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updated Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), has been ranked in the QS World University Rankings 2023 after IISc, IITB, IITD, at 250. The institute is one of the Institutions of National Importance in India has been holding the 1st position in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of Higher Educational Establishments since 2016.  e .,e lknelkn len lern enb lnerb nlFor the year 2022 as well, IIT Madras has been ranked at 1 in both Overall and Engineering category by the NIRF.

IIT Madras has not only featured in the top-10 of most of the national ranking publications of repute, the institution is also visible prominently in several international ranking systems like the QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education Rankings, US News Best Global University Rankings etc. 

IIT Madras Ranking Highlights

Ranking  Year Rank
QS World University Ranking by subject (Engineering and Technology) 2023 68
QS World Universiy Rankings 2023 250
QS World Universiy Rankings 2022 255
Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021 1
NIRF (Overall) 2022 1
NIRF (Engineering) 2022 1
NIRF (Management) 2022 10
NIRF (Research) 2022 2
The Week 2019 3 out of 126
Outlook India ICARE 2019 3 out of 100
Jagranjosh 2018 6 out of 150
QS BRICS University Rankings 2020 17
Times Higher Education Asia Rankings 2019 120 
US News Best Global University in Asia 2020 129

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IIT Madras QS World Ranking by Subject 2023:

IIT Madras is ranked 68th overall in Engineering and Technology according to the QS Global University Rankings by Subject for 2023, with a total score of 77.8 out of 100. The university has improved its status from 108 to 68 positions since the rankings from 2022.

The following is a list of IIT Madras rankings based on QS ranking factors:

Parameters Scores
Overall score 38.6
Academic Reputation 38
Employer Reputation 58.3
Faculty student ratio 27.6
Citations per faculty 58.3
International Faculty ratio 2.8
International Students ratio 1.4
International Research Network 41.4
Employment Outcomes 76.1

QS 2023 Ranking Table

Rank University Score
47 IIT Bombay 80.4
48 IIT Delhi 80.1
68 IIT Madras 77.8
82 IIT Kharagpur 76.7
85 IIT Kanpur 76.4
106 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 74.9
175 IIT Roorkee 71.4
222 IIT Guwahati 69.1
240 VIT Vellore 68.2
289 Anna University, Chennai 66
342 Chandigarh University 64.2
344 BITS Pilani 64.1
401- 450 Delhi University -
451- 500 SRM Institute of Science and Technology -

IIT Madras QS World University Ranking 2023

IIT Madras is ranked at 250th position in the QS World Ranking 2023. IIT Madras ranking in the QS list has improved by 5 places as compared to 2022. IIT Madras has secured fourth position in India in the QS rankings 2023. The university has received ‘Bronze’ in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Below given are the scores given to IIT Madras considering the QS ranking factors:

Parameters  Scores
Overall Score 38.6
Academic Reputation  38
Employer Reputation  58.3
Citations per Faculty 58.3
Faculty Student Ratio 27.6
International Students Ratio 1.4
International Faculty Ratio 2.8
International Research Network 41.4
Employment Outcomes 76.1

IIT Madras NIRF Ranking 2022

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), under the guidance of the MHRD, follows a fixed methodology to rank higher education institutions across India. The parameters considered for rankings purposes range from quality of teaching, research practices, graduation outcome, diversity in the student body, and overall perception of students as well as employers. IIT Madras has stayed put in the first position of the NIRF Engineering Ranking since 2016. Its latest composite score, considering all the ranking parameters, is 90.19. Let us see how the institution fared in the individual parameters of the 2022 edition of NIRF Engineering Ranking. Please note that the maximum score of each parameter is 100.

Parameters  Score out of 100
Teaching Learning and Resources 94.62
Research and Professional Practice 97.66
Graduation Outcomes 80.42
Outreach and Inclusivity  62.85
Perception  100.00

IIT Madras NIRF Ranking 2021 (Engineering)

IIT Madras Parameter Scores (Engineering Category)  

Parameters  Components  Score Total
TLR SS 18.50 20.00
FSR 30.00 30.00
PQE 17.50 20.00
FRU 28.61 30.00
RP PU 35 35.00
QP 37.68 40.00
IPR 15.00 15.00
FPPP 9.98 10.00

GO		 GPH 27.78 40.00
GUE 14.88 15.00
MS 20.56 25.00
GPHD 17.20 20.00
OI RD 21.60 30.00
WD 13.34 30.00
ESCS 7.91 20.00
PCS 20.00 20.00
PR PR 100.00 100.00

IIT Madras has been ranked at the 1st position for the overall category by NIRF Rankings 2022 with an NIRF score of 87.59. The parameter scores for the same are mentioned below.

Parameters  Score out of 100
Teaching Learning and Resources 86.56
Research and Professional Practice 91.98
Graduation Outcomes 89.36
Outreach and Inclusivity  62.95
Perception  98

IIT Madras NIRF 2021 Ranking (Overall)

IIT Madras Parameter Scores (Overall Category)

Parameters  Components  Score Total
TLR SS 17.00 20.00
FSR 22.41 30.00
PQE 16.58 20.00
FRU 17.57 30.00
RP PU 31.77 35.00
QP 32.66 35.00
IPR 15.00 15.00
FPPP 12.55 15.00
GO GUE 59.98 60.00
GPHD 29.38 40.00
OI RD 21.98 30.00
WD 13.06 30.00
ESCS 7.91 20.00
PCS 20.00 20.00
PR PR 98.75 100.00

Considering the other Top 10 Institutes, IIT Madras has maintained its 1st position following the IISc Bangalore at the 2nd position in the list. Following are the rankings of the top 10 Colleges under Overall Category in NIRF 2022.  

Rank Name of the College  NIRF Score
1 IIT Madras 87.59
2 IISc Bangalore 83.57
3 IIT Bombay 82.35
4 IIT Delhi 82.22
5 IIT Kanpur 77.83
6 IIT Kharagpur 75.94
7 IIT Roorkee  71.48
8 IIT Guwahati  69.75
9 AIIMS Delhi 69.57
10 JNU Delhi 67.25

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IIT Madras Previous Year Scores

2020 Rank

Name

 NIRF Composite Score
2020 2019 2018 2017
1 IIT Madras 89.93 89.05 88.95 87.96
2 IIT Delhi 88.08 85.36 82.18 81.08
3 IIT Bombay 85.08 84.4 84.82 87.87
4 IIT Kanpur 82.18 77.57 75.24 76.83
5 IIT Kharagpur 80.56 79.41 77.78 81.93

Evident from the table above, IIT Delhi has been the major gainer over the past three years while IIT Bombay has lost several points. The graph of IIT Kharagpur, Kanpur, and Roorkee has fluctuated considerably since 2017, though 2019 saw all the three institutions gain a couple of points in terms of composite score. 

IIT Madras Outlook-ICARE Ranking 2021 (Engineering)

  Outlook-ICARE India Rankings 2021 has placed IIT Madras at the 1st position considering the key parameters Faculty Student Ratio, Faculty Qualification, Published Papers, Citations Per Paper, and Inclusiveness & Diversity.   The ranking forum considers its own parameters which are Academic & Research Excellence (250), Industry Interfere & Placement (250), Infrastructure & Facilities (200), Governance & Administration (150), Diversity & Outreach (150), Overall Score (1000). However, the following tabulation shows the parameter scores which the ranking forum considers.

Parameters  IIT Madras Score
Academic & Research Excellence 244.37
Industry Interfere & Placement 283.33
Infrastructure & Facilities 173.5
Governance & Administration 92.44
Diversity & Outreach 148.4

Some top colleges ranked by the OUTLOOK-ICARE Engineering Rankings 2021 are mentioned below.

Rank Name of the College  Overall Score (1000)
1 IIT Madras 897.04
2 IIT Delhi 884.5
3 IIT Bombay 841.13
4 IIT Kharagpur 819.21
5 IIT Kanpur 812.45
6 IIT Roorkee  759.87
7 IIT Guwahati  747.7
8 NIT Karnataka Surathkal  675.58
9 NIT Trichy  664.75
10 ANNA University Chennai 631.96

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IIT Madras The Week Ranking 2021

IIT Madras has secured the 3rd position by The Week Rankings 2021 for both Best Technical Universities India and Top Engineering Colleges India categories. IIT-M has dropped its rank from 2nd to 3rd in "The Week Best Technical Universities India 2021 Rankings." Given below is the list of top 10 colleges as ranked by THE WEEK.

Institute Name The Week 2021 Ranking The Week 2020 Ranking
IIT Delhi 1 1
IIT Bombay  2 2
IIT Madras 3 3
IIT Kanpur 4 4
IIT Roorkee 5 5
IIT Guwahati  6 6
BITS Pilani 7 7
Anna University  - 8
NIT Trichy 8 9
IIT BHU 9 10

IIT Madras QS World University Rankings

QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World University Rankings, is a highly regarded annual publication of university rankings conducted across international borders. The said ranking is categorized as World University, Asian Universities, and BRICS Nations.  IIT Madras holds the following position in QS World University Rankings.   

Ranking Agency Category Rank
QS World Ranking World University Ranking 271
India 4
BRICS Ranking 17

The QS rankings are measured on the basis of a few set criteria: Academics, Faculty Student Ratio, Ranking,Citations per Faculty, International Faculty, International Student, and Employer Perception. Let us see how IIT Madras stands as per each of these criteria in the QS World University Rankings:

IIT Madras QS World University Rankings

IIT Madras Times Higher Education Ranking

The Times Higher Education is known for ranking universities so as to assess university performance on the global stage. The rankings cover the three main missions of university activity: research, teaching and impact. Times Higher Education Rankings placed IIT Madras in the 125th position in its Asia University Rankings 2020 while in the World University Rankings 2020, the institution features in the 601 – 800 rank zone. The institution dropped from its 2019 World ranking, and even in its Asia Rank, it has come down 5 places. 

All ranked institutions have an overall score and 4 pillar scores. 

Candidates can also refer to the table below for additional data on the university - 

Teacher-Student Ratio  15.6
Student Ratio of Males and Females 20:80
Percentage of International Students  1%
Number of FTE Students 9241

Below is a graph depicting the different parameters which are also very important whilst looking into the university 

IIT Madras Times Higher Education Ranking

IIT Madras US News Best Global Universities Ranking

The latest U.S. News Best Global Universities Rankings, IIT Madras is tied at 654th position globally, with a regional rank of 129 and a country rank of 5. Some of the key indicators that were considered to attribute the ranking to the institution is as follows:

Global score  44.1
Global research reputation  #198
Regional research reputation  #60
Normalized citation impact  #1,077
Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited  #721
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited  #1,248
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #816
Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited  #1,183
International collaboration - relative to country  #211
International collaboration  #1,151

In the US News Best Global University in Asia Rankings IIT Madras is tied at the 129th position with IIT Delhi. Let us see how the Indian Institutes feature in the list along with IIT Madras.

Asia Rank World Rank  Country Rank  Name of Institute  Global Score
78 513 1 IIT Bombay 48.6
84 530 2 IISc Bangalore 48
84 530 2 University of Panjab 48
123 630 4 Visva Bharati University 44.8
129 654 5 IIT Delhi 44.1
129 654 5 IIT Madras 44.1