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Philippine Universities Drop in World Rankings

By on September 5, 2011

Top Philippine universities fared poorly in this year’s world rankings as higher education experts noted the link between declining school funding to their academic performance.

None of the country’s known prime universities made it to the league of 300 in the latest QS World University Rankings released Monday, with four top schools sliding farther than their positions last year.

While still the top Filipino university on the list, the University of the Philippines was ranked 332, falling 18 spots from the 314th place last year. The Ateneo de Manila University was meanwhile rated top 360, from 307th place last year.

Two other universities placed farther down the list, with the De La Salle University dropping from the 451-500 bracket last year to the 551-600 bracket this year.

The University of Santo Tomas left the top 600 list, ranking within the 601+ bracket from the 551-600 bracket last year.

“This may come as a disappointment, but possibly not a surprise as thousands of students recently took to the streets in protest of the government’s budget cuts in higher education,” QS noted in a statement sent to the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

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