UP, DLSU ranked among top universities in Asia
MANILA, Philippines — Only two higher education institutions from the Philippines were included in this year’s list of top universities in Asia, according to a London-based global university league table.
The University of the Philippines placed 65th in the 2020 Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings released Wednesday. The country’s premiere state university climbed 30 places from last year’s 95th ranking.
Meanwhile, De La Salle University slipped to the 301-350 bracket from 251-300 bracket in 2018, when the institution made it to the list for the first time in 2019.
Times Higher Education assessed Asian niversities based on performance indicators in areas of teaching, research, citations, international outlook and industry income.
UP said the improvement in its ranking was due to “high score” in citation and industry income criteria.
The following are the top 10 universities in Asia, according to the Times Higher Education:
- Tsinghua University in China
- Peking University in China
- National University of Singapore
- University of Hong Kong
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
- The University of Tokyo in Japan
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Seoul National University in South Korea
- University of Science and Technology in China and Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea
The 2020 ranking included just under 500 universities in the region.
How do Philippine universities fare in global higher education rankings?
The University of the Philippines remains in the top 500 universities in the world, according to London-based Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020.
The country's premier state university maintained its place in the 401 to 500 bracket.
De La Salle University, the only Philippine private university in the list, also retains its position in the 1,001+ bracket.
De La Salle University is the only Philippine private university included in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2021, retaining its position in the 1,001+ bracket.
— DLSU (@DLSUManila) September 2, 2020
Animo La Salle! pic.twitter.com/Kqvrp7MEnz
The University of the Philippines climbs 30 places in the latest 2020 Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings, ranking 65th this year.
This is a significant rise from last year's 95th place, the university says in its official website.
UP climbs 30 points to 65?? rank among top universities in Asia, a significant rise from last year’s 95?? ranking.
— University of the Philippines (@upsystem) June 3, 2020
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De La Salle University, meanwhile, ranked 301st-350th in the same university rankings, which uses teaching, research, citations, international outlook and industry outcome as criteria.
UNIVERSITY: De La Salle University lands in the 301-350 bracket of the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2020, slipping from its 251-300 spot last year. DLSU is the only private Philippine institution to enter this year's rankings. | via @timeshighered pic.twitter.com/5U78cwklnW
— The LaSallian (@TheLaSallian) June 3, 2020
The University of the Philippines is among the world's top 500 universities, according to the 2020 World University Rankings by London-based Times Higher Education.
In a statement, UP says it is listed in the 401-500 group of 1,396 ranked research universities, the fourth time that the university is included in the yearly list.
UP was listed among the top 1,000 universities in the world in 2017 and rose to being in the top 800 in 2018.
UP breaks into top 500 in world rankings
— University of the Philippines (@upsystem) September 12, 2019
Full story: https://t.co/ZZtLAvG49I#THEUniRankings pic.twitter.com/lnrQvLVaBY
UP was among the top 600 universities in the world in the 2019 rankings.
"For 2020, UP has been ranked 159th in citations which places it in the top 11 percent of prestigious universities that have 'influence in spreading new knowledge and ideas.' Its score in citations went up from last year’s 69.1 to 86.9. THE examines research influence by capturing the average number of times a university’s published work is cited by scholars globally," UP says.
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