India has for the second consecutive year outperformed China in the QS Asia University Rankings 2025,

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QS Asia University rankings  2025

Why in news?

• India has for the second consecutive year outperformed China in the QS Asia University Rankings 2025, signaling a significant improvement in the country’s higher education ,released by global higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds.

The 11 indicators used to compile the QS Asia University Rankings are as follow:

• Academic reputation (30%)
• Employer reputation (20%)
• Faculty/student ratio (10%)
• International research network (10%)
• Citations per paper (10%) and papers per faculty (5%)
• Staff with a PhD (5%)
• Proportion of international faculty (2.5%) and proportion of international students (2.5%)
• Proportion of inbound exchange students (2.5%) and proportion of outbound exchange students (2.5%)

Important Points:

• With193 Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) ranked in the list from India,the country showed the highest growth in university representation. The list also includes 21 new entrants.
• India was followed byChina with 135 universities, and Japan with 115 universities, according to the latest annual list of Asia’s best universities released by global higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds.
• India surpassed China in the 2024 QS ranking with 148 ranked universities. Only 133 educational institutes from China made to the list last year.
• About seven Indian universities are featured in the top 100 institutes in Asia. 
• The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) ranked the highest followed by IIT Bombay, which slipped to second place. Other names include the University of Delhi, IISc Bangalore, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, and IIT Kanpur.