Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has been ranked 801-1000 this year out of 1102 institutions worldwide the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2018.
The World University Rankings are generated from five pillars, each of which represents a key area of higher education excellence: teaching, research, citations, industry income and international outlook.
These are constituted of 13 metrics each.
Among the 42 institutions from India, the 2018 The World University Ranking has placed JMI at 18th rank.
Vice Chancellor, JMI, Prof Talat Ahmad expressed his happiness over the consistently high ranking that JMI has been scoring over the years.
He said that this was the first time that the university has made it among the top 1000 institutions worldwide which reflects JMI’s growing international presence and outreach besides the university’s impetus on quality research, publications and teaching.
The World University Rankings, according to its website, is the only global performance table to date that lists top 1,000 research-intensive universities across the five parameters on which it bases the rankings.