CHMSU among WURI’s Global Top 400 Innovative Universities; Top 100 in three categories

The World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI) recognized Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) as one of the Global Top 400 Innovative Universities and Top 100 academic institutions in three categories.

CHMSU ranked 312th in the Global Top 400 Innovative Universities while also placing 31st in Crisis Management, 92nd in Industrial Application, and 93rd in SDG-Based Responses to Global Challenges categories, said WURI in an announcement on July 10, 2025.

This marks CHMSU’s second consecutive year in the WURI rankings, which assessed 1,253 universities from 87 countries, highlighting 4,866 innovative programs around the world.

The WURI assesses higher education institutions’ real contributions to industry and society, highlighting innovative education, research, and engagement with society. 

Using 16 categories, it encompasses innovation targets and methods, offering a comprehensive measure of institutions’ creative contributions to societal advancement, according to the WURI.

Crisis Management

The university landed in 31st place for Crisis Management through Project PDL  or Pagdating ng Sakuna, Dapat Lagi Tayong Handa” (We should be prepared for disasters at all times) of proponents Prof. Robert Pardillo and Prof. King Abram Cabautan.

Project PDL is a disaster preparedness and response program designed for Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs), aimed at equipping them with essential skills in basic first aid, basic life support, and earthquake drills.

This category focuses on managing environmental and economic crisis that universities face from the greater society, such as climate change and other global and local crises.

Industrial Application

Meanwhile, CHMSU ranked 92nd in Industrial Application after submitting three innovation entries.

Prof. Raynor Ereje’s EcoSafe Soldering Station: An Energy-Efficient and Fume-Free Solution, providing a safer and more energy-efficient working environment.

The long-term goals of the EcoSafe Soldering Station are to set a new standard in sustainable soldering technology by integrating advanced features such as IoT (Internet of Things) connectivity and analytics.

Meanwhile, the research entitled Enhancing Worker Safety through Production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Sugarcane Farmers and Workers of Director Rhoderick Samonte of the Center for Internationalization and External Relations aimed to address the gap in preferred apparel types among farmers in Negros Occidental.

Director Samonte collaborated with some faculty and students from the university’s Fashion and Apparel Technology program, along with several of the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBO) members, in a design thinking process. This collaboration resulted in innovative PPE apparel aimed at enhancing worker safety and health outcomes within the sugarcane industry.

Meanwhile, the three-sectioned Movable Spelling and Vocabulary Board utility model developed by Prof. Vanessa Joy Judith aimed to improve the English proficiency of Indigenous people (IP) students in the Philippine hinterlands.

The Industrial Application category emphasizes the application of industrial-related education and research to generate tangible impacts, diverging from the conventional focus on academia-driven research and education.

SDG-based Response

Lastly, CHMSU ranked 93rd in the SDG-Based Responses to Global Challenges category through the High-Volume, Low-Density (HVLD) Marine Fish Cages Community Engagement Project of Extension and Community Services Director Roger Ray Manzano addressing SDG 2: Zero Hunger and SDG 14: Life Below Water.

The Hinoban-on Entrepreneurs and Leaders Partnership and the Municipal Fisheries and Aquatic Management Council of the Municipality of Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental, were the project partner beneficiaries.

The study promoted milkfish culture in high-volume, low-density (HVLD) technology in floating net cages in the marine environment as a project for the community.

Twenty units of floating HVLD marine fish cages were installed at Nabulao Bay, Brgy. Tacalagay, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental.

The ranking, said the WURI, aims to spotlight higher education institutions that excel in these innovative approaches, thereby inspiring advancements across the academic and societal landscape.

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