Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) maintains its position as the top Philippine university in Asia for 2024, although its ranking has dropped compared to the previous year, as indicated by a survey assessing higher education institutions across the region.
While ADMU slipped from 84th place last year to the 401-500th range this year, it still outpaced De La Salle University and University of the Philippines, which secured rankings in the 501-600th tier, according to the 2024 Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings.
The decline in rankings was notable for University of the Philippines, which held a higher position at 201-250th place in 2023.
A newcomer to the Times ranking, the University of Santo Tomas (UST), debuted in the rankings, sharing the 601+ place with Mapua University.
Additionally, several state universities and colleges participated in the survey as active contributors, even though they were not individually ranked. These institutions include Cebu Technological University, Central Luzon State University, Mariano Marcos State University, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, Tarlac Agricultural University, University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines, and Visayas State University.
The top positions in the Asian Universities rankings were secured by Tsinghua University, Peking University, the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, and the University of Tokyo.
Times Higher Education (THE) evaluates universities based on key criteria such as teaching quality, research performance, knowledge transfer, and international collaboration, ensuring a comprehensive assessment of institutions’ overall impact.
THE’s methodology for 2024 includes significant updates while maintaining consistency with the 18 performance indicators used in the World University Rankings. Over 1,127 schools across Asia actively participated in this rigorous evaluation process.
