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The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore and IIT Bombay have been ranked among the world’s top 200 institutions for engineering and computer science according to the Times Higher Education subject-wise rankings. IISc was in the 89th spot and IIT Bombay was pegged in the 126-150 category, globally. Other IITs like Delhi, Kanpur and Kharagpur were placed in the 201-250 band. The rankings were released on Tuesday night. It scored 500 institutions worldwide, as opposed to 100 last year. The rankings were done on performance parameters such as industry income, international outlook, teaching and research, as per The Indian Express. (IE)
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Stanford University is number one, followed by California Institute of Technology, Oxford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cambridge University. (Reuters)
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IIT Guwahati was among institutes in the 301 – 400 ranks and Jadavpur University, NIT Rourkela and Tezpur University were pegged in the 401 to 500 band. (IE)
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China’s Peking University and National University of Singapore are among the top ten and top performers from Asia. (Website)
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