Guwahati: The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) has achieved a spot in the world’s top 25% institutions list in the QS World University Rankings 2024.

IIT-G has ranked 364 in the world in the overall ranking and 7 in India.

With this, the institute has improved its global ranking by 20 places and its Indian ranking by 1 place.

QS World University Rankings 2024, released on June 27, indicates that since 2014, IIT Guwahati has improved its rank by at least 237 places from 601-650 range in 2014 to 364th in 2023. At rank 32 globally, the Research Citations per Faculty is the strongest indicator for IIT Guwahati with average publication per faculty of >5.0.

Prof. Parameswar K. Iyer, Officiating Director, IIT Guwahati, expressed his delight over the performance. He said they are continuously restructuring the methodologies to improve learning, research, and innovation at IIT Guwahati.

“The research done at the institute has an impact on both the global and local scale. We are continuously striving to foster industry-academia collaborations, promote startups and facilitate technology transfer through our state-of-the-art facilities. These rankings validate our commitment to research, innovation, and academic excellence,” he added.

The QS World University Rankings have been published since 2004. For the 2024 edition, 2,963 institutions were evaluated across the world and 1503 institutions were ranked. In India 44 institutions have been ranked this year.

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