THE UNIVERSITY kept its place in the latest Quacquarelli-Symonds (QS) World University ranking, as it clinged to the 801-1,000 bracket and placed fourth among the top Philippine universities on the list.
State-run University of the Philippines (UP) remained the country’s top university despite but to the 384th place from last year’s 367th rank.
Ateneo de Manila went down to the 651-700 bracket from the 551-600 bracket last year.
De La Salle University joined UST in the 801-1,000 bracket after sliding down from last year’s 701-750.
UP remained the only school in the Philippines that ranked in the top 500 universities in the world, while UST is still the only university in the country accredited by QS with a four-star rating.
According to the QS Top Universities website, a university with a four-star rating is “highly international, demonstrating excellence in both research and teaching, and provides an excellent environment for students and faculty.”
UST retained its perfect five-star ranking in employability, facilities, social responsibility and inclusiveness.
For the seventh consecutive year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was named the top university in the world, followed by Stanford University and Harvard University.
National University of Singapore snatched Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU)’s spot as the top university in Asia, ranking 11th in the world rankings. NTU slid to the 12th spot.
The QS world ranking is based on six factors: academic reputation (40 percent), employer reputation (10 percent), faculty/student ratio (20 percent), citations per faculty (20 percent), international faculty ratio (five percent) and international student ratio (five percent).
