Ateneo continues streak as top PH university in 2025 THE Asia University Rankings
24 Apr 2025
Ateneo de Manila University is still the number 1 Philippine university in the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings.
Ateneo was ranked in the 501-600 bracket along with the University of the Philippines, the 2025 THE Asia University Rankings released on Wednesday, 23 April 2025 showed. Ateneo's ranking this year, however, is lower than 2024's placement, when the University was in the 401-500 bracket.
Four other universities from the Philippines were included in the rankings: De La Salle University; Mapua University; Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology; and the University of Santo Tomas. All four were in the 601+ bracket. Fifteen other institutions were listed as "reporters," meaning they have submitted data but were not eligible to be ranked.
China's Tsinghua University lead the rankings at #1. Singapore's National University of Singapore, at #3, is the top-ranked institution from Southeast Asia.
This year marks the third straight year Ateneo appeared in the annual ranking of Asian higher education institutions released by the United Kingdom-based group.
The THE Asia University Rankings assesses higher education institutions based on research, teaching, knowledge transfer, and international outlook, using 18 performance indicators. It is made by the same group that also releases the THE World University Rankings, one of the most authoritative global higher education ranking tables which was first launched in 2004.
According to THE, a total of 853 universities from 35 countries and territories in the region were included in the 2025 rankings.
This performance in the 2025 THE Asia University Rankings adds to Ateneo's continued recognition as one of the top higher education institutions in the Asia Pacific region.
The 2025 THE World University Rankings previously placed Ateneo as the top Philippine institution, placing in the 1001-1200 bracket.
Most recently, the QS Asia University Rankings placed Ateneo at #142, making it the Philippines' top private institution.
The full rankings and methodology can be found at the THE website.
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