1. University of the Philippines Diliman
World rank: 1411
Presence rank: 759
Impact rank: 2049
Openness rank: 1902
Excellence rank: 1888
The University of the Philippines in Diliman, along with its research units, are recognized as the pioneer in scientific research and development in the Philippines. The country’s National Science Complex is seated within its campus. The University, being the first among top 11 Philippine universities in the world, also has 9 units granted with the title of Center of Excellence, the highest being recognized as of 2009. It also houses the largest library resources in the Philippines totaling 1,170,723 volumes from various forms of media.