India’s top-ranked universities have taken a bit of a back seat in the latest QS Asia University Rankings 2026, with premier institutes like IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) seeing a drop in their positions.

Within the top seven Indian universities that featured on the top 100 list, all institutes have taken a tumble this year, including IIT Delhi which slipped 15 positions to rank at #59.

All seven IITs – Delhi, Bombay, Madras, Kharagpur, Kanpur, Roorkee and Guwahati – that feature in the top 150 list have slipped in comparison to the previous year. In contrast, the newer IITs like IIT BHU Varanasi (#237), IIT Hyderabad (#270) and IIT Gandhinagar (#300) have improved their rankings.

India has, however, added 137 universities to the list, taking the tally of

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