Top universities slide down in 2012 global rankings as evaluated and yearly updated by London-based education research firm QS (Quacquacerilli Symonds).
The University of the Philippines (UP) is still the top Philippine school to enter the rankings; it slipped from 332nd last year to 338th in 2012. The Ateneo de Manila University, next to UP, entered the 451-500 bracket after ranking 360th last year.
The De La Salle University (DLSU) got enlisted under the 601+ bracket, where the University of Santo Tomas (UST) has maintained its inclusion, while last year it was in the 551-600 bracket
The global rankings of the universities, resulting from a survey of more than 46,000 academics and 25,000 employers, were based on academic reputation (accounting 40%), citations per faculty (20%), faculty-to-student ratio (20%), employer reputation (10%), international facility (5%) and international students (5%).
Meanwhile, the world's best universities are located in two of the most powerful nations in the world today, the United States and the United Kingdom.
The top 10 universities in the world this year, according to QS, are as follows:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Cambridge University (UK)
- Harvard University (US)
- University College of London (UK)
- University of Oxford (UK)
- Imperial College London (UK)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Princeton University (US)
- California Institute of Technology (US)
