Philippine colleges and universities in licensure examinations, Ateneo de Davao University was proclaimed as the 5th top university in the country. On a review and ranking by the 4 International Colleges and Universities - an international higher education directory and search engine which reviews accredited world universities and colleges, which was updated in 2014, Ateneo de Davao University got the 14th spot in the list of Top Universities in the Philippines. The ranking is not academic, rather, it is based upon an algorithm including three unbiased and independent web metrics extracted from three different search engines. The significance of such ranking according to uniRank is to help international students and academic staff to understand how popular a specific university or college is in a foreign country. Based on the research and web survey of the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2014 - produced by Cybermetrics Lab (CCHS), a unit of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), the main public research body in Spain, Ateneo de Davao landed on the 14th spot in the list of the top universities in the Philippines. On a local survey of Davao Reader, a Davao City Online Magazine, Ateneo de Davao is the top school in the city and is the most preferred school by company heads and owners in getting personnel and professionals to work for their companies. In another evaluation done by Davao Eagle Online, AdDU also emerged as the top school in Davao City. This ranking was based on the number of PRC board topnotchers in 2013. University radio station Blue Knight FM, the official radio station of the university, was launched in January 2008. The station serves as a training ground for Mass Communication majors. Notable alumni Ateneo de Davao has produced graduates in the fields of arts, governance, law, medicine, media, service and science. Here are some of its notable alumni: Ernesto Abella - businessman, writer, and former evangelist serving as Undersecretary for Strategic Communications and Research of the Department of Foreign Affairs since 2017 Joey Ayala - singer, songwriter and former chairman of the music committee of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Antonio T. Carpio - Senior Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines Leoncio P. Deriada - writer Thor Dulay - a singer-songwriter and vocal coach Jesus Dureza - lawyer, consultant, journalist and politician Sebastian Duterte - politician and vice mayor of Davao City Juris