By Rjay Castor/Forum-Dimensions
The West Visayas State University (WVSU) has maintained its rank as the third “most popular” university in the region, and 74th among the 232 higher education institutions (HEI) in the country, UniRank reported in its 2023 rankings.
While WVSU has gone stable in the regional ranking since 2021, the University, however, has climbed four spots in the latest national ranking from 78th two years ago.
The University of the Philippines Visayas has dethroned Central Philippine University after claiming the top spot. The list is followed by WVSU, Iloilo Science and Technology University, and the University of St. La Salle. Meanwhile, the University of San Agustin has slightly decline, settling at the ninth spot after holding the fifth rank in 2021.
According to their website, Unirank said the ranking was based on the institution’s web presence and popularity in terms of estimated traffic, domain trust or authority, and quality link popularity.
Unirank added that the ranking is primarily intended to “provide a non-academic League Table of the top universities in the world based on valid, unbiased, and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources” and not that is submitted by the universities themselves.
It further clarified that it is “not an academic ranking” or does not rank the quality of education or level of academic services provided by HEIs.
UniRank is one of the leading international higher education directory and search engines that includes reviews and rankings of over 13,800 officially accredited universities and colleges worldwide.
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