QS World University Rankings 2025: IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi among the Top 150

Current Context: The QS World University Rankings 2025 have been released on 3rd June 2024 by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Bombay and Delhi have made significant improvements.

• IIT Bombay has notably advanced from the 149th position in 2024 to the 118th in the 2025 rankings. 
• This marks an impressive climb of 31 places.
• IIT Delhi has also performed better than last year and has been ranked at the 150th position. 
• It has jumped 47 ranks from 197 to 150.
• The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US has topped the list for the thirteenth consecutive year.
• The ranking incorporates both employability and sustainability factors into the methodology, providing a reliable system that identifies the world’s leading universities in a range of performance metrics.
• This year’s ranking is the largest, featuring 1,500 universities from 106 countries and territories across the globe.

Question:

1 What was the rank of IIT Bombay in the QS World University Rankings 2025?

• A) 149
• B) 144
• C) 150
• D) 118

Answer: D) IIT Bombay has notably advanced from the 149th position in 2024 to the 118th in the 2025 rankings. This marks an impressive climb of 31 places.