{"id":15087,"date":"2020-11-27T03:22:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T03:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queencitycebu.com\/?p=15087"},"modified":"2020-11-27T03:56:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T03:56:25","slug":"san-carlos-best-school-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queencitycebu.com\/san-carlos-best-school-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"USC is the Best School in Cebu? YES According to &#8220;QS 2021 Ranking&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Among the schools in Cebu, only the University of San Carlos was able to get listed as one of the best schools in Asia, based on the 2021 Quacquarelli Symonds Asia University Rankings. The University of the Philippines ranked 69<sup>th<\/sup> among 650 participating schools, while there were other 12 that made it to the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Indicators\nused in University Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To\nbe part of the list of the best schools in Asia, universities were\nranked following the 11 indicators \u2013 that were weighted according\nto their importance in the index. It follows the same methodologies\nused for the QS World Universities rankings. These include the\nfollowing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\n\tAcademic\n\tReputation \u2013 30%\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tEmployer\n\tReputation \u2013 20%\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tFaculty-student\n\tRatio \u2013 10%\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tInternational\n\tResearch Network \u2013 10%\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tCitations\n\tper Paper \u2013 10%\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tPapers\n\tper Faculty \u2013 (5%)\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tStaff\n\twith a PhD \u2013 (5%)\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tInternational\n\tFaculty \u2013 (2.5%)\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tInternational\n\tStudents \u2013 (2.5%)\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tInbound\n\tExchange Students \u2013 (2.5%)\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tOutbound\n\tExchange Students \u2013 (2.5%)\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>University\nof San Carlos: Top University Outside Metro Manila<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nUniversity of San Carlos has been consistently part of the best\nuniversities in Asia (since 2017). It is one of the top universities\noutside Metro Manila, alongside Silliman University, Ateneo de Davao\nUniversity, Mindanao State University \u2013 Iligan Institute of\nTechnology, Central Mindanao State University, and Xavier University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>USC\nranked 5<sup>th<\/sup>\namong the top schools in the country and 1<sup>st<\/sup>\namong universities outside Metro Manila. At present, it ranks in the\n451 \u2013 500 compared to its former position at 301 \u2013 350 in 2017.\nThe university continues to strive for excellence with its\ninternational linkages and a steady influx of foreign students and\nvisiting professors \u2013 making it a multicultural academic community\nbonded by the common pursuit for global standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For\nthe 2021 Asian University Ranking, the National University of\nSingapore remains in the top spot. It is followed by Tsinghua\nUniversity of Mainland China, Nanyang Technological University\n(Singapore), University of Hong Kong, and Zhejiang University\n(Mainland China).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the schools in Cebu, only the University of San Carlos was able to get listed as one of the best schools in Asia, based on the 2021 Quacquarelli Symonds Asia University Rankings. The University of the Philippines ranked 69th among 650 participating schools, while there were other 12 that made it to the list. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":13474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3048,1015,1014],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>USC is the Best School in Cebu? 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