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Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ranked 6th in India, 554th in the global 2026 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 177 research topics. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 59,238 academic publications and 1,229,762 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 58 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#554 of 14,131 In the World
#83 of 5,830 In Asia
#6 of 876 In India
#2 of 64 In Haryana
#2 of 24 In Delhi
#9 of 2,336 For Renewable Energy Engineering
#55 of 2,425 For Automotive Engineering
#62 of 1,118 For Nuclear Engineering
#1001 of 8,074 For Alumni Impact
#778 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top50% For 174 other topics

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Engineering rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ranked 3rd for Engineering in India and 228th in the World with 47,287 publications made and 980,164 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#3 of 492 In India
#71 of 2,841 In Asia
#228 of 6,795 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1993 231 1299
1994 265 1434
1995 238 1510
1996 250 1433
1997 246 1493
1998 284 1537
1999 285 1776
2000 248 2066
2001 262 2099
2002 545 3393
2003 491 3749
2004 530 3999
2005 662 5152
2006 817 6743
2007 803 7753
2008 887 9942
2009 855 12003
2010 1081 14888
2011 1100 18450
2012 1215 22046
2013 1401 25801
2014 1565 30392
2015 1648 33613
2016 2348 38087
2017 2308 43194
2018 2602 52020
2019 2719 62999
2020 3053 77167
2021 3230 92165
2022 3465 94674
2023 3764 103427
2024 2596 101364
2025 1471 88528

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

Engineering subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Renewable Energy Engineering 1 4 9
Automotive Engineering 1 26 55
Nuclear Engineering 1 26 62
Biochemical Engineering 1 11 65
Environmental Engineering 3 38 93
Automation and Control engineering 1 45 105
Electrical Engineering 1 48 116
Electronic Engineering 1 48 135
Construction Management 1 37 147
Firefighting and Fire Science 1 51 160
Agricultural Engineering 14 58 160
Structural Engineering 3 58 162
Operations Research 2 53 167
Mechanical Engineering 2 50 167
Computer Engineering 4 60 173
Telecommunications 2 62 175
Chemical Engineering 4 87 175
Systems Engineering 1 40 176
Reliability and Quality Engineering 4 58 179
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 3 42 179
Product and Industrial Design 1 39 182
Technical Drawing 3 55 186
Civil Engineering 2 59 188
Transportation Engineering 4 54 195
Materials Science 4 80 211
Geotechnical Engineering 6 72 216
Computer Networking 5 69 222
Metallurgical Engineering 6 84 225
Architectural Engineering 1 66 227
Nanotechnology 4 96 228
Acoustical Engineering 4 73 239
Marine Engineering 5 80 246
Industrial Engineering 5 66 246
Applied/Engineering Physics 4 83 247
Aerospace Engineering 6 71 255
Optical Engineering 2 79 265
Mining Engineering 10 107 284
Petroleum Engineering 6 119 321
Biomedical Engineering 6 104 373
Robotics 7 139 402
Biotechnology 4 113 454
Human-Computer Interaction 3 98 469
Architecture 6 106 488
Remote Sensing 7 136 538
Aviation 8 126 543
Engineering Management 4 107 566

Physics rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ranked 3rd for Physics in India and 273rd in the World with 42,988 publications made and 869,564 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Acoustical Engineering.

Physics ranking Location
#3 of 489 In India
#78 of 2,822 In Asia
#273 of 6,729 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1993 223 1224
1994 259 1346
1995 224 1465
1996 246 1465
1997 234 1442
1998 262 1456
1999 257 1666
2000 225 1963
2001 251 1997
2002 470 3106
2003 436 3465
2004 502 3620
2005 603 4721
2006 750 6190
2007 741 7042
2008 789 8776
2009 776 10489
2010 993 13023
2011 957 16007
2012 1072 19307
2013 1231 22202
2014 1436 26503
2015 1487 29539
2016 2144 33558
2017 2103 37776
2018 2345 45817
2019 2406 55229
2020 2734 67481
2021 2857 78895
2022 3114 81595
2023 3401 89895
2024 2334 87430
2025 1328 76066

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

Physics subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Materials Science 4 80 211
Nanotechnology 4 96 228
Acoustical Engineering 4 73 239
Applied/Engineering Physics 4 83 247
Quantum and Particle physics 3 74 253
Optical Engineering 2 79 265
Condensed Matter Physics 11 95 318
Atomic and Molecular physics 8 80 385
Nuclear Physics 9 92 400
Astrophysics and Astronomy 5 92 463
Astrobiology 15 146 628
Biophysics 11 163 640
Theoretical Physics 20 177 745
Medical Physics 27 316 1000

Chemistry rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ranked 5th for Chemistry in India and 396th in the World with 35,560 publications made and 803,468 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Nanotechnology.

Chemistry ranking Location
#5 of 485 In India
#103 of 2,785 In Asia
#396 of 6,561 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1993 187 1194
1994 225 1276
1995 192 1396
1996 236 1303
1997 208 1293
1998 233 1381
1999 234 1569
2000 184 1833
2001 233 1873
2002 362 2671
2003 363 3111
2004 418 3260
2005 490 4185
2006 581 5621
2007 584 6330
2008 665 8015
2009 621 9519
2010 752 11840
2011 784 14607
2012 880 17599
2013 1031 20504
2014 1145 23805
2015 1183 26180
2016 1594 29464
2017 1733 33880
2018 1771 39793
2019 1905 47691
2020 2242 59691
2021 2442 71995
2022 2717 77578
2023 2863 84467
2024 2055 87595
2025 1220 79104

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

Chemistry subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Biochemical Engineering 1 11 65
Chemical Engineering 4 87 175
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 3 42 179
Radiochemistry 11 103 182
Materials Science 4 80 211
Nanotechnology 4 96 228
Physical chemistry 7 100 240
Inorganic Chemistry 10 108 298
Environmental Chemistry 8 93 304
Organic Chemistry 5 95 322
Nutrition and Food Science 10 131 388
Computational Chemistry 9 95 401
Pharmacy 28 152 478
Petrology and Geochemistry 12 124 508
Biochemistry 8 194 634

Environmental Science rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ranked 3rd for Environmental Science in India and 351st in the World with 28,002 publications made and 662,412 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#3 of 494 In India
#76 of 2,841 In Asia
#351 of 6,888 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1993 133 651
1994 151 782
1995 153 817
1996 147 811
1997 131 827
1998 155 894
1999 140 947
2000 136 1094
2001 157 1171
2002 297 1792
2003 271 2022
2004 295 2137
2005 359 2701
2006 449 3611
2007 447 4496
2008 493 5691
2009 502 7285
2010 602 8967
2011 637 11702
2012 724 14086
2013 794 16648
2014 909 19717
2015 970 21598
2016 1402 24780
2017 1422 28429
2018 1616 34722
2019 1679 42028
2020 2028 53493
2021 2114 65412
2022 2214 67298
2023 2413 73547
2024 1471 68196
2025 727 59219

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

Environmental Science subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Environmental Engineering 3 38 93
Environmental Management 1 32 111
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science 4 54 180
Hydrology and Water resources management 8 62 190
Geotechnical Engineering 6 72 216
Oceanography 3 65 260
Agricultural Science 9 74 283
Mining Engineering 10 107 284
Ecology 1 63 304
Environmental Chemistry 8 93 304
Geography and Cartography 3 67 335
Earth science and Geophysics 7 98 383
Geology 5 83 388
Petrology and Geochemistry 12 124 508
Paleontology 9 123 560
Urban and Regional planning 8 114 599
Forestry 31 192 725
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 55 457 1395

Computer Science rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ranked 3rd for Computer Science in India and 354th in the World with 27,689 publications made and 538,958 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Computer Networking, Machine Learning, Computer Vision.

Computer Science ranking Location
#3 of 490 In India
#75 of 2,842 In Asia
#354 of 6,855 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1993 92 441
1994 105 500
1995 91 479
1996 102 530
1997 113 522
1998 123 538
1999 140 636
2000 108 688
2001 127 717
2002 339 1633
2003 257 1637
2004 282 1788
2005 386 2444
2006 520 3273
2007 460 3680
2008 484 4744
2009 509 5868
2010 648 7388
2011 655 9229
2012 745 11232
2013 825 12563
2014 989 15614
2015 1019 17389
2016 1499 19648
2017 1386 22550
2018 1769 29373
2019 1769 37666
2020 2053 47145
2021 2027 55582
2022 2074 52665
2023 2202 57372
2024 1402 50044
2025 887 40090

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

Computer Science subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Computer Engineering 4 60 173
Telecommunications 2 62 175
Artificial Intelligence (AI) 2 63 219
Computer Networking 5 69 222
Machine Learning 6 78 263
Computer Vision 5 85 296
Blockchain and Cryptography 8 85 302
Management Information Systems 1 41 322
Cyber Security 6 82 324
Database Administration 7 89 348
Computer Graphics 6 91 355
Computational Linguistics 10 90 369
Animation 4 105 379
Software Engineering 2 57 389
Information Technology 3 83 400
Robotics 7 139 402
Cognitive Science 7 99 442
Data Science 6 65 443
Human-Computer Interaction 3 98 469
UX/UI Desgin 10 131 594
Web Design and Development 21 165 596
Multimedia 5 144 664
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 14 197 732
Game Design and Development 16 268 951
Library and Information science 13 152 954
Neuroscience 20 326 1126

Biology rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ranked 7th for Biology in India and 598th in the World with 26,513 publications made and 635,261 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Nanotechnology, Genetics, Paleontology, Agricultural Science.

Biology ranking Location
#7 of 490 In India
#160 of 2,838 In Asia
#598 of 6,841 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1993 115 731
1994 124 803
1995 133 899
1996 130 790
1997 122 836
1998 143 939
1999 125 988
2000 115 1182
2001 135 1216
2002 255 1769
2003 257 2182
2004 279 2237
2005 314 2804
2006 430 3855
2007 401 4597
2008 452 5891
2009 453 7231
2010 589 9077
2011 613 11475
2012 640 13664
2013 754 16300
2014 833 18794
2015 870 20691
2016 1185 23324
2017 1303 26909
2018 1476 32424
2019 1508 39500
2020 1877 50846
2021 2060 62512
2022 2196 65467
2023 2418 71739
2024 1555 69199
2025 1043 61519

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

Biology subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Nanotechnology 4 96 228
Agricultural Science 9 74 283
Nutrition and Food Science 10 131 388
Biotechnology 4 113 454
Toxicology 27 154 529
Paleontology 9 123 560
Horticulture 27 195 595
Astrobiology 15 146 628
Biochemistry 8 194 634
Evolutionary Biology 9 129 640
Biophysics 11 163 640
Botany 15 179 664
Forestry 31 192 725
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 14 197 732
Microbiology 30 263 843
Genetics 15 275 844
Molecular Biology 15 355 1017
Pharmacology 61 456 1122
Neuroscience 20 326 1126
Zoology 24 313 1146
Immunology 30 413 1157
Virology 32 382 1160
Oncology and Cancer research 54 506 1247
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 55 457 1395
Animal Science 80 611 1756

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ranked 5th for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in India and 720th in the World with 16,830 publications made and 384,621 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, Political Science, Law, History, Archaeology.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#5 of 493 In India
#119 of 2,867 In Asia
#720 of 7,088 In the World

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

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1993 81 228
1994 72 301
1995 83 315
1996 63 357
1997 73 384
1998 79 398
1999 74 422
2000 72 422
2001 88 454
2002 199 889
2003 159 929
2004 168 1069
2005 219 1387
2006 258 1864
2007 280 2321
2008 287 2787
2009 294 3703
2010 368 4799
2011 403 6557
2012 417 7655
2013 473 8641
2014 547 10001
2015 623 10915
2016 789 12283
2017 825 14860
2018 980 19473
2019 1070 25667
2020 1264 32829
2021 1341 40559
2022 1330 39019
2023 1506 43538
2024 884 39711
2025 538 34052

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

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Journalism and Digital Media 2 43 254
Occupational Safety and Health 2 38 333
Broadcast Journalism 4 53 394
Archaeology 2 88 449
Intellectual Property and Patent Law 5 96 485
Linguistics 4 95 498
History 3 94 522
Law 2 89 591
Urban and Regional planning 8 114 599
Radio and Television broadcasting 4 102 621
Aesthetics 4 104 626
Political Science 2 99 721
Anthropology 3 94 729
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 3 108 741
Communications and Public Relations 6 121 785
Publishing 23 132 797
Philosophy 3 139 805
Library and Information science 13 152 954
Classics and Ancient History 13 167 963
Sociology 10 182 971
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 9 187 986
Media Studies 6 117 1042
Education Majors 9 245 1081
Gender Studies 11 138 1188
Demography 28 318 1190
Public Policy / Administration 5 240 1369
Art History 15 189 1405

Mathematics rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ranked 4th for Mathematics in India and 445th in the World with 11,850 publications made and 230,541 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Operations Research.

Mathematics ranking Location
#4 of 469 In India
#96 of 2,725 In Asia
#445 of 6,434 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1993 55 223
1994 50 245
1995 51 250
1996 51 319
1997 56 331
1998 72 358
1999 69 335
2000 66 396
2001 75 412
2002 163 818
2003 104 836
2004 111 971
2005 158 1306
2006 218 1625
2007 211 1909
2008 233 2323
2009 227 3056
2010 266 3690
2011 270 4503
2012 316 5145
2013 355 6283
2014 401 7449
2015 455 8022
2016 618 9267
2017 654 10762
2018 716 13623
2019 803 17264
2020 780 21239
2021 886 25622
2022 899 24237
2023 956 25924
2024 533 18721
2025 263 13818

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

Mathematics subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Operations Research 2 53 167
Blockchain and Cryptography 8 85 302
Statistics 5 94 445
Applied Mathematics 12 125 469
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 7 110 559
Actuarial Science 5 167 834
Math Teachers 8 301 1155

Business rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ranked 1st for Business in India and 312th in the World with 11,644 publications made and 245,557 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Marketing, Finance, Management Information Systems, Project Management.

Business ranking Location
#1 of 463 In India
#56 of 2,654 In Asia
#312 of 6,366 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1993 46 130
1994 42 141
1995 39 171
1996 35 130
1997 37 194
1998 55 197
1999 45 223
2000 47 238
2001 49 240
2002 133 640
2003 90 594
2004 111 733
2005 163 919
2006 236 1387
2007 187 1551
2008 213 2120
2009 238 2711
2010 288 3536
2011 286 4449
2012 319 5221
2013 341 6095
2014 448 7681
2015 419 8086
2016 703 9451
2017 602 10219
2018 795 13430
2019 814 15852
2020 909 19974
2021 925 24852
2022 863 24713
2023 872 27167
2024 481 21469
2025 265 16614

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

Business subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Supply Chain Management 1 10 24
Project Management 1 10 115
Construction Management 1 37 147
Operations Research 2 53 167
Management 1 43 190
Management Information Systems 1 41 322
Marketing 1 57 331
Occupational Safety and Health 2 38 333
Risk Management 1 57 336
Finance 3 106 540
Engineering Management 4 107 566
Investment Banking and Stock trading 5 159 635
Entrepreneurship 8 95 659
Human Resource Management 4 151 728
Accounting 6 159 747
Entertainment Industry Business 13 135 759
Actuarial Science 5 167 834
Advertising 12 182 883
International Business 10 194 1044
International Trade 10 196 1063
Hospitality and Hotel Management 20 375 1077
Public Policy / Administration 5 240 1369

Economics rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ranked 5th for Economics in India and 589th in the World with 4,390 publications made and 113,038 citations received. Main research topics: Finance, Development Studies, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics, Investment Banking and Stock trading.

Economics ranking Location
#5 of 463 In India
#106 of 2,559 In Asia
#589 of 6,188 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Economics Publications & Citations

Year Economics publications Economics citations
1993 17 66
1994 15 80
1995 20 95
1996 22 96
1997 17 142
1998 14 111
1999 19 103
2000 18 159
2001 24 119
2002 46 201
2003 37 242
2004 46 279
2005 41 404
2006 52 490
2007 67 618
2008 78 858
2009 89 1102
2010 95 1363
2011 96 1946
2012 112 2201
2013 134 2691
2014 138 3050
2015 155 3236
2016 228 3767
2017 222 4434
2018 272 5735
2019 325 6919
2020 327 9008
2021 392 12006
2022 344 12199
2023 351 13513
2024 232 10875
2025 114 8596

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in various areas of Economics.

Economics subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Environmental Economics 1 26 101
Agricultural Economics 14 126 443
Finance 3 106 540
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 7 110 559
Investment Banking and Stock trading 5 159 635
Development Studies 10 134 699
Actuarial Science 5 167 834
International Trade 10 196 1063
International Economics 13 216 1137

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Speciality India Asia World Rank
Graphic Design 6 93 429
Fashion Design 4 93 511
Photography 6 86 548
Art & Design 5 104 610
Performing arts 6 92 652
Social Psychology 3 102 657
Literature 6 116 715
Optometry 22 214 761
Ophthalmology 16 275 863
Psychology 12 216 871
Pathology 17 291 907
Veterinary 81 318 914
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 22 305 920
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 17 199 937
Anatomy and Physiology 21 298 942
Public Health 23 235 995
Medicine 20 309 1010
Sonography and Ultrasound 31 397 1020
Child Psychology 7 201 1037
Dentistry 40 339 1061
Radiation Therapy 38 431 1089
Physical Therapy 14 327 1158
Healthcare Management (MHA) 39 258 1162
Sports Medicine 15 292 1162
Cardiology 28 401 1175
Surgery 28 402 1179
Nursing 21 270 1196
Orthodontics 45 372 1204
Psychiatry 37 448 1414
Critical Care Nursing 53 448 1431
Creative Writing 20 299 1464
Dermatology 101 593 1528
Audiology 30 508 1561
Health Science 24 444 1605
Family medicine 62 543 1751
Anesthesiology 67 650 1767
Gastroenterology and Hepatology 83 770 1869
Clinical Psychology 35 586 1970
Pediatrics 80 685 2047
Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) 63 683 2228