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QS Employability Rankings 2022: IIT-B Tops

September 24, 2021 09:06 IST

IMAGE: The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay is the top Indian institute as per the Quacquarelli Symonds Graduate Employability Rankings 2022.
Earlier this year, IIT-B topped the QS World University Rankings from India with a global rank of 177. Photograph: Kind courtesy Wikimedia Commons

The Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and six Indian Institutes of Technology are among twelve Indian institutions which have figured in the top 500 universities in QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022 .

Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay is on top among Indian institutions in the ranking.

Three central universities -- Delhi University, University of Mumbai and University of Calcutta -- have made it to the list.

OP Jindal Global University, Sonepat, and BITS Pilani are the top private universities.

IIT-Bombay has moved up the rankings from being placed in the 111 to 120 group in the 2020 rankings.

Apart from IIT-Bombay, both IIT-Delhi and IIT-Madras have jumped 20 places from previous rankings to feature in the current rankings.

The Top 12 Indian institutes as per QS Employability Rankings 2022

    1. IIT-Bombay 101-110
    2. IIT-Delhi (131-140) IIT-Madras (151-160)
    3. Delhi University (201-250)
    4. IIT-Kharagpur (201-250)
    5. University of Mumbai (251-300)
    6. BITS Pilani (251-300)
    7. IIT-Kanpur (251-300)
    8. IISc Bengaluru (301-500)
    9. OP Jindal Global University, Sonepat (301-500)
    10. IIT-Roorkee (501+)
    11. University of Calcutta (501+)

'As the world recovers from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of graduating with the skills and qualities required by modern employers has arguably never been greater,' the London based Quacquarelli Symonds said.

'Each of the universities ranked has demonstrated an ability to produce graduates with the 'soft skills' required for the modern workplace,' Quacquarelli Symonds added.

'Given the fierce competition for graduate roles around the world, students should be seriously considering how their university can prepare them adequately for full-time employment, by connecting them with global employers and ensuring they develop the necessary skills and knowledge,' Quacquarelli Symonds stated.

For determining these employability rankings of higher education institutions across the world, Quacquarelli Symonds considers how well reputed the institutions are among employers, whether the institutions are nurturing high-achievers, how connected institutions are to companies and how attractive the institution's recent graduates are to employers.

Quacquarelli Symonds considered the following indicators and weightings to calculate the scores for GER 2022 -- employer reputation (30 per cent), alumni outcomes (25 per cent), partnerships with employers per faculty (25 per cent), employer-student connections (10 per cent) and graduate employment rate (10 per cent).

With inputs from PTI

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