IISc is the only Indian institute in the top 100 of THE 2021 subject rankings; here is a list of the best universities in the different streams


By: Education Desk | New Delhi |

Updated: October 28, 2020 8:34:50 pm


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The 2021 subject ranking: The Times Higher Education (THE) ranking today published the world ranking of subjects 2021. A total of 1,512 universities classified in 11 subject areas. The Indian Institute of Sciences was ranked 96th in the computer science branch and 94th in engineering and technology, however, none of the other Indian university teams could reach the top spots in either stream.

US-based universities have dominated the rankings by securing top positions in nine subject areas. However, first place in clinical and health sciences and informatics has been lost. In both categories, the United Kingdom has taken the first places. Here is the list of the best institutes in streams around the world:

Arts and Humanities

College name Country / Region Rank
Stanford University United States one
Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States two
University of Cambridge United Kingdom 3
Oxford University United Kingdom 4
UCL United Kingdom 5
Harvard University United States 6
The University of Chicago United States 7
University of California, Berkeley United States 8
Princeton University United States 9
University of Edinburgh United Kingdom 10

Performance of India –

401-500 – Jawaharlal Nehru University
501 – University of Delhi

Business and Economy

College name Country / Region Rank
Stanford University United States one
Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States two
University of Cambridge United Kingdom 3
Oxford University United Kingdom 4
Harvard University United States 5
The University of Chicago United States 6
London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom 7
Yale University United States 8
University of California, Berkeley United States 9
Duke university United States 10

Best in India

401-500 – Jamia Millia Islamia
601+ – Amity University
601+ – Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
601+ – University of Calcutta
601+ – University of Delhi
601+ – University of Mumbai
601+ – University of Pondicherry

Clinic and health

College name Country / Region Rank
Oxford University United Kingdom one
Harvard University United States two
University of Cambridge United Kingdom 3
Imperial College London United Kingdom 4
Stanford University United States 5
Toronto University Canada 6
Yale University United States 7
Johns Hopkins University United States 8
UCL United Kingdom 9
Karolinska Institute Sweden 10

Best in India

301-400 – Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
301-400 – Hindu University of Banaras
301-400 – Manipal Academy of Higher Education
401-500 – University of Panjab
501-600 – Jamia Hamdard University
601+ – Muslim University of Aligarh
601+ – Amity University
601+ – Annamalai University
601+ – King George Medical University
601+ – Saveetha University
601+ – Siksha Or Anusandhan
610+ SRM Institute of Science and Technology

computer’s science

College name Country / Region Rank
Oxford University United Kingdom one
Stanford University United States two
Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States 3
ETH Zurich Switzerland 4
Carnegie mellon University United States 5
University of Cambridge United Kingdom 6
Harvard University United States 7
National University of Singapore Singapore 8
University of California, Berkeley United States 9
Imperial College London United Kingdom 10

Best in India

Rank 96 – Indian Institute of Sciences (IISC)
251-300 – IIT Indore
251-300 – Thapar University
301-400 – VIT University
401-500- Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
401-500 – IIIT-Hyderabad
401-500 – IIIT-Delhi
401-500 – Jamia Milia Islamia
401-500 – Jawaharlal Nehru University
401-500 – Sastra University
501-600 – University of Delhi
501-600 – KIIT University
501-600 – University of Osmania
501-600 – University of Punjab
601-800 – Muslim University of Aligarh
601-800 – Andhra University
601-800 – Bharathiar University
601-800 – University of Calcutta
601-800 – Cochin University of Science and Technology
601-800 – Delhi University of Technology
601-800 – KL University
601-800 – MAHE
601-800 – University of Mumbai
601-800 – University of Pondicherry
601-800 – Siksha Or Anusandhan
801+ – GITAM University
801+ – SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Engineering and Technology

College name Country / Region Rank
Harvard University United States one
Oxford University United Kingdom two
Stanford University United States 3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States 4
University of California, Berkeley United States 5
University of Cambridge United Kingdom 6
California Institute of Technology United States 7
Princeton University United States 8
ETH Zurich Switzerland = 9
Peking University China = 9

Best in India

Rank 94 – IISc
301-400 – IIT-Indore
401-500 – Jamia Millia Islamia
401-500 – Thapar University
501-600 – Institute of Chemical Technology
501-600 – IIT-Hyderabad
501-600 – Sri Venkateswara University
501-600 – VIT University
601-800 – Acharya Nagarjuna University
601-800 – AMU
601-800 – Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
601-800 – Anna University
601-800 – BITS, Pilani
601-800 – University of Calcutta
601-800 – IIT-Bhubaneswar
601-800 – IIT Dhanbad
601-800 – IIT-Patna
601-800 – IIT-Clothing
601-800 – Jadavpur University
601-800 – KIIT University
601-800 – KL University
601-800 – NIT Rourkela
601-800 – NIT Tiruchirappalli
601-800 – NIT Silchar
601-800 – University of Osmania
601-800 – University of Panjab
601-800 – Siksha Or Anusandhan
601-800 – University of Tezpur
601-800 – Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
801-1000 – Amity University
801-1000 – Andhra University
801-1000 – Annamalai University
801-1000 – Banasthali University
801-1000 – Delhi University of Technology
801-1000 – IIT-Gandhinagar
801-1000 – JNTUA
801-1000 – MAHE
801-1000 – SASTRA University
801-1000 – SRM Institute of Science and Technology
1001+ – GITAK University
1001+ – Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
1001+ – PSG Faculty of Technology
1001+ – Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology

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