University of Bohol

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Warm welcome everyone to the premier University with the long-standing commitment of transforming lives for a great future. This institution is the home of countless leaders in various disciplines, the abode, and the current and upcoming students. Our growing and vibrant academic community continually draws its strength from the ideas and ideals of its founders, stockholders, members of the Board of Trustees, school officials, teaching and non-teaching employees, students, and alumni. Furthermore, the University is steadfast in its mantra of providing you the best university education possible anchored on the trinity of virtues: scholarship, character, and service, thus, enabling you to become a dynamic global citizen.
The Library is of paramount importance to the students and faculty. It is an essential source of intellectual advancement in an institution. The University Library aims to provide an efficient and responsive service to the academic community. The library staff will assist the library patrons in getting the fullest satisfaction of the research needs.
The Treasurer's Office is located on the University Administration Building's ground floor on the right side of the main gate. The Office is responsible for collecting student fees that include tuition fees and other miscellaneous fees for the requisition of documents and other records. The Registrar's Office is located on the first floor of the Administration Building. The students' academic records and other pertinent documents about the approved curriculum are kept.
Student Personnel Services Office is composed of the Guidance Center, Health Services (Clinic), and the Student Affairs Office. It is primarily concerned with providing services that would help students develop holistically. SPS is located on the ground floor of the IRC building. The SPS supports the University's vision of transforming lives for a great future through the different programs and services that the Office provides. These programs and services aim to support the student/personnel to attain optimum development of their potentials and become responsible members of the community. The Guidance Center develops and implements an organized program of services designed to support and guide the students in making adjustments to educational, vocational, social, personal, and emotional problems. Likewise, it assists and guides them in making wise decisions and planning to solve problems and improve the quality of their relationships and social life.
The University of Bohol has adopted a program for working scholars, which provides free tuition to needy but deserving students who work part time in the University as assistants or clerks in offices and laboratories. A work scholar assigned at the Treasurer's Office or the Registrar's Office has a privilege of 21 units of free tuition. A work scholar assigned to any other offices is given the privilege of a free tuition fee of 18 units only. All work scholars are required to render work duty of 6 hours a day. The University fully implements all government-mandated scholarships. The University also honors all other kinds of scholarships offered by the government to qualified students. For full details on scholarships, the student is advised to refer to the CHED Regional Officer or the Head of Students Affairs.
The University of Bohol was originally named Rafael Palma College after the most outstanding scholar of his time, the late Dr. Rafael Palma. Its history is an account of how a group of public and civic spirited citizens of the province of Bohol ventured to establish an educational institution in answer to a long-felt need for a college education to those who could not afford to study outside the province.
Rising from the ashes of World War II in 1946, the Boholanos welcomed with anticipation the birth of a local college whose first members of the Board of Trustees were: Dr. Pio C. Castro, President Mr. Mariano Rocha, Vice President Atty. Felix Magdalen, Secretary Mr. Catalino Castillo, Treasurer, and Atty. DonatoGalia, members. The first permits for the pioneer courses were granted by the Bureau of Private Schools on June 10, 1946, through Atty's earnest efforts. Victoriano D. Tirol, Sr.
The idea uppermost in the founders' minds was to establish a non-sectarian, non-profit, and non-political school that would offer a high standard of instruction within reach of the common man. The school is supported by subscription from public-spirited citizens who, without any personal interest, have devoted themselves to the cause of raising the educational and cultural horizon of the people. The College admitted to her halls in July 1946, 622 students. Since then, she had grown in size, leadership, and influence far beyond the founders' dreams despite inadequate revenues, adversities, and prejudice. The institution now offers instruction in many branches of knowledge on the postgraduate, graduate, collegiate, secondary, elementary, and pre-elementary levels. The University opened the UB - Victoriano D. Tirol Advanced Learning Center in June 1995, a highly competitive school for primary education in an 8-hectare campus in the suburbs of the city as a development.

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