IIT Guwahati secures 41st rank globally in ‘Research Citations per Faculty' category 

GUWAHATI: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati secured the 41^st rank globally in the ‘Research Citations per Faculty' category of the QS World University rankings 2022 announced Tuesday.

The QS World University rankings 2022 are announced based on six metrics-Academic Reputation, Employers Reputation, Faculty Student ratio, Citation per Faculty, International Faculty, and International Students.

Along with this feat, the Institute was ranked 395 in World University Ranking globally.

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Speaking on this occasion, Prof. T. G. Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati, 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”

IIT Guwahati has also been ranked in 12 different subject categories by the QS World University rankings announced earlier this year with a break into the 51-100 range in Petroleum Engineering.

The subjects that IIT Guwahati finds mention are Engineering and Technology, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Computer Science and Information Systems, Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, Natural Sciences, Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Petroleum Engineering and Environmental Studies (2021 onwards).

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