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UP breaks into top 500 in world rankings, 2019

Written by Rene Estremera. Posted in News

London-based magazine Times Higher Education (THE) has placed the University of the Philippines in the world’s top 500 universities and fourth in the ASEAN region, according to the 2020 THE World University Rankings.The national university is listed in the 401-500 group of 1,396 ranked research universities.

This is UP’s fourth year in the rankings. It was included for the first time in 2017 among the top 1,000. The succeeding rankings showed marked improvement for UP as it climbed to the top 800 in the 2018 edition and to the top 600 for 2019.

THE assesses research-intensive universities based on 13 performance indicators in five pillars: teaching (30 percent), research (30 percent), research influence/citations (30 percent), international outlook (7.5 percent) and industry income (2.5 percent).

For 2020, UP has been ranked 159th in citations which places it in the top 11 percent of prestigious universities that have “influence in spreading new knowledge and ideas.” Its score in citations went up from last year’s 69.1 to 86.9. As indicator of research influence, 'citations' refers to the average number of times a university’s published work is cited by scholars globally. This year, THE's bibliometric data supplier Elsevier examined 77.4 million citations to 12.8 million journal articles, article reviews, conference proceedings, books and book chapters published over five years. The data include more than 23,400 academic journals indexed by Elsevier’s Scopus database and all indexed publications between 2014 and 2018. Citations to these publications made in the six years from 2014 to 2019 are also collected.

UP also scored better in teaching (from 21.7 to 24.1), research (from 16.4 to 17.2) and industry income (from 35.8 to 39.4). A global academic reputation survey partly determines the scores for teaching and research.UP, however, slipped in international outlook, with its score down from 39.5 to 37.9. International outlook considers the number of international students and staff as well as international collaboration.Only two universities from the Philippines appeared in the latest table. UP is still the leading university in the country.

THE publishes some of the most influential rankings used by the global academic community which include the Asia University Rankings, Asia-Pacific University Rankings, Emerging Economies University Rankings, World University Rankings by Subject and Impact Rankings.

Search for next SOM Dean, concluded

Written by Rene Estremera. Posted in News

UPDATE: ASSOC. PROF. PEDRO "PETE" A. ALVIOLA IV WAS APPOINTED DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT BY THE UP BOARD OF REGENTS IN ITS MARCH 2019 MEETING.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE NEXT DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT (SOM)

The Search Committee, appointed by the Chancellor, is now actively conducting a search process for the next Dean of the School of Management. The Committee’s role is to submit to the Chancellor a “frank assessment of the suitability of each committee” – it shall not rank nor indicate its preference. Nominations should be submitted along with the complete documents to the Office of the Chancellor. The deadline is 15 March 2019, 4:00PM.

NOMINATION PROCESS

A.Who may nominate

1.UP Min community: faculty, REPS, admin staff, students

2.Outside UP Min: alumni, partners, stakeholders, members of the Constituents Units

B.Who may be nominated

The Faculty, REPS, and Staff of SOM have identified the following critical qualifications:

1.Moral Integrity

Has good moral values, altruistic, credible, open-minded, and fair to everyone;

2.Academic Credentials

Possesses proven scholarly track record and credentials in instruction, research, and extension

3.Capable to lead a dynamic team

Has the humility to accept criticisms and can manage conflict and dissenting opinions

Knows how to build and sustain cooperation

4.Process and Results-Oriented

Process and results-oriented with the priorities of the School in mind

Promotes democratic governance (union rep)

Creates innovative solutions

Explores unconventional approaches and alternative forms of knowledge

Possess patience in administrative work

Understands and respects policies

5.Has experience in leading and managing an academic unit

Willing to learn along with the unit

With external linkages and has the ability to foster external linkages

Note: The nominee need not be a faculty member at the time of his/her nomination. Should he/she be appointed, he/she must have a faculty appointment.

(1198th BOR Meeting, 28 July 20015)

C.What are the nomination documents

1.A nomination letter duly signed by the nominating party with a conforme by the nominee. The nomination must contain brief descriptions about the qualifications in item B:

“The number of signatures affixed to any nomination letter is immaterial in making final choice. (Sect.II.B.1 Guidelines and Procedures for the Selection of Nominees for Dean of Academic Units)

2.A brief of the nominee’s flagship programs for the next three years. A Vision Paper is not required but the brief has to clearly situate the programs with the vision of UP Min.

3.Along with the nomination, six (6) copies of the complete curriculum vitae (CV) of the nominee. After the ‘Personal Information’ in the CV, insert a summary of the nominee’s significant achievements in relation to potentially becoming the next dean.

Submit nominations (with complete documents) to:

The Office of the Chancellor

Admin. Bldg. UP Mindanao, Mintal, Davao City

Telefax (+63 83) 293-0310

Email a soft copy of the same set of documents to

Deadline for both submissions: 15 March 2019, 4:00PM.

D.Interview and Public Forum

In the morning of 25 March, the nominees shall be given a platform to share their views on the plans, programs, problems and priorities of the college for the next 3-6 years.

The forum will be followed by sectoral consultations (see Schedule, below).

DISSEMINATION

The Deans, Heads of Academic and Administrative Offices, Student Councils and the Public Information Office are requested to ensure wide dissemination of this Circular.

RUTH U. GAMBOA, PhD

Chair, Search Committee for the Next SOM Dean

Noted:

LARRY N. DIGAL, PhD

Chancellor

UPDATES ON THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT SOM DEAN

05 March 2019

The Search Committee for the Next SOM Dean wishes to inform the public of its schedule of activities. Everyone is encouraged to nominate and participate in these activities especially in the sectoral consultations and public forum with the nominees:

TIMETABLE:

SCHEDULE/ VENUE/ ACTIVITIES

March 4-15, 2019: Nomination Period

March 15, 2019; 4:00PM, Office of the Chancellor: Last day of Submission of Nomination Documents (Hardcopies for the Office of the Chancellor and Softcopies to be e-mailed to )

March 16, 2019: Announcement of Nominees

March 25, 2019 (Monday) at CHSS Audio Visual Room/Interviews and Public Meetings

9:00AM-11:00AM: Public Forum with Nominees

March 25, 2019 (Monday)CHSS Audio Visual Room/Sectoral Consultations:

11:00AM-12:00NN Faculty and REPS

1:00PM-2:00PM Admin Personnel

2:00PM-3:00PM Selected SOM Students

3:00PM-4:00PM Alumni and other Groups/Individuals

4:00PM-5:00PM Nominees

March 25, 2019: Consolidation of Reports

March 26, 2019: Submission of report of the Search Committee

RUTH U. GAMBOA, PhD

Chair