The University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) emerged with flying colors in two international ranking systems for higher educational institutions recently.
UPHSD garnered five stars in three criteria of the 2022 QS Stars ranking systems. These criteria are online learning, employability and inclusiveness.
The school also got four stars in academic development and social responsibility, and three stars in teaching and internationalization. Overall, UPHSD was given three-star rating.
Another international ranking system, the Applied Higher Education (AppliedHE) Private University Ranking: ASEAN 2022, placed UPHSD at 1st place among private higher education institutions under the internationalization criteria. UPHSD ranked 20th place overall.
UPHSD president Dr. Anthony M. Tamayo expressed gratitude to the UPHSD community for these achievements.
“These rankings are products of the hard work and collective effort of our academic community in constantly finding ways to improve the quality of our teaching and the education of our students,” Tamayo said.
“This pursuit of quality and excellence is our commitment to our students, community and stakeholders,” he added.
According to its website, QS Quacquarelli Symonds is the world’s leading provider of services, analytics, and insights on the global higher education sector. Their QS World University Rankings, which started in 2004, has grown to become the world’s most popular source of comparative data about university performance.
The AppliedHE Private University Ranking: ASEAN is the first ranking of private universities located in the ASEAN region. It highlights the quality of teaching and learning, employability, and research, as well as community engagement, internationalization and institutional reputation.
According to its website, AppliedHE provides “an employment-ready, future-focused suite of services for institutions of higher learning to accelerate their branding and marketing presence.”