Anna University has planned to hire international faculty. The decision has been taken looking at improved QS rankings this year. The idea behind hiring the foreign faculty is to attract foreign students to the campus
Anna University is ranked well top 25 university in the country (QS) and its NIRF ranking is 14 in the university section and it is ranked the 400 best universities globally, by the London-based higher education analyst, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). As per QS World University Rankings 2025. Anna University rank is 383rd on the list.
If we see the performance of Anna University, it has scored a perfect 100 in citations per faculty reflecting the research work being carried out in the varsity, its score in international student and faculty ratio is the lowest. In the international student ratio, it has scored only 1.3.
To improve this score in the parameter, Anna University decided to reduce fees for foreign students and is also promoting the university through various portals and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to attract foreign students.