Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi has gained an individual ranking position of 571, for the first time in the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World University Ranking (WUR) 2024. The QS World University Ranking assessment is based on nine ranking indicators including academic reputation, employer reputation, citation per faculty, faculty to student ratio, International faculty, etc.
In the previous year, the institute was listed first time in QS World ranking and placed in the band of 651-700. This year the ranking of the institute improved significantly to the individual ranking position 571. Having classified as a publicly funded institute with a very high research intensity in a focused subject area (Engineering and Technology), the institute has been consistently performing well in research and discovery, one of the key ranking evaluation parameters of QS WUR.
Particularly, citation per faculty (CPF) has been the strongest ranking parameter of the institute and this year the institute ranked at 78 globally under this parameter compared to last year’s rank of 115. Further, among the Indian institutes evaluated by QS, IIT BHU secured 7th position under this research parameter (CPF). The Institute has got the best ranking so far and the Institute fraternity is very much excited and encouraged for better performance in the future on all parameters.
The institute has published a total of 9240 Scopus-indexed papers in the domain of Engineering & Technology, Natural Sciences, Life sciences & health and Arts & Humanities during 2017-2021 and have received a total of 92,822 citations (excluding self-citations) during 2017-2022.
Professor Pramod Kumar Jain, Director congratulated the faculty members and research staffs of the institute for their immense contribution on the research front that enabled the institute to achieve this mark globally. He also stated that the institute has initiated several new academic and research collaborative activities with the international universities and research organizations and will continue to work hard to improve its performance in the regional and global rankings in the future.
The Dean (R&D) of Institute, Prof. Vikash Kumar Dubey, has also congratulated all stakeholders of the Institute. We hope to have a much better ranking next time due to several new initiatives taken under leadership of Prof. Pramod Kumar Jain, Director of the Institute, added Prof. Dubey.
