Anna varsity among top 50 young institutions in the world in QS ranking
CHENNAI, JULY 05, 2019 00:00 IST
University rated ‘very high’ in research output
The QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) ranking for 2020 has placed Anna University among the top 50 young institutions in the world. It is the only State-run university to be among the ‘under 50’ category.
The other two institutions ranked ahead of it are the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and Jindal University.
The university has been placed in the 101-150 rank band, and among the world universities it is placed in the 751-800 rank band. The institutions are rated based on their academic and employer reputation; faculty-student ratio; citation per faculty; international faculty and international student ratio.
Anna University, with a student strength of 15,196 and academic faculty strength of 698 is rated “very high” in research output. Unlike even the older IITs, it has international students and international faculty. The citation per faculty is 45.3, which Vice-Chancellor M.K. Surappa said was the best among universities.
“Eight IITs and the IISc are ahead of us. IIT Bombay has a citation per faculty score of 54.6, just ahead of us,” he pointed out, adding: “It can be improved. We have to improve our faculty-student ratio.” The University has not recruited faculty for over two years.
Mr. Surappa said the ranking had failed to factor in the university’s outreach programmes and service to the nation. This had been the central issue for the IITs too. They had rejected the international ranking exercises pointing out that the institutions’ effort at nation-building were ignored.
CHENNAI, JULY 05, 2019 00:00 IST
University rated ‘very high’ in research output
The QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) ranking for 2020 has placed Anna University among the top 50 young institutions in the world. It is the only State-run university to be among the ‘under 50’ category.
The other two institutions ranked ahead of it are the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and Jindal University.
The university has been placed in the 101-150 rank band, and among the world universities it is placed in the 751-800 rank band. The institutions are rated based on their academic and employer reputation; faculty-student ratio; citation per faculty; international faculty and international student ratio.
Anna University, with a student strength of 15,196 and academic faculty strength of 698 is rated “very high” in research output. Unlike even the older IITs, it has international students and international faculty. The citation per faculty is 45.3, which Vice-Chancellor M.K. Surappa said was the best among universities.
“Eight IITs and the IISc are ahead of us. IIT Bombay has a citation per faculty score of 54.6, just ahead of us,” he pointed out, adding: “It can be improved. We have to improve our faculty-student ratio.” The University has not recruited faculty for over two years.
Mr. Surappa said the ranking had failed to factor in the university’s outreach programmes and service to the nation. This had been the central issue for the IITs too. They had rejected the international ranking exercises pointing out that the institutions’ effort at nation-building were ignored.
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