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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati ranked 48th in India, 2188th in the global 2025 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 132 research topics. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 27,855 academic publications and 484,296 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#2188 of 14,131 In the World
#673 of 5,830 In Asia
#48 of 876 In India
#2 of 21 In Assam
#2 of 10 In Guwahati
#161 of 2,913 For Radiochemistry
#200 of 2,297 For Renewable Energy Engineering
#228 of 1,096 For Nuclear Engineering
#1590 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top50% For 129 other topics

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Engineering rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati ranked 13th for Engineering in India and 534th in the World with 21,905 publications made and 388,162 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Chemical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#13 of 492 In India
#151 of 2,835 In Asia
#534 of 6,782 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1993 1 3
1994 0 4
1995 1 4
1996 8 1
1997 10 4
1998 5 6
1999 12 10
2000 29 31
2001 33 55
2002 59 81
2003 82 126
2004 128 225
2005 173 434
2006 253 715
2007 267 1065
2008 374 1733
2009 414 2440
2010 508 3430
2011 627 4804
2012 668 6209
2013 769 8294
2014 911 10357
2015 1031 12328
2016 1249 14830
2017 1371 17320
2018 1601 22041
2019 1718 27818
2020 1886 35525
2021 2010 45519
2022 2038 50661
2023 2112 55259
2024 1493 56914

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

Engineering subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Renewable Energy Engineering 9 69 200
Nuclear Engineering 10 82 228
Environmental Engineering 7 85 231
Automotive Engineering 11 88 247
Biochemical Engineering 7 56 258
Chemical Engineering 11 143 320
Geotechnical Engineering 8 111 337
Automation and Control engineering 14 119 338
Marine Engineering 6 107 340
Structural Engineering 8 115 375
Transportation Engineering 8 106 391
Nanotechnology 14 164 409
Computer Engineering 13 131 418
Petroleum Engineering 9 145 431
Electronic Engineering 14 143 449
Biomedical Engineering 9 129 456
Metallurgical Engineering 14 157 461
Materials Science 13 156 468
Mechanical Engineering 11 123 469
Industrial Engineering 15 127 471
Telecommunications 12 145 473
Electrical Engineering 15 157 480
Agricultural Engineering 59 206 493
Computer Networking 13 146 508
Civil Engineering 10 142 520
Architectural Engineering 10 154 520
Acoustical Engineering 11 141 543
Construction Management 13 146 556
Aerospace Engineering 10 138 560
Robotics 13 210 592
Optical Engineering 15 184 604
Systems Engineering 11 136 606
Product and Industrial Design 16 179 638
Applied/Engineering Physics 20 210 648
Reliability and Quality Engineering 31 212 664
Technical Drawing 20 223 675
Human-Computer Interaction 7 156 675
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 24 215 702
Firefighting and Fire Science 22 288 736
Biotechnology 27 255 777
Architecture 27 197 802
Mining Engineering 33 292 811
Remote Sensing 35 319 1034
Operations Research 48 402 1111

Physics rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati ranked 14th for Physics in India and 569th in the World with 19,939 publications made and 366,129 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Acoustical Engineering.

Physics ranking Location
#14 of 487 In India
#161 of 2,817 In Asia
#569 of 6,713 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1993 1 3
1994 0 4
1995 1 4
1996 7 0
1997 17 4
1998 5 7
1999 10 10
2000 26 22
2001 36 52
2002 57 78
2003 81 131
2004 106 214
2005 157 422
2006 241 706
2007 242 1052
2008 349 1698
2009 385 2386
2010 473 3306
2011 561 4634
2012 637 6161
2013 706 8160
2014 827 10277
2015 968 12227
2016 1136 14549
2017 1272 17177
2018 1477 21096
2019 1554 26658
2020 1722 33446
2021 1769 41958
2022 1802 45787
2023 1882 49999
2024 1371 50845

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

Physics subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Nanotechnology 14 164 409
Materials Science 13 156 468
Acoustical Engineering 11 141 543
Condensed Matter Physics 20 176 549
Quantum and Particle physics 15 164 563
Astrobiology 11 127 590
Optical Engineering 15 184 604
Biophysics 9 162 638
Applied/Engineering Physics 20 210 648
Atomic and Molecular physics 23 182 711
Theoretical Physics 19 175 744
Nuclear Physics 24 213 745
Astrophysics and Astronomy 15 193 787

Chemistry rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati ranked 15th for Chemistry in India and 646th in the World with 18,458 publications made and 367,336 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Nanotechnology.

Chemistry ranking Location
#15 of 485 In India
#201 of 2,781 In Asia
#646 of 6,545 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1993 1 3
1994 0 4
1995 1 5
1996 7 0
1997 10 2
1998 4 6
1999 6 5
2000 25 22
2001 33 55
2002 53 81
2003 64 125
2004 98 221
2005 134 398
2006 202 659
2007 225 1026
2008 316 1583
2009 364 2346
2010 431 3288
2011 521 4548
2012 571 5957
2013 671 7949
2014 779 10106
2015 867 11808
2016 1040 13999
2017 1134 16590
2018 1368 20515
2019 1415 26319
2020 1507 33241
2021 1708 42985
2022 1726 47781
2023 1778 51536
2024 1338 54213

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

Chemistry subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Radiochemistry 9 91 161
Pharmacy 8 69 255
Biochemical Engineering 7 56 258
Chemical Engineering 11 143 320
Inorganic Chemistry 12 130 369
Physical chemistry 13 151 403
Nanotechnology 14 164 409
Materials Science 13 156 468
Organic Chemistry 15 160 528
Computational Chemistry 17 144 556
Environmental Chemistry 23 186 597
Nutrition and Food Science 27 248 683
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 24 215 702
Biochemistry 18 246 759
Petrology and Geochemistry 30 277 951

Biology rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati ranked 21st for Biology in India and 872nd in the World with 14,696 publications made and 310,597 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Genetics, Nanotechnology, Paleontology, Botany.

Biology ranking Location
#21 of 490 In India
#276 of 2,834 In Asia
#872 of 6,833 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1992 0 2
1993 0 2
1994 0 3
1995 0 4
1996 1 0
1997 3 1
1998 3 3
1999 5 7
2000 19 21
2001 23 47
2002 40 65
2003 44 107
2004 85 188
2005 89 343
2006 144 514
2007 171 795
2008 223 1236
2009 264 1849
2010 327 2582
2011 388 3644
2012 462 4861
2013 545 6543
2014 607 8357
2015 676 9826
2016 809 11565
2017 897 13621
2018 1058 17075
2019 1133 22143
2020 1231 28046
2021 1421 36728
2022 1384 40989
2023 1478 44115
2024 1113 44737

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

Biology subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Nanotechnology 14 164 409
Astrobiology 11 127 590
Agricultural Science 25 194 606
Biophysics 9 162 638
Nutrition and Food Science 27 248 683
Biochemistry 18 246 759
Biotechnology 27 255 777
Paleontology 23 261 898
Botany 38 318 978
Genetics 25 327 980
Pharmacology 45 384 993
Oncology and Cancer research 31 387 1011
Horticulture 74 398 1062
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 47 358 1073
Microbiology 57 379 1092
Molecular Biology 20 395 1110
Immunology 40 446 1232
Virology 40 420 1264
Evolutionary Biology 27 378 1303
Forestry 97 491 1539
Animal Science 65 541 1604
Neuroscience 55 629 1858
Zoology 89 652 1967
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 120 824 2210

Environmental Science rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati ranked 16th for Environmental Science in India and 744th in the World with 12,815 publications made and 244,156 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Environmental Management.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#16 of 494 In India
#203 of 2,838 In Asia
#744 of 6,876 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1992 0 2
1993 1 1
1994 0 2
1995 0 3
1996 0 0
1997 4 3
1998 1 2
1999 4 4
2000 9 16
2001 15 17
2002 26 27
2003 38 43
2004 53 82
2005 80 156
2006 115 289
2007 128 455
2008 188 813
2009 210 1159
2010 254 1714
2011 336 2531
2012 363 3400
2013 435 4545
2014 505 5897
2015 570 7250
2016 687 8699
2017 829 10487
2018 1024 13579
2019 993 17140
2020 1184 22865
2021 1306 30026
2022 1307 33421
2023 1288 36967
2024 833 35890

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

Environmental Science subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Environmental Engineering 7 85 231
Environmental Management 9 94 297
Geotechnical Engineering 8 111 337
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science 11 130 468
Hydrology and Water resources management 29 167 486
Oceanography 11 156 590
Environmental Chemistry 23 186 597
Agricultural Science 25 194 606
Earth science and Geophysics 17 198 696
Geology 14 198 742
Ecology 18 202 760
Geography and Cartography 14 174 769
Mining Engineering 33 292 811
Paleontology 23 261 898
Petrology and Geochemistry 30 277 951
Forestry 97 491 1539
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 120 824 2210

Computer Science rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati ranked 18th for Computer Science in India and 801st in the World with 11,000 publications made and 147,331 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Computer Networking, Machine Learning, Computer Vision.

Computer Science ranking Location
#18 of 490 In India
#205 of 2,840 In Asia
#801 of 6,845 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1995 1 1
1996 1 1
1997 4 2
1998 0 5
1999 5 7
2000 12 14
2001 15 19
2002 40 54
2003 41 52
2004 82 95
2005 93 176
2006 155 338
2007 127 510
2008 187 741
2009 203 1058
2010 257 1369
2011 300 1866
2012 346 2469
2013 380 2951
2014 435 3763
2015 556 4557
2016 673 5482
2017 740 6427
2018 777 8401
2019 864 10827
2020 954 14024
2021 958 18148
2022 1049 20139
2023 1045 21677
2024 674 20441

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

Computer Science subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Computational Linguistics 11 93 393
Computer Engineering 13 131 418
Telecommunications 12 145 473
Blockchain and Cryptography 16 156 493
Computer Networking 13 146 508
Animation 9 151 526
Computer Vision 15 165 575
Robotics 13 210 592
UX/UI Desgin 10 129 594
Computer Graphics 12 157 633
Cognitive Science 15 155 644
Human-Computer Interaction 7 156 675
Cyber Security 30 197 687
Artificial Intelligence (AI) 18 194 694
Machine Learning 26 236 756
Software Engineering 23 212 937
Game Design and Development 15 266 950
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 47 358 1073
Multimedia 20 291 1076
Library and Information science 21 201 1114
Data Science 116 470 1529
Neuroscience 55 629 1858
Management Information Systems 70 738 2214

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati ranked 26th for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in India and 1500th in the World with 7,023 publications made and 94,985 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, History, Archaeology, Political Science, Linguistics.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#26 of 492 In India
#366 of 2,864 In Asia
#1500 of 7,081 In the World

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

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1992 0 0
1993 0 2
1994 0 4
1995 0 1
1996 0 1
1997 13 2
1998 2 3
1999 4 3
2000 6 13
2001 6 12
2002 18 25
2003 25 39
2004 33 54
2005 40 106
2006 84 179
2007 71 257
2008 100 356
2009 113 584
2010 130 747
2011 163 1074
2012 206 1544
2013 228 1870
2014 259 2344
2015 291 2736
2016 375 3419
2017 473 4351
2018 555 5422
2019 567 7225
2020 625 9647
2021 701 12861
2022 725 14199
2023 726 16137
2024 464 15060

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

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Intellectual Property and Patent Law 19 176 740
Archaeology 21 260 1002
Linguistics 21 279 1029
History 23 268 1113
Library and Information science 21 201 1114
Aesthetics 17 281 1174
Journalism and Digital Media 67 432 1372
Law 33 370 1475
Anthropology 32 326 1489
Philosophy 26 401 1644
Political Science 33 396 1707
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 30 482 1845
Demography 82 641 1932
Education Majors 28 596 2019
Gender Studies 41 399 2021
Sociology 49 556 2026
Classics and Ancient History 54 594 2161
Communications and Public Relations 74 786 2607

Mathematics rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati ranked 17th for Mathematics in India and 912th in the World with 5,259 publications made and 74,097 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Math Teachers.

Mathematics ranking Location
#17 of 468 In India
#253 of 2,718 In Asia
#912 of 6,418 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1997 4 2
1998 4 7
1999 3 5
2000 6 8
2001 4 13
2002 26 19
2003 19 37
2004 31 49
2005 49 100
2006 94 152
2007 73 267
2008 96 353
2009 115 545
2010 143 679
2011 164 994
2012 172 1167
2013 179 1600
2014 226 1886
2015 275 2303
2016 317 2934
2017 378 3383
2018 374 4256
2019 385 5333
2020 427 6737
2021 452 8694
2022 495 9341
2023 473 10175
2024 264 7162

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

Mathematics subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Blockchain and Cryptography 16 156 493
Applied Mathematics 18 214 753
Statistics 17 250 911
Operations Research 48 402 1111
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 46 512 1583
Math Teachers 46 765 2323

Business rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati ranked 24th for Business in India and 1159th in the World with 3,260 publications made and 40,713 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Finance, Marketing, Management Information Systems, Advertising.

Business ranking Location
#24 of 462 In India
#305 of 2,646 In Asia
#1159 of 6,339 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1997 6 0
1998 1 3
1999 2 5
2000 5 10
2001 5 13
2002 19 19
2003 11 32
2004 13 34
2005 22 53
2006 32 83
2007 38 130
2008 56 185
2009 49 289
2010 68 370
2011 68 498
2012 90 630
2013 105 872
2014 135 1079
2015 128 1220
2016 179 1538
2017 232 1835
2018 217 2352
2019 285 2962
2020 289 4054
2021 313 5391
2022 347 5942
2023 359 6468
2024 179 5010

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

Business subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Construction Management 13 146 556
Management 17 232 879
Operations Research 48 402 1111
Finance 25 325 1220
Marketing 55 482 1545
Project Management 68 532 1822
Accounting 61 646 2042
Advertising 78 719 2157
Management Information Systems 70 738 2214

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Speciality India Asia World Rank
Graphic Design 14 212 828
Environmental Economics 27 277 878
Veterinary 107 440 1147
Fashion Design 23 297 1158
Ophthalmology 37 391 1175
Art & Design 22 280 1178
Radiation Therapy 53 503 1242
Literature 28 287 1253
Medicine 39 421 1272
Pathology 43 457 1294
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 38 467 1361
Psychology 34 451 1448
Audiology 25 460 1471
Social Psychology 25 385 1474
Economics 35 408 1495
Anatomy and Physiology 42 524 1496
Cardiology 51 522 1496
Sports Medicine 30 475 1608
Dentistry 69 547 1621
Physical Therapy 34 514 1652
Surgery 57 588 1664
Development Studies 51 487 1687
Public Health 74 580 1783
Nursing 55 494 1788
Orthodontics 78 613 1820
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 54 552 1884
Healthcare Management (MHA) 86 590 1953
Psychiatry 74 687 1978
Anesthesiology 83 739 2005
Health Science 48 678 2261
Child Psychology 83 894 2679
Clinical Psychology 92 1066 2986