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Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ranked 3rd in India, 508th in the global 2025 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 168 research topics. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 54,802 academic publications and 1,014,571 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 50 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#508 of 14,131 In the World
#81 of 5,830 In Asia
#3 of 876 In India
#1 of 53 In Maharashtra
#1 of 12 In Mumbai
#73 of 1,000 For Mining Engineering
#91 of 1,008 For Database Administration
#103 of 2,297 For Renewable Energy Engineering
#831 of 7,918 For Alumni Impact
#558 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top50% For 165 other topics

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Engineering rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ranked 5th for Engineering in India and 289th in the World with 42,738 publications made and 818,992 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#5 of 492 In India
#88 of 2,835 In Asia
#289 of 6,782 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1992 182 760
1993 179 858
1994 202 987
1995 213 1095
1996 240 1215
1997 254 1434
1998 253 1387
1999 249 1509
2000 296 1805
2001 299 2027
2002 581 3014
2003 520 3437
2004 567 4137
2005 668 5264
2006 763 6720
2007 757 7783
2008 869 9084
2009 959 10937
2010 971 13358
2011 1268 17270
2012 1362 19272
2013 1547 22826
2014 1794 27957
2015 1844 30617
2016 2165 35908
2017 2143 40213
2018 2460 48145
2019 2653 56648
2020 2896 68036
2021 2917 82091
2022 2893 82933
2023 2983 87283
2024 2088 82668

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in various areas of Engineering.

Engineering subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Mining Engineering 5 35 73
Renewable Energy Engineering 4 31 103
Nuclear Engineering 4 44 118
Automation and Control engineering 2 58 139
Geotechnical Engineering 4 51 141
Transportation Engineering 1 39 147
Reliability and Quality Engineering 3 51 158
Structural Engineering 5 61 174
Environmental Engineering 5 66 174
Remote Sensing 2 50 192
Electronic Engineering 5 70 192
Civil Engineering 4 61 192
Electrical Engineering 4 75 195
Automotive Engineering 8 68 200
Agricultural Engineering 17 79 216
Mechanical Engineering 5 64 216
Aerospace Engineering 5 58 220
Marine Engineering 3 74 231
Technical Drawing 4 67 234
Metallurgical Engineering 8 86 235
Materials Science 5 85 242
Nanotechnology 5 99 244
Systems Engineering 3 54 245
Telecommunications 5 81 246
Computer Engineering 8 78 247
Computer Networking 7 79 261
Chemical Engineering 8 124 261
Industrial Engineering 7 73 263
Biochemical Engineering 9 59 263
Aviation 2 49 267
Operations Research 6 78 268
Petroleum Engineering 4 97 276
Acoustical Engineering 5 86 300
Applied/Engineering Physics 7 99 327
Construction Management 6 87 338
Architectural Engineering 5 104 343
Firefighting and Fire Science 8 139 365
Human-Computer Interaction 1 74 368
Optical Engineering 6 101 369
Engineering Management 2 71 425
Product and Industrial Design 8 111 466
Robotics 9 159 478
Architecture 5 102 489
Biomedical Engineering 11 152 513
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 19 175 599
Biotechnology 40 325 923

Physics rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ranked 5th for Physics in India and 303rd in the World with 39,904 publications made and 792,833 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Condensed Matter Physics.

Physics ranking Location
#5 of 487 In India
#84 of 2,817 In Asia
#303 of 6,713 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1992 178 803
1993 176 873
1994 196 1000
1995 203 1159
1996 235 1257
1997 252 1465
1998 246 1410
1999 241 1568
2000 305 1772
2001 301 1976
2002 548 2864
2003 474 3253
2004 536 3852
2005 653 5054
2006 707 6476
2007 709 7485
2008 790 8736
2009 903 10514
2010 891 12691
2011 1186 16847
2012 1271 18809
2013 1429 22188
2014 1700 27227
2015 1719 30026
2016 2017 35649
2017 1975 39470
2018 2294 47406
2019 2490 56098
2020 2680 66384
2021 2631 78644
2022 2657 78587
2023 2743 82628
2024 1932 77932

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in various areas of Physics.

Physics subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Materials Science 5 85 242
Nanotechnology 5 99 244
Condensed Matter Physics 3 73 254
Quantum and Particle physics 5 80 281
Acoustical Engineering 5 86 300
Applied/Engineering Physics 7 99 327
Nuclear Physics 4 75 348
Optical Engineering 6 101 369
Atomic and Molecular physics 6 73 377
Biophysics 3 76 428
Astrophysics and Astronomy 7 95 473
Astrobiology 5 95 481
Theoretical Physics 12 106 516

Chemistry rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ranked 7th for Chemistry in India and 430th in the World with 34,161 publications made and 672,416 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Nanotechnology, Physical chemistry.

Chemistry ranking Location
#7 of 485 In India
#113 of 2,781 In Asia
#430 of 6,545 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1992 166 702
1993 166 781
1994 182 903
1995 190 1075
1996 213 1118
1997 239 1346
1998 221 1318
1999 223 1465
2000 267 1676
2001 279 1842
2002 415 2469
2003 386 2981
2004 454 3538
2005 526 4665
2006 559 5824
2007 588 6830
2008 643 7833
2009 763 9324
2010 739 11516
2011 997 15117
2012 1083 16634
2013 1234 19786
2014 1459 24231
2015 1507 26437
2016 1714 31353
2017 1744 34560
2018 1924 39928
2019 1986 46762
2020 2275 55837
2021 2266 66276
2022 2356 69144
2023 2368 72270
2024 1799 71363

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in various areas of Chemistry.

Chemistry subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Pharmacy 4 40 163
Petrology and Geochemistry 2 43 233
Materials Science 5 85 242
Nanotechnology 5 99 244
Physical chemistry 8 101 245
Inorganic Chemistry 6 92 254
Chemical Engineering 8 124 261
Biochemical Engineering 9 59 263
Computational Chemistry 4 63 288
Radiochemistry 23 160 290
Organic Chemistry 6 95 337
Environmental Chemistry 10 108 355
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 19 175 599
Biochemistry 6 180 607
Nutrition and Food Science 50 373 996

Biology rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ranked 8th for Biology in India and 637th in the World with 25,959 publications made and 508,117 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Nanotechnology, Genetics, Paleontology, Botany.

Biology ranking Location
#8 of 490 In India
#173 of 2,834 In Asia
#637 of 6,833 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1992 107 401
1993 93 420
1994 102 447
1995 118 544
1996 120 613
1997 169 822
1998 155 796
1999 155 867
2000 181 1049
2001 200 1225
2002 289 1706
2003 295 2113
2004 332 2666
2005 386 3393
2006 449 4390
2007 427 4954
2008 465 5780
2009 575 6991
2010 572 8839
2011 778 11289
2012 825 12566
2013 977 15053
2014 1087 18338
2015 1155 20070
2016 1287 23473
2017 1376 26423
2018 1536 31033
2019 1637 36777
2020 1881 44783
2021 1885 54448
2022 1908 55987
2023 1938 58713
2024 1345 54520

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in various areas of Biology.

Biology subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Nanotechnology 5 99 244
Biophysics 3 76 428
Astrobiology 5 95 481
Paleontology 5 103 508
Agricultural Science 20 170 553
Biochemistry 6 180 607
Evolutionary Biology 10 130 653
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 12 186 715
Genetics 18 279 858
Microbiology 37 285 889
Forestry 41 260 918
Biotechnology 40 325 923
Nutrition and Food Science 50 373 996
Botany 44 351 1042
Pharmacology 52 411 1045
Toxicology 80 383 1076
Neuroscience 18 307 1098
Oncology and Cancer research 40 431 1111
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 36 347 1151
Molecular Biology 26 452 1219
Immunology 45 502 1350
Zoology 48 428 1429
Virology 56 523 1486
Horticulture 122 605 1499

Environmental Science rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ranked 6th for Environmental Science in India and 440th in the World with 24,843 publications made and 490,291 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#6 of 494 In India
#92 of 2,838 In Asia
#440 of 6,876 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1992 102 420
1993 87 434
1994 100 490
1995 107 541
1996 114 547
1997 134 672
1998 130 675
1999 121 758
2000 165 976
2001 168 1074
2002 266 1522
2003 254 1721
2004 267 2184
2005 338 2614
2006 391 3470
2007 384 4123
2008 440 4868
2009 542 6097
2010 506 7734
2011 698 9594
2012 777 11184
2013 891 13091
2014 1007 16046
2015 1071 17841
2016 1276 20824
2017 1301 23992
2018 1499 28355
2019 1600 33920
2020 1884 41980
2021 1868 51694
2022 1885 53623
2023 1898 56643
2024 1280 53207

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in various areas of Environmental Science.

Computer Science rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ranked 6th for Computer Science in India and 437th in the World with 22,682 publications made and 393,177 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Computer Networking, Machine Learning, Computer Vision.

Computer Science ranking Location
#6 of 490 In India
#92 of 2,840 In Asia
#437 of 6,845 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1992 64 271
1993 59 263
1994 75 324
1995 73 372
1996 83 361
1997 101 429
1998 121 523
1999 132 582
2000 151 737
2001 130 830
2002 393 1707
2003 344 1672
2004 327 2238
2005 383 2617
2006 441 3469
2007 430 4112
2008 477 4719
2009 557 5997
2010 575 7140
2011 683 8547
2012 774 9862
2013 842 11311
2014 948 13593
2015 971 14550
2016 1186 16847
2017 1171 18655
2018 1349 23057
2019 1476 27205
2020 1576 33582
2021 1615 41181
2022 1554 39444
2023 1545 41395
2024 1002 34785

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in various areas of Computer Science.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ranked 6th for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in India and 811th in the World with 14,943 publications made and 250,936 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, Political Science, Law, History, Archaeology.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#6 of 492 In India
#137 of 2,864 In Asia
#811 of 7,081 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1992 56 220
1993 43 219
1994 55 264
1995 54 261
1996 61 306
1997 62 291
1998 69 369
1999 73 355
2000 111 571
2001 107 595
2002 187 972
2003 205 1065
2004 168 1362
2005 210 1594
2006 228 2068
2007 238 2378
2008 272 2893
2009 334 3527
2010 371 4391
2011 459 5593
2012 470 6289
2013 540 7569
2014 608 8823
2015 636 9762
2016 736 10693
2017 727 11837
2018 999 14846
2019 1058 17072
2020 1085 22149
2021 1173 27795
2022 1088 27892
2023 1145 30004
2024 624 26756

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in various areas of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Archaeology 7 117 558
Linguistics 9 127 609
History 7 115 628
Library and Information science 6 76 656
Education Majors 3 140 754
Journalism and Digital Media 24 186 781
Aesthetics 6 152 808
Urban and Regional planning 11 164 815
Law 8 152 816
Philosophy 6 151 837
Intellectual Property and Patent Law 24 224 854
Publishing 25 148 878
Military science 11 123 898
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 8 158 906
Political Science 8 164 964
Classics and Ancient History 15 187 1063
Communications and Public Relations 10 203 1076
Sociology 14 216 1103
Anthropology 16 209 1113
Art History 7 116 1132
Demography 25 301 1167
Gender Studies 26 212 1458

Mathematics rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ranked 6th for Mathematics in India and 473rd in the World with 10,945 publications made and 180,150 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Operations Research.

Mathematics ranking Location
#6 of 468 In India
#104 of 2,718 In Asia
#473 of 6,418 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1992 34 137
1993 42 152
1994 40 160
1995 45 161
1996 41 168
1997 49 222
1998 53 258
1999 42 257
2000 85 333
2001 60 325
2002 173 704
2003 137 753
2004 146 967
2005 150 1161
2006 223 1609
2007 218 1954
2008 267 2260
2009 296 2864
2010 293 3441
2011 333 4054
2012 372 4653
2013 382 5468
2014 463 6360
2015 497 7197
2016 583 8326
2017 593 9096
2018 688 10666
2019 772 12458
2020 787 15083
2021 753 18332
2022 670 17368
2023 724 18611
2024 404 12539

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in various areas of Mathematics.

Mathematics subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Applied Mathematics 1 52 224
Operations Research 6 78 268
Blockchain and Cryptography 10 98 333
Statistics 6 103 477
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 5 106 532
Math Teachers 4 185 835

Business rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ranked 4th for Business in India and 468th in the World with 8,608 publications made and 146,870 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Finance, Marketing, Operations Research, Management Information Systems.

Business ranking Location
#4 of 462 In India
#94 of 2,646 In Asia
#468 of 6,339 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1992 37 78
1993 29 91
1994 41 103
1995 26 117
1996 36 155
1997 44 136
1998 50 148
1999 49 199
2000 50 231
2001 66 299
2002 135 566
2003 119 534
2004 115 668
2005 149 754
2006 178 1090
2007 192 1330
2008 236 1706
2009 241 2190
2010 245 2721
2011 268 3278
2012 322 3788
2013 316 4662
2014 371 5606
2015 377 5969
2016 407 7086
2017 402 7672
2018 511 9035
2019 565 10298
2020 601 12651
2021 564 15154
2022 538 14573
2023 599 15407
2024 282 11482

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in various areas of Business.

Business subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Supply Chain Management 10 90 253
Operations Research 6 78 268
Management 3 62 286
Construction Management 6 87 338
Engineering Management 2 71 425
Project Management 9 87 565
Marketing 8 128 625
Finance 5 135 668
Investment Banking and Stock trading 10 186 732
Risk Management 7 160 769
Accounting 9 196 870
International Business 7 163 954
International Trade 7 160 957
Management Information Systems 15 221 1011
Advertising 22 273 1125

Art & Design rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ranked 2nd for Art & Design in India and 575th in the World with 3,310 publications made and 44,945 citations received. Main research topics: Fashion Design, Literature, Computer Graphics, Aesthetics, Multimedia.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

Art & Design ranking Location
#2 of 409 In India
#94 of 2,428 In Asia
#575 of 5,966 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1992 8 32
1993 6 32
1994 4 28
1995 10 36
1996 20 72
1997 10 54
1998 9 66
1999 24 80
2000 16 119
2001 16 90
2002 49 201
2003 56 292
2004 42 340
2005 53 370
2006 65 511
2007 54 508
2008 58 596
2009 95 765
2010 105 928
2011 112 1174
2012 112 1300
2013 148 1525
2014 166 2036
2015 112 1865
2016 184 2334
2017 169 2573
2018 201 2802
2019 240 3121
2020 234 3916
2021 220 4524
2022 194 4523
2023 239 4682
2024 157 5182

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in various areas of Art & Design.

Art & Design subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Computer Graphics 2 62 243
Animation 2 73 248
Music 1 20 248
UX/UI Desgin 1 46 304
Singing and Vocal Performance 1 48 340
Graphic Design 3 70 368
Fashion Design 2 84 466
Architecture 5 102 489
Cinematography 7 39 520
Multimedia 3 118 559
Performing arts 3 71 576
Literature 3 82 593
Aesthetics 6 152 808
Game Design and Development 5 203 826
Art History 7 116 1132
Creative Writing 13 252 1345

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Speciality India Asia World Rank
Environmental Economics 3 51 211
Agricultural Economics 25 202 635
Economics 9 133 704
Radiation Therapy 16 275 760
Anatomy and Physiology 10 246 829
Social Psychology 9 157 845
Development Studies 16 183 848
International Economics 8 124 869
Orthodontics 23 257 907
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 21 300 915
Medicine 21 310 1017
Psychology 20 287 1035
Dentistry 39 334 1053
Pathology 23 344 1057
Public Health 26 282 1121
Physical Therapy 16 338 1188
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 24 309 1213
Cardiology 32 411 1218
Audiology 20 349 1246
Surgery 37 450 1310
Ophthalmology 52 461 1329
Psychiatry 38 455 1439
Dermatology 92 551 1456
Veterinary 154 596 1470
Child Psychology 19 365 1498
Nursing 37 403 1563
Critical Care Nursing 63 493 1584
Sports Medicine 35 511 1686
Healthcare Management (MHA) 91 618 2022
Clinical Psychology 47 692 2236
Anesthesiology 115 856 2292
Health Science 58 727 2390
Family medicine 115 875 2580