Vellore Institute of Technology ranks 2nd best institution in India in Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2024

Chandigarh, August 20

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) has been ranked as the second best institution and number one among the private institutions in India in the 2024 Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) released recently.

VIT has been ranked between 501 and 600 among world universities in the 2024 Shanghai Ranking, also known as Shanghai ARWU.

Shanghai ARWU ranks universities based on academic and research performance indicators, including alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes, field medals, highly-cited researchers, research papers published in Nature and Science journals, papers indexed in major citation indices, and the per capita academic performance of an institution. The ranking considers both quality and quantity of research outcomes.

The release has published a list of 1,000 top universities of the world this year of which 15 universities from India have made it. The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has been listed in the 401-500 rank bracket globally, while it tops the list of Indian universities, as per the Shanghai ARWU ranking website.