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Republic of the Philippines
Office of the President

COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Cordillera Administrative Region
Championing Accessible and Relevant education services
FLAIR
Filipino Leaders in Advancing International Reputation
Masterclass
Kuminwani Class of 2022
QS Stars Rating System
Assessment Tool
Core Criteria (max 450 points) - categories feature the key building blocks of a university, whether its
focus is global, domestic, or local. All categories in this section are mandatory apart from Research
and Academic Development, where one should be selected
Categories Institution What to Expected Output
Performance & Data Bring/Prepare
during the FLAIR
MASTERCLASS
Category 1 - Teaching (150 points) 1. Self -Assessment Result
2. 1 page Narrative Report
1. Faculty-student ratio (max 50 Income for year Student Population
on the Best Practices of
points)
Faculty Population the HEI (select 1 only)
● 10% faculty-student ratio (1 faculty 3. 1 Page Narrative Report
member per on the Area/s for
Baseline data Z - (take data from Improvement of the HEI
10 students) scaled down to 2% (1 to attain the needed
HRD) 220
faculty FY or AY (per points for the Rating
institution) 4. Accomplished
member per 50 students)
2. Overall student satisfaction (max Readiness Tool (Pre and

40 points) Post.
*full time foreign
● 75% student satisfaction scaled students?
down to 50%
or
Submission of data
2a. Completion (max 40 points)
● 90% of students scaled down to
Total turn-out: income
60% graduate Satisfaction Survey
both internal and
plan/ action/
within the expected time for their external
activities
course
3. Satisfaction with teaching (max
Student population
40 points) Completion rate
(both undergraduate
● 75% student satisfaction scaled and gs)
down to 50%
5 years
or
3a. Faculty with PhD (max 40
Faculty:
points)
Full time (1pt) and part
● 80% scaled down to 60% of faculty
time (/3)
with PhD
(or equivalent terminal degree) Students Satisfaction:

4. Further study (max 20 points)
● 30% scaled down to 10% of Own Survey/ existing
undergraduate survey
students pursuing further study within
12
List of Faculty with
months of graduation PhD
Further study (list of

students taking ms
after graduation)
Employability
Category 2 - Employability (150 Employability:

points)
No. of companies
1. Employer Reputation (max 50 joining job fair
points)
● Data from this category is culled
Graduate
from 50
employment (5years)
employer nominations received from
the most
recent QS Global Employer Survey
analysis; Data on Industry
Partners (Number,
or Name, Nature)
1a. Campus Employer Presence
(max 30 pts)
● 200 distinct companies, OR a
number
equivalent to 1% of the total FTE

student body,
attending employability events on
campus in 12
months
2. Graduate Employment Rate (max
50 points)
● 90% of scaled down to 50%
graduates
Employability Rate
employed within 24 months of
graduation
3. Career Service Support (max 50
points) Data on Career
10 points each with 2 bonus points for Clinic/ Jobs Fair
3 or more:
● 10 career advisors scaled down to 2
OR 1
Data on Career
career advisor per 1000 students Advisors
● Career interview trainings or
CV/cover letter
Data on Career
writing support Advising

● At least one on-campus career fair
in the last
academic year organized by
● the academic institution
Data/information on
● Career advising sessions available Online portal
for students
● Online career portal with access to
job
vacancies or career advisor
appointment
system
Category 3 - Internationalization
(150 points)
1. International Collaborations (max
● No need mous/ Data on degree or
50 points)
research programs
● 50 joint-degree programs and ● Actual of collaborations

university implementation with Scopus
Indexed
research collaborations yielding
Publications
publications in
*no need to
Scopus™ in a recent 5-year period as submit (can be
per the validated with No. of International
scopus) Faculty members
latest QS World University Rankings
analysis
*collaboration
2. International faculty (max 20 No. of International
points) Students
Does not cover
● 25% international faculty members
exchange
3. International students (max 20 faculty
points)
No. of International
Full time
● 20% international faculty members Exchange
students
programs
4. International exchange programs Language
(max 40 programs/
credit
points)
● Inbound & outbound exchange
students
No of Inbound and
Outbound
(Maximum 20 points each) 2% exchange students

inbound/outbound students against
total
Listing (partnership
number of students on an international agreements)
exchange program lasting 3 months or
longer;
Less than 2 weeks
or to 3months
● Short-term exchange programs
(Maximum
Long term (max 40
10 points) 2% outbound students pts)
against total
number of students on an organized
international trip lasting at least 2
weeks and
less than 3 months
5. International support center (max
10 points)
● 1 support center dedicated to Data/ Information
international on international
students with at least 1 FTE staff support center

member
6. International diversity (max 10
points)
● 50 nationalities scaled down to 5 in
student Data on
Nationalities of
Body
Foreign students
Category - Research or Academic Data on Research

Development Publication
(Scopus Indexed)
(choose one) (150 points)
Research
1. Papers per faculty (max 40
points) Data on Research
Citations (Scopus
● 7 papers per faculty member
Indexed)
indexed on
Scopus™ in a recent five-year period
as per the
latest QS World University Rankings
analysis
2. Citations per paper (max 40
points)
● 8 citations per paper indexed on
Scopus™ in a
recent six-year period as per the latest
QS
World University Rankings analysis
3. Research funds (max 40 points) Research Funding
● 30% scaled down to 10% of total
income for
total expenditure for past fiscal year,
including
all public and private funds
4. Academic reputation (max 30
points)
● 200 nominations received in the
latest QS
Global Academic Survey analysis
Academic Development
1. Teaching and research
assistantships (max
35 points)
student body
Lab Assistants,
participating in teaching or research
research assistants
assistantships
(students)
2. Learning development center
(max 35
points)
● Learning development center
staffed with 3
scaled down to 1 full time staff 1 staff
3. Academic consultation hours
(max 30
points)
● 3:3 faculty office hours to classroom
teaching Summary of faculty
consultation hrs
hours per week scaled down to a ratio and teaching hrs

of 1:3
4. Faculty development programs
(max 25
points)
faculty Listing l and d
activities
members participating in faculty
development
programs
5. Member of University networks
(max 25
points)
Membership listing
25 points available through a
combination of different
types of networks:
● 2 international university networks
for full
points
● 4 regional university networks for full

points
● 6 national university networks for full
points
Learning Environment (max 100 points) - category looks at the student’s
experience within their
Environment, whether that’s a physical campus or an online learning environment.
Institutions will be
Assessed in either Facilities or Online Learning.
Category 1 - Facilities or Online Pictures
Learning (choose
one) (100 points)
Facilities
1. Sports facilities (max 20 points)
● 4 points for each on-campus facility,
OR access
to local facilities with an official
agreement, with
2 bonus points for 3 or more
(Maximum 20
points):
1. Swimming pool
2. Indoor or outdoor fitness gym
3. Indoor sports court
4. Outdoor sports court
5. Outdoor sports field
2. Campus facilities (max 20 points)
● 4 points for each on-campus facility,
OR access
to local facilities with an official
agreement, with
3 bonus points for 3 or more
(Maximum 20
points):
1. Cafeteria
2. Bookstore
3. Social room
4. Support center for minority groups

5. Religious facilities
3. Student accommodation (max 20
points) dorms, boarding houses
(no. of rooms)
● Maximum points for the same
number of rooms
available in student residences as
first-year
students (agreements with local
housing
facilities can be considered)
4. Library expenditure (max 20
points) salary not included
● $250 USD scaled down to $10
invested per
student towards total library operating
expenditure in a 12-month period
5. Health support services (max 10
points)
● On-campus medical facility 1 on-
campus
student medical center or Off-campus
medical
facility (Maximum 5 points) 1 local
medical
center at which student may register
6. Student clubs and societies (max
10 points)
● 50 scaled down to 10 student clubs
and
societies, including hobby clubs,
educational
and religious societies, and sports
teams
Online Learning
1. Student-faculty engagement
(max 30
points)
● 6 points each with 3 bonus points
for 3 or more
(Maximum 30 points):
1. Scheduled one-to-one
conversations OR
face to face component such as an
opportunity
to meet faculty in person, including at
regional
centers
2. Live tutoring
3. Live streaming course video
4. Pre-recorded course video
5. Faculty assessment
2. Student interaction (max 20
points)
● 10 points each: 1. Online forum OR
discussion
board 2. Alumni network

3. Student services and technology
(max 15
points)
● 5 points each:
1. Access to online library databases
2. Customised access for users with
special
needs
3. Online access to career center /
dedicated
online career advisor
4. Online outsourcing (max 10
points)
● 5 organizations relying on programs
and
technologies by academic institution
scaled
down to 2
5. Application per enrolment (max

10 points)
● 5 completed applications per
enrolment scaled
proportion of the points down to a ratio
of 2:1
6. Commitment to online (max 10
points)
● 50% scaled down to 15% of
degrees available at the university that
can be taken entirely
through online learning
7. Track record (max 5 points)
● 10 years operating successful online
programs
since the first graduating class
Specialist Criteria (max 100 points) -categories take a closer look at an institution’s
specialist
areas, using subject rankings or program-specific data to highlight outstanding
programs. Institutions
are assessed in one of the two categories.
Category 1 - Subject Ranking or Program Strength
Category 1 - Subject Ranking or Best program
Program Strength (graduate
employment rate)
(choose one) (200 points)
Subject Ranking
Can be a BS or GS
1. Broad subject area ranking (max
programs with atleast
150 points)
100 students
● Highest-scoring out of 5 broad
specialist areas
based on the most recent QS World
University *arts and culture
(CAR)
Rankings by Subject
(Maximum points for ranked position
1-50,
scaled down to 10 points at position
300)
1. Engineering & Technology
2. Natural Sciences
3. Life Sciences & Medicine
4. Arts & Humanities
5. Social Sciences & Management
or
2. Subject ranking (max 150 points)
● Highest-scoring discipline based on
the most
recent QS World University Rankings
by
Subject or respected alternate global
subject
rankings (Maximum points for ranked
position
1-20, scaled down to 10 points at
position 200)
For a full list of subjects please visit

<https://www.topuniversities.com/
subject-rankings>
3. Internationally recognized
accreditations
Nationally recognized
accreditations (max
50 points)
● 25 points for each international and
10 points for each national, non-
governmental
accreditations for a specific, named
degree
program within the specialist subject
or broad
subject area.
Program Strength (all indicators in
this category relate
specifically to the institution’s chosen
specialist
programme)
1. Graduate employment rate (max
30 points)
● 95% scaled down to 70% of
graduates
employed or started a business within
24
months
2. Completion (max 20 points)
● 95% of students scheduled to
graduate
succeed in doing so on time, scaled
down to
65%
3. Student satisfaction (max 40
points)
● 90% student satisfaction with the
specialist
program, scaled down to 65%

4. Faculty-student ratio (max 20
points)
● 20% faculty-student ratio (1 faculty
member per
5 students) scaled down to 5% (1
faculty
member per 20 students)
5. Applications per place (max 20
points)
● 10:1 ratio scaled down to 2:1 of
number of
completed applications against
available
places.
6. International students (max 20
points)
● 30% scaled down to 10%
international students
7. Internationally recognized
accreditations
Nationally recognized
accreditations (Max
50 points)
10 points
for each national, non-governmental
accreditations specifically for the
selected
degree program (Maximum 50 points)
Specialist Criteria (max 100 points) - categories look at important factors that a
university with a solid
foundation in the core criteria might target to advance to a higher level of performance
and recognition.
Since institutions vary in specialization, this section gives universities the option to
select two of the four
categories which best showcase their strengths.
Arts & Culture (max 50 points)
1. Arts and culture facilities (max15
points)
● 2 points each, with 3 additional
points for 6 or
more from the list, to a maximum 15
points; all
facilities must be open to students and
faculty
but do not have to be open to the
public
1. Purpose-built museum
2. Purpose-built theater*
3. Concert hall*
4. Dedicated art studio
5. Campus art exhibition program
6. Dedicated recording studio OR
music
practice rooms
7. Campus radio station, TV studio,
OR TV
channel
8. Cinema*
9. Outdoor art space (e.g. sculpture
garden)
*Must feature at least 10
performances in 12 months to
be considered
2. Concerts, events, and exhibitions
(max 15
points)
● 150 scaled down to 50, OR events
numbering
1% to 5% of the student population
(i.e. for 600
students, thresholds are 6 to 30
events), on- or
off-campus concerts, events, or
exhibitions
organized by the academic institution
over a
12-month period
3. Artistic and cultural accolades
(max 10
points)
● 25 scaled down to 5 awards or
accolades given
in a 12-month period to students,
faculty,
departments, or the institution as a
whole, for
publicly accessible works relating to
the arts or
local/national culture
4. Community art and cultural
investment (max
10 points) Contributing 0.5% of
turnover OR $1 million
USD to public art projects and to
cultural
preservation, on or off campus but
within the
university’s own country, over a 12-
month
period
Innovation (max 50 points)
1. Patents (max 20 points)
● 50 scaled down to 0 unique, active
patents
registered with national or
international patent
offices (no limitation of time)
2. Spin-off companies (max 10
points)
● 5 spin-off companies established in
the last 5
years, still operating and less than
50% owned
by the academic institution

3. Industrial research (max 10
points)
● 10 distinct corporations (non-
university) yielding
publications in Scopus™ in the last 5
years
4. Incubator (max 10 points)
● Existence of a university-run
incubator as
evidenced by the incubator’s website
Social Responsibility (max 50
points)
1. Funds for community investment
and
charity work (max 15 points)
● 1% of turnover OR $2 million USD
contribution
to community projects or charities; this
includes
funds donated by the institution, as
well as
money donated and raised by
students and
faculty
2. Volunteer hours for community
investment
and charity work (max 15 points)
● 130 scaled down to 78 volunteer
hours (i.e. 2.5
scaled down to 1.5 hours per week
over 12
months) for each faculty and student
(total FTE)
in a 12-month period
3. Regional human capital
development (max10 points)
● Students from university region 50%
scaled
down to 30% of students hailing from
the
university’s region
or
● Graduates employed in region 50%
scaled
down to 30% of graduates employed
in the
university’s region
4. Environmental impact (max10
points)
● 2 points each:
1. Sustainability website
2. Energy conservation program
3. Water conservation program
4. Recycling program
5. Transportation policy website
Inclusiveness (max 50 points) List

1. Scholarships and bursaries (max Fund
15 points)
Full ; fund
● Scholarship funds 2% of turnover
Half
spent by
institution on funds for scholarships,
grants, and
bursaries; or
● Students on 50% scholarship 1% of
students
on scholarships OR covering at least
50% of
fees
2. Disabled access (max 15 points)
● 3 points each:
1. Support services for mental health
conditions
2. Built-in accessibility computer

systems for
visually impaired
3. Sign language interpreter or note-
takers for
hearing impaired
4. Map identifying wheelchair ramps,
disabled
toilets and parking access
5. Dedicated academic support for
students
with learning disabilities
3. Student cohort diversity (max 10
points)
● Gender balance 50:50 ratio scaled
down to
60:40 for either gender
Ethnic diversity 40% scaled down to
10% of
study body made up of ethnic minority

groups
4. Low-income outreach (10 points)
● Low-income students 15% scaled
down to 5%
of students identified as low-income
or
● Low-income funds 1% of turnover or
$2 million
USD investment to recruit or support
low
income students
Environmental Impact (max 100
points)
Operations
1. Environmental sustainability
policies for
investment, procurement and
funding/donations (max 10 points)
● 4 points each (maximum 10 points)

for:
a. Sustainable investment policy
b. Sustainable procurement policy
c. Sustainable donations/funding
policy
2. Environmental
sustainability/climate change
Employees (max 5 points)
● At least one FTE staff member
dedicated to
sustainability or climate change
3. Climate action plan (max 20
points)
● 7 points each for climate action
plans cover the
following areas (maximum 20 points):
1. Operation
2. Education
3. Research
4. Energy and resource
consumption (max 20
points)
5 points each:5 points each:
a. Renewable Energy 5 points for 50%
of energy
coming from renewable sources
scaled down to
0%
b. Carbon Footprint 5 points for 1,000
kilograms of
CO2 emissions per person (students +
faculty)
per year with points scaled down to 0
for 4,000
kilograms
c. Water Consumption 5 points for 20
litres per
person (students + faculty) per day

with points
scaled down to 0 for 100 litres
or
4a. Carbon neutral certification
(max 40 points)
Research
1. QS SDG Environmental Impact
Rating (max
20 points)
● As published in the SDG Ratings
section of the
most recent QS World University
Rankings®
Gold rating 20 points, Silver rating 15
points,
Bronze rating 10 points, Candidate
rating 5
points
2. Sustainability Research Centre

(max 5
points)
● At least one research centre
dedicated to
environmental sustainability
Education
networks (max
10 points)
5 points for
each national network that the
university is a
member of (up to a maximum of 10
points)
2. Public education and outreach
(max 10
points)
● 10 public education or outreach

activities
scaled down to 1
student
organisations (max 5 points)
● At least one dedicated student
organisation
focusing on environmental
sustainability issues
OVERALL (max 1000 points) - this is the total of all the scores in each criteria.
Thresholds & Prerequisites
5+ Stars = must have at least 900 points and/or 5 Star ratings in all categories and meet all
prerequisites needed for 5 Stars
5 Stars = must have at least 700 points and/or 5% international faculty, 5% international students, 70
points in the Learning Environment category, 85 points in the Employability category , 150 academic
referees OR 3 citations per faculty member*, 105 points in the Teaching category^
4 Stars = must have at least 550 points and/or 1% (OR 25% of the regional average) international
students, 75 academic referees OR at least 2 citations per faculty member*, 85 points in the Teaching
category^
3 Stars = must have at least 400 points

2 stars = must have at least 250 points
1 star = must have at least 100 points and/or must have the authority to grant valid degree-level
programs in its own name

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Republic of the Philippines

Office of the President

2. Overall student satisfaction (max Readiness Tool (Pre and

(or equivalent terminal degree) Students Satisfaction:

Further study (list of

Category 2 - Employability (150 Employability:

equivalent to 1% of the total FTE

writing support Advising

● 50 joint-degree programs and ● Actual of collaborations

(Maximum 20 points each) 2% exchange students

students with at least 1 FTE staff support center

Category - Research or Academic Data on Research

hours per week scaled down to a ratio and teaching hrs

● 4 regional university networks for full

4. Support center for minority groups

board 2. Alumni network

5. Application per enrolment (max

For a full list of subjects please visit

program, scaled down to 65%

by the academic institution

Inclusiveness (max 50 points) List

2. Built-in accessibility computer

study body made up of ethnic minority

● 4 points each (maximum 10 points)

person (students + faculty) per day

2. Sustainability Research Centre

● 10 public education or outreach

3 Stars = must have at least 400 points

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