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QS World University Rankings By Subject 2025: IIT Delhi ranked 26th globally in engineering while the Indian School of Mines (ISM) University, Dhanbad, secured 20th position globally in mineral and mining engineering category.

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Nine Indian universities and institutes achieved global top 50 rankings in specific subjects, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025. These nine institutions secured a total of 12 entries. IIT Delhi ranked 26th globally in engineering while the Indian School of Mines (ISM) University, Dhanbad, secured 20th position globally in mineral and mining engineering category.
IIT Bombay has been placed 28th in engineering with a score of 82.3 and also ranked 192nd in the arts category. IIT Madras, ranked first in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), achieved 53rd in engineering globally.
The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 compared over 21,000 academic programmes from over 1,700 universities in 100 countries and territories, spanning 55 subjects across five faculty areas.
QS highlighted emerging trends in future industries, including 34 new entries in the Data Science and AI top 100, 45 changes within Computer Science’s top 50, and China’s first-ever top 10 entry in Engineering and Technology. Eight new countries and territories joined the rankings, with 171 first-time institutions and 14 universities reaching top 10 positions in their subject areas.