Friday, December 21, 2007

University of the Philippines - Philippines

The University of the Philippines (or Unibersidad ng Pilipinas in Filipino and commonly abbreviated as U.P.) is the only national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through an act of Philippine Legislature, the University provides tertiary-level education in almost every field, from agriculture, medicine and public health, law, to the natural and social sciences, engineering, and the humanities.

U.P. is considered as the top Philippine university and is recognized as one of the leading universities in Asia and the world by international academic standards. It is the highest ranked Philippine university in THES-QS World University Rankings in 2006 and 2007

2007 THES Ranking - Number 399

No comments: