The University of the Philippines (UP) maintains its lead among the country’s higher education institutions in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (WUR) 2026. Released on June 19, 2025, the national university is ranked 362nd out of 1,501 universities worldwide. This year’s ranking is a slight dip from the rank UP had in […]
The latest rankings show UP at its highest spot in the WUR The University of the Philippines (UP) leads the country’s higher education institutions in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2025. UP secured the 336th spot worldwide, a significant improvement over its 404th spot in the previous year’s rankings. Rising out […]
UP was the only Philippine university ranked in two of the five broad subject areas in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (WUR) by Subject 2024. These subject clusters were “Life Sciences and Medicine” (401-450) and “Engineering and Technology” (501-550). According to the QS website, 1,559 universities and “over 16,300 academic programmes were ranked […]
The University of the Philippines (UP) made a great leap in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) sustainability rankings, which measures universities in terms of their ability to tackle environmental, social, and now, governance challenges. It climbed from the 401-450 bracket of 700 universities to 231st among 1,400 universities. In terms of environmental impact, it now ranks […]
The University of the Philippines (UP) is on the up and up again in terms of ranking among Asia’s top universities, climbing to No. 78 from the previous 87, remaining No. 18 in Southeast Asia and number one in the Philippines, according to the 2024 edition of Asia university rankings by the widely recognized […]
The University of the Philippines (UP) is steadily climbing in the roster of the world’s best universities, according to the London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. UP has gone from the top 44 percent universities in the 2016 rankings to the top 27 percent in the 2024 rankings. Data from the latest […]
UP has placed 69th among the top 634 Asian higher educational institutions in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds, rising three ranks higher than in the previous year. #QSWUR
When it comes to the subjects of Performing Arts and Development Studies, the University of the Philippines ranks among the world’s top 100 universities, according to the rankings by subject released on March 4, 2020 by the British company, Quacquarelli Symmonds (QS).
The University of the Philippines is now in the top 100 for Asia in two of the world’s most influential university rankings, after placing 95th in the newly released 2019 Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings.
The University of the Philippines has been named one of the world’s top 100 universities for development studies. This is the first time since 2017 that UP has been ranked in the subject in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
UP also advanced in the rankings in politics and international studies and was able to maintain its position in English language and literature, agriculture and forestry, medicine, environmental sciences, and sociology. This year likewise saw UP’s initial entry in geography, business and management studies, economics and econometrics, and law.
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
