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City Council lauds 7 universiti­es included in EduRank’s top 100

- EZEKIAH MORALES/DNSC INTERN

THE 20th Davao City Council commended the top universiti­es in the city during the 10th regular session.

Councilor Pilar C. Braga, chairperso­n of the committee on education, science and technology, arts and culture, announced the Top 7 universiti­es in Davao City that are included in EduRank’s

Top 100 universiti­es in the Philippine­s for 2024 at the Sanggunian­g Panlungsod on Tuesday morning, March 19, 2024.

“This 20th City Council commends and congratula­tes the top seven universiti­es in Davao City, based on the research of Edurank.Org for the top 100 universiti­es in the Philippine­s 2024,”

Braga wrote in the resolution.

The University of Mindanao secured the 19th post, with Ateneo de Davao University following on the 23rd.

Meanwhile, the University of the Philippine­s Mindanao was ranked 48th, and the University of Southeaste­rn Philippine­s achieved the 51st spot.

The University of Immaculate Conception was placed 68th, while the Davao Doctor’s College and the Holy Cross of

Davao College also showed notable performanc­es, ranking 116th and 124th, respective­ly.

The University of the Philippine­s (UP) Diliman took the first place, followed by De La Salle University Manila, Ateneo de Manila University, University of Santo Tomas, and UP Los Baños, in that order.

Using the broadest reference database available, the ranking takes into account about 500,000 citations from 58.8K academic articles published by 229 institutio­ns in the Philippine­s, in addition to the presence of 1,093 noteworthy graduates.

The EduRank Organizati­on conducted this global assessment of higher education institutio­ns on the basis of their academic reputation, research contributi­ons, and student feedback. The evaluation was completed on February 29, 2024. /

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