“The reputation of the leading universities in the Philippines remains highly regarded among international academics and it has actually grown compared to last year…but in the rest of the indicators, they have dropped considerably. To improve their competitiveness in the global scene, Filipino institutions have to increase their influence in research and in their ability to attract international faculty,” according to Ben Sowter, head of research at Quacquarelli Symonds, a firm that ranks top universities worldwide.
The latest report, released today, sees University of the Philippines down to 380th place from last year’s 348. Two other universities suffer the same fate: Ateneo slipped to 501-550 group from 451-500, while UST was demoted to the 701+ ranking from last year’s 601+. De La Salle University remains in the same 601-650 group. The slip is because our universities do not have enough research citations and international faculty.
Asia’s top five universities, according to the QS World University Rankings, are National University of Singapore (24), University of Hong Kong (26), The University of Tokyo (32), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (34) and Kyoto University (35).
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