S. Vishnu Sharma
IIT Guwahati has shown remarkable improvement by securing the 344th position globally in QS World University Rankings 2025.
With an overall score of 32.9, the Institute has achieved a remarkable advancement of 20 places in this year’s rankings.
The QS World University Rankings 2025, released on 4th June 2024, highlights that since 2014, IIT Guwahati has ascended its rank by a remarkable 257 places, from the 601-650 range to the 344th position in 2024.
Notably, Research Citations per Faculty stands out as the strongest indicator at rank 42 globally, followed by Employer Reputation at rank 295, and Academic Reputation at rank 480 for IIT Guwahati.
Director of IIT Guwahati
Prof. Devendra Jalihal, Director, IIT Guwahati, expressed his delight over the Institute’s performance. He said, “This year-on-year improvement in IIT Guwahati’s global ranking is a testament to the relentless dedication and hard work of our faculty, students, and staff.
‘Our commitment to excellence in education, research, and innovation continues to drive us forward.’
We are proud of this achievement and remain focused on further enhancing our global standing and contributing to the advancement of knowledge and technology, he said.
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He further added that the numerous challenges faced for internationalization of institutes across India needs to be immediately addressed for further enhancement of World Ranking, said Director of IIT Guwahati.
Benchmark
Since 2004, the QS World University Rankings have been a significant benchmark in assessing institutions worldwide. The rankings consider various parameters, including
● Academic Reputation
● Employer Reputation
● Faculty Student Ratio
● Citations per Faculty
● International Faculty Ratio
● International Student Ratio
● Employment Outcome
● International Research Network
● Sustainability
IIT Guwahati 2025 QS World University Rankings
| Sr. No | Indicator | Rank |
| 1 | Overall | = 344 |
| 2 | Citation per Faculty | 42 |
| 3 | Employer Reputation | 295 |
| 4 | Academic Reputation | 480 |
| 5 | Employment Outcomes | 701+ |
| 6 | Faculty Student Ratio | 701+ |
| 7 | International Faculty | 701+ |
| 8 | International Research Network | 701+ |
| 9 | International Students | 701+ |
| 10 | Sustainability | 701+ |
About IIT Guwahati
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, established in 1994, completed 25 years of glorious existence in 2019.
At present, the Institute has eleven departments, nine interdisciplinary academic centres and five schools.
They cover all the major engineering, science, healthcare, management, and humanities disciplines, offering BTech, BDes, BSc(Hons), MA, MDes, MTech, MSc, MS(R), MBA and PhD programmes.
The institute offers a residential campus to 439 faculty members and more than 8,600 students at present.
IIT Guwahati has retained the 7th position among the best engineering institutions of the country and 9th position in both ‘Overall’ and ‘Research’ Categories in the ‘India Rankings 2023’ declared by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Union Ministry of Education.
IIT Guwahati has achieved rank 6 in the SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy) globally in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2023.
And, is the only academic institution in India that occupied a place among the top 100 world universities – under 50 years of age – ranked by London-based Times Higher Education (THE) in 2014.
And, continues to maintain its superior position even today in various International Rankings.
IIT Guwahati gained rank 42 globally in the ‘Research Citations per Faculty’ category and overall 344 rank in the QS World University Rankings 2025.
Among other frontier areas of research and innovation, IIT Guwahati is working towards augmenting critical science research initiatives in Genomics, Developmental Biology, Health Care and Bioinformatics and Flexible Electronics, among numerous other areas.
