Ateneo top PH school in world rankings for 2025

Metro Manila, Philippines – The Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) is the Philippines’ top university for the third straight year, a recent World Ranking showed on Wednesday, Oct. 9.

Based on the list of Times Higher Education (THE), ADMU is the only Philippines school that made it to the 1001-1,200 bracket – maintaining its position in 2024. THE is a British magazine reporting on issues about global education.

Schools are ranked based on performance indicators, namely, teaching, research environment, research quality, international outlook, and industry.

In a statement, Fr. Roberto Yap, AdMU president, congratulated the Ateneo community for the recognition.

“However, rankings like these do not fully define what Ateneo stands for; they are merely tools for benchmarking and continual improvement as an institution. Our core mission remains the same: to educate and form minds and hearts to be of service to others, in a distinctly Filipino, Catholic, and Jesuit way,” Yap said.

Meanwhile, the University of the Philippines settled at the 1,200-1,500 bracket.

Other Philippine schools such as De La Salle University, Mapua University, Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology, and the University of Santo Tomas were also on the list at over 1,501 brackets.

The University of Oxford in the United Kingdom was first in the overall rankings.