NISER Vs IISc

Can you tell me which is better between Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc)?

[shikha]

I find both Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) are among the good Institutes in India.

IISER

The Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) are a group of premier science education and research institutes in India.

These institutions have been declared by Act of Parliament as institutions of national importance, and are intended to be the IITs of basic sciences.

The institutes were created by the Government of India, through the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), under The National Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2010 (an amendment of the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007), which was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 30 April 2012.

Seven IISERs have been established across the country, namely IISER Kolkata in West Bengal, IISER Pune in Maharashtra, IISER Mohali in Punjab, IISER Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, IISER Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, IISER Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh and IISER Berhampur in Odisha.

IISc

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a public university for scientific research and higher education located in Bangalore, India. Established in 1909 with active support from Jamsetji Tata and H.H. Sir Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore.

IISc was ranked 11 in the world when considering the criteria "Citations per faculty" by QS World Universities rankings in 2016.

It is ranked 147 globally in QS World Rankings of top universities in 2015. It has also been ranked 6th in the criteria of research by the Times Higher Education Rankings for the BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2016.

It was ranked 18th in the world and 6th in Asia when considering the criteria "Citations per Faculty" in 2015. It has been ranked number 4 in Asia during 2015 rankings when considering the criteria of Papers per Faculty.

It was ranked 11 in the world and 3 in Asia by QS World University Rankings 2014/15 when considering "Citations per Faculty".

It has an overall rank of 5 in the BRICS region in 2015. It is also ranked 1 in the BRICS region when considering the criterion of "Papers per faculty" in 2015 by the same survey. In 2014, it was ranked 22 in the Global Employability University Ranking 2014.