THE World University Rankings 2024: NIT-Rourkela ranked in the band of 601-800

The Times Higher Education has released the World University Rankings 2024. This year NIT Rourkela moved two bands up from the previous year and has been ranked in the band of 601-800 in the list of world’s top universities. In year 2023 NITR was ranked in the band of 1000-1200. This year NIT Rourkela shares the rank with  IIT Guwahati, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Banaras Hindu University, Alagappa University and many other reputed institutes/universities of the country. The list includes 1,904 universities across 108 countries and regions.

Congratulating the entire NITR academic community, Prof. K. Umamaheshwar Rao (Director, NITR) said, “NIT Rourkela is two bands up from last year’s rankings and this depicts that we are continuously putting in our efforts. This is a collaborative outcome of our students, faculties, staff and alumni. I want to thank all of them and would like to extend my gratitude to our invaluable industry partners, supporters, and stakeholders, who have played an indispensable role in our journey. Your belief in our mission and your support have played an instrumental role in marking this achievement. I look forward to even greater achievements in future as we continue to make a positive impact on the world through education and research.”

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings judge research-intensive universities across all their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. This year’s ranking analysed more than 134 million citations across 16.5 million research publications and included survey responses from 68,402 scholars globally.

Check the list here: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/world-ranking#!/length/100/locations/IND/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats