UST zooms to 145th spot in QS Asian ranking

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THE UNIVERSITY rose 12 notches to 145th place in the 2017 Asian university ranking of the London-based Quacquarelli-Symonds (QS), after two years of decline.

UST jumped from 157th place in 2017, getting an overall score of 37.6 and high marks from employers.

“UST graduates consistently and yearly dominate the top ten in courses with board exams (Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Engineering, Architecture, Accountancy, Education, etc.). This proves the University’s superior academic programs,” QS said on its website.

The University of the Philippines remained the top Philippine university in the QS Asian ranking, but slipped to 75th in 2018 from the 70th spot in the 2017 edition.

Ateneo de Manila and De La Salle University placed 95th and 134th, respectively, up from 99th and 143rd previously.

Cebu’s University of San Carlos and Silliman University trailed the top four Philippine universities, at the 301 to 350 and 351 to 400 ranges, respectively.

Only UST received four QS stars for employability, facilities, social responsibility and inclusiveness among Philippine schools in the Asian ranking.

Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University topped all Asian universities, while Hong Kong had the most schools in the top 10.

More than 400 universities were ranked from 17 countries in Asia.

The QS ranking was based on universities’ academic reputation (30%), employer reputation (20%), faculty-student ratio (15%), citations per paper (10%), papers per faculty (10%), staff with doctorate degrees (5%), international faculty (2.5%), international students (2.5%), inbound exchange students (2.5%) and outbound exchange students (2.5%). Pauline Faye V. Tria

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