QS World University Rankings 2023

QS World University Rankings: Engineering and Technology

The recently launched QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 ranks universities for 54 subjects. It’s biggest ranking yet, featuring more than 15,700 different academic programmes from 1594 institutions – 103 of which are new. 

Academic programmes are ranked over five indicators to effectively reflect their performance, taking into account academic reputation, employer reputation and faculty research.  

The rankings are designed to be used as a starting point when you start looking at universities. They are an easy way to compare institutions that interest you. 

Once you’re ready to start shortlisting, you can visit each university’s profile to find out more about their programmes, facilities and tuition fees.   

However, it’s worth bearing in mind that while the rankings can give you an indication of academic strength and employability, they can’t make the decision for you and it’s important to take into account other factors when making your decision.  

What do the indicators mean? 

There are five indicators that determine the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023: 

Academic reputation  

Drawing on responses from over 130,000 academics, respondents are asked to list up to 10 domestic and 30 international institutions which they consider to be excellent for research in the given area. The results of the survey are then filtered according to the narrow area of expertise identified by respondents. 

Employer reputation  

The employer reputation indicator draws from the survey responses of more than 75,000 graduate employers worldwide. Employers are asked to identify up to 10 domestic and 30 international institutions they consider excellent for the recruitment of graduates. They are also asked to identify the disciplines from which they prefer to recruit.  

Research citations per paper 

All citations data is sourced from Elsevier Scopus. A minimum publication threshold is set for each subject to avoid potential anomalies stemming from small numbers of highly cited papers. 

Both the minimum publications threshold and the weighting applied to the citations indicator are adapted in order to best reflect prevalent publication and citation patterns in a given discipline.  

H-index  

The H-index is a way of measuring both the productivity and impact of an academic or department at a university. The index is based on the set of the academic’s most cited papers and the number of citations they have received in other publications.  

International research network (by broad faculty area)  

The IRN Index reflects the ability of institutions to diversify the geography of their international research network by establishing sustainable research partnerships with other higher education institutions.  

The QS rankings for the universities are based on the following metrics:

• Academic Reputation (40%)
• Employer Reputation (10%)
• Faculty/Student Ratio (20%)
• Citations per faculty (20%)
• International Faculty Ratio (5%)
• International Student Ratio (5%)

Top Universities in Engineering and Technology 2023 as announced by QS Rankings 2023

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

 Cambridge,United States

2

Stanford University

 Stanford,United States

3

University of Cambridge

 Cambridge,United Kingdom

4

University of Oxford

 Oxford,United Kingdom

5

University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

 Berkeley,United States

6

Imperial College London

 London,United Kingdom

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7

ETH Zurich

 Zürich,Switzerland

8

Harvard University

 Cambridge,United States

9

Tsinghua University

 Beijing,China (Mainland)

10

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

 Pasadena,United States

Interestingly, the QS World University Rankings 2023 have been released and 41 Indian institutes found a place among the total 1422 universities ranked across the world. This time, there are 7 new entries from India. However, apart from the usual three, no other Indian varsity secured a spot among the top 200.

Just like last year, the top-100 list doesn’t feature any Indian university, and this is for the sixth year straight that IISc Bengaluru (Rank 155), IIT Bombay (Rank 172) and IIT Delhi (Rank 174) are the only three Indian universities that bagged a spot amongst the top 200. IIT Bombay saw a big dip from Rank 117 last year to Rank 172 this year.

Here are the top 10 Indian universities as per the QS World University Rankings 2023:

1. Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Rank: 186

2. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)

Rank: 117

3. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)

Rank: 185

4. Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)

Rank: 255

5. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)

Rank: 277

6. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)

Rank: 28

7. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)

Rank: 400

8. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)

Rank: 395

9. Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT-Indore)

Rank: 395

Why Indian Universities have not found top places?

This Indian schools faring poorly on the “perception” index, one of the six parameters used to gauge a university's academic reputation in the QS rankings. “Among all parameters, citations per faculty is the most definitive parameter and is taken from trusted databases.