QS World University Rankings 2023 released.

• Quacquarelli Symonds (QS),London-based global higher education has released the 19th edition of the world’s most consulted international university ranking.
• The QS World University Rankings 2023ranks the top 900 universities based on 8 key ranking indicators.
• This is the largest ever ranking with 1,418 institutions across one hundred locations up from 1300 in the previous year.

Key points:

• The ranking was topped by the United States(US)’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)followed by the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom(UK) and Stanford University(US).
• Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, Karnataka, ranked 155 gaining 31 places since 2022 ranking and emerged as the fastest rising South Asian university among the top 200 universities.
• 41 Indian varsities have been found place in the rankings.
• Among QS World University Rankings top 200 varsities, The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru (155th) topped among Indian universities, followed by IIT Bombay (172nd) and IIT Delhi (174th).