IISc makes it to Top 100 global engineering, technology universities

Institute stands at 99th spot on the list published by The Times Higher Education

India has made its debut in the Top 100 universities ranking in engineering and technology published by The Times Higher Education. Indian Institute of Science stood at 99th spot.

The Top 10 remains dominated by US institutions with Stanford, CalTech and MIT in the top three positions.

However, this is a year of Asian progress, with the US holding 31 positions - down from 34 last year - while Asia holds 25 positions in the Top 100, up from 18 last year.

Asian universities occupied six positions in the Top 30 this year, with Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan and India all improving their representation, while Singapore and Hong Kong maintained theirs.

Phil Baty, editor, Times Higher Education World University Rankings said, "This year's stand out success story has to be India, making its debut in this prestigious engineering and technology ranking, which represents the top few per cent of world universities for these subject disciplines."

He added that whether you look at high tech sectors such as IT or aerospace engineering or more traditional fields such as steelmaking, India's engineering and technology prowess is highly visible the world over in the shape of companies based in India or run by people born in India, such as Google and Microsoft, Infosys and Wipro or Tata and Mittal.