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Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay leads the 475 Public universities in India at #118 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Next come Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (QS World #180) and Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (QS World #222).
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9 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #118 (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay) to #580 (Jawaharlal Nehru University); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. Banaras Hindu University has the largest research record in this group, with 3,956,306 citations and an h-index of 411. 112 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 475 public to 0 private institutions. The oldest is Manipal University, founded in 1953. Manipal University is the largest, with 35,000 students.
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (QS World #118), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (QS World #180) and Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (QS World #222) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
475 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4 years, with 1–2 years the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 96% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
7 of these courses are listed as online.
Goa University, with 68, ahead of Vellore Institute of Technology (64).
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