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VIT University ranked 41st in India, 2035th in the global 2023 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 146 research topics. VIT University ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 33,003 academic publications and 327,034 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#2035 of 14,131 In the World
#591 of 5,830 In Asia
#41 of 876 In India
#8 of 53 In Tamil Nadu
#1 of 2 In Vellore
#81 of 1,019 For Agricultural Engineering
#87 of 1,961 For Automotive Engineering
#104 of 1,886 For Renewable Energy Engineering
#2357 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top50% For 143 other topics

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Engineering rankings

VIT University ranked 11th for Engineering in India and 489th in the World with 24,307 publications made and 250,660 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Telecommunications, Metallurgical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#11 of 486 In India
#137 of 2,776 In Asia
#489 of 6,555 In the World

VIT University
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1990 0 1
1991 0 2
1992 0 1
1993 0 0
1994 0 0
1995 0 0
1996 0 0
1997 2 0
1998 6 0
1999 1 0
2000 1 1
2001 2 2
2002 6 2
2003 9 4
2004 14 7
2005 15 17
2006 57 43
2007 57 66
2008 116 142
2009 204 345
2010 198 666
2011 314 1203
2012 457 1742
2013 664 2580
2014 943 4038
2015 1156 5516
2016 1539 8175
2017 2283 12118
2018 2146 16139
2019 2365 23106
2020 2785 33345
2021 3900 53444
2022 3618 62557

The following table provides academic rankings for VIT University in various areas of Engineering.

Engineering subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Agricultural Engineering 5 20 81
Automotive Engineering 3 37 87
Renewable Energy Engineering 5 31 104
Architecture 1 41 208
Computer Engineering 7 75 251
Electronic Engineering 8 92 255
Biochemical Engineering 9 62 278
Biomedical Engineering 3 72 301
Electrical Engineering 8 105 306
Computer Networking 7 99 322
Industrial Engineering 11 96 325
Reliability and Quality Engineering 9 92 328
Nuclear Engineering 12 120 344
Nanotechnology 10 135 348
Telecommunications 7 111 360
Chemical Engineering 12 155 361
Automation and Control engineering 14 130 364
Environmental Engineering 13 130 394
Mechanical Engineering 10 113 419
Operations Research 11 126 437
Metallurgical Engineering 13 145 445
Marine Engineering 8 137 480
Remote Sensing 5 105 482
Product and Industrial Design 9 115 484
Materials Science 13 163 490
Construction Management 11 130 494
Aerospace Engineering 9 120 494
Systems Engineering 9 117 496
Structural Engineering 11 149 500
Technical Drawing 14 174 504
Robotics 11 197 560
Human-Computer Interaction 6 122 592
Acoustical Engineering 13 157 593
Architectural Engineering 11 173 598
Civil Engineering 11 170 599
Applied/Engineering Physics 15 199 600
Firefighting and Fire Science 13 218 608
Transportation Engineering 10 161 612
Geotechnical Engineering 17 206 619
Optical Engineering 16 194 651
Mining Engineering 28 238 676
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 25 231 701
Biotechnology 19 221 723
Aviation 11 173 746
Engineering Management 4 189 782
Petroleum Engineering 23 297 900

Physics rankings

VIT University ranked 14th for Physics in India and 572nd in the World with 19,937 publications made and 214,708 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Acoustical Engineering.

Physics ranking Location
#14 of 482 In India
#162 of 2,752 In Asia
#572 of 6,484 In the World

VIT University
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1990 0 1
1991 0 2
1992 0 0
1993 0 0
1994 0 0
1995 0 0
1996 0 0
1997 2 0
1998 5 0
1999 1 0
2000 3 1
2001 2 2
2002 5 1
2003 7 4
2004 12 7
2005 14 24
2006 49 46
2007 54 67
2008 109 152
2009 202 358
2010 225 766
2011 270 1204
2012 412 1687
2013 573 2496
2014 813 3782
2015 977 5064
2016 1253 7524
2017 1822 11098
2018 1724 14259
2019 1923 20056
2020 2201 28544
2021 3159 44608
2022 2917 52039

The following table provides academic rankings for VIT University in various areas of Physics.

Physics subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Nanotechnology 10 135 348
Materials Science 13 163 490
Medical Physics 8 99 530
Quantum and Particle physics 12 156 546
Acoustical Engineering 13 157 593
Applied/Engineering Physics 15 199 600
Optical Engineering 16 194 651
Nuclear Physics 26 239 808
Biophysics 19 223 818
Astrobiology 22 204 827
Condensed Matter Physics 40 341 924
Astrophysics and Astronomy 25 266 982
Atomic and Molecular physics 96 620 1657
Theoretical Physics 89 673 1790

Computer Science rankings

VIT University ranked 7th for Computer Science in India and 476th in the World with 18,348 publications made and 138,442 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Telecommunications, Computer Networking, Cyber Security.

Computer Science ranking Location
#7 of 482 In India
#104 of 2,768 In Asia
#476 of 6,597 In the World

VIT University
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1990 0 1
1991 0 0
1992 0 0
1993 0 1
1994 0 1
1995 0 0
1996 0 1
1997 0 0
1998 2 0
1999 0 0
2000 0 1
2001 0 0
2002 0 0
2003 4 3
2004 8 7
2005 9 15
2006 26 23
2007 32 33
2008 61 85
2009 150 149
2010 171 349
2011 209 487
2012 253 737
2013 460 1169
2014 619 1825
2015 836 2458
2016 1138 3549
2017 1689 5212
2018 1619 7949
2019 1817 12168
2020 2076 18400
2021 2959 31614
2022 2963 38839

The following table provides academic rankings for VIT University in various areas of Computer Science.

Computer Science subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Cyber Security 1 45 166
Data Science 1 20 201
Blockchain and Cryptography 3 58 204
Computer Engineering 7 75 251
Machine Learning 7 77 274
Computer Networking 7 99 322
Telecommunications 7 111 360
Database Administration 3 82 363
Artificial Intelligence (AI) 10 97 365
Computational Linguistics 10 85 370
Cognitive Science 5 78 396
Computer Vision 10 113 404
Web Design and Development 9 117 456
Software Engineering 6 93 548
Robotics 11 197 560
Computer Graphics 9 141 565
Animation 9 167 571
Human-Computer Interaction 6 122 592
Multimedia 5 121 623
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 11 152 649
Game Design and Development 1 143 674
UX/UI Desgin 12 147 674
Management Information Systems 14 235 1098
Neuroscience 27 392 1310
Library and Information science 56 474 1932

Chemistry rankings

VIT University ranked 16th for Chemistry in India and 689th in the World with 17,744 publications made and 218,546 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Nanotechnology.

Chemistry ranking Location
#16 of 480 In India
#212 of 2,710 In Asia
#689 of 6,327 In the World

VIT University
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1990 0 6
1991 0 13
1992 0 7
1993 0 5
1994 0 2
1995 0 1
1996 1 1
1997 2 1
1998 2 1
1999 1 1
2000 0 2
2001 2 3
2002 5 2
2003 6 4
2004 10 8
2005 12 19
2006 48 40
2007 53 76
2008 107 152
2009 193 368
2010 252 823
2011 310 1315
2012 438 1898
2013 579 2969
2014 790 4202
2015 923 5691
2016 1121 8079
2017 1558 11642
2018 1524 14755
2019 1655 20754
2020 1918 28916
2021 2694 45185
2022 2500 51679

The following table provides academic rankings for VIT University in various areas of Chemistry.

Chemistry subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Radiochemistry 7 71 127
Biochemical Engineering 9 62 278
Nanotechnology 10 135 348
Chemical Engineering 12 155 361
Materials Science 13 163 490
Physical chemistry 16 186 534
Petrology and Geochemistry 12 130 555
Organic Chemistry 20 198 624
Environmental Chemistry 23 197 654
Nutrition and Food Science 23 228 662
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 25 231 701
Inorganic Chemistry 29 264 702
Pharmacy 40 249 715
Computational Chemistry 26 197 735
Biochemistry 22 272 831

Biology rankings

VIT University ranked 19th for Biology in India and 832nd in the World with 15,531 publications made and 197,310 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Genetics, Nanotechnology, Paleontology, Botany.

Biology ranking Location
#19 of 483 In India
#252 of 2,784 In Asia
#832 of 6,663 In the World

VIT University
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1990 0 7
1991 0 13
1992 0 7
1993 0 5
1994 0 2
1995 0 1
1996 1 2
1997 0 1
1998 1 1
1999 1 2
2000 0 2
2001 2 2
2002 2 2
2003 5 3
2004 11 6
2005 12 16
2006 36 35
2007 39 69
2008 80 126
2009 156 317
2010 201 692
2011 256 1114
2012 348 1654
2013 459 2567
2014 628 3588
2015 747 4942
2016 939 7024
2017 1281 10031
2018 1271 12660
2019 1455 18013
2020 1715 25720
2021 2454 40964
2022 2367 47934

The following table provides academic rankings for VIT University in various areas of Biology.

Biology subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Nanotechnology 10 135 348
Toxicology 22 109 438
Microbiology 12 153 611
Horticulture 26 198 639
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 11 152 649
Agricultural Science 24 202 661
Nutrition and Food Science 23 228 662
Biotechnology 19 221 723
Pharmacology 25 263 744
Paleontology 14 198 754
Botany 24 221 786
Oncology and Cancer research 15 282 801
Biophysics 19 223 818
Astrobiology 22 204 827
Biochemistry 22 272 831
Genetics 21 288 907
Virology 20 294 969
Immunology 19 326 982
Forestry 36 274 984
Evolutionary Biology 19 281 1075
Molecular Biology 29 450 1230
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 38 375 1245
Neuroscience 27 392 1310
Zoology 43 400 1377

Environmental Science rankings

VIT University ranked 12th for Environmental Science in India and 648th in the World with 14,164 publications made and 159,975 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#12 of 487 In India
#159 of 2,777 In Asia
#648 of 6,683 In the World

VIT University
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1990 0 6
1991 0 10
1992 0 6
1993 0 4
1994 0 2
1995 0 1
1996 1 1
1997 2 1
1998 7 1
1999 0 1
2000 0 2
2001 1 2
2002 4 3
2003 7 3
2004 10 5
2005 11 12
2006 22 28
2007 32 52
2008 64 113
2009 108 220
2010 109 397
2011 177 804
2012 262 1151
2013 404 1740
2014 510 2631
2015 604 3434
2016 883 5050
2017 1207 7463
2018 1162 9682
2019 1338 14190
2020 1625 21064
2021 2377 35126
2022 2271 41467

The following table provides academic rankings for VIT University in various areas of Environmental Science.

Environmental Science subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Environmental Management 11 113 382
Environmental Engineering 13 130 394
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science 12 149 548
Petrology and Geochemistry 12 130 555
Ecology 10 129 579
Geotechnical Engineering 17 206 619
Environmental Chemistry 23 197 654
Agricultural Science 24 202 661
Mining Engineering 28 238 676
Geology 12 174 680
Geography and Cartography 12 152 704
Paleontology 14 198 754
Oceanography 17 214 784
Earth science and Geophysics 20 234 788
Hydrology and Water resources management 60 302 822
Forestry 36 274 984
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 38 375 1245

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

VIT University ranked 15th for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in India and 1017th in the World with 10,249 publications made and 74,973 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, Political Science, Law, Linguistics, History.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#15 of 485 In India
#186 of 2,813 In Asia
#1017 of 6,939 In the World

VIT University
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1990 0 1
1991 0 1
1992 0 0
1993 0 0
1994 0 0
1995 0 1
1996 0 1
1997 2 0
1998 2 0
1999 0 1
2000 0 0
2001 0 1
2002 4 2
2003 5 2
2004 4 5
2005 6 6
2006 11 10
2007 17 16
2008 26 29
2009 63 90
2010 56 133
2011 93 223
2012 127 431
2013 225 640
2014 321 917
2015 357 1282
2016 533 1827
2017 875 2813
2018 870 4289
2019 988 6636
2020 1236 10597
2021 1780 19087
2022 1869 24247

The following table provides academic rankings for VIT University in various areas of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Journalism and Digital Media 5 62 357
Intellectual Property and Patent Law 9 119 580
Broadcast Journalism 14 100 660
Linguistics 9 142 674
Publishing 11 104 740
Law 8 142 820
Archaeology 13 188 833
Military science 11 132 869
History 13 195 922
Political Science 9 154 980
Aesthetics 13 225 1033
Philosophy 11 211 1123
Education Majors 10 264 1231
Classics and Ancient History 24 276 1356
Demography 39 414 1467
Sociology 22 320 1477
Anthropology 31 324 1554
Communications and Public Relations 22 336 1580
Gender Studies 33 313 1765
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 30 431 1812
Library and Information science 56 474 1932

Medicine rankings

VIT University ranked 23rd for Medicine in India and 1020th in the World with 7,705 publications made and 81,152 citations received. Main research topics: Pathology, Immunology, Psychiatry, Radiology and Nuclear medicine, Pharmacology.

Medicine ranking Location
#23 of 479 In India
#298 of 2,743 In Asia
#1020 of 6,552 In the World

VIT University
Medicine Publications & Citations

Year Medicine publications Medicine citations
1990 0 6
1991 0 9
1992 0 6
1993 0 3
1994 0 1
1995 0 0
1996 1 2
1997 0 0
1998 0 1
1999 0 1
2000 0 2
2001 0 2
2002 0 1
2003 3 1
2004 5 4
2005 5 5
2006 17 10
2007 20 29
2008 37 53
2009 89 152
2010 120 374
2011 127 565
2012 171 759
2013 202 1037
2014 288 1461
2015 325 1918
2016 434 2589
2017 592 3777
2018 601 4933
2019 750 7343
2020 807 10276
2021 1238 17763
2022 1292 21800

The following table provides academic rankings for VIT University in various areas of Medicine.

Medicine subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Biomedical Engineering 3 72 301
Veterinary 15 78 338
Optometry 5 58 380
Toxicology 22 109 438
Medical Physics 8 99 530
Healthcare Management (MHA) 4 64 532
Sonography and Ultrasound 7 204 622
Cosmetology 24 229 679
Pharmacy 40 249 715
Pharmacology 25 263 744
Radiation Therapy 17 289 789
Oncology and Cancer research 15 282 801
Dermatology 28 285 841
Virology 20 294 969
Critical Care Nursing 25 259 976
Immunology 19 326 982
Pathology 22 312 1000
Cardiology 20 341 1031
Sports Medicine 8 227 1045
Nursing 10 180 1047
Ophthalmology 27 337 1068
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 26 358 1088
Anatomy and Physiology 29 369 1143
Surgery 31 407 1230
Public Health 29 309 1242
Psychiatry 27 375 1271
Physical Therapy 18 368 1296
Gastroenterology and Hepatology 40 505 1299
Audiology 20 384 1317
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 26 344 1389
Urology 45 552 1428
Family medicine 39 435 1535
Anesthesiology 49 547 1563
Dentistry 63 536 1630
Orthodontics 65 574 1724
Health Science 25 466 1802
Clinical Psychology 46 655 2217

Mathematics rankings

VIT University ranked 10th for Mathematics in India and 629th in the World with 7,490 publications made and 56,407 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research.

Mathematics ranking Location
#10 of 452 In India
#141 of 2,612 In Asia
#629 of 6,132 In the World

VIT University
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
2000 0 1
2001 0 0
2002 0 0
2003 1 1
2004 3 2
2005 2 4
2006 10 8
2007 16 10
2008 24 35
2009 64 67
2010 55 135
2011 72 201
2012 117 327
2013 178 476
2014 240 763
2015 314 955
2016 448 1419
2017 677 2190
2018 684 3148
2019 708 5011
2020 851 7498
2021 1216 14051
2022 1299 17363

The following table provides academic rankings for VIT University in various areas of Mathematics.

Mathematics subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Blockchain and Cryptography 3 58 204
Operations Research 11 126 437
Applied Mathematics 16 175 637
Statistics 11 169 704
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 16 214 939
Math Teachers 7 229 1071

Business rankings

VIT University ranked 10th for Business in India and 734th in the World with 5,343 publications made and 35,488 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Marketing, Finance, Operations Research, Management Information Systems.

Business ranking Location
#10 of 429 In India
#152 of 2,509 In Asia
#734 of 6,002 In the World

VIT University
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1990 0 0
1991 0 0
1992 0 0
1993 0 0
1994 0 0
1995 0 0
1996 0 0
1997 0 0
1998 0 0
1999 0 0
2000 0 0
2001 0 0
2002 1 0
2003 1 0
2004 1 2
2005 3 5
2006 5 8
2007 12 5
2008 19 15
2009 43 44
2010 36 79
2011 63 112
2012 64 180
2013 115 338
2014 191 510
2015 237 762
2016 336 993
2017 541 1572
2018 484 2337
2019 546 3380
2020 614 5112
2021 836 9155
2022 861 11562

The following table provides academic rankings for VIT University in various areas of Business.

Business subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Supply Chain Management 8 80 245
Operations Research 11 126 437
Construction Management 11 130 494
Management 9 138 589
Marketing 8 140 717
Engineering Management 4 189 782
Entertainment Industry Business 16 198 940
Project Management 21 190 969
Finance 16 229 972
Management Information Systems 14 235 1098
Investment Banking and Stock trading 22 311 1107
Advertising 14 242 1117
Accounting 21 289 1248

Art & Design rankings

VIT University ranked 9th for Art & Design in India and 800th in the World with 2,156 publications made and 12,462 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
#9 of 348 In India
#150 of 2,183 In Asia
#800 of 5,426 In the World

VIT University
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
2004 0 2
2005 0 0
2006 1 4
2007 3 2
2008 11 7
2009 17 12
2010 29 49
2011 27 38
2012 30 54
2013 48 126
2014 89 192
2015 96 225
2016 131 340
2017 178 534
2018 200 743
2019 194 1259
2020 251 2095
2021 355 3126
2022 353 3998

The following table provides academic rankings for VIT University in various areas of Art & Design.

Art & Design subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Architecture 1 41 208
Computer Graphics 9 141 565
Animation 9 167 571
Multimedia 5 121 623
Graphic Design 7 148 667
Game Design and Development 1 143 674
Fashion Design 8 129 674
UX/UI Desgin 12 147 674
Entertainment Industry Business 16 198 940
Literature 17 189 958
Cinematography 17 130 985
Aesthetics 13 225 1033

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for VIT University

Speciality India Asia World Rank
Environmental Economics 4 67 265
Economics 13 192 936
Development Studies 17 191 945
Organizational / Business / IO Psychology 15 307 993
Psychology 19 258 1008
Social Psychology 21 323 1399
Child Psychology 18 364 1595