4 Indian institutes have made it to the Times Higher Education (THE)’s World Reputation Rankings 2021, the annual ranking of THE that features the top 200 universities based on the votes from leading academics across the globe. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru ranked among the top 100 (91-100) has topped the Indian Institutes. The other 3 Indian institutes are the IIT Bombay, the IIT Delhi, and the IIT Madras.
Harvard University of the United States of America (USA) has topped the 2021 ranking. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA and University of Oxford from the United Kingdom (UK) has secured the 2nd and 3rd rank respectively.
Globally:
| Ranking | Institute |
| 1 | Harvard University (US) |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US) |
| 3 | University of Oxford (UK) |
| 10 | Tsinghua University (China) |
Ranking of Indian Institutes:
| Ranking | Institute |
| 91-100 | IISc Bangalore |
| 126-150 | IIT Bombay |
| 176-200 | IIT Delhi |
| 176-200 | IIT Madras |
