One of the oldest universities of South India Visakhapatnam based Andhra University finally won some space in world ranking , though in the band of 601-800 among Higher Education institutions worldwide,
And within India, the University has earned rank 11 out of 19 institutions including IISc and IITs listed in the rankings according Times Higher Education World Rankings-2015-2016 .
AU finds place in the band in the company of Savitribhai Phule Pune,University, University of Delhi, University of Calcutta, BITS, Pilani, Amrutha University, Aligarh Muslim University, Punjab University, Jadavpur University, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee , IIT Madra , IITBombay, IISc Banglore. In some parameters AU performed far better than many of its peers in the band.
The ranking is given based on the parameters of teaching, International outlook and Industry Income components from its factual data.