¶¶Òõ̽̽ Diliman leads 229 other PH universities in latest EduRank rankings

| Written by KIM G Quilinguing

Several ¶¶Òõ̽̽ constituent universities also land in the top 100

 

A view of the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ campus in Diliman, Quezon City, with the Quezon Hall and the Oblation Plaza in the foreground. Quezon Hall is the main administrative building for both the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ System and ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Diliman. Photo by Jonathan Madrid, ¶¶Òõ̽̽ MPRO.

 

The ¶¶Òõ̽̽ (¶¶Òõ̽̽) Diliman leads 229 other universities in the. Released on February 29, 2024, the latest assessment shows the Quezon City-based constituent university (CU) of the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ System to be the top higher education institution in terms of research works in fields such as Environmental Science, Engineering, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Liberal Arts, and Social Sciences. 

Several of the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ System’s other CUs are also listed among the top 100 universities in the Philippines. ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Los Baños secured the 5th spot, followed by ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Manila at 6th, and ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Visayas at 11th. Meanwhile, ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Baguio is at the 28th spot, with ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Mindanao at 48th.

Based on an analysis of at least 500,000 citations from at least 58,000 academic publications, the EduRank rankings also take into consideration the prominence of a university’s alumni, as well as its reference database., 45% of the ranking is from the university’s research performance, while another 45% is from its non-academic performance. The remaining 10% is from the prominence of the higher education institution’s alumni. 

 

The National Science Complex in ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Diliman, where most of the University’s research units and their facilities are situated. Photo by Misael Bacani, ¶¶Òõ̽̽ MPRO.

 

According to EduRank, by researchers and institutions in other research and academic works. The rankings body placed ¶¶Òõ̽̽D as the 374th out of 5,830 higher education institutions in Asia. Globally, it is the 1,367th university out of 14,131 higher educational institutions worldwide.

in terms of research works in Wildlife and Fisheries Management and Conservation, Hydrology and Water Resource Management, Oceanography, Earth Science and Geophysics, Geology, Urban and Regional Planning, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Civil Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Microbiology, Genetics, Theoretical Physics, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Broadcast Journalism, Media Studies, Public Policy or Administration, Archaeology, History, and Political Science, to name a few. 

 

The Oblation, symbol of ¶¶Òõ̽̽’s commitment to serve the nation, stands infront of the College of Arts and Sciences building in ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Los Baños in Los Baños, Laguna. Photo by Misael Bacani, ¶¶Òõ̽̽ MPRO.

 

in other research works. EduRank, Horticulture, Entomology, Agricultural Science, Toxicology, Animal Science, Zoology, Nutrition and Food Science, as well as Botany. 

Aside from being ranked 5th in the country, EduRank also ranks ¶¶Òõ̽̽LB as the 869th university in Asia, and the 2,761st higher education institution in the world. It also ranks 340th out 1,031 institutions in Agricultural Engineering, and the 590th of 2,377 in Forestry. 

¶¶Òõ̽̽ Manila, the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ System’s Health Sciences Center,. Leading other universities in the country in Medicine studies, it is also the, such as Neurosurgery, Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Health Management, Optometry, Family Medicine, Surgery, Dermatology, Immunology, Pathology, Oncology and Cancer Research, Dentistry and Physical Therapy. 

Beyond Medicine and its Allied Professions, ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Manila also leads other universities in the country with research works on Occupational Safety and Health, Demography, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience. 

 

The Oblation stands infront of the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ – Philippine General Hospital in ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Manila. Aside from its units doing research in medicine and its allied fields, the hospital also serves half a million Filipinos from all walks of life annually. It also served as a COVID Referral Center at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Jonathan Madrid, ¶¶Òõ̽̽ MPRO.

 

Ranked 11th in the country, the produced a total of 857 research papers, which were cited 7,694 times in other scholarly works. The constituent university, which has campuses in both Western and Eastern Visayas, is ranked 1970th in Asia out of 5,830 institutions, and 5398th in the world out of 14,131 universities and colleges. 

Landing at the 28th spot, the was assessed by EduRank to have produced 398 research works, which were cited 2,677 times. ¶¶Òõ̽̽B is ranked 2,460th in Asia, and 6,494th in the world in terms of research outputs, citations, and prominence of its own alumni. 

The ¶¶Òõ̽̽ System’s lone constituent university in Mindanao lands in the 48th spot out of 229 universities in the country., ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Mindanao has produced a total of 292 research papers, which were cited by 2,138 scholarly works and academic institutions. ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Min ranks 2,837th in Asia and 7,276th in the world. 

Mandated by Republic Act 9500 or the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Charter, the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ System’s eight constituent universities and lone autonomous college, spread over 17 campuses all over the country, continue to fulfill the national university’s distinctive leadership in education, research, and public service. The recent rankings by EduRank only gives proof of ¶¶Òõ̽̽’s service to the nation.Â