This is the first time an Indian higher education institution, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has secured a place among the top 100 universities in the World University Rankings by subject.
Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025: The Times Higher Education (THE) has released the World University Rankings by Subject 2025 with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, the lone Indian institute securing a spot in the world’s top 100 institutions offering computer science.
This is the first time an Indian higher education institution has secured a place (99 rank) among the elite top 100 universities in the World University Rankings by subject. In the ranking released last year, IISc led Indian universities by achieving a slot in the 251-300 band.
Delhi University (DU), ranked in the 301-plus band, is the only Indian university to secure a place among the world’s top universities for law and psychology.
Under the World University Rankings by Subject, 11 categories were taken: arts and humanities, business and economics, computer science, education studies, engineering, law, life sciences, medical and health, physical sciences, psychology, and social sciences.
Key highlights of the World University Rankings
— In the field of computer science, 53 Indian universities have secured spots in the world’s top institutions, up from 47 in 2024, with IISc attaining the 96th position.
— The top spot is given to Oxford University followed by the University of Cambridge, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
— In business and economics subjects, 24 Indian higher education institutions have made it to THE’s top universities list this year, compared to 15 in 2024.
— This year, institutes like Amity University, Noida; KIIT University, Bhubaneswar; the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun; and Delhi University (DU), have secured spots in the list with a rank band of 401–500.
— Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences in Chennai ranked in the 251-300 band, leads among 28 Indian institutions recognized as some of the world’s top universities for medical and health subjects.
— For arts and humanities, both Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Delhi University (DU) have improved their rankings from last year’s 501–600 band to the 401–500 band.
— Moreover, West Bengal’s Jadavpur University has entered the rankings for the first time, securing a position in the 601+ band.
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— In social sciences, 14 Indian universities have retained their positions among the world’s top institutions for 2025, consistent with last year’s performance.
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University from the United States top three each of 11 separate subject rankings.
Phil Baty, THE’s chief global affairs officer, said: “While the western world continues to dominate the subject rankings, this new data release
demonstrates the continued rise of China and east Asian nations in the global knowledge economy, and a global levelling up of excellence.”
Additionally, the Stanford, Harvard and Cambridge universities are the only institutions that are represented in the top 10 universities across all 11 subjects in the report. It is also important to note that the US dominated the top 10 list across all the subjects and is also the most represented country for each subject in the overall analysis of the report.
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