๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ: ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐‘๐Ÿ ๐‡๐„๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐–๐”๐‘๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ

Four new higher education institutions (HEIs) from Region 1 entered the Top 100 of the 2026 World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI) Category Rankings, increasing the regionโ€™s total number of internationally ranked institutions from 18 to 22.

The newly ranked HEIs are Binalatongan Community College, Ilocos Sur Community College, Osias Educational Foundation, Inc., and Perpetual Help College of Pangasinan.

The rankings are divided into 24 categories under three major areas: Innovation Targets, Innovation Means, and New โ€œWhat to Innovateโ€ Categories.

These categories assess programs related to student support, entrepreneurship, digital transformation, research innovation, artificial intelligence in education, social impact, and public engagement.

Aside from the four, the R1 HEIs included in the 2026 WURI Category Rankings are:

Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University
Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College
Lorma Colleges
Lyceum-Northwestern University
Mariano Marcos State University
Northwestern University
Pangasinan State University
Panpacific University
Philippine College of Science and Technology
Saint Louis College of San Fernando City, La Union
Union Christian College
Universidad de Dagupan
University of Eastern Pangasinan
University of Luzon
University of Northern Philippines
Urdaneta City University
Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation, Inc.
WCC Aeronautical and Technological College, Inc.

๐‘๐Ÿ ๐‡๐„๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

Based on the rankings, R1 HEIs showed strong performance in several innovation categories, with at least 10 institutions placing in the rankings.

Under Category A: Innovation Targets (โ€œFor Whom to Innovateโ€), the region demonstrated strength in Entrepreneurial Culture and Ecosystem, Crisis Management, Ethics and Integrity, and Future-Oriented Responses to Global Uncertainty and Geopolitical Risk.
For Category B: Innovation Means (โ€œHow to Innovateโ€), R1 HEIs performed strongly in University Brand and Innovation.

Meanwhile, under Category C: โ€œWhat to Innovate,โ€ the region posted strong participation in Curricular Innovation for Future-Readiness, AI-Based Teaching and Learning Transformation, and Social Impact through Knowledge Transfer.

However, the rankings also revealed areas where fewer R1 HEIs gained recognition.

These include A1: Student Support and Engagement, B5: Funding for Sustainability, and B7: Cost-Effective Management, where only five HEIs entered the rankings. Only three institutions ranked under C1: Representative Research Project.

According to WURI, the 2026 rankings evaluate universities using the three criteria: innovativeness, implementability, and impact.

The official 2026 WURI rankings were released during the 6th Annual Hanseatic League of Universities Conference in Taiwan on May 6-8, 2026.

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