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QS World University Rankings 2025 For Sustainability: According to the rankings, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has secured the top position among India varsities. It has grabbed the 171st rank globally
QS Rankings 2025: IIT Delhi has has secured 81.1 percentile in the Environmental Sustainability meter. (Photo: ANI)
The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2025 for sustainability has been released. According to the rankings, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has secured the top position among India varsities. It has grabbed the 171st rank globally and has secured 81.1 percentile in the Environmental Sustainability meter.
The second position has been secured by IIT Kharagpur with rank 202 globally followed by IIT Bombay at third spot with rank 234. Check the full list of Indian institutes below:
Rank 171 — Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
Rank 202 — Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)
Rank 234 — Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
Rank 245 — Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)
Rank 277 — Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
Rank 299 — University of Delhi
Rank 376 — Indian Institute of Science
Rank 396 — Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, India
QS World University Rankings Sustainability 2025: Top 10
The University of Toronto has grabbed the first spot. It has got 91 in Environmental Sustainability, 99.7 in Environmental Education, and 98.5 in Environmental Research. The second spot has been secured by ETH Zurich. Lund University Sweden and the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) both have secured rank three. UCL London and the University of British Columbia Canada have secured the fifth spot in the rankings.
Imperial College London and The University of Edinburgh have both secured the seventh spot while the University of Manchester and the University of Melbourne have grabbed the ninth spot.
Each ranking is made up of a different group of measurements, with some being used across several rankings and others unique to one project. In the sustainability rankings, Quacquarelli Symonds uses three categories to group lenses together, which include, Environmental Impact, Social Impact, and Governance.
“The ranking evaluates the social and environmental impact of universities as a centres of education and research, as well as a major employers with the operational sustainability challenges of any large and complex organization,” states the official notice.
