs · 4 November 2026
QS Asia University Rankings 2027: Majority of Indian Institutions Slip Despite Higher Representation
Exam-focused facts from the 4 November 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- In the QS Asia University Rankings 2027, around 71% of Indian universities included in the list fell in rank compared to the previous year.
- A total of 325 Indian institutions featured in the 2027 rankings, making India the second-most represented country in Asia.
- IIT Delhi remains India's highest-ranked institution but slipped from 59th to 66th, followed by IISc Bengaluru at 79th (from 64th) and IIT Bombay at 83rd (from 71st).
- IIT Madras dropped from 70th to 85th, IIT Kharagpur fell from 77th to 90th, IIT Kanpur slipped from 77th to 97th, and the University of Delhi dropped out of the top 100, moving from 95th to 106th.
- QS Senior Vice President Ben Sowter clarified that the 71% figure represents the proportion of Indian institutions whose positions fell, not a 71% decline in India's overall performance.
- Nearly two-thirds of the Indian institutions that slipped improved their overall scores, while IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IISc maintained their overall scores.
- The QS Asia University Rankings 2027 include 1,722 institutions with 195 new entrants, and rising competition among Asian universities affected the relative positions of Indian institutions.
- A total of 21 Indian institutions secured places among Asia's top 200 universities in the 2027 rankings.
- Chandigarh University rose from 109th to 104th, Lovely Professional University moved from 187th to 154th, Symbiosis International University improved from 200th to 175th, Jamia Millia Islamia climbed from 197th to 183rd, and Jawaharlal Nehru University moved from 130th to 128th.
- IIT Hyderabad improved from 270th to 251st, IIT BHU Varanasi rose from 237th to 219th, IIT ISM Dhanbad gained 51 places to reach 373rd, and Delhi Technological University improved by 116 places to 584th.
- Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, fell from 495th to 697th, Osmania University moved from 470th to 650th, and Madurai Kamaraj University slipped from 458th to 631st.