While the Department of Education (DepEd) are still in deliberations on how they are going to approach the upcoming school year in the ‘new normal,’ it’s not so bad to remain hopeful you’ll get into that dream college you’ve been eyeing for, right? uniRank, the leading international higher education directory and search engine featuring reviews and rankings of over 13,600 officially recognized Universities and Colleges in 200 countries, did the work for you if you haven’t made your mind up yet.

As for the parents, we know that you want your kids to be able to have the best education as possible. Which is why, this site have selected the recognized, licensed and/or accredited by national or regional bodies such as Ministries of Higher Education or government-recognized accrediting organizations.

Their aim is to give us a grasp of the top Philippine Universities based on valid, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics provided by their independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves.

The list

Here are the Top 10 Universities in the country, according to their database:

1. University of the Philippines Diliman
Quezon City

2. Ateneo de Manila University
Quezon City

3. University of Santo Tomas
Manila

4. University of the Philippines System
Quezon City

5. De La Salle University
Manila

6. Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Manila

7. University of the Philippines Manila
Manila

8. Silliman University
Dumaguete City

9. Mapúa University
Manila

10. University of the Philippines Los Baños
Los Baños, Laguna

This was based from the 2020 Philippine University Ranking of 231 Philippine higher-education institutions meeting the following uniRank selection criteria. Aside from these 10, uniRank have included 218 more schools which are also competitive, if you still are not satisfied with those above.

You may found them in this link.

Happy college lurking! This can help in our attempt to look forward to better days.