By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University has been ranked ninth among the top ten institutions of higher learning in India in a latest survey conducted by the Times Higher Education (THE) Magazine, UK.
The Vice Chancellor, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah has expressed happiness on the achievement. He said that he dreamt of taking the University to number one position among the Indian institutions of higher learning. He said it was possible only with the cooperation and hard labour of all concerned.
The India specific survey was conducted for the first time in its latest World Reputation Ranking for 2013 and it has considered only three full fledged Indian Universities to be ranked among top ten institutes of higher professional learning in India.
The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has got number one position in India followed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on second and third position respectively. IIT, Kanpur holds fourth position while IIT, Delhi has been placed as fifth in the ranking. IIT, Madras and IIT, Kharagpur have been inducted on seventh and eighth positions.
The University of Delhi is on the sixth place and the Aligarh Muslim University and the University of Hyderabad have been included on ninth and tenth positions respectively.
Aligarh Muslim University is the only institution in UP to be included in the ranking. Last year, AMU was ranked fifth among the top ten Indian Universities in India Today-Nielsen Best Universities Survey.