UP jumps from 95th to the 65th Spot in the Top Universities in Asia

by dakilanglaagan · August 26, 2020

After breaking the record in 2019 by becoming one of the 100 Best Universities in Asia, the University of the Philippines now jumps from the 95^th to the 65^th spot this year. This is according the latest university ranking released by the Time Higher Education (THE).

It can be recalled that UP has been in the 156^th spot in 2018 and 201^st to 250^th spot in 2017. Right now, it is considered as the fifth highest ranking university from the Southeast Asian region. It tied with Cankaya University in Turkey in the 65^th place – just above the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in India and below the South China University of Technology in China.

Aside from the University of the Philippines, De La Salle University – which debuted in the list last year – remained in the list of Top 500 universities but has dropped from the 251^st to 300^th spot down to the 301^st to 350^th.

Here are the Top Asian Universities in 2020 according to the Time Higher Education:

Asia Rank 2020	Asia Rank 2019	University	Country/region	World University Rank 2020
1	1	Tsinghua University	China	23
2	5	Peking University	China	24
3	2	National University of Singapore	Singapore	25
4	4	University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	35
5	3	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong	47
6	6	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Singapore	=48
7	8	The University of Tokyo	Japan	=36
8	7	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	=57
9	9	Seoul National University	South Korea	64
=10	12	University of Science and Technology of China	China	=80
=10	10	Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)	South Korea	89
65	95	University of the Philippines	Philippines	401–500

This ranking is based on the 13 Performance Indicators used by the THE World University Rankings – but were recalibrated to reflect the attributes of the universities in Asia. Indicators include: Teaching (the learning environment) 25%, Research (volume, income, and reputation) 30%, Citations (30%), International Outlook (Staff, Students, Research) 7.5%, Industry Income (Knowledge Transfer) 7.5%.