JEE Advanced Results 2025: How have IITs performed in global rankings?

QS Rankings 2025

According to the London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) released on March 13, 2025, the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-Delhi) emerged as the best-performing institute in India with a global rank of 26 in the Engineering and Technology category. The Delhi-based institute was ranked 45 in 2024.

IIT-JEE Advanced Past Years Toppers

Additionally, IIT-Delhi was placed within the top 100 global institutions in 12 specific subjects under the same rankings. These subjects include Computer Science and Information Systems, ranked 64th, Data Science and AI within the 51-100 range, Chemical Engineering at 93rd, and Civil Engineering within the 51-100 range.

Moreover, the institute’s Electrical Engineering programme ranked 47th, while Mechanical Engineering secured 61st place. IIT-Delhi’s Mineral and Mining Engineering and Statistics and Operational Research also fell within the 51-100 range. Furthermore, Environmental Sciences, Materials Science, and Mathematics ranked 94th, 98th, and 95th, respectively. The Business and Management Studies programme ranked 92nd.

As shown in the above table, IIT Bombay has consistently held the top spot among Indian institutes listed, with a marked improvement in 2025, jumping to 118 from 149 in 2024 — a notable upward trend over the past three years, on the other hand, IIT Delhi followed a similar pattern, climbing to 150 in 2025 from 197 in 2024, showing steady growth after fluctuating rankings between 174 and 197 from 2021 to 2023.

IIT Kharagpur improved its position in 2025 to 222, rising from 271 in 2024. This comes after relatively steady but lower rankings around 270-280 in earlier years, while IIT Madras showed a jump, ranking 227 in 2025, up from 285 in 2024. This is a reversal of the previous dip seen between 2022 and 2023.

IIT Kanpur improved from 278 in 2024 to 263 in 2025. Over the years, it has shown a gradual rise after dropping to 350 in 2021.

IIT Roorkee advanced to 335 in 2025 from 369 in the previous two years, marking its best performance in this timeframe.

IIT Guwahati achieved a rank of 344 in 2025, an improvement over 364 in 2024 and 384 in 2023, with a significant upward trend from 470 in 2021.

Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2025

Under the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World Reputation Rankings 2025, four Indian universities ranked with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru leading the Indian list. The other three include the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, IIT Madras, and Shiksha ‘O” Anusandhan. IIT Delhi and IIT Madras, which now rank at 201-300 respectively, were ranked 151-175 and 176-200 respectively in the 2023 edition. IIT Bombay, which was among the list of THE World Reputation Rankings in 2023, ranking 151-175, is not on the list.

Meanwhile, the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) has released the detailed schedule for the 2025 counselling process. Candidates who have cleared either JEE Main 2025 or will clear JEE Advanced 2025 are eligible to participate. Only candidates who have cleared JEE Main 2025 or JEE Advanced 2025 are eligible to take part in JoSAA counselling and seat allocation.