6 Philippine universities in world rankings

MANILA, Philippines — Six Philippine universities earned spots in Times Higher Education (THE)’s World University Rankings by Subject, missing only one out of 11 disciplines rated this year.

The University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University (DLSU), University of Santo Tomas, Mapua University and Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) earned spots in all subjects except Law.

Under Arts and Humanities, Business and Economics, only UP and DLSU earned rankings and shared spots for each subject at the 601+ and 801+ brackets, respectively.

Both universities were also the only institutions that earned rankings in the Medicine
 and Health subject, with UP emerging at the top locally at the 501-600 spot.

UP was the lone school to be ranked within the Life Sciences at the 801-1000 bracket.

Mapua emerged as the top Philippine school in Computer Science and Engineering, ranking within the 801-1000 and 1001-1250 brackets, respectively. Under the same subjects, UP and DLSU shared the No. 2 spot.

DLSU was the top Philippine university in Education studies at the 401-500 spot, followed by UP and UST at the 501-600 bracket. DLSU also topped the ranking among local universities in Psychology at the 401-500 spot, followed by Ateneo at 501-600.

Under Physical Sciences, only UST did not receive a ranking. Mapua and MSU-IIT earned rankings within the 801-1000 bracket, followed by UP, Ateneo and DLSU at the 1001+ bracket.

UP, Ateneo and DLSU landed on the same spots globally in Social Sciences at the 801-1000 bracket.

The rankings were based on key indicators submitted by each university during the academic year 2022, THE said.

Key indicators included research quality, industry, international outlook, research environment and teaching.

‘UP Best performing’

Most Filipinos perceive the University of the Philippines as the “best university” in the country, a survey conducted by the OCTA Research group showed.

The survey, conducted from Nov. 10 to 16, found that 71 percent of the respondents perceiving UP as the best university in the Philippines.

Some 15 percent selected DLSU, while 14 percent chose Ateneo de Manila.

The respondents were asked to select among the three universities or provide a different answer.

Less than one percent chose “others,” the survey results showed.

Based on the poll, UP was perceived as the “best performing” university in the country across all geographic areas and socio-economic indicators.

OCTA, whose founders include several UP professors, said it released the survey results to UP as a public service.

The survey was non-commissioned and had 1,200 respondents and a margin of error of plus/minus three percent. – Janvic Mateo