UP among world's top-ranked universities in several subjects

The University of the Philippines (UP) ranked among the world's best universities in several subjects, according to this year's  Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings.

The rankings showed UP again in the 101-150 cluster of the list for archeology, which was topped by the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

UP jumped to the 101-150 cluster for modern languages, from 151-200 last year. The list is now led by Harvard University in Massachusetts, United States.

UP also advanced in the English language and literature subject category ranking in the top 101-150 from the 151-200 group last year.  This gives it the lead among Philippine universities that made it to the subject's list this year — Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University, which both made the 151-200 ranked group.

In the list of universities offering arts and humanities subjects ranked under the broad subject area, UP (266th) also topped the list for the Philippines followed by Ateneo (321st) and La Salle (401-450 group).

The UP Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs reported Thursday on their website that the national university posted strongest scores in subjects in the arts and humanities, social sciences and life sciences.

This includes their performance in the subjects sociology, politics and international studies, and agriculture and forestry in which they made the 151-200 cluster.

UP also ranks among the top 250 universities in linguistics, top 300 in medicine and top 500 in computer science and information systems.

As of February 2018, the QS World University Rankings by Subject ranks the top universities in the world covering up to 48 subjects.

"The rankings aim to help prospective students identify the world’s leading schools in their chosen field, with the list of subjects extended each year in response to high demand for subject-level comparisons," the QS said in its methodology.

UP noted it did not rank in some subjects it offered because “it may not have published a sufficient number of papers” or “it may not have attracted a minimum level of recognition through [the] surveys.” —Margaret Claire Layug/JST, GMA News