MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines lags behind some of its regional counterparts in the latest Asian university rankings released by London-based Time Higher Education magazine on Thursday. The University of the Philippines (UP) was the only higher education institution from the Philippines in the list of top 300 universities in Asia. It was the first time that a Philippine university entered the said Asian university rankings, which expanded the coverage from 200 higher education institutions last year to 300 this year. Completing the top 10 are Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, University of Tokyo in Japan, and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul National University, and Pohang University of Science and Technology all in South Korea. Malaysia's top university, the University of Malaya, ranked 59th overall in the Asian rankings.

Source: Philippine Star March 16, 2017 07:30 UTC