The University of the Philippines — the country’s premiere state university — emerged as the top Philippine higher education institution in the 2023 Quacquarelli-Symonds Asian University Rankings.
UP was ranked at 87th place in the Asian university rankings while Jesuit-run Ateneo de Manila University is in 1234th place, University of Santo Tomas at 175, and De La Salle University 171.
The other Philippine universities in the ranking are Silliman University (551-600), Mapua University (551-600), Ateneo de Davao University (551-600), Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology campus (601-650), Xavier University (651-700), and Saint Louis University (651-700).
In 701-750th place are Adamson University, Central Luzon State University, Central Mindanao University, Central Philippine University, Cebu Technological University, Lyceum of the Philippines University and University of San Carlos.
In terms of their rankings in the country, UP is at first place followed by Ateneo de Manila, De La Salle and UST.
The QS Asian University rankings features 760 universities in the region, with China’s Peking University taking the top spot followed by National University of Singapore, Tsinghua University, the University of Hong Kong and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
In 6th to 10th places are Fudan University in Shanghai, China, Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon, South Korea, Universiti Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Among the key indicators used to formulate the rankings are academic and employer reputations, the number of staff holding a PhD degree and the percentage of international students enrolled.
The other criteria used as faculty to student ratio, international research networks and linkages, citations per paper and papers per faculty.
“This set of criteria, developed in consultation with regional experts and stakeholders, is designed to reflect key priorities for universities in Asia, drawing on as much available data as possible,” the QS said.
The QS university rankings have been published on an annual basis since 2009.
To recall, Ateneo de Manila University has dethroned UP in this year’s Times Higher Education World University ranking which was released last month.
From being excluded in the rankings in 2021, Ateneo surged to the 351-400 bracket while UP sank to the 801-1, 000 bracket.
Last year, UP’s ranking was in the 600-801 ranking.