The modern world academic rankings of educational institutions began in 2003 with a mandate from the Chinese government to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University to benchmark Chinese universities against their Western counterparts. Today, there are over two dozen ranking agencies across the world creating a range of lists with the purpose of helping students, parents and governments form informed opinions.
In India, the University System was established in 1857 with three British creations- University of Madras, Calcutta and Bombay. Apart from the usual classifications as Public & Private, Universities in India are broadly classified as Institutions of National Importance, Central, State, State Private, and Deemed to Be Universities. Colleges, on the other hand are differentiated as Public, Private, Government Aided, Affiliated, and so on. If these classifications were not entangled enough themselves, the system is further plagued by overtly complex regulations governing the formation, financing, and functioning of the regulatory & accreditation authorities such as the UGC, AICTE, NBA, NAAC, and other organizations.
After understanding the circumstances in India, particularly the varying challenges in different States of the country BW has made Engineering rankings easier through the following:
The global higher education scene is alive with innovation and change. Globally, engineering institutions are reforming, adapting and revolutionising. Indian engineering institutions can no longer do what they have always been doing, and expect to maintain or improve their position in the national or global rankings.
Understanding the special circumstances in India & particularly the varying challenges in different
States of the country, BW Businessworld after consultations with seasoned experts from India and
abroad and after multiple interactions with the leading academicians, scholars, researchers &
employers have conceived and designed a comprehensive assessment framework with the purpose
of providing an high quality, ethical, independent comparison of the quality of Engineering &
Technology Schools across the Country, based on a set of criteria that apply to Indian higher
education and yet is globally flavoured.
Rankings create a competitive spirit and helps in comparing institutions to one another comprehensively and put them in a percentile order. The BW Engineering Rankings 2019 aims to rank institutions based on:
BW Businessworld And BW Education would have two Classifications in engineering rankings:
While the Parameters will continue to remain constant, the weightages / percentages will change based on the type of ranking done. For Eg. the percentage for Research will be much higher for a University in comparison to a College.
Engineering University Framework Ranking
Engineering College Framework Ranking
