LONDON: Seven Indian institutes have been listed in the top 400 educational institutions in the world by a UK survey which saw Cambridge slipping out of the top three global universities for the first time.
According to ‘QS World University Rankings 2016’ survey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hold on to the top spot, followed by two other American universities – Stanford at second position and Harvard at third position.
Indian universities continue to lag behind in the global top 200, with Indian Institute of Science dropping five notches to 152 from 147 last year and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi at 185 from 179 in 2015, the survey said,
Other Indian universities that make the cut within the top 400 on the list are the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) — Bombay (219), Madras (249), Kanpur (302), Kharagpur (313) and Roorkee (399).
“This year’s rankings imply that levels of investment are determining who progresses and who regresses. Institutions in countries that provide high levels of targeted funding, whether from endowments or from the public purse, are rising,” said Ben Sowter, head of research at QS.
Cambridge University has fallen out of the global top three for the first time in the latest university rankings released. (AGENCIES)
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