Indian universities have performed well this year with 11 universities making it to the top 100 of Times Higher Education’s (THE) emerging economies. To participate in the Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019, a country must be identified by FTSE (Financial Times Stock Exchange) Group as
| Type of economy | Countries |
| Advanced Emerging | Brazil, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey |
| Secondary Emerging | Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates |
| Frontier | Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Ghana, Iceland, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Vietnam |
Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020 methodology
The universities are judged for the ranking on the below areas :
| Performance Indicator | Breakup | Overall Percentage |
| Teaching |
Reputation survey: 15% Staff-to-student ratio: 4.5% Doctorate-to-bachelor’s ratio: 2.25% Doctorates-awarded-to-academic-staff ratio: 6% Institutional income: 2.25% |
30% |
| Research |
Reputation survey: 18% Research income: 6% Research productivity: 6% |
30% |
| Citations |
Journal articles Article reviews Conference proceedings Books Book chapters published |
30% |
| International Outlook |
Proportion of international students 2.5% Proportion of international staff 2.5% International collaboration: 2.5% |
7.5% |
| Industry income | How much research income an institution earns from industry | 2.5% |
Scores of Indian universities
| Rank | Name | Citations | International outlook | Teaching | Industry income | Overall | Research |
| 16 | Indian Institute of Science, India | 32.4 | 20.2 | 58.6 | 57.1 | 48.4 |
55.3 |
| 32 | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur | 39.0 | 18.7 | 41.3 | 91.9 | 42.9 |
38.9 |
| 34 | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay | 34.9 | 21.0 | 44.7 | 80.3 | 42.4 |
39.6 |
| 38 | Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi | 49.0 | 17.5 | 48.5 | 73.9 | 41.9 |
27.9 |
| 58 | Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee | 46.6 | 16.4 | 38.9 | 72.5 | 38.4 |
28.2 |
| 61 | Indian Institute of Technology, Indore | 77.1 | 19.7 | 32.5 | 39.9 | 38.2 |
23.7 |
| 63 | Indian Institute of Technology, Madras | 25.4 | 19.2 | 44.9 | 80.0 | 37.7 |
30.6 |
| 63 | Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar | 100.0 | 18.0 | 28.1 | 36.2 | 37.7 |
12.8 |
| 73 | Institute of Chemical Technology,India | 47.1 | 14.3 | 38.3 | 77.4 | 37.3 |
24.1 |
| 77 | Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur | 35.2 | 18.8 | 37.8 | 94.3 | 37.1 |
24.5 |
| 90 | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India | 47.7 | 45.8 | 26.1 | 82.5 | 35.3 |
17.0 |
Countries which made significant participation
The countries which made significant participation this year was South Africa and Saudi Arabia.
Overall, 533 universities from 47 countries or regions participated in the ranking. South Africa is the best performer based on the country’s average overall score. Saudi Arabia ranks second after joining the ranking for the first time, since gaining secondary emerging status last year. Mainland China is third. But, China is the most-represented nation overall, with 81 institutions, as against India’s 56 and Brazil’s 46.
India has 11 Universities in top 100 , including IIT Kharagpur ranking 32nd, IIT Delhi in 38th and IIT Madras in 63rd. Amrita University has shown improvement in all sectors and has got a significant rank.
Brazil declined in the ranking this year. The Emerging Economies University Ranking is based on the same thirteen performance indicators used for the Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings, but the weightage is different to suit the needs and priorities of universities in emerging economies.
