University of the Philippines (UP) Tops Most Popular University on the Internet
by Pinoylive on 18/01/12 at 11:31 pm
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine’s only national university is now most popular university in cyberspace, according to the latest ranking from Sydney-based academic search engine posted on 4ICU website (www.4icu.org/ph). UP Diliman campus website (www.up.edu.ph) was ranked number one in the Four International Colleges and Universities (4ICU), an international higher education search engine and directory, where [...]
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