UP, Ateneo among best English-teaching universities worldwide

The University of the Philippines (UP) and the Ateneo de Manila University are among the top 50 best English-teaching universities in the world in this year's Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. Among the universities teaching the English Language and Literature around the world, the University of the Philippines ranked 34th while Ateneo ranked 35th, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject. The two prestigious Philippine universities bested other universities around the world, including the University of Manchester (43rd) in the United Kingdom, and Georgetown University (49th), Dartmouth College (51-100) and Fordham University (151-200) in the United States. Also on the list of best English-teaching universities worldwide are De La Salle University (DLSU) in the 50-100 bracket and University of Santo Tomas (UST) in the 101-150 bracket. QS did not provide specific ranks for universities outside the top 50. UP and Ateneo are also the sixth and seventh best English-teaching university in Asia, respectively, after National University of Singapore, Peking University, University of Tokyo, University of Hong Kong, and Kyoto University. The QS World University Rankings evaluates universities around the world based on indicators like academic peer review, citations per faculty member, number of international students and faculty, and student-faculty ratio. QS also evaluates the universities' performance in teaching five key subject areas: