Delhi, Mumbai IITs in top 200 varsities

The IITs in Delhi and Mumbai are the only Indian institutions in the 'Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings' list of top universities in the world, reports Vijay Dutt.

The Indian Institutes of Technology in Delhi and Mumbai are the only Indian institutions in the 'Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings' list of top universities in the world.

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IIT Delhi is ranked highest at 154, a praiseworthy climb from 307 in 2007, while IIT Mumbai has surged to 174 from last year's ranking of 269.

The highest-ranked university in the Asia-Pacfic is Australian National University, at 16. Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and China all have universities in the top 50.

The top 5:

Rank Institution name Country

1 HARVARD University US

2 YALE University US

3 University of CAMBRIDGE UK

4 University of OXFORD UK

5 Caltech US