Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) of Odisha has been ranked within 350 in the 2019 ‘Times Higher Education Asia University’ rankings, institute official quoted.
According to the ranking report, KIIT has been rated high on number of FTE (full time basis) students (19,633), number of students per staff (14), international students (2 per cent) and female-male ratio (37:63).
The institution got the status of being among the top level universities though it is just 22 years old as an institution for professional education and 15 years old as an university, the official said.
The institution, KIIT, is among the few universities in the country to get a place in the Asia University Rankings 2019.
This is on the basis of the institute’s performance in terms of teaching, research, knowledge transfer and some other factors, the official said.