The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) continues to be ranked as the country’s top university in the Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies Rankings 2022, despite slipping four spots from the previous edition to 18th.

The Bengaluru institute (pictured) was followed by Mysore-based JSS Acad­emy of Higher Education and Research, which debuted at the 73rd position.

THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2022 includes institutions in countries or regions classified by the London Stock Exchange’s FTSE Group as “advanced emerging”, “secondary emerging” or “frontier”. The said ranking demonstrates the continued and growing strength of secondary emerging countries, heavily featuring varsities from Pakistan, mainland China, India as well as Russia.

The latest rankings comprise a record 698 universities from 50 countries and regions, with 104 universities making their debut. The rankings are published in line with the latest edition of THE World University Rankings, the 2022 edition of which was released in September.

This year, India has 89 universities in THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2022, behind Russia with 100 and China (97).

Among various parameters considered in the ranking, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research scored 100 in research citation, followed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar’s score of 99.7. At 166th rank, Saveetha University in Chennai saw the biggest climb out of any other university in the rankings — it was previously in the 501+ band.

The other two Indian institutions to be ranked within the global top 100 were IIT Indore at 84th position and IIT Ropar at 86th rank.