Published April 23, 2021, 11:57 AM Only one public university from the Philippines – Tarlac Agricultural University (TAU) – was ranked among the world’s best universities in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings. Tarlac Agricultural University (TAU) is the only public university in the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings. The Commission on Higher Education (CHED), in a statement issued April 22, confirmed that the TAU is the only State University in the country that made it to the 2021 THE Impact Rankings. “TAU has continuously improved its ranking among SUCs [State Universities and Colleges] and has achieved Level 4 status in the last CHED leveling exercise,” CHED Chairman J. Prospero E. De Vera III said.