Five universities in the Philippines, including the University of the Philippines, have earned spots in this year’s world university rankings by education information provider Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).
Leading the pack is the University of the Philippines, maintaining its position as the country’s top university. UP now ranks 336th out of over 1,500 universities worldwide, a significant improvement from last year’s 404th spot.
Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), the top university in the Philippines according to the Asia rankings of Times Higher Education, secured the second-best spot for Philippine universities at 516th place. This marks a slight improvement from last year’s ranking of 563rd place.
De La Salle University comes in as the third best-performing university in the country, landing in the 641-650 bracket. This shows a slight improvement from last year’s ranking in the 681-690 bracket.
Following DLSU is the University of Santo Tomas, which slipped to the 851-900 bracket from last year’s 801-850 bracket. The University of San Carlos, which made its debut in last year’s rankings in the 1201-1400 bracket, has slipped to the 1400+ bracket this year.
The rankings were based on nine indicators, including academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio, international student ratio, international research network, employment outcomes, and sustainability.
UP excelled in five of the nine indicators, including academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-student ratio, international research network, and sustainability. UST dominated in international faculty ratio and international student ratio, while DLSU topped the list for citations per faculty and ADMU was highest-rated in employment outcomes.
The rankings featured over 1,500 universities across 105 higher education systems, making it the largest ranking ever conducted, according to QS.
In other news, more than 32,000 former beneficiaries of the government’s 4Ps program have successfully completed their tertiary education from 2016 up to April 30 this year. A total of 32,556 former monitored children under the poverty alleviation program have earned their diplomas, with 82 graduating magna cum laude, 1,135 cum laude, and 132 receiving special distinctions. The program aims to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty by investing in human capital and has produced exemplary students, with 49 beneficiaries also achieving top board exam results.
