The Times Higher Education has released the world university rankings for the year 2025. This is the First time an Indian University has secured a position among elite institutions from all over the world. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru has secured 99th position in the Times Higher Education World University Ranking for 2025 for the world’s top 100 institutions offering computer science.
In 2024, the Ranking of IISC Bengaluru in the same subject was 101-125 band. This year the university has secured the 99th position. The IISC Bengaluru has topped Indian Universities by being among the 251-300 Band in the last year.
Subjects and Performance Indicators that are Considered for the Ranking
The ‘THE’(Times Higher Education) has ranked over 11,000 Institutions across the globe. The Ranking of Times Higher Education is based on 11 subjects and 18 Performance Indicators that were grouped into 5 categories.
Below are the Subjects and Performance Indicators.
Subjects
- Arts and Humanities
- Business and Economics
- Clinical, Pre-Clinical, and Health
- Computer Science
- Education
- Engineering and Technology
- Law
- Life Sciences
- Physical Sciences
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
Performance Indicators
- Teaching (the learning environment)
- Research environment (volume, income, and reputation)
- Research quality (citation impact, research strength, research excellence, and research influence)
- International outlook (staff, students and research)
- Industry (income and patents).
Ranking and Performance Analysis of IISC Bengaluru
The Times Higher Education has also released the Performance Analysis in terms of 5 categories for all the Universities.
Here is the detailed Performance analysis for IISC Bengaluru.
Teaching: This year(2025), the teaching score for IISC Bengaluru was 61.4, The teaching score has seen a significant decline compared to 2024. In 2024 the teaching score was 62.9.
Research Environment: The Research Environment score for 2025 is 56.6. The Score for Research Environment has also declined compared to the year 2024 with 57.8 Score.
Research Quality: The Research Quality score for 2025 is 53.7. In the year 2024 the score for research quality was 53.9.
Industry: The Industry Metric has seen a significant increase from 96 to 97.3. The Industry metric has increased by 1.3.
International Outlook: The International Outlook is 31.6 in the year 2025. The Improvement is observed of 0.5 from last year score.In 2024, the score was 31.1.
2024 VS 2025 Rankings Differences for Indian Institutions
| Differences | 2024 | 2025 |
| Number of Institutions | In 2024, 77 Institutions were among the top universities in the engineering subject In the Computer Science subject, there were 47 Indian Universities secured a place among the top Universities. In 2024 15 Institutes in the subject of business and economics subjects were ranked among premier institutes. In 2024 14 Institutes have secured positions in the subject of Political Sciences. | In this year’s Ranking 87 Indian Institutions have secured a spot in the Rankings. In the 2025 Rankings, there are 53 Institutions in the computer science subject among which IISC Bengaluru has secured the 99th spot. In Business and economics subjects a total of 24 Institutions have secured a position. In the year 2025, these institutes remain in the same positions with no new institutions. |
| Improvement In Rankings | In the year 2024, IISC Bengaluru was ranked in the 101-125 band for Computer Science Subject. In arts and Humanities Subjects Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Delhi University (DU) have secured 501-600 band. | For the year 2025, IISC Bengaluru has improved its ranking by being in 99th Position in the same subject. This year the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Delhi University (DU) Institutions have secured 401-500 band. Institutes such as Jadavpur Institute have secured a 601 Plus band Ranking |
Impact of IISC Ranking in Top 100
The IISC Ranking in the top 100 positions in computer science has significant impact on the Indian institutions. It could be a push for other premier institutes in India to be on the list.
- The possibility for students from other countries to pursue higher education in India will be Increased.
- The Times Higher Education rankings are based on STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine) this may push other Institutes to focus on STEM which may yield benefits for the entire academic ecosystem.
- The Research and Industry Outlook will be improved as other institutions try to secure positions in the top institutions.
- The Global Rankings Impact the Government Funding for the Colleges. As one of the Premier Institutes ranks among top 100 this may increase the fund allocation for other colleges.
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. Â What are Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The Times Higher Education provides a list of the top 100 best Universities across the globe.
2. Which University Secured Number one Position in World University Rankings?
In Computer Science University of Oxford Secured the First Place. In engineering, Harvard University secured the first place.MIT(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Secured First Place in 3 Subjects Arts and Humanities, Business and Economics, and Social Sciences.
3. What is IISc Bengaluru’s latest ranking in THE World University Rankings?
The IISC Bengaluru’s Latest Ranking is 99th in Computer Science Subject making it the first Indian university to rank among the top 100 World Universities.
4. Which Organization releases the World University Rankings?
The World University Rankings are released by the Times Higher Education a UK Based Organization.
