The top schools in the Philippines for 2011

Posted on May 26th, 2011. Written by Rico.

Four years ago, our list of the top schools in the Philippines for 2007 (according to CHED) caused quite a stir. It’s proven a particularly sensitive topic, especially to alumni who feel obligated to defend the honor of their alma mater. How have the rankings changed in the last four years?

While we’d love to feature updated rankings from CHED, the government agency hasn’t released any new list in the past few years. So for this edition of our top schools list, we’re relying on figures published by QS Top Universities. The website, maintained by Quacquarelli Symonds Limited, regularly ranks universities worldwide based on a specific set of criteria, claiming to help prospective undergraduate and graduate students choose the right school for their needs.

Only 13 universities from the Philippines made the site’s 2011 Asian University Rankings.

Institution	Ranking	Score
University of the Philippines	62=	58.10
Ateneo de Manila University	65	57.20
University of Santo Tomas	104	47.10
De La Salle University	107	45.90
University of Southeastern Philippines	201+	18.70
Silliman University	201+	18.50
Xavier University	201+	16.40
University of San Carlos	201+	14.00
Central Mindanao University	201+	13.60
Adamson University	201+	10.40
Saint Louis University	201+	10.00
Father Saturnino Urios College	201+	6.20
Mindanao State University	201+	5.70

UP – tied with National Taiwan University of Science And Technology (formerly National Taiwan Institute of Technology)
UST – tied with National Taiwan Normal University

For some reason the rankings are different when you look at each university’s world ranking from 2010. Many of the institutions listed above don’t even have a rank on the worldwide stage, while ADMU is higher than UP. All N/A ranks are sorted by institution name.

Institution	World Ranking
Ateneo de Manila University	307
University of the Philippines	314
De La Salle University	451-500
University of Santo Tomas	551-600
Adamson Univeristy	N/A
Ateneo de Davao University
Central Mindanao University
Father Saturnino Urios College
Mapua Institute of Technology
Mindanao State University
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Saint Louis University
Silliman University
University of San Carlos
University of Southeastern Philippines
Xavier University

We expect the lists to generate their own “Ha! My school is better than yours!” arguments soon.