The Best University in India

The Best University in India

The Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institute of Technology ր Kharagpur are the best universities in India according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). The ARWU is published by the Institute of Higher Education at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and several indicators of academic or research performance are used to establish the ranking, these include highly cited researchers, articles indexed in major citation indices and staff winning Nobel Prizes.

The Top-2 universities in India

There are two Indian universities in the WordҀs Top-500 universities (2008): the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institute of Technology.

1. Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was established in 1909. It was J.N. TataҀs dream to create an institution that would contribute to the development of India and it occupies nearly 400 acres of land in Bangalore, generously donated by the Maharaja of Mysore.

2. Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)

The history of the IIT system dates back to 1946 when a committee was set up to consider the setting up of Higher Technical Institutions for post war industrial development in India. The IITs are engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education.

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