QS Asia Rankings 2027: IIT Delhi Leads India at 66th, Check Top 10 Universities

The QS World University Rankings: Asia 2027 were released on 3rd November 2026 by Quacquarelli Symonds. There are total of 1722 universities from 26 higher education systems in Asia that are ranked in this year’s rankings. India continues to have the second highest presence in the rankings with 325 universities and 34 new entrants. However, some of the best Indian universities did slip down in the rankings. IIT Delhi remains the highest-ranked Indian university at 66th.

QS Asia University Rankings 2027 – Top 10 Asian Universities

The University of Hong Kong remained in 1 st position. Peking University ranked in 2nd, and Tsinghua University took the 3rd position. Hong Kong SAR had the most universities in the top 10.

Rank	University	Country/Region
1	The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong SAR
2	Peking University	China (Mainland)
3	Tsinghua University China (Mainland)	China (Mainland)
4	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong SAR
5	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong SAR
6	Fudan University	China (Mainland)
6	National University of Singapore	University of Singapore
8	Nanyang Technological	University of Singapore
9	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong SAR
9	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong SAR

Hghlight: There were 5 universities from Hong Kong SAR, 3 from Mainland China and 2 from Singapore within the top 10. None of the Indian universities made it into the top 50 in Asia.

QS Asia Rankings 2027 – India

India still remain the second largest higher education system in the QS Asia rankings.

Metric	Metric
No. of Institutions No. Ranked	325
No. New Entrants	34
Total Ranked Universities in Asia	1722
No. Higher Education Systems	26
No. Universities in Asia Top 200	21
No. Universities in Asia Top 100	6
Ranking in Regional Representation	2nd

There is more representation with 21 universities than there was last time with only 20 in the top 200 in Asia. However, none of the top 6 universities from India improved their ranking.

QS Asia Rankings 2027 – Top 10 Indian Universities

Below are the top 10 Indian universities.

Asia Rank	University
66	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi)
79	Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
83	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)
85	Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)
90	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur)
97	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur)
104	Chandigarh University
106	University of Delhi
120	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati)
124	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee)

IIT Delhi is still the top university in India. IISc Bengaluru and IIT Bombay come in second and third. Chandigarh University improved their ranking, however, the University of Delhi and several IITs dropped in rankings.

All the New Entrants From India in QS Asia Rankings 2027

India added 34 new universities to the QS Asia rankings. This means that there are 325 universities in total from India.

Note: When publishing individual universities and their rankings, they should be verified against the full list of new entrants in the downloadable dataset provided by QS. The data provided does confirm that there are 34 new entrants but doesn’t give a full verifiable list of universities and their rankings

QS Asia Rankings 2027 – Research

India performed very well in research.

Papers per Faculty

Below shows how many universities India has in the top 50 in Asia for Papers per Faculty.
India has 27 universities in the top 50 in Asia for Papers per Faculty.
There are 5 universities from India in the top 10.
India has the most universities in the top 10 for Papers per Faculty.

Top 10 Indian Universities for Papers per Faculty

University	Rank	Score
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru	1	100
IIT Madras	3	100
IIT Delhi	7	100
IIT Roorkee	8	100
IIT Ropar	9	100

Staff with PhD

India also did well in Staff with PhD.
15 Universities from India tied for 1 st.
This demonstrates the quality of Doctoral education in India.
This metric is worth 5% of the overall QS Asia ranking.

Why Did Some Indian Universities Drop in the QS Asia Rankings 2027?

Despite there being more universities from India in the rankings, several top universities have dropped.

More Competition

There were 195 new entrants, so there are now 1722 universities in the rankings. This has increased competition between universities in Asia.

Academic Reputation and Employer Reputation

Academic Reputation and Employer Reputation are key metrics in the QS Rankings.

Research Impact

While research output is measured using Papers per Faculty, research impact is measured using Citations per Paper.
India performed well in research output but had fewer universities in the top universities in Asia for citations per paper.

Internationalisation

Having international students, faculty members and international research can affect your ranking. Many Indian universities could improve in this area.