The second Quacquarelli-Symonds (QS) World University Sustainability Rankings, which measures higher education institutions’ capacity to address the most critical environmental, social, and governance issues facing the globe, included five Philippine universities, lead by the University of the Philippines.
After finishing in the 401–450 range the previous year, UP is now the most sustainable university in the Philippines, ranking 231st globally. This is its second consecutive year in the top spot.
Ateneo de Manila University, the nation’s second-best performing university in sustainability, debuted in the 2024 rankings at position 593.
De La Salle University, meanwhile, dropped almost 300 spots to rank third among Filipino universities in the 981–1,000 category from the 601+ category the previous year.
In the sustainability rankings, the University of Santo Tomas made its debut at the 1,0001–1050 and 1,201+ brackets, respectively. Mapúa University also made its debut.
This year, the survey, which was published on December 5, ranked around 1,400 universities worldwide.
One of the quality evaluations that QS, a British higher education networking organization, does on colleges and universities across the country, is the sustainability rankings.
In its 2023 edition, the World University Rankings for Sustainability, which debuted in 2022, ranked over 700 academic institutions.
