UP Ranks 412th In The Latest Quacquarelli Rankings Worldwide & Is Proud Of It! Mahiya Ka, UP, My Alma Mater!
Are you rejoicing that the University of the Philippines (UP) is “the top school in the country” according to the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings? As a UP Los Baños alumnus, I say UP can be proud only if it were among the Top 100. QS computes the rankings of world universities according to this “Methodology” (“Web of Science,” Wikipedia , en.wikipedia.org ), my italics: 40% Academic peer review 20% Faculty/student ratio 20% citations per faculty 10% employer reputation 05% international student ratio 05% international staff ratio 40%: “Academic peer review” – Your peers will rate you zero if you are not a published author! 20%: “Citations” – You cannot be cited by authors of technical papers if you are not published. Now then, a maximum of 60% QS rating actually comes from technical publications. And in this sphere, UP Diliman is at the bottom ! Proof – In the website UP Diliman ...