Ranked 335 in the world in ‘Citations per Faculty’ indicator
The University of Hyderabad (UoH) has been named as one of the world’s top universities, according to the world’s most-consulted university rankings. The 2025 edition of the QS World University Rankings, released by global higher education analyst QS Quacquarelli Symonds, University of Hyderabad is ranked #801-850 in the world. QS World University Rankings 2025 evaluated 5663 institutions and featured 1503 institutions across 106 locations, including 46 in India.
Reacting to the rankings Prof. B J Rao, Vice Chancellor, UoH said, “The University of Hyderabad is ranked 335 in the 2025 edition compared to 372 in 2024 in the world in ‘Citations per Faculty’ indicator. Though this is good progress, we need to improve in the other parameters as overall ranking is also linked with global visibility, perception etc.”
QS gathers two distinct datasets: paper count over a five-year period and citations count for six years for papers published over a five-year period. To reflect the growth in data availability and changing priorities of students and society at large over the past two decades, QS has implemented the largest methodological enhancement since its inception, introducing three new metrics: Sustainability, Employment Outcomes and International Research Network, and adjusting the weighting of some existing indicators, namely Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, and Faculty Student Ratio.
At a Glance
University of Hyderabad – 2025 QS World University Rankings
Indicator Rank
Overall 801 – 850
Citations per Faculty 337
Academic Reputation 601+
Employer Reputation 601+
Employment Outcomes 701+
Faculty Student Ratio 701+
International Faculty 701+
International Research Network 701+
International Students 701+
Sustainability 701+
Overview: QS World University Rankings
This year’s QS World University Rankings is the largest ever, with 1,503 universities across 106 locations. The results account for the distribution and performance of 17.4 million academic papers published between 2018 and 2022 and the 175.9 million citations received by those papers; they also account for the expert opinions of over 1.9 million academicians and over 660,000 employers around the world.
QS Quacquarelli Symonds
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