Shanghai Ranking Consultancy has today released that the Academic Ranking of the World Universities (ARWU) 2021 where IISc Bangalore is rated the best university in the country and Calcutta university stood at the second place. The 2021 ARWU released by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy is one of the premier and globally recognised rankings of higher educational institutions. “This success and international recognition should be seen as a result of the sustained efforts of our brilliant faculty, dedicated research scholars, sincere non-teaching colleagues as well as our bright students,” the Calcutta University VC said. The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is recognised as the precursor of global university rankings and the most trustworthy one. ARWU presents the world’s top 1000 research universities annually based on transparent methodology and objective third-party data.

In the world universities, Harvard University has been rated the best university in the world with Stanford and the University of Cambridge at the second and third positions respectively. In the top 10 list, eight universities are from the US while two are from the UK.