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QS Asian University Rankings 2009 – Philippines in Top 100

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 12:10 AM PDT

I was browsing the net for hours already when some striking yellow links flashed on my screen like i’ve never seen before. It was such a teaser. Later on i found out, it was the QS Asian University Rankings 2009. And because i was eager to witness who were on the top lists, i immediately followed the link and behold this list flashed on my screen.

Wow! Couldnt help but be happy just when i saw my alma mater on the list. How about yours? =)

I’ve been actually following such stories even during the Asian Week Magazine – days. And there is always this sense of pride and honor especially seeing your school/alma mater belonging to the top university rankings. If you haven’t figured what QS means then this might come in handy:

Q stands for Quacquarelli and S stands for Symonds.

QS was founded in 1990 by Wharton MBA, Nunzio Quacquarelli with offices in London and the US. Fellow director Matt Symonds and the Paris team joined in 1994. Today, QS operates globally from offices in: London, Paris, Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, Sydney and Washington DC.

Today, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has become established as the world's leading network for top careers and education. It links graduate, MBA and executive communities around the world with recruiters and education providers, both physical and virtual. The mission is to enable motivated people around the world to fulfil their potential by fostering international mobility, educational achievement and career development.

Representing the Philippines in the top 100 are University of the Philippines, De La Salle University, and Ateneo de Manila University. University of Sto. Tomas, on the other hand, lies on the 144th spot. In the 2008 Global ranking, UP ranked #276, a big jump from the previous year’s #398 ranking.

Rankings per subject are as follows:

If you are living in Asia and are planning to advance to further studies then it would be beneficial and relevant if you take a glimpse of the top universities now in Asia. And according to QS.com, here are the top 10 Asian universities:

1.) University of Hong Kong;

2.)The Chinese University of Hong Kong;

3.) University of Tokyo;

4.) Hong Kong University of Science and Technology;

5.) Kyoto University;

6.) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology;

7.) Seoul National University;

8.) Tokyo Institute of Technology; and

9.) National University of Singapore and Peking University

For the complete list of the rankings in Asia, Europe, Country level, Australia and the US, you may want to visit QS.com

The ranking weights are:

   Peer Review Score (40%)
 Recruiter Review (10%)
 International Faculty Score (5%)
 International Students Score (5%)
 Faculty/Student Score (20%)
 Citations/Faculty Score (20%).

As I am also taking time to review some of the universities offering masteral degree programs i.e. MBA, MSCS which i plan to take probably later this year, such publication is important as it serves as a measuring cup to come up with a wise decision when looking for a good school. And as Vice-Chancellor of Massey University, Professor Judith Kinnear says the THE-QS ranking is a "wonderful external acknowledgement of several University attributes, including the quality of its research, research training, teaching and employability." She says the rankings are a true measure of a university's ability to fly high internationally. I couldn’t help but agree.

Which Philippine Universities do you think is best for MBA Program ? Or for that matter anything related to Management? Any idea?

Techronnati’s Fresh New Gear

Posted: 27 Jul 2009 07:25 AM PDT

Finally this is it! After a considerable amount of time sifting for a new skin, modifying css, placing some pictures, watermarks, backgrounds, adding fonts, adjusting font sizes, putting some animations, incorporating ajax and placing widgets at the sidebar, let me welcome you readers to Techronnati’s new fresh look which is inspired by Michael Jubel Hutagalung ’s Arthemia theme: this time with techronnati’s flavor.

Ever since i saw this professional wordpress theme with a magazine facade as i must admit i fell in-loved with it. Its been a long time since i last changed a shirt. But thank goodness everything came perfectly well and working and oh yes am still blogging! =)

The version i have here has a black-and-white inspired skin. I was keen on playing around only the shades of black to white or the colors in these ranges (gray, silver tone,dirty white) for this new look. This is to significantly highlight the colorful effect represented by the icons/images which i would add successively on each post. You see, i’ve had already this overdue plan of migrating to this wonderful template early this year. However, i decided not to rush things because later on i found out it has some major implications which undoubtedly needed my attention. Migrating a blog from one theme to another is not as easy task as i thought it would be. In addition, i need to get a personal touch of this arthemia theme. More likely, I had to reinvent, gather some ideas, make some twists and place some cool effects to make it stand out to deliver my own version which by the way took about a quarter of my hectic time. This is actually the 3rd time that i did a blog total makeover. I decided not to dispose the old theme but instead use the old skin for this blog which i also maintain => Techronnati SEO until i found a better one for replacement. =)

Photo Credit: Joss Jones

Those who may have stumbled this arthemia theme from other blogs can confess how powerful this theme really is especially if you are serious– i mean SERIOUSLY INTO BLOGGING. The best thing about this is that you can grab this theme for FREE. Isn’t that cool? The author is kind enough to make this version free. Of course you wouldn’t mind changing your own as you don’t want to appear a replica of the original or else you would sound like ’a-second-rate-trying-hard-copycat’ version. It would help if you know a little bit of php and css. That way you could transform the theme to something you really want….when you want it.

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