Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Ateneo, UP rise in 2008 world university rankings


Two local universities, the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) and the University of the Philippines (UP), saw their rankings rise in The Times Higher Education - QS (THE-QS) World University Rankings 2008, a leading global ranking of higher education institutions.

In the overall rankings released Monday, Ateneo rose from number 451 in 2007 to number 254 this year, while UP rose from 398 last year to 276.

The THE-QS World University Rankings are based on data gathered in the following categories: peer academic review, recruiter review, international faculty ratio, international student ratio, student-faculty ratio, and research citations per faculty.

Ateneo had an overall score of 48.0 out of 100, up from 30.8 last year, while UP posted a 45.9 overall score, up from 34.7 last year.


click here for more:

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/10/13/08/ateneo-rise-2008-qs-world-university-rankings

http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/

2 comments:

pusangkalye said...

not good news for La Salle but a welcome thing for the country. Slamat namn kung ganun at umangat din ng kaunti. More effort is needed. We can do better than that.ayt?

I will also make a similar post ha. I am so excited about this news.....

the spool artist said...

im glad that we are faring better now, but not as good as our neighbors though! its amazing how singapore and thailand have overtaken us greatly on the list!