IIT Bombay has ranked 45th in Engineering and Technology with an overall score of 79.1 out of 100 in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject for 2024. The Institute has been ranked in 4 out of 5 broad subject areas, which include Engineering & Technology, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Management, and Arts and Humanities. The Institution improved its 2023 performance by two places in Engineering and Technology. The QS World University Rankings by Subject identifies the world’s strongest universities in individual subject areas, covering 55 disciplines as of 2024.

Parameter-wise, In Academic Reputation, IIT Bombay’s best performance is in Mathematics, in which it scored 79.6; In Employer Reputation, the Institute’s best performance is in Engineering – Mineral & Mining where it earned a score of 96.2; In Citations per Paper, IIT Bombay’s best performance is in Engineering – Mineral & Mining, earning a highest-score 88.0; In H-Index, IIT Bombay received a score of 80.5 for Engineering – Mineral & Mining- its highest-scoring subject for this indicator.