THE University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) posted exceptional scores in two international ranking systems for higher educational institutions HEIs.
UPHSD garnered five stars in three criteria of the 2022 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Stars ranking: online learning, employability and inclusiveness. The institution also got four stars in academic development and social responsibility, as well as three in teaching and internationalization.
Overall, the university was given a three-star rating.
Another international ranking system, the Applied Higher Education (AppliedHE) Private University Ranking: Asean 2022, placed UPHSD at first place among private HEIs under the internationalization criteria. It landed in 20th place.
President Dr. Anthony M. Tamayo thanked the UPHSD community for the 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. This pursuit of quality and excellence is our commitment to our students, community and stakeholders.”
According to its web site, QS Quacquarelli Symonds is the world’s leading provider of services, analytics, and insights on the global higher-education sector. Its QS World University Rankings, which started in 2004, has become the world’s most popular source of comparative data about university performance.
Meanwhile, the AppliedHE Private University Ranking: Asean is the first ranking of private universities in the region. It highlights an institution’s quality of teaching and learning, employability and research, as well as community engagement, internationalization and institutional reputation.
AppliedHE, its online portal says, provides “an employment-ready, future-focused suite of services for institutions of higher learning to accelerate their branding and marketing presence.”