Best Universities In The Philippines 2012 Says Ched

The Commission on Higher Education, CHED, listed the top schools and universities in the Philippines for 2012. I wonder why there is no university from the Visayas region. What happened to the University of San Carlos?

1. University of the Philippines – Diliman
Centers Of Excellence: IT, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Marine Science, Mathematics, Marine Science, Molecular Biology, Physics, and Statistics

2. University of the Philippines – Los Banos
Centers Of Excellence: Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Forestry, Veterinary Medicine, Information Technology, Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics

3. De La Salle University – Manila
Centers Of Excellence: Information Technology, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, and Teacher Education

4. Ateneo de Manila University
Centers Of Excellence: Business Administration education, Entrepreneurship Education, Information Technology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics

5. University of Santo Tomas
Centers Of Excellence: Medicine, Nursing, Biology, Chemistry, Teacher Education

6. Central Luzon State University
Centers Of Excellence: Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Fisheries, Veterinary Medicine, and Teacher Education noypistuff

7. Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology
Centers Of Excellence: Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Teacher Education

8. Central Mindanao University
Centers Of Excellence: Veterinary Medicine, Agriculture, and Forestry

9. University of the Cordilleras
Centers Of Excellence: Criminology, Information Technology, and Teacher Education