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 University of the Philippines (UP) remains the top public higher education institution in the country in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) rankings, released on Oct. 9. UP is ranked second in the Philippines and falls within the 1200-1500 bracket globally. It is bested only by Jesuit-run Ateneo de Manila University, which leads the […]
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) 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 […]
London-based magazine Times Higher Education (THE) has placed the University of the Philippines in the world’s top 500 universities according to the 2020 THE World University Rankings. The national university is listed in the 401-500 group of 1,396 ranked research universities.This is UP’s fourth year in the rankings.
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
