UP leads 45 Philippine schools in world ranking

MANILA, Philippines —  The University of the Philippines (UP) remains the country’s number one university, leading 44 other Philippine educational institutions in the Quacquarelli-Symonds (QS) World University Rankings: Asia 2027.

Based on the 2027 QS World University Rankings-Asia released Nov. 3, UP ranked 123rd after gaining an overall score of 66.8, with a score of 92.6 in academic reputation, 9.7 in papers per faculty and 10.1 in citations per paper.

However, the country’s premier university’s ranking was down from its previous 104th ranking.

Meanwhile, the Ateneo de Manila University ranked 151st overall among over 1,500 institutions across the continent, down from 141 in the previous ranking.

Ateneo maintained its position as the second top institution overall from the Philippines after UP, with an overall score of 62.4, including 77.7 for academic reputation; citations per paper, 10.1 and papers per faculty, 9.

Other top five universities in the Philippines were the University of Santo Tomas (202), De La Salle University (204) and Mapua University (494).

De La Salle got an overall score of 54 as it dropped 26 places, from its previous ranking of 178.