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UST still 4th nationwide despite rising by 24 notches globally in 2025 EduRank rankings

09

Mar

By Rovy Jilyn Fraginal and Ma. Alyanna Selda

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UST still 4th nationwide despite rising by 24 notches globally in 2025 EduRank rankings

DESPITE CLIMBING 24 notches globally, the University of Santo Tomas remained the country’s fourth-best school for three consecutive years in the 2025 EduRank rankings. UST ranked 2,628th among 14,131 institutions in the latest edition of the assessment, an improvement from its previous ranking of 2,652th in 2024. However, the University…

Highest in five years: UST climbs to 5th best PH research center in SCImago Institutions Rankings

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Feb

By Mei Lin Weng

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Highest in five years: UST climbs to 5th best PH research center in SCImago Institutions Rankings

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas achieved its highest spot since its first entry in the SCImago Institutions Rankings in 2020, placing fifth among 15 ranked Philippine research centers in the latest edition of the assessment. UST ranked 4,897th out of 9,054 research institutions globally in the 2024 SCImago Institutions Rankings,…

UST gets lower national, global ranking in latest Webometrics

08

Feb

By Cali Asajar

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UST gets lower national, global ranking in latest Webometrics

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas slipped one spot to fifth-best school in the Philippines and dropped globally to 2,406th at the latest Webometrics Ranking of World Universities. In the 22nd edition of the assessment, the España campus’ web performance dropped by 27 notches overall from 2,379th place in July last…

Number of UST enrollees rises by 2.3% in the second term of AY 2024-2025

30

Jan

By Mei Lin Weng

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Number of UST enrollees rises by 2.3% in the second term of AY 2024-2025

A TOTAL of 41,605 Thomasians enrolled in UST for the second term of academic year 2024-2025, higher by 2.3% than the 40,657 enrollees in the same term last year, the final tally from the Office of the Registrar showed. However, the figure is lower by 3.1% than last term’s turnout…

UST ranks in two out of 11 disciplines in 2025 THE world subject rankings

22

Jan

By Anna Victoria Asuncion

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UST ranks in two out of 11 disciplines in 2025 THE world subject rankings

The University of Santo Tomas improved in the 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject but still failed to secure a rank in the majority of the disciplines covered by the assessment. The University ranked in two out of 11 fields, better than the single discipline ranking it obtained…

UST logs more than 40,000 enrollees for the second term of AY 2024-2025, preliminary data show

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Jan

By Mei Lin Weng

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UST logs more than 40,000 enrollees for the second term of AY 2024-2025, preliminary data show

A TOTAL of 40,279 students have enrolled in UST for the second term of academic year 2024-2025 as of Monday, Jan. 20, a week before the end of the enrollment period, according to preliminary data from the Office of the Registrar. The preliminary figure is higher by 4.15% than last term's…

UST drops in overall ranking, stays at 4th among five PH universities in 2025 QS Sustainability Rankings

10

Dec

By Anna Victoria Asuncion

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UST drops in overall ranking, stays at 4th among five PH universities in 2025 QS Sustainability Rankings

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas slipped in its overall ranking, but maintained its spot as the fourth-best school out of five Philippine universities at the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings: Sustainability 2025. In the latest edition of the assessment, UST dropped to the 1041-1060 bracket globally from last year’s…

(UPDATED) UST gets silver recognition in first-ever THE Online Learning Rankings

10

Dec

By Rovy Jilyn Fraginal

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(UPDATED) UST gets silver recognition in first-ever THE Online Learning Rankings

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas was the only Philippine institution recognized in the pilot edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) Online Learning Rankings (OLR), which measures the teaching excellence of schools’ online programs. The Dominican-run University received the silver recognition out of three categories, namely gold, silver and bronze.…

UST last among five most research-productive PH schools in scholarly output

28

Nov

By Ma. Alyanna Selda

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UST last among five most research-productive PH schools in scholarly output

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas yielded the lowest number of research outputs among the five most productive Philippine universities in the field since 2018, data from the Scopus database showed. Statistics from Scopus’ research analytics data SciVal showed that UST had the lowest research production at 1,776 from 2018 to 2023, placing…

UST ranks 1st among PH schools in newly-launched THE interdisciplinary Science Rankings

21

Nov

By Mei Lin Weng

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UST ranks 1st among PH schools in newly-launched THE interdisciplinary Science Rankings

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas outperformed all participating Philippine schools in the first edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) Interdisciplinary Science Rankings (ISR), which measures institutions' contribution to various scientific disciplines. Only two Philippine universities obtained a rank in the newly-launched assessment. Nine schools in the country settled for…