Patiala (Arvinder Joshan) Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, has been ranked 156 among 489institutions in Asia and 18th among 56 institutions within India in the Times Higher Education THE) Asia University Rankings 2020. TIET is 2 nd among 10 private institutions ranked within India. Earlier, In THE Asia University Rankings 2019, TIET was in 251-300 bracket. Speaking on this, Director, Dr. Prakash Gopalan said, “A quantum jump of more than 100 ranks in one year speaks about our achievements in teaching and research. A bright future awaits a Thapar graduate as the University has embarked on a program to modernize itself in all aspects. An outcome based, experiential, self-directed and project led education coupled with high research expectations from the faculty will catapult us to a higher standing in time to come. All these rankings of TIET, shows its continuity to be better and compatible choice for engineering aspirants all over India”. The Ranking focused on five key areas and 13 performance indicators for ranking. teaching (25%), research (30%), citations (30%), industry income (7.5%) and international outlook (7.5%).
