JNU ranked among top 100 English departments of the world

The Centre for English Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University has been ranked among the top English departments of the world. The department has been ranked among the top 100 English departments in the world by the prestigious QS World University Ranking 2013. The ranking was recently published. This year, the University of Delhi’s English department has also grabbed a position among the top 100 of the world.

Saugata Bhaduri, chairperson, Centre for English Studies, JNU, said, “This is no mean achievement, and we are all justifiably very proud and very happy at the Centre. However, we are humbled too at this consistent recognition that our Centre has been getting internationally, and we hope to work even harder and attain even higher global recognition.”

In this list of best English departments of the world University of Oxford tops the chart followed by Cambridge and Harvard University.

JNU and Delhi were ranked among the 51-100 rank categories. Bhaduri further added, "Credit for this ranking goes to the quality of research that students and faculty of this Centre produce and the academically conducive environment that JNU provides to fruitfully do the same."