JMI ranks 183rd in the QS Asia University Rankings 2027; Climbs 14 places to secure the 29th position in Southern Asia
Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), New Delhi, has achieved a significant milestone in international higher education rankings by securing 183rd position in the QS Asia University Rankings 2027 and 29th position in the Southern Asia region. The university has also improved its overall Asian ranking by 14 positions, moving up from 197th position in the previous edition (2026) to 183rd position in 2027. These achievements reaffirm JMI’s growing academic reputation and its strengthening position among leading higher education institutions in Asia and Southern Asia.
The latest edition of the prestigious QS Asia University Rankings, released by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, yesterday, places JMI among Asia’s prominent universities, reflecting its continued upward progression in key areas of academic excellence such as quality teaching, impactful research, knowledge creation, innovation and international collaboration.
Vice-Chancellor, JMI, Prof. Mazhar Asif, congratulating the faculty members, researchers, students, officers and staff of the University on this significant achievement, said that it was an outcome of their collective efforts and reiterated the university’s commitment to further advancing academic excellence, promoting high-quality research, encouraging innovation, strengthening interdisciplinary collaboration and expanding global academic engagement so as to further strengthen its academic and research ecosystem.
Elated by the latest Asia rankings, Registrar, JMI, Prof. Md. Mahtab Alam Rizvi, appreciated the collective efforts of the JMI teaching and research community and said that the university’s achievement in the QS Asia University Rankings 2027 reflects its continuous and focused commitment to attaining academic excellence, thereby ensuring greater research and publication output and advancement, and higher institutional growth. This ranking is a measure of and a testament to JMI’s growth and expansion in recent years, he added.
The Honorary Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Prof. Rafat Parveen, congratulated the JMI fraternity on this accomplishment. She particularly acknowledged the dedicated efforts of the IQAC team in coordinating, collecting, compiling, validating and facilitating the submission of institutional data and information required for various national and international ranking exercises.
The University administration praised the valuable contributions of the IQAC team and the faculty members and staff of various faculties, departments, centres and administrative units whose coordinated efforts have contributed significantly to strengthening JMI’s institutional profile and its participation in international ranking frameworks.
Jamia Millia Islamia remains committed to further enhancing its academic standards, research capabilities, and innovation ecosystem and quality assurance mechanisms while contributing meaningfully to the advancement of higher education at national and international levels.
