MANILA, Philippines — Despite “intensifying global competition,” five universities from the Philippines still made it into the latest QS World University Rankings, but saw themselves drop from their previous standing.

The latest edition listed the higher educational institutions in the Philippines between 401-1400 out of more than 1,500 universities across 106 countries and territories, with the University of the Philippines (UP) again identified as the country’s top-performing at 402nd place.

Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) came next at 581; De La Salle University (DLSU) at 751-760; University of Santo Tomas (UST) at 951-1000; and Adamson University (AdU) at 1201-1400.

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