UP is top Philippine university in Asia, says QS rankings 2025

UP is top Philippine university in Asia, says QS rankings 2025

This file photo taken August 4, 2017, shows the Oblation statue silhouetted at University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman, Quezon City. – UP was named the country’s top university in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings 2025 released on November 6, 2024.  INQUIRER / NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

MANILA, Philippines — The University of the Philippines (UP) was named the country’s top university in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings 2025.

According to QS, UP ranked the highest among Philippine universities in its latest assessment, having taken the 20th spot out of 196 universities in Southeast Asia and 86th spot out of 984 in Asia overall.

However, UP’s spot in the QS Asia University Rankings 2025 is a slip from its placement last year – at 78th out of 855 universities in Asia.

The same rankings, which was released November 6, showed Ateneo de Manila University at 142nd; De La Salle University at 163rd; and University of Santo Tomas at 181st.

Other Philippine universities ranked in the 2025 QS Asia University assessment are:

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Meanwhile, QS said the Top 10 Southeast Asia Universities are:

Further, QS, which “offers unrivaled data, expertise, and solutions for the global higher education sector,” also said that in all of Asia, the Top 10 universities are:

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A QS assessment released in June 2024 placed UP at 336th out of 1,500 universities worldwide.

A university’s academic reputation, international research network, learning experience and graduate employability were among the criteria QS assessed to rank the institutions.

QS is a higher education analytics firm based in London, United Kingdom.

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