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QS TOP UNIVERSITY RANKINGS

 Ateneo Tops UP 

THESIS STATEMENT

• RP Universities’ rankings increased significantly from 2007 to 2008. However, it

is very alarming that Ateneo de Manila University overtakes the state-runUniversity of the Philippines as the leading university in the country. Moreover,other ASEAN universities have even higher rankings than those universities inRP.

PREPARATORY STATEMENTQS Quacquarelli Symonds1

• It was founded in 1990 and has become established as the world’s leadingnetwork for top careers and education.

• Their mission is to enable motivated people around the world to fulfill their 

potential by fostering international mobility, educational achievement and career development.

• As producers of the Times Higher Education -QS World University Rankings,it is the only independent education organization that claims to be truly “raisingthe bar” of global higher education standards.

• Their team is comprised of over 80 highly diverse representatives from fivecontinents

• 25 Languages spoken in-house

• Main offices: London, Paris, Singapore

• Satellite offices: Alicante, Beijing, Johannesburg, Sydney, Washington DC

QS World University RankingsPurpose

• The purpose of the THE - QS World University Rankings has been, from thestart, to recognize universities as the multi-faceted organizations that they are, toprovide a global comparison of their success against the notional mission of remaining or becoming world-class.

QS Methodology

• The THE - QS World University Rankings were conceived to present a multi-faceted view of the relative strengths of the world's leading univerities.

•The research yields results on 600 "in the round" and 300 in each of five broadfaculty areas.

• The overall rankings are compiled based in six distinct indicators:

TABLE 1: QUACQUARELLI SYNDROME METHODOLOGY Indicator Explanation Percentage

Academic Peer Review Composite scoredrawn from peer

review survey (whichis divided into five

subject areas). 6,354

40

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responses in 2008Employer Review Score based on

responses to employersurvey. 2,339

responses in 2008.

10

Faculty Student Ratio Score based onstudent faculty ratio

20

Citations per Faculty Score based onresearch performancefactored against thesize of the research

body

20

International Faculty Score based onproportion of 

international faculty.

5

International Students Score based onproportion of international students.

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RP UNIVERSITIES’ RANKINGSAteneo de Manila University (AdMU)

• Ateneo ranked 254th from 451st last year.

• Founded in 1859 as the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros

• Relocated to Loyola Heights, Quezon City in 1952

• It is run by the Jesuits.

• AdMU campuses include Ateneo de Manila (Quezon City), Ateneo Law Schooland a business school in Makati City.

• Its sister schools are Ateneo de Naga, Ateneo de Davao University, Ateneo deZamboanga and Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan.

• Estimated tuition for the academic year: PhP90,613.20

• Cost per unit: PhP2,517.03 (fixed rate covering all units)

• Usual number of units per semester: 18

• Terms in an academic year (AY): 2

University of the Philippines (UP)

• UP ranked 276th from 398th last year.• It’s a state-run university established in 1908 on Padre Faura, Ermita, Manila.

• It transferred to its main campus in Diliman, Quezon City in 1949.

• The UP constituent universities are UP Diliman – with extension program in SanFernando Pampanga; UP Manila, UP Los Baños, UP Baguio, UP Visayas – Cebu,Tacloban, Iloilo, UP Mindanao and UP Open University.

• Estimated tuition for the AY: PhP36,000. (This is the maximum tuition fee paid bystudents whose families have annual incomes of more than PhP1 million, thehighest income bracket per university’s STFAP bracketing.

• Cost per unit: PhP1,000.00

• Usual number of units per semester: 18• Terms in an academic year (AY): 2

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De La Salle University (DLSU)

• DLSU ranked 415th this year.

• Founded in June 1911.

• It is run by the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers)

• DLSU campuses include DLSU – Manila, DLSU – College of St. Benilde andDLSE – Dasmariñas.

• Other DLSU System schools include DLS – Zobel in Muntinlupa, DLSU – HealthSciences Campus and the DLSU – Professional Schools Inc.

• Estimated tuition for the AY: PhP110,447.82

• Cost per unit: PhP2,045.33 (average cost per unit)

• Usual number of units: 18

• Terms in an academic year (AY): 3

University of Sto. Tomas (UST)

• UST ranked 470th this year.• Founded in April 1611 by Dominican friars

• Originally located within Intramuros, it transferred to its current location alongEspaña in Manila in 1927.

• Estimated tuition for the AY: PhP45,061.80

• Cost per unit: PhP1,072.90

• Usual number of units: 21

• Terms in an AY: 2

TABLE 2: TOP 10 UNIVERSITIES IN 2008

2008 Rank 2007 Rank Institution Name1 1 Harvard University2 2 = Yale University3 2 = University of Cambridge4 2 = University of Oxford5 7 = California Institute of  

 Technology6 5 Imperial College London7 9 University College London8 7 = University of Chicago

9 10 Massachusetts Institute of   Technology10 11 Columbia University

HARVARD TOPS LIST

• The survey showed that Harvard University in Massachusetts topped the 2008list, as it did in the previous years.

• It was followed by Yale University, also in Massachusetts, and University of Cambridge and University of Oxford—both in Britain.

• Two institutions from the Asia-Pacific landed in the Top 20: the Australian NationalUniversity at 16th place and the University of Tokyo at 19th place.

ISSUES

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RP UNIVERSITIES’ RANKINGS

• The 2008 results reversed past trends, where the state-run UP led in the rankingsand where Philippine universities hovered between the 400 and 500 levels.

PROBLEMATIC METHODOLOGY 

• In a statement, Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, UP vice president for public affairs, saidthe state university did not join because the survey organizers refused to disclosewhere and how they got their data.

• “Since it does not specify who are surveyed or what questions are asked, themethodology is problematic,” Hidalgo said.

• For this year’s survey, UP was not invited to participate, she said.

ASEAN SCHOOLS

• Universities in Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia got higher rankings than RPUniversities.

TABLE 3: ASEAN SCHOOLS WITH HIGHER RANKING THAN RPUNIVERSITIES

University Country Rank  (2008)

Rank (2007)

National University of Singapore

Singapore 30th 33rd

Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity

Singapore 77th 69th 

Chulalongkorn University Thailand 166th 223rd University of Malaysia Malaysia 230th 246th 

Universiti KebangsaanMalaysia

Malaysia 250th 309th 

Mahidol University Thailand 251st 284th Ateneo de Manila

UniversityPhilippines 254th 451st 

University of thePhilippines

Philippines 276th 398th 

De La Salle University Philippines 415th ---University of Sto. Tomas Philippines 470th ---

RECOMMENDATIONS• Improve the standards of education system in the country. (allocate more budget

for the education system, provide teacher trainings and scholarships abroad,develop school facilities, etc.)

• University of the Philippines should upgrade the quality of education that theyoffer to produce quality and productive citizens.

• Modernize State Universities and Colleges (SUCs).

ANNEX

• QS Top Universities 2008

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-------------Sources:Philippine Daily Inquirer QS Top Universities