Bhubaneswar, Feb. 19: Already a name to reckon with in the realm of
academics, healthcare and research, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be
University (SOA) here has attained a significant achievement by finding place
among four institutions in India in the Times Higher Education (THE) World
Reputation Rankings 2025.
The list, which includes Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Indian
Institute of Technology-Delhi and Indian Institute of Technology-Madras besides
SOA, was published on Tuesday.
Only four institutions in India have been included in the list of which SOA is
the lone private institution. All the four institutions were positioned in the 201-
300 bracket in the ranking. THE had ranked 300 institutions from 38 countries this
year using a revamped methodology.
Harvard University has been ranked first in the list this year among the
institutions worldwide for the 14 th consecutive year followed by Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Oxford (joint 2 nd ), Stanford
University and University of Cambridge (joint 4 th ).
SOA was ranked 14 th in the country among universities by the National
Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024 while it was accredited by
National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with highest Grade A++. It
has been conferred with Category-I Graded Autonomy Status by the University
Grants Commission (UGC) in 2022. The university has also been globally placed in
the QS and THE world university rankings.
