University of Santo Tomas Archives

AB posts higher percentage of honor students

08

Jun

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AB posts higher percentage of honor students

NEARLY FOUR in every five UST Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) students from batch 2024 will graduate with Latin honors, based on the solemn investiture program released by the dean’s office. Of the 734 graduating Artlets, 568 or 77.39% will receive medals at the Quadricentennial Pavilion on Monday, June 10, higher…

UST journalism program to offer elective on fact-checking next academic year

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May

By Mei Lin Weng

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UST journalism program to offer elective on fact-checking next academic year

THE UST Journalism program will offer an elective on fact-checking and digital literacy to tackle disinformation across different disciplines starting the first term of academic year 2024-2025. The new general education elective, “Digital Literacy, Fact-Checking, and Verification,” will initially be available to first-year students of the journalism and legal management…

PH’s No. 3: UST finally obtains rank in THE Asia University Rankings

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May

By Carlo Jose Ruga and Ma. Alyanna Selda

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PH’s No. 3: UST finally obtains rank in THE Asia University Rankings

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas finally secured a ranking in the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings, placing third among Philippine schools that participated in the assessment. UST scored 14.7-24.0 overall and landed within the 601+ band in the region, its first-ever ranking since the assessment was launched in…

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Apr

By The Flame News

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Thomasian is new NCCA exec

A THOMASIAN will serve as the executive director of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the country’s official government agency for preserving Philippine heritage. The appointment of Eric Babar Zerrudo, an associate professor at the UST Graduate School, was announced by the Facebook page of the Presidential…

UST still PH’s top accredited university by Pacucoa

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Apr

By Barbra Althea Gavilan and Micah Pascua

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UST still PH’s top accredited university by Pacucoa

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas once again emerged as the top institution in the country in terms of programs accredited by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (Pacucoa). Eight awards were conferred to UST on Dec. 1 last year during the commission’s 50th anniversary celebration and 34th…

UST is best PH school for communications, public relations in Edurank rankings

14

Mar

By Ma. Alyanna Selda

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UST is best PH school for communications, public relations in Edurank rankings

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas emerged as the top Philippine institution for communications and public relations, according to the 2024 EduRank rankings by academic field. Landing 992nd out of 3,255 schools worldwide, UST ranked first among 10 other Philippine universities in terms of its research performance in the program under…

UST still PH’s 4th best school in 2024 EduRank rankings

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Mar

By Zoe Airabelle Aguinaldo and Ma. Alyanna Selda

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UST still PH’s 4th best school in 2024 EduRank rankings

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas still ranked fourth among 229 Philippine institutions in the 2024 EduRank world university rankings. UST placed 2,652 overall out of 14,131 global institutions in the independent metric-based ranking published in February 2024. The country’s top-performing school was University of the Philippines Diliman (1,367th), followed…

Lowest in three years: Number of UST enrollees drops to 40,657

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Jan

By Mei Lin Weng

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Lowest in three years: Number of UST enrollees drops to 40,657

A TOTAL of 40,657 students enrolled in the University of Santo Tomas for the second term of the academic year (AY) 2023-2024, the lowest in three years since the pandemic, data from the Office of the Registrar showed. The latest figure is slightly higher than the 40,597 students recorded during…

UST ranks fourth among five PH universities in first-ever QS Sustainability ranking

05

Dec

By Ma. Alyanna Selda

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UST ranks fourth among five PH universities in first-ever QS Sustainability ranking

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas (UST) made its debut in the 2024 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings: Sustainability, where it placed fourth among the five Philippine universities that secured rankings. UST landed within the 1001-1050 bracket worldwide, its first ranking since the assessment launched its pilot edition in 2022.…

UST still PH’s best private university but falls 11 notches in 2024 AppliedHE rankings

03

Dec

By Ma. Alyanna Selda and Carlo Jose Ruga

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UST still PH’s best private university but falls 11 notches in 2024 AppliedHE rankings

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas (UST) remained the Philippines’ best private university despite dropping 11 notches in the AppliedHE Private University Ranking: ASEAN 2024. In the latest edition of the assessment, UST fell from fifth to 16th among ASEAN’s best-performing private universities. The University’s overall score also slipped to 63,32…