For two years in a row, Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) has taken the lead among the universities in the Philippines, according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2024, which was released on September 27, 2023.
The Loyola school located along Katipunan Avenue ranked 1001-1200 in a total of 1,904 universities across 108 countries and regions.
It was followed by other "Big 4" schools: University of the Philippines (UP), De La Salle University (DLSU), and University of Santo Tomas (UST).
According to its website, THE provides reliable performance data on universities for students, their families, academics, university leaders, and governments since 2004.
THE World University Rankings is an assessment of university performance worldwide that readers can use as a basis to understand the different missions and successes of higher-education institutions.
Worldwide, the UK's University of Oxford tops the 2024 world ranking, and has been number one for eight consective years now.
It is followed by Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Harvard University in the U.S. in the second, third, and fourth place respectively.
Completing the top five is UK's University of Cambridge.
Changes in the standings may be due to THE's new methodology measuring 18 calibrated performance indicators—five more from last year-across five areas: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry, and international outlook.
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Ateneo is still number 1 in the Philippines at THE World Rankings 2024
The Philippine universities in the 2024 world ranking list slipped down from its 2023 ranking.
For instance, Ateneo placed at 351-400 last year.
UP also sunk to 2024's 1201-1500 ranking from 2023's 801-1000 ranking, while DLSU also fell to 1501+ from last year's 1201-1500 ranking.
UST rose up the ladder to 1501+ from 2023's reporter status or active participants in the ranking process without getting ranked.
Ateneo, UP + other Philippine universities in the THE World University Rankings 2024
Under reporter status are the following universities in the Philippines:
- Cebu Technological University
- Central Luzon State University
- University of Eastern Philippines
- Mapúa University
- Mariano Marcos State University
- Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology
- Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST)
- University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP)
- Tarlac Agricultural University
- Visayas State University