BHU, Jamia Millia break into top Asian universities ranking: Times list

India's presence increases but many premier institutions slip on Times list

Banaras Hindu University, Jamia Millia Islamia and 10 other Indian institutions have for the first time made it to the list of top-350 varsities in the Asia University Rankings 2018.

These entrants increased the overall representation of Indian institutes to 42.    

“Two of the country’s newcomers made it to the top 200 — the Indian School of Mines at 141st and the Banaras Hindu University at a joint 194th position,” Times Higher Education (THE) said in a statement. Jamia Milia Islamia was ranked in the range of 201-250. The ranks some universities only in a range.

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