The IIT Guwahati secured 41st rank globally (56th in 2021) in the ‘Research citations per faculty’ category of the QS World University rankings 2022.The QS World University rankings 2022 were announced on Tuesday.
IIT Guwahati has gained rank 395 in World University Ranking. A huge improvement of 75. It was ranked 470 in the 2021 edition of the QS World University rankings. The main reason for this increase is the strong improvement in the ‘citations per faculty’ category where IIT Guwahati has improved from 77.9 in the year 2021 (Global Rank 56) to 94.8 in 2022 (Global Rank 41), the IIT Guwahati said in a statement.
Speaking on this occasion, IIT Guwahati director Prof. TG Sitharam said, “I congratulate the faculty, students and staff of IIT Guwahati for this remarkable growth in this performance which clearly shows that despite the pandemic, the institute has been working tirelessly to make such a global impact.”
“The institute has improved in Research Citations per Faculty indicating the visibility of research activities of the institute as well as in the Academic Reputation as the major contributors in this increase,” the IIT Guwahati director said.
