The ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ (UP) Diliman website is ranked first in the country in . Globally, the UPD website ranked 938th.
Aside from UPD, the UP System website ranked third in the country, while UP Manila placed seventh in the Philippines. Globally, they are ranked 1,829th and 3,278th, respectively.
The latest rankings mark a comeback for UP Diliman, which was not in the overall top 10 in the previous report released in July 2024. Before that, UPD was ranked first in the January 2024 rankings.
Meanwhile, other UP constituent universities also appeared in the rankings: UP Visayas ranked 5,699th; UP Mindanao, 6,787th; UP Cebu, 6,976th; and UP Baguio, 7,381st spot. UP Los Baños and UP Tacloban are not in this round of rankings.
Several other Philippine universities also secured top spots in the rankings: De La Salle University ranked second in the country and 1,521st globally; Ateneo de Manila University ranked fourth locally and 2,055th worldwide; the University of Santo Tomas ranked fifth in the Philippines, while 2,406th globally.
Completing the country’s top 10 were Mapúa University (sixth, 3,215th globally); Mindanao State University–Iligan Institute of Technology (eighth, 3,317th globally); the University of San Carlos (ninth, 3,663rd globally); and Mindanao State University–Marawi (10th, 4,180th globally).
With the report still being in the eta version, it has yet to provide details on the different areas with which the higher education institutions and their website are assessed and ranked, such as Impact, Openness and Excellence.
The report, still in its beta version, has yet to provide details on the criteria used to assess and rank higher education institutions and their websites, such as impact, openness and excellence.
Published twice a year, the Webometrics rankings assess the research content made available by universities through their online platforms. Evaluations are based on volume, visibility and impact.
The rankings are published by the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group under the Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientÃficas or CSIC) and housed in the Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales. The CSIC, Spain’s largest public research institution, is considered the third largest of its kind in Europe. It is part of the Ministry of Education and actively supports other countries in advancing scientific research.
