University of Delhi India's Best in This Global Ranking

University of Delhi has emerged as the best global university in India, according to the U.S. News & World Report's first-ever global ranking of universities, which also included regional categories.

The university ranked 45 in 'The Best Global Universities In Asia', ahead of any other Indian institute and came in at number 316 in the overall 'Best Global Universities' list.

Other Indian institutes that made it to the list were Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore at number 46 (Asia rankings) and number 323 (global rankings), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) at number 65 (Asia rankings) and 405 (global rankings) and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-K) at number 86 (Asia rankings) and number 484 (global rankings).

The Asia rankings were topped by University of Japan, Tokyo that came in at the 24th spot in the global rankings, while Harvard University emerged on top of the global rankings. The top 10 best global universities were dominated by American schools with eight of them in it.

The overall rankings cover 500 institutions spread across 49 countries. (See Full List)

The rankings are specifically focussed on schools' overall academic research and reputation and not their separate undergraduate or graduate programs, the report said. The schools were evaluated based on their academic research performance and their global and regional reputations, it said.