Why in News?

• QS World University Rankings 2023 by subject were recently released.

Highlights

• The rankings cover 54 academic disciplines, the India universities perform well in the fields of Computer Science, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Business Studies, and Physics.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of US is ranked first followed by University of Cambridge of UK, Stanford University of US respectively.
• Led by its Institutes of Eminence (IoE), India has improved its position in the QS World University Rankings by Subject, with 44 courses, in their respective subject categories, offered in the country’s higher educational institutes ranked among the global top 100.
• Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Science (in dentistry programme) – best performer among Indian institutes obtaining the 13^th rank globally
• IIT-Kanpur (Electrical engineering, ranked 87^th), featuring in the top 100 categories for the first time
• IIT-Madras (in Petroleum Engineering, ranked 21^st )
• IIT-Bombay (Mathematic, ranked 92^nd)
• IIT-Delhi (Electrical engineering, ranked 49^th)
• Jawaharlal Nehru University (Sociology, ranked 68^th)
• India is the second-most improved nation in Asia with its overall performance improving by 17.2% year on year, after Mainland China which improved by 21.9%.