among private universities and second among all universities in the Philippines in both its World University Rankings and Asia Rankings in 2023 . In the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022, the Ateneo is ranked in the 151–160 bracket worldwide, making it the highest ranked Philippine university in terms of employability. The Commission on Higher Education has designated the Ateneo with 11 Centers of Excellence and 6 Centers of Development. The 11 Centers of Excellence are in Information Technology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, English Literature, Philosophy, Biology, Psychology, Sociology, Business Administration or Management, and Entrepreneurship. The 6 Centers of Development are in Environmental Science, Communication, Electronic Engineering, History, Philippine Literature, and Political Science. The Ateneo grade school and high school divisions have both garnered the highest level of accreditation from the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities and the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines, making it one of the top schools in the country for primary and secondary education, as of 2017. Graduate school rankings The Legal Education Board has ranked the Ateneo School of Law as the top law school in the past decade, producing a 7.18% share or 1,794 out of total new lawyers. The school continues to consistently have the highest passing rate for first-time examinees, topping the 2020/2021 and 2022 Bar Examinations. Graduates of the Ateneo Law School have an average grade of 89.2 in the Philippine Bar Examination and the school has produced 23 top notchers in history, the second highest number of bar top notchers. The Professional Regulation Commission has ranked the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health as the best performing medical school in the Philippines in 2019, as the school had a 100% passing rate in the Philippine Physician Licensure Examination out of 133 examinees. The Ateneo School of Government has been ranked as one of the top public policy schools and is the only Philippine institution listed in the first-ever ranking of public-policy schools in the Asia-Pacific region. The school was ranked 25th by citation impact factor, with a total of 7 citations scoring 1.17 impact factor. Eduniversal ranked the Ateneo Graduate School of Business as one of the top business schools in the country, ranking 3rd with 3 Palmes of Excellence in 2021. Research centers and auxiliary units Some of the Ateneo de Manila's most active research hubs work in the fields of disaster risk reduction, prevention,