MANILA, Philippines — Four institutions from the Philippines appeared in the latest global ranking of universities based on academic discipline insights released Wednesday.
The 2019 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) world university rankings by subject included the University of the Philippines (UP), De La Salle University (DLSU), Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) and University of Santo Tomas (UST).
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The Philippines ranked 13th in Asia Pacific and 47th in the world on the number of universities included in the latest rankings per subject.
Social sciences and management turned out as the broad subject area with greatest university representation in the Philippines with three universities in the list — UP, DLSU and ADMU.
On specific subjects, Philippine universities have been recognized in English language and literature, sociology, business management studies and medicine.
Below is a list of the best performance of the country's top universities by broad subject area:
| Subject | Institution | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture and Forestry | UP | 151st to 200th |
| Archaeology | UP | 151st to 200th |
| Business and Management Studies | DLSU | 351st to 400th |
| UP | 351st to 400th | |
| Computer Science and Information Systems | UP | 501st to 550th |
| Development Studies | UP | 51st to 100th |
| Economics and Econometrics | UP | 301st to 350th |
| English Language and Literature | UP | 101st to 150th |
| ADMU | 151st to 200th | |
| DLSU | 151st to 200th | |
| Environmental Sciences | UP | 251st to 300th |
| Geography | UP | 101sth to 150th |
| Law | UP | 251st to 300th |
| Linguistics | DLSU | 251st to 300th |
| Medicine | UP | 301st to 350th |
| UST | 451st to 500th | |
| Modern Languages | UP | 251st to 300th |
| Politics and International Studies | UP | 101st to 150th |
| Sociology | UP | 151st to 200th |
| ADMU | 201st to 250th | |
| Arts and Humanities | UP | 283= |
| ADMU | 339= | |
| Engineering and Technology | UP | 451st to 500th |
| Life Sciences and Medicine | UP | 401st to 450th |
| Social Sciences and Management | UP | 280= |
| ADMU | 451st to 500th | |
| DLSU | 451st to 500th |
UP, the country's national university, appeared in the world rankings by subject the most with 15 of 48 specific subject areas covered in the 2019 rankings, QS said in a media release.
Last year, UP was included in the top 500 schools in 10 out of 48 subject areas.
"University of the Philippines, De La Salle University, and Ateneo de Manila University are the universities that appear most frequently in the subject lists," QS said.
Harvard University remains the top university in the world ranking first as the best institution in 12 subjects, followed by Massachussetts Institute of Technology being the world leader in 11 subjects.
The latest world rankings by subject accounted the insights of over 83,000 academics, 42,000 employers and 150 million citations from 22 million academic papers.
Over 1,200 universities across 78 countries were evaluated based on four key indicators — academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per paper and H-index.