More PH schools enter Asian university rankings
THE University of the Philippines (UP) took the 72nd spot in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Top 500 Universities in Asia.
UP was followed by Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), De La Salle University (DLSU) and University of Santo Tomas (UST) in the top 150.
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) joined the University of San Carlos (USC), Mapua University and Silliman University in the 300-500 bracket.
The MSU-IIT, the latest state university to be included in the QS rankings, is known for its strong engineering programs.
Graduates of MSU-IIT recently placed 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th and 10th in the October 2018 metallurgical engineering board examinations.
The National University of Singapore led the Top 500 list.
Higher Education Chairman Prospero de Vera 3rd said he looks forward to seeing more of the country’s universities entering the top 500 in the coming years.
“To further boost the quality and competitiveness of our public and private institutions, the commission will soon launch a project through its International Affairs Service that will assist Philippine universities to showcase their excellence to the world, promote their internationalization initiatives and increase global reputation through international benchmarking assessment of institutions using internationalization metrics,” de Vera added.
“Through this project, we expect more Philippine universities to be included in the internationalization rankings and develop programs that improve the quality of education in their respective institutions,” he said.
Eleven indicators were used to compile the QS Asian University Rankings: academic reputation (30 percent), employer reputation (20 percent), faculty-student ratio (10 percent), international research network (10 percent), citations per paper (10 percent), papers per faculty (5 percent), staff with doctorate degrees (5 percent), international faculty (2.5 percent), international students (2.5 percent), inbound exchange (2.5 percent) and outbound exchange (2.5 percent).
UP scored high in most of the indicators, while DLSU topped in terms of staff with doctorate degrees and number of papers per faculty.
ADMU got high marks for papers per faculty and UST registered the highest in international faculty.
USC received high scores in terms of citations per paper, inbound exchange and outbound exchange.
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