The Indian Institute of Science, IISc in Bangalore has become the first Indian educational institution to make it to the top 10 of a global ranking for universities. The IISc has been ranked eighth in the Times Higher Education Rankings, 2017 in the best small universities category. It joined the elite list that includes California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from the US, Ecole Normale Superieure from France and Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea.<br/><br/>Small universities are those with a student strength of less than 5,000. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings was founded in 2004 by the UK-based Times Higher Education magazine. Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar has congratulated IISc for the recognition.<br/><br/>IISc, a public university for scientific research and higher education, was established in 1909 with active support from Jamsetji Tata and Sir Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore.