The University of Santo Tomas (UST) ranks second in the Philippines for the Times Higher Education (THE) World Rankings by Subject 2025, particularly for Medicine and Health.
With its overall score of 26.8-32.3, UST is in the 601-800 bracket out of 1,150 higher education institutions (HEIs) from 102 countries and territories around the world. Medicine and Health rankings evaluated medicine, dentistry, nursing, and other disciplines in healthcare.
The rankings, according to THE’s website, were carefully analyzed through the following major pillars of criteria separated into 18 performance indicators: Research Quality (citation impact, research strength, excellence, and influence), Industry (industry income, patents), International Outlook (international students, staff, and co-authorship, studying abroad), Research Environment (research reputation, income, and productivity), and Teaching (teaching reputation, student:staff ratio, doctorate:bachelor and :staff ratio, institutional income), with UST scoring 44.4, 22.4, 68.2, 8.2, and 13.8 respectively.
These measurements can help universities gauge their standings and understand the various points which they may improve upon for future endeavors.
