6 Phl universities in world rankings

Six Philippine universities earned spots in Times Higher Education (THE)'s World University Rankings by Subject, missing only one out of 11 disciplines rated this year.

- By NEIL JAYSON SERVALLOS

The University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University (DLSU), University of Santo Tomas, Mapua University and Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) earned spots in all subjects except Law.

Under Arts and Humanities, Business and Economics, only UP and DLSU earned rankings and shared spots for each subject at the 601+ and 801+ brackets, respectively.

Both universities were also the only institutions that earned rankings in the Medicine and Health subject, with UP emerging at the top locally at the 501-600 spot.

UP was the lone school to be ranked within the Life Sciences at the 801-1000 bracket.