Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITKGP)

Another of the top technical Indian universities, the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) is ranked 25th in the BRICS ranking this year. Originally founded in 1951 as a training institute for scientists and engineers, it was the first of the Indian Institutes of Technology to be established, and now teaches around 9,000 students. Its campus is also the largest among the IITs at 2,000 acres, and is located in the city of Kharagpur in north-east India, 116 kilometers west of Kolkata.

Of the 11 subjects in which IIT Kharagpur is internationally ranked, it unsurprisingly performs best in engineering fields, placing in the top 100 for civil and structural, electrical and electronic and mechanical engineering.