The annual EducationWorld India Higher Education Rankings provide comprehensive league tables ranking the country’s Top 500 arts, science and commerce colleges, Top 100 private engineering colleges, Top 300 government and private universities in 15 discrete categories, and Top 100 private B-schools. However, these are all-inclusive rankings rating the country’s most well-reputed higher ed institutions across several subject study programmes.

Last year, in response to public feedback and demand for rankings of education institutions by popular professional undergraduate programmes, EducationWorld introduced rankings of Top 10 higher ed institutions that provide the most popular bachelor’s degree programmes.

In EWIHER 2022-23 to rate and rank colleges and universities offering most favoured undergrad study programmes, EducationWorld partnered with the Delhi-based Centre for Forecasting and Research (C fore) to conduct a research study using secondary data sources and published reports to shortlist ten most popular undergrad courses and Top 10 colleges offering them. The most popularly preferred undergraduate programmes are: B.Com (banking and finance); bachelor of management studies (BMS)/bachelor of business administration (BBA); B.Arch (bachelor of architecture); BA-LLB (bachelor of law); B.Sc (nursing); B.Tech/BE (biotechnology); B.Tech (data science); B.Tech/BE (computer science); B.Sc (agriculture); BJMC (bachelor of journalism & mass communication). Please note in the streams of computer science, data science and biotechnology, only private higher institutions are ranked.

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To conduct this survey, C fore personnel interviewed 1,126 college/university faculty and industry professionals (approx. 100 respondents for each study programme) to rate the Top 10 undergrad colleges providing them under six-nine parameters of higher education excellence.

“Based on rating by experts, perceptual scores for colleges were collated. All the parameter scores were then added to arrive at the total score of every college, to rank the Top 10 colleges/institutions providing the ten most popular undergraduate programmes,” explains Premchand Palety, chief executive of C fore.

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Let us see what the institution heads have to say:

IIIT-Hyderabad is reputed for its research-led education offered even at the undergraduate level. Our high-quality B.Tech programme in computer science engineering allows students great flexibility in selecting courses and undertaking research projects. Thus, students can combine computer science with subjects such as natural sciences, linguistics and humanities. Our faculty is also carefully selected and have Ph D qualifications from top-ranked Indian and offshore institutions such as the IITs and IISc, and Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Princeton, and Tokyo universities.

— Prof. J. Narayanan (left), director of IIIT-Hyderabad.

We are delighted that SRCC is ranked India #1 for its B.Com degree programme in EducationWorld’s exhaustive survey of colleges. Over 96 years of an ever-evolving existence, the college has specialised and excelled in knowledge, application and society-oriented delivery of commerce education. Students are mentored by highly-reputed faculty, pedagogy is rooted in traditionalism and modernism, and the curriculum is well-rounded with emphasis on experiential learning. In the recent past, the college has taken several initiatives to build bridges with industry. For instance, we have signed an MoU with Indian Corporate Law Service Academy, Manesar, under which SRCC faculty will design and administer training modules for the academy’s teachers.

Prof. Simrit Kaur (right), principal, Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi.

The Top 5 national rank awarded to us is the outcome of our sustained effort and commitment to provide world-class architecture education. We pride ourselves for our academic rigour and contemporary curriculum and pedagogies which result in industry-ready graduates. We also ensure the involvement of experts from academia and the profession to keep students abreast of latest architectural and technological advances. All this is supplemented with a state-of-the-art campus which enables and encourages experiential learning

— Dr. Om Prakash Bawane, principal, R.V. College of Architecture, Bengaluru

We are elated that EducationWorld has ranked MCC’s BBA degree programme among the Top 10 in India. Our curriculum has been designed by experts from academia and the corporate world to ensure that latest industry trends and practices are incorporated into the study programme and our graduates are industry ready. This high rank is also the outcome of the special effort our faculty and students made to connect online with global business leaders and organisations during the pandemic.

— Dr. S. Rajkumar, dean of management studies, Mount Carmel College (Autonomous), Bengaluru

I am not surprised that our school is once again ranked India #1 for the BBA programme. We have carefully designed this programme in terms of curriculum, faculty, placements, pedagogy, internships, infrastructure, and skills development through collaborations with various associations, workshops, practical training and our guest lecture series. ASMSOC has also developed deep linkages with foreign universities such as University of South Australia, University of Leeds, and University of California. We will continue our efforts to maintain our top position and live up to our stakeholders’ expectations.

Dr. Sangita Kher, dean, Anil Surendra Modi School of Commerce, NMIMS Deemed University, Mumbai.

Earlier this year, the London-based universities rating agency QS ranked JGLS India #1 and #70 among law schools worldwide. Nevertheless, we are delighted that JGLS which provides students world-class, rigorous, multidisciplinary legal education, is ranked #1 by the highly respected EducationWorld. The USP of JGLS is that to live up to our name, we provide truly global legal education. Our students intern with top global law firms, in Indian and international courts, international tribunals, inter-governmental organisations, and work in the chambers of the world’s best lawyers. Moreover, JGLS has signed collaboration agreements with over 100 institutions in 35 countries, and the school’s faculty recruited from around the world engages in deep research that contributes to body of law in India and abroad.

Dr. C. Raj Kumar, dean, Jindal Global Law School and vice chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat

We are delighted to learn that MIT’s biotechnology/biomedical degree programme is ranked #2 in India. I attribute our good reputation to our industry-focused curriculum, high-quality faculty including adjunct faculty from industry, encouragement of research, and sophisticated, contemporary laboratories. Currently, our students and faculty are engaged in a number of Central and state government-commissioned research projects, developing critical R&D experience and industry readiness. I want to specially thank our students and parents who stood by us during the pandemic and supported our efforts to continue offering high-quality engineering education.

-Cdr. (Dr.) Anil Rana, director, Manipal Institute of Technology

It is an honour to be ranked among India’s Top 10 institutions for agriculture education. The unique feature of our B.Sc agriculture programme is that classroom theoretical learning is supported with sustained experiential education, on-site visits and laboratory work. I want to highlight that over 80 percent of students enroled in the course are from farming households. Our objective is to produce a new generation of agriculture graduates who will build a sustainable future for Indian farming.

Dr. Vijay Singh, registrar, Rabindranath Tagore University, Bhopal

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