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The University of the Philippines was founded on June 18, 1908, through Act No. 1870 of the Philippine Assembly. The UP resulted from the Secretary of Public Instruction, W. Morgan Schuster's recommendation to the Philippine Commission, the Philippine Assembly's upper house. Act 1870 authorized the Governor-General to establish the University of the Philippines in the "city of Manila, or at any point, he may deem most convenient." The UP gave "advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences, and arts and gave professional and technical training" to every qualified student regardless of "age, sex, nationality, religious belief, and political affiliation." Much has changed in UP over the past 100 years. From one campus in Manila, it now has eight constituent universities in 17 campuses worldwide. It has 258 undergraduate programs and 438 graduate programs with students from almost every region in the country. On April 29, 2008, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed the new UP Charter or Republic Act 9500. The new charter hopes to prepare UP for its challenges as the country's leading university in the coming years. Efforts for the enactment of a new UP Charter could go back to the term of UP President Edgardo Angara and further studied during the term of UP President Jose Abueva. Armed with the new charter, the university prepares itself for the challenges of the 21st century. With this preparation comes the strengthening of the different units of UP. From the education of ordinary Filipinos under Americans at the time of UP President Murray Bartlett to its journey onto another century under the stewardship of President Alfredo E. Pascual, the university has produced 30 out of 31 National Scientists, 34 out of 57 National Artists, 7 out of the 14 Presidents of the Republic 12 Chief Justices of the Supreme Court 15,000 doctors 8,000 lawyers 15, 000 engineers 23, 000 teachers and hundreds of thousands of graduates in other academic fields. The UP has more than served its purpose well and has been of faithful service to the nation. Internationally recognized as the leading educational institution in the country, UP is the only Philippine university in the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), where membership is based on member universities' nomination and votes. UP is also the only Philippine university in the ASEAN-European University Network, a university network offering comprehensive graduate degree programs. It is a founding member of and is one of only three Philippine universities in the ASEAN University Network (AUN). The University of the Philippines lives as a nerve center for most local and foreign private and government and non-government institutions by providing the much-needed academic, professional, and leadership training at the undergraduate, graduate, post-doctoral, and even professional levels. To date, UP, being the National University has Memoranda of Agreement or Memoranda of Understanding with about three hundred foreign academic institutions worldwide that also play a significant role in forming their societies. The Office of Institutional Linkages is a unit under the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. It is mandated to identify and explore areas of cooperation and linkages with foreign and local institutions. It promotes academic collaboration with local and foreign universities in student and faculty and student exchange, joint research, exchange of publication, sponsorship of the conference, and other academic activities. The Office is engaged in the initiation, planning, implementation, and monitoring of linkage activities. The Office also participates in the implementation of a student exchange program with partner universities. It facilitates UP students' application and endorsement who wish to participate in the exchange program with local or foreign universities. It also assists foreign exchange students studying in UP under the benefit of a memorandum of agreement between their home university and UP System. Currently, the Office is headed by Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and OIL Director, Prof. Rhodora V. Azanza, Ph.D. Below are Prof. Azanza's views on Internationalization and the university. UP first opened its doors at Calle Isaac Peral (now United Nations Avenue) and Padre Faura in downtown Manila in 1909 with the School of Fine Arts, the College of Liberal Arts the College of Medicine the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Engineering, the College of Law and the College of Agriculture in Los Baños, Laguna. Its first president was an American named Murray Bartlett. He vowed that the UP must be "for the Filipino" and that it must be "supported by the people's money" with a charter framed by the people's representatives and "its hope based on the confidence and sympathy of the people." In 1913, the University of the Philippines Alumni Association was established by UP graduates after the College of Law Dean George Malcolm conceived the idea. The student council was organized in 1914 as a body where cases on student discipline were referred to.

The Western Philippines University facilitates its Admission and Scholarships Grants by a collaboration of the different University units and colleges that ensure the proper enlistment, selection, settlement, and admission of the student, under the University's law, policy and standard. From being a humble farm settlement school in 1910, WPU has evolved into a prime mover, a leader, in sustainable development in Western Philippines and beyond through relevant instruction, research, and extension services. Its name has become synonymous with environmental protection and green technology, enabling more people to lead a better life. WPU commits to developing quality human resources and green technologies for a dynamic economy and sustainable development through relevant instruction, research, and extension services. The Western Philippines University promotes the best quality education and aims to lead the West Philippines as the leading knowledge center for sustainable development. The University commits itself to advocate using green technology with timely relevant research and innovative instruction for the dynamic economy in an eco-friendly environment. The University's academic year is divided into two semesters, including sixteen (16) weeks per semester, exclusive registration sessions, and examination periods. A summer session of six (6) weeks following the second semester. The first semester begins every month of June, and the second semester resides in November. The summer term is held from April to May. The Administration so formed and constituted shall review and recommend to the G.B. policies governing the administration, management, and development planning of the SUC for appropriate action and shall act in an advisory capacity to the SUC President in all matters of his/her office for which he/she seeks advice. They also support services. The Department of Research and Extension Development certifies the dedication of the Western Philippines University to provide relevant, timely, and globally competitive research and extension for sustainable development that will cater to its students, constituents, stakeholders, and the community. The Department of Research, Extension, and Development evolved from separate Committees of Research and Extension of the Palawan National Agricultural College in 1972. It was strengthened by establishing the Palawan Agricultural Research Center (PARC) and became one division. Two of the four main functions of a higher education institution were separated into two departments by Board Resolution No. 26 s. 1993, namely: the Department of Research and Development and the Department of Extension, Non-formal and Livelihood Education and Cultural Minority Services. In 1999, it was started to be called the Department of Research, Extension, and Development. However, the two departments were transferred to the Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs in 2004. In 2006, research and extension were again placed under a new department, the Research, Extension, and Development Department through BOR Resolution No. 18., and on June 5, 2009, it was renamed as Department of Research and Development/Extension through Board Resolution No. 240 s.2009. The Library began the same time with the establishment of the Palawan National Agricultural College in 1963. Prof. Trinidad E. Palao first managed it. The Library was then housed in the present location of the Office of Student Affairs. It has an initial collection of almost 2,000 volumes of books acquired from school funds and donations from AEOP, PCARRD, Asia Foundation, FAO, and UNESCO. In 1985, the Library was transferred to the present building. In 1986, Mr. Anastacio Vergel de Dios took over the post as a Librarian due to the retirement of Prof. Palao. From 1989-1994, Mrs. Celsa Adier was designated as In-charge of the unit. The Library has undergone several changes in management after the resignation of Mrs. Adier. Faculty members were designated to supervise the Library, namely: Mrs. Rosalinda Cruz, Ms. Analyn Vergel de Dios, Mr. Erfen Bautista, Mrs. Santisima Sotabinto, and Mrs. Maphella A. Ruado. As of 2011, there are approximately 32,000 volumes of books at the Library classified and organized into seven (7) sections that include: reserve, circulation, Filipiniana, special collections, serials and periodicals, and instructional media where the non-print materials were housed. Mini-libraries were established in extramural campuses and colleges within the main campus. The Library is headed by a licensed librarian, an assistant librarian, casual employees, and ten (10) student assistants. This personnel attends to the needs of the library customers. The Western Philippines University is a state higher education institution located at Aborlan, Palawan. The University began as the Aborlan Farm Settlement School for the Tagbanuas (an indigenous cultural community of Palawan) in 1910. It became the Aborlan Agricultural High School in 1928 and the Palawan Regional Agricultural School in 1960. It was renamed Palawan National School in 1962 and became the Palawan National Agricultural College. Its name was again changed to State Polytechnic College of Palawan in 1995 under R.A. 8012, and in 2004 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed the R.A. 9260 converting it to Western Philippines University.

Wesleyan University – Philippines (WU-P), nestled in the heart of Cabanatuan City in Nueva Ecija, Philippines, is known for its provision of academic excellence, molding students to become leaders in the various aspects of social, cultural, economic, and Christian living and services, hence serving the nation and the Church. Students are housed in 17 multi-story buildings where they are trained to embrace a brighter future ahead. They are accorded with the most hospitable accommodation that they would love to come back to while enjoying the fruits of their excellent academic pieces of training in their respective places. Wesleyan offers educational programs in the pre-school, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate levels. Emphasizing a holistic and interdisciplinary approach, the university academic offerings cover a broad range of disciplines, including behavioral and applied sciences, engineering, social sciences, business management, education, and theology. The University begins to open its School of Law in Academic Year 2015-2016. We envision God's reign through a Christian institution of learning inspired by the Methodist tradition to transform society. To this end, Wesleyan University-Philippines undergirds scholarship, character, and service with a lively faith in God. Anchored on the Philosophy of WUP (Scholarship, Character, and Service) and the Wesleyan principles - Do No Harm, Do Good, Stay in Love with God, the following core values were formulated: Competence, Compassion, Unity, Spirituality, and Accountability (CCUS). The idea for a Wesleyan University-Philippines general hospital was conceived in 2002 to support the clinical needs of the College of Nursing and Allied Medical Services and in preparation for the establishment of a College of Medicine. The hospital was first launched as a diagnostic center on February 22, 2006. A year later. It was upgraded into a highly specialized cardio-vascular center dubbed as the "Heart Center of the North." Surgeons and support specialists came from the Heart Center of the Philippines. With no home-grown cardio-vascular surgeons and support specialists, the number of patients admitted was not enough to support the hospital's operation. The University had to subsidize it financially. A change of University administration in April 2009 prompted the Board of Trustees to realign the original concept of the hospital – that of offering all specialty services open to local practitioners while maintaining its cardiovascular capabilities. The hospital's name was changed to Wesleyan University Medical Center, with the subsidy from the University discontinued. The hospital slowly gained recognition from the community through its operation was limited to its cardio-vascular specialty's existing facilities. With the ever-escalating cost of hospitalization, WUMC, being a non-stock, non-profit institution, can offer to the public the same quality or even better health care provided by other hospitals at a lesser cost. At present, the hospital is in a period of development. It requires more funds to expand its infrastructure and purchase equipment in line with the improvement of facilities. All these are needed to achieve its goal of self-sufficiency.

The University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) is a state university established on August 16, 2016, under Republic Act 10919 through the amalgamation of the Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST) in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental and the Misamis Oriental State College of Agriculture and Technology (MUSCAT) in Claveria, Misamis Oriental. Both campuses are located in Northern Mindanao, the Gateway to Mindanao, which offers a strategic locational advantage for the institution to train and develop students from all the other Mindanao regions. The USTP exists to contribute to the economic and social development of the country through human capital formation and knowledge generation and application by: Providing advanced education and training in critical areas in science, Technology, engineering, agriculture, and mathematics, and establish centers of excellence in these areas in order to strengthen the university’s sphere of influence Conducting basic, applied, and advanced research in various fields of specialization Creating a seamless environment for research and teaching, as well as experiential learning for the students and faculty with the Involvement of the business and industry, thereby eliminating skills mismatch of graduates Providing timely and relevant technological solutions to pressing industrial and societal problems with the Involvement of faculty and students Assisting in the development of technopreneurs undertakings to propel economic enterprises at the grassroots level Leading the establishment and creation of new science and Technology rooted in practical solutions to global problems. A nationally-recognized S&T University is providing the vital link between education and the economy. Bring the world of work (industry) into the actual higher education and training of students. Offer entrepreneurs the opportunity to maximize their business potentials through a gamut of services from product conceptualization to commercialization. Contribute significantly to the National Development Goals of food security and energy sufficiency through technology solutions.

The University of the Philippines (UP) is the country’s national University. This premier institution of higher learning was established in 1908 and is now a university system composed of eight constituent universities and one autonomous college spread throughout 17 campuses in the archipelago. In 2012, the Commission on Higher Education declared 24 units of the University as Centers of Excellence, while six units were declared Centers of Development. The University of the Philippines System publishes regular updates on the University via Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and LinkedIn. Videos about the University are also available on Youtube, while publications from the Office of the Vice President for Public Affairs are also published on Issuu. UP Diliman offers the most number of undergraduate and graduate degree programs and comprises almost 50 percent of the entire UP System student population. Aside from the 493-hectare main campus in Quezon City—home to the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology—this constituent University also administers the UP Diliman Extension Program in Pampanga (UPPP). The latter is located at the Clark Special Economic Zone, which is less than 20 kilometers north of Manila. The eagle is among the most predominant animals used in heraldry, the art of devising or adorning insignias or coat-of-arms. It was used in the national emblems of ancient Rome, France, and the United States. Recognized as the king of birds, it has become a favorite in heraldry as a particular symbol for courage and power. The most common attitude by which the eagle is depicted in heraldry is with its wings spread out and pointing upwards. The head is usually turned to the right, that is, to the observer’s left. The Great Seal of the United States features the eagle in this position, from which the seals of the Philippines and the University were based.

In the wake of World War II, the entire country echoed with reconstruction as it rose from the ashes of destruction. The University of the Philippines reopened at its old site in Padre Faura, Manila. Long considered as an essential component in Philippine education, a UP degree opens doors for employment opportunities. It offers a promise of improvement in the quality of life for those who earn it. Even if many colleges in Iloilo sprang up after the war, the desire to have a UP education in this part of the country resonated in the hearts of the Ilonggos. On 18 December 1945, the Municipal Board of Iloilo authorized a resolution for the opening of a branch of UP in Iloilo City at the Iloilo City Hall site. One year and seven months later, the University of the Philippines Iloilo College (UPIC) opened its door in July 1947. It started with a Lower Division for third and fourth-year high school students and an Upper Division for first and second-year college levels. In just seven years, UPIC earned the status of being a full-fledged college and was renamed UP College Iloilo (UPCI) in 1954, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs, including a complete high school. A world-class university at the forefront of fisheries and aquatic sciences education, research, and development. Provide relevant quality education in fisheries and aquatic sciences. Promote, preserve, and nurture the Visayan cultural heritage. Develop competitive and innovative management practices and technologies in education, research, and public service and Lead in and advocate for the Visayas Region's sustainable development and the nation within the changing world order. The UP Visayas Health Services Unit (UPV-HSU), in cooperation with Dagyaw, a Kaaraydan, has successfully conducted a Medical, Surgical, and Dental Mission at Barangay Malagyan, Miagao, Iloilo on 27 May 2018. This is the 3rd year that HSU has reached out to the community to promote good health. It brought free consultation, circumcision, dental treatment, and laboratory services to the barangay residents.

No student shall be denied admission to the University System because of age, sex, nationality, religious belief, or political affiliation. Every applicant for admission shall undergo a thorough health examination. No person shall be admitted to this University if he is found by the University Health Service to be suffering from a dangerous, communicable or infectious disease or is physically unfit to take courses in any college of the University. Every student shall, upon admission, sign the following pledge: "In consideration of my admission to the University of the Philippines in Mindanao and of the privileges of a student in this institution, I at this moment promise and pledge to abide by and comply with all the rules and regulations laid down by competent authority in the University and in the college or school in which I am enrolled." Refusal to take this pledge or violation of its terms shall be sufficient cause for summary dismissal, or denial of admission.No person who has not duly matriculated may be admitted to the classes. In exceptional cases, the University Registrar may, on the Dean's recommendation, authorize the admission of a visitor to a class for not more than five sessions. The University of the Philippines-Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP-CIDS) spans various perspectives, methodologies, and ideologies in its primary and policy-oriented research. The Center harnesses the University's multidisciplinary expertise in its studies on critical fields. Anthropology is a social science that explores society and humanity from a bio-cultural and cross-cultural approach. The program is designed to provide students with training, field experience, and hands-on exposure to methods of anthropological research and visual documentation of different cultural lifeways, both locally and globally. Career opportunities for BA Anthropology graduates include research analyst, educator, development worker, advertising consultant, human resource officer, policy researcher, evaluator, social auditor, cultural broker, social advocate, museum researcher, and other related fields. The BS Architecture program trains students to be professional architects. With a high sense of social and cultural awareness, that is the result of five years of study in construction and building technology, architectural history and critical theory, and urban and regional planning.BS Architecture graduates now work as professional design architects, heritage planners/conservators, museum curators, architectural critics, architectural photographers, renderers, AutoCAD specialists, cartographers, building development scientists, corporate consultants, environmental planners, and real estate project managers. The BA Communication Arts program trains students to be practical and savvy communication and media specialists who can critically, creatively, and imaginatively use their skills in the incisive analysis of social and cultural realities.BA Communication Arts graduates are employed as corporate communication executives, media production staff, public relations officers, business process outsourcing specialists, theater artists, video production staff, advertising executives, web designers, teachers, communications and market researchers, speechwriters, and print and broadcast journalists. The BA English program trains students to become critical and creative thinkers who are skilled not just in the production of creative works but also in the English language practice in the global setting. BA English graduates now work as lawyers, business process outsourcing specialists, medical transcribers, information officers, public relations writers, copywriters, teachers, scriptwriters, technical writers, journalists, marketing communication specialists, and authors or editors of books and magazines. Today's world of work is more complex and volatile than it was years back. Managerial problems, especially those faced by decision-makers at the highest administration levels, have become less structured than they were in the past. Increasingly, managers have to deal with more sophisticated technologies, more rapidly expanding and contracting markets. In adapting to these changes, organizations have become flatter, smaller, and more flexible in structure, more integrative in decision-making, and more global in operation. Given the dynamism of our present work environment, it becomes imperative for organizational leaders to develop the capability to assess a broad spectrum of interrelated issues and interpret a continuous stream of data vital to decision-making. Decision-makers ought to be humanistic because people are the carriers of today's most important resources (knowledge and information), and holistic because managerial problems and issues are interrelated. The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) is a service unit that complements the University's instructional program. It addresses itself to significant concerns, namely: Development, Assistance, and Control. The development consists of specific services which help students develop a well-balanced personality. By providing them with extra-curricular activities, the University helps develop students' abilities, skills, and potentials, which may not be directly responded to in the classroom. Efforts toward this include making the opportunities available to students to participate in civic, political, athletic, social, and cultural activities. Assistance consists of specific services provided to help students adjust to the challenges of university life. To ensure that opportunities for adjustment are brought within their reach, services in the form of counseling, testing, health, student housing, psychosocial sessions, financial assistance, and scholarship are made available. Control is one central area of concern that is viewed positively as normative and formative, as well as one concerned with efforts to create the right order of things. It includes supervision on discipline to ensure that responsible behavior is instilled in students' hearts and minds, and the attitude of respect for individuals' rights is developed. The overall effect should be an atmosphere conducive to learning. The OSA is a communication channel that communicates and interprets students' needs to the university officials. It is also expected to communicate and interpret the wishes of the University to the student.

Our mandate is “To prepare future defense and security leaders for high positions of responsibility and command and undertake strategic research and special studies as a basis for the formulation of policies to enhance national defense and security, and programs and projects in pursuit of the Department of National Defense (DND) mission.” Our vision is “To be a center of excellence in educational and policy development for dynamic strategic leaders in national defense and security in the Asia Pacific by 2022”. The National Defense College of the Philippines upholds the constitutional provision that “The defense of the State is the prime duty of every citizen.” The NDCP pursues this commitment by educating future national leaders from the various sectors of society on the aspects of national defense and security. The NDCP has the broad mission to prepare and develop potential national defense leaders, civilian officials of the different branches of the government, and selected executives from the private sector for more effective participation in national security formulation, for high command and staff duty, and the conduct of strategic and international studies as the basis for national policies. Cognizant of this mission, the academic department envisions to be a modern, technology-driven, and globally competitive national defense and security institution of higher learning in the country. The College believes that a national security administrator must possess the broad skills and the proper attitude necessary to perform various responsibilities. The NDCP provides the kind of education needed by this administrator in terms of analytical and conceptual skills to prepare him to meet the broad challenges emanating from the internal and external environment. Applicants are required to pass a series of psychological tests, written and oral examinations. Those who qualify are interviewed, screened, and selected by the Board of Admissions. Finally, the Board of Admissions submits the list of those who qualified to the President of the NDCP, who, together with the Executive Vice President and the Vice President/Dean for Academic Affairs, decides en banc on the final list of those to be admitted. During class sessions, a variety of methodologies are employed. These range from group discussions, workshops, panel discussions, directed readings, reaction papers, and other participatory learning strategies. Opportunity lectures, symposia, field trips cum on-site briefings are also employed to reinforce the learning process further. Course examinations deal with the recollection of data obtained from the class sessions, references, and other sources. They include assessing the students’ capabilities to integrate, synthesize, and apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the course work. A very highly selective method of choosing lecturers/discussants is maintained at all times. To establish the lecturers’ credibility, criteria for selection include, among others, outstanding academic qualifications and exposure to and mastery of topics to be taken up. A sound, updated, and credible curriculum is maintained. Continuing analysis and assessment of the curriculum is periodically made to keep it abreast with national security concerns and developments. The NDCP Library contains approximately 20,000 volumes of reference books, magazines, periodicals, research work of students, and other studies by the staff, faculty, and consultants of the College. This collection is designed to provide current information to the faculty and staff, students, and alumni of the regular and special courses at NDCP, academicians, and researchers from other educational institutions, government agencies, and military establishments. The College has an online catalog. You can use it to find information on books and other documents we hold. Anyone can search the catalog free of charge. The National Defense College of the Philippines was first conceived in 1957 when the military advisors of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) proposed the setting-up of a SEATO War College in the Philippines. Cognizant of the need to establish a higher educational institution in the military that would be an institution at the zenith of the defense establishment where civilian-military cooperation for national security could be effectively forged, President Diosdado Macapagal signed Executive Order No. 44 on August 12, 1963, authorizing the establishment of the National Defense College of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (NDCAFP) and putting the College under the administrative and operational guidance of the AFP Chief of Staff. The College opened its first Regular Class (RC) on February 15, 1966. There were legislative moves to pass a law creating the National Defense College of the Philippines. In the House of Representatives, Congressman Manuel A. Zosa filed the House Bill 1420 in 1970, proposing an “Act Creating the National Defense College of the Philippines and for Other Purposes.” In the same year, Congressman Ramon D. Bagatsing filed House Bill No. 1447 proposing an “Act Creating the National Defense College of the Philippines, Providing an Academic Board, and for Other Purposes.” In the Senate, Senator Leonardo B. Perez filed Senate Bill 597 proposing an “Act Creating the National Defense College of the Philippines and for Other Purposes.” However, these legislative proposals did not reach third reading because President Ferdinand E. Marcos dissolved the Philippine Congress.

At present, UPV, located strategically in three campuses in Regions 6 and 8, continues to be at the forefront of higher education, pioneering academic programs relevant to local and national development. The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) provides the general education program that is the foundation of all university academic programs. The College equips the students with basic knowledge in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, the skills necessary to communicate and analyze and integrate knowledge, and learn independently and think critically. It offers interdisciplinary programs with significant double support or complementary to those offered by other colleges. The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) of the University of the Philippines Visayas is at the forefront of fisheries education. Over the years, the College has instituted degree programs that address the need for sustainable development of the country's fisheries resources and respond to the call for a highly trained workforce in the field. Its curricular offerings, both at the graduate and undergraduate levels, aim to impart theoretical knowledge and practical skills and develop analytical capabilities as tools toward innovative approaches and solutions to fisheries and related problems. During the term of UP President Onofre D. Corpus in 1975, an interdisciplinary team within the University conceived an autonomous unit that would become the country's premier institution for fisheries and marine science education and research. Its establishment was embodied in the Philippine Five-Year Development Plan of 1978-1982, which also provided that Region VI would be the new unit's site. On May 31, 1979, the Board of Regents (BOR), during its 114th meeting, approved the establishment of an autonomous University of the Philippines in the Visayas (UPV). Executive Order No. 628 issued by President Ferdinand Marcos on October 30, 1980, operationalized UPV, with its main campus in Miagao, and with the College of Fisheries as its flagship college. Originally, UPV consisted of only two colleges, the College of Fisheries (CF) and the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), formerly UP College Iloilo. It had five colleges and a school on four campuses Miagao, Iloilo City, Cebu City, and Tacloban City. The other colleges and schools are the College of Management (CM), formerly the School of Development Management (SDM), UP Cebu College, UP Tacloban College, and the School of Technology and Environmental Resources or STER (now, the School of Technology or SciTech). The Board of Regents established the Graduate School in 1984. It was phased out in 1991 and became the Graduate Program Coordinating Office (GPCO). It was renamed Graduate Program Office in 1995. Its primary function is to monitor and standardize the graduate program offerings of the colleges and schools of UPV. The main campus of UPV is in the 278-year-old municipality of Miagao, located about 41 kilometers from Iloilo City. It is built on a 1.294-hectare area of rolling hills and lush greenery with a spectacular view of the sea on one side of the campus and the distant mountains on the other. It covers 12 barangays and is one of the biggest in the country today. The development of the site and construction of facilities in the Miagao campus began in September 1981, which was made possible through the Sixth Educational Loan of the Philippine Government approved by the World Bank. The loan proceeds of about $17.63 million were used for site acquisition, construction of buildings, procurement of equipment, and the transfer of the CF personnel and properties from Diliman to Miagao. Today, a two-lane concrete road on the campus connects the vast expanse of fields, beaches, and forest hills with modern laboratory complexes, lecture, and audiovisual halls, administration offices, the library museum, infirmary, student dormitories, faculty and staff houses, and apartments, all providing a fascinating contrast to the rural setting. The transfer of CF to the Miagao campus in 1988 was spearheaded by Chancellor Rogelio Juliano and Dean Efren Ed C. Flores. In June 1990, Chancellor Francisco Nemenzo implemented the CAS Division of Humanities and Division of Social Sciences transfer. The School of Technology followed soon after. The existing CF library collection was transferred to the Library Museum and enriched with titles in the Liberal Arts. In May 1993, the transfer of the Division of Physical Sciences and Mathematics and the Division of Biological Sciences, along with the Office of the Dean, completed the transfer of the College of Arts and Sciences. Two degree-granting units remain in the Iloilo City Campus. They are the College of Management and College of Arts and Sciences' Division of Professional Education, which maintains the UP High School in Iloilo. The UPHSI is an experimental laboratory for innovative teaching strategies designed to provide academic training for underprivileged students to better prepare them for access to tertiary education at the University of the Philippines. With the creation of UPV, the regional campuses of UP Cebu College and UP Tacloban College were integrated into the UPV administration in 1986 and were renamed UPV Cebu College and UPV Tacloban College. On September 24, 2010, the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines declared the University of the Philippines Cebu College as an autonomous unit under the Office of the President of the University effective January 2011. The said elevation will allow the unit greater freedom in pursuing the directions set and patterned on the needs of Cebuanos and the students from its immediate vicinities.

Adventist University of the Philippines (AUP) is located in Putting Kahoy, Silang, Cavite, Philippines, in Laguna – 50 kilometers or about an hour's drive by car from Manila. The 165-hectare University is on an elevated area overlooking Laguna de Bay. A sixty-kilometer stretch of the Laguna Lake, the majestic Mount Makiling range, and an overview of a beautiful canyon comprise what one Adventist educator has termed "the million-dollar view" of AUP. The site is just 30 minutes away from Tagaytay City—acclaimed to be one of the country's most relaxed and most beautiful cities. From the expressway, motorists pass through the Sta. Rosa exit before turning right to travel along the road that the Coca-Cola Bottlers plant to the Laguna Technopark and Nuvali, the Ayala of the South. AUP is a residential campus. Our mission is to provide holistic quality Seventh-day Adventist Christian education in a nurturing environment of campus living. The University has made a concerted effort and remains committed to making residential living comfortable. AUP affirms the values gained from being primarily a residential or boarding school. Upon admission, a new student agrees to live in a residential hall unless covered by exemptions. New students who are generally and mostly minors must begin their year in the residence halls inside the University. Several professional and cultural organizations on campus actively seek to enrich the classroom's work and provide opportunities for leadership and worthwhile social experience. Each student is urged to participate in several religious organizations and maintain membership in one or more clubs. For his/her professional club, the student is expected to naturally choose the one in line with his/her future vocation or primary field. Club membership is optional, and the program provides a regular meeting time. Club constitutions are subject to the approval of the Student Affairs Committee. Adventist University of the Philippines (AUP) is an institution of higher learning operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. However, it accepts application from individuals irrespective of race, color, sex, and religious affiliation, whose manner of acting, feeling, and thinking are in harmony with the objectives, values, and beliefs of the institution and whose capacities and abilities show the possibility of achieving a satisfactory scholastic record. Although church membership is not a pre-requisite for admission, applicants are expected to abide by the university's rules and regulations. To qualify for admission, applicants must give evidence of good moral character, intellectual capacity, good health, financial capability, and a desire to learn. Admission to the University is a privilege and not a right. Commitment to academic and intellectual excellence with experience. Demonstrate critical reasoning and independent thinking. Promote a quality research environment. Communicate effectively in various media. Understand arts and science from a Christian perspective. Exhibit competence in skills, vocational work, and professional practice. Qualify for local, national, and international standards. Cultivate the spirit of Christian service. Involve in community and civic service programs. Commit to innovative management and transformational leadership practices. Uphold the worldwide mission of the church. Create a proactive environment responsive to community needs. Instill a positive work attitude. SDA Education is a unique system with distinctive features. These features should be studied prayerfully and carefully to understand how to implement them properly in SDA schools. Their incorporation into the school program should be hastened that God may bountifully bless the administration, staff, and students with unprecedented spiritual and educational progress. While many of these features have been included in SDA schools, others are not apparent. Adventist University of the Philippines (AUP) traces its roots and humble beginnings to the missionary-oriented people who had a strong desire to develop young people for usefulness in life, more specifically in preparing efficient workers for the different Christian branches service and ultimately for citizenship in the kingdom of God. The ever-multiplying number of PUC enrollment has inspired the administration to purchase yet a more significant property, which comprises 165 hectares of land located at Putting Kahoy, Silang, Cavite in 1972. The same missionary spirit that inspired the pioneers in the past has stimulated the administrators, faculty, and students to work hard, sacrifice time, energy, and effort leaving behind the conveniences of life in the city to move to the new PUC' mountain' location. The year 1979 saw the first batch of newcomers and sophomore students in this new campus, and, in 1981, with the movement of the juniors and seniors from Baesa, the campus transfer was completed. "Shine on Forever, Dear AUP," a compelling command that knows no limit, keeps inspiring the university leaders, workers, and students from all over the world to strive harder to reach the heights of excellence. Students continuously top the board exams and the other academic competitive tests, which helped pave the way for the University to acquire Deregulated Status on October 22, 2001, and to eventually be awarded an Autonomous Status on October 27, 2003, for its meritorious achievement in the provision of instruction, research, community extension services, high performance of graduates in licensure examinations and for maintaining a tradition of integrity, excellence, and untarnished reputation in the educational service. On March 7, 2009, the Commission on Higher Education had again awarded AUP renewal of its Autonomous Status from March 2009 to March 2014.

USPF is a 21 st century transformative learning environment for global lifelong learners. We commit ourselves to a value-laden quality education that nurtures ethical, creative, competent, and socially responsive individuals. Today USPF has a growing population of international students. For 68 years as a university and 90 years as an academic institution, the University of Southern Philippines Foundation has served the nation by producing professionals in different fields of specialization, thereby making USPF true to its commitment. Today USPF has a growing population of both local and international students. Shortly the USPF envisions to be a premier educational institution that responds to the high demands of producing globally competitive graduates. University of Southern Philippines Foundation will then become the hub for a technology-based academic institution that promotes professionalism, integrity, excellence, and social responsibility. USPF will continue to respond to the community's needs and its clientele by innovating programs and creating avenues for quality student services. Picking the right institution that will train you ready for your chosen career is just as integral as choosing the right materials that will make up for a durable infrastructure that will stand the test of time. Like how a sturdy building attributes its strength to its solidly built foundation, a successful professional treading his career path has grown to become one because he was trained by an institution that puts a premium on laying the right foundation necessary for his growth. The University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF) exists to equip its students holistically to be ready for the world. With its diverse program offerings, highly competent teaching force, and complete facilities, USPF ensures that its students receive quality instruction and skills-based education that targets the development of their knowledge and experience in their chosen programs. As a testament to its pursuit of excellence, USPF's Information Technology, Education, and High School programs have recently been accredited level II by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA). USPF is also among the few institutions in Region 7 to have the level III accreditation status. Celebrating 90 years as a vital institution, USPF has over 50-course offerings in the fields of arts and sciences, business management and accountancy, computer studies, engineering and architecture, education, and health sciences. The university aims to produce a pool of conscientious professionals in these various fields who will respond to the community's needs in the future. USPF banks create a community of skilled students, faculty, and staff as well as maintain an environment conducive to learning. Dr. Helmer Montejo, Former USPF director of information and marketing, said the university annually holds workshop seminars and invites top-rank speakers in leadership and development to hone the knowledge and skills of its stakeholders. USPF continuously develops its facilities to further cater to the learning needs of its students, he added. USPF is also pursuing creating linkages and forging synergies with various institutions in the country and abroad to provide more learning opportunities for its teachers and students. More than providing quality education to Cebuanos, USPF is also an international student-friendly institution accommodating over 15 different nationalities for the current academic year. Lay the right foundation for a strong career in the future and enroll now at the University of the Philippines Foundation. To know more about the institution, log on to uspf.edu.ph or visit them at Salinas Drive, Lahug, Cebu City. The University of Southern Philippines Foundation was founded by men and women who felt the need to establish an educational institution that would offer relatively high instruction standards within reach of the community's average man. These men and women were: Agustin Jerez, a Civil Engineer from the State University of Iowa Virgilio Gonzales, a doctor of medicine from the University of the Philippines Miguel Sanson, a practicing attorney Mrs. Natividad Villa – Albino, a school teacher Felipe Ouano, Fructouso Ramos, and Hipolito Andrada, businessmen and Dr. Jose Mirasol, a chemist and a former dean of the Cebu Junior College, then the Cebu branch of the University of the Philippines. Dr. Mirasol served as the first director of the school. The University of Southern Philippines Foundation was first called Southern Institute when it was founded in 1927. The institute began by offering a complete elementary course and the first two years of Firstly education. In response to public demand, the Firstly course was made complete. Classes were held in a residential house on Colon Street. With the school population's increase, the school moved to a more spacious location on Mabini Street. Collegiate courses were opened in 1933. With complete collegiate courses in the Arts and Sciences, Education, Commerce, Law, and Southern Institute was changed to Southern College in 1937. In 1949, the Southern College was granted the permit to open a Graduate School. Having attained university status, the name Southern College was changed to the University of Southern Philippines on July 8, 1949. USPFLOGONOV2015COLORED In 1959, the stockholders agreed to dissolve the original stock corporation and converted USP into a non-stock, non-profit foundation. Envisioning the eventual congestion at the Mabini Campus and noting the trend of dispersal among educational institutions to the suburbs, the founder, in 1962, and established the USP Lahug Campus, which is located in Salinas Drive.

USP shall Produce World-Class Graduates and Relevant Research and Extension through Quality Education and Sustainable Resource Management. By becoming a premier university in the ASEAN Region, the USP shall be a center of excellence and development, responsive and adaptive to fast-changing environments. USP shall also be known as the leading University in the country that fosters innovation and applies knowledge to create value towards social, economic, and technological developments. The University, which sees the University's continued implementation of the University's decentralization policies under established policy guidelines, has resulted in more effective and efficient units. The Evening Program implemented through BOR Resolution No. 2732 accommodates students who could not make it in the regular day program, however, with some variation in fees. Also, the Summer Program has been approved. By the year 2001, the total number of curriculum offerings was 31 for the Graduate School and 28 for the Undergraduate Program. Beginning in 2002, the Office of the President under the administration of Dr. Julieta I. Ortiz identified and pursued Program Accreditation as one of the University's significant thrusts. Hence in the same year, three programs were awarded Level I status by AACCUP. These were BSED of USP Tagum and Obrero, BEED of Obrero, and Forestry and Agricultural Engineering of Tagum. Today, 16 of its undergraduate programs are accredited. Now in its 38th year, the University has all the reasons to be proud of its achievements in instruction, research, extension, production, and administration. Within this period, the University is establishing a niche as a center for academic excellence in Mindanao – a reputation it has acquired through persistence and constancy of purpose in the pursuit of quality and excellence in all its undertakings. The University of Southeastern Philippines had made and will continue to make the performance as a yardstick to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of its distantly located but diversely-rich university network of campuses. It has been almost 27 years since the passage of Batas Pambansa Blog. 12. The failures and the successes of more than two-and-a-half decades of operations in the areas of instruction, research, extension, and administration have immensely contributed to what the University of Southeastern Philippines is now. This is USP today. In the sphere of instruction, existing academic policies and curriculum offerings of the different colleges and campuses of the USP are aligned with the demands of the market and the economy. To date, USP is offering 56 academic programs (two for Doctoral degrees, 27 for Masteral degrees, and 27 for Baccalaureate programs) in the fields of Engineering, Education, Arts and Sciences, Economics, Computing, Governance, Development, Resources Management, Technology, Agriculture and Forestry. Enthused by the noble undertaking of imparting quality education through its commitment to maintaining a high level of quality standards, the University of Southeastern Philippines has continued to submit to accreditation voluntarily. At present, many of the academic programs offered in the University have attained Accredited Status by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP): USeP-Tagum's Agricultural Technology, Elementary Teacher Education, Forestry and Agricultural Engineering are Level II while USeP-Mabini's Extension Education, Agriculture and Agricultural Teacher Education and USP Obrero's Biology, Industrial Technology, Computer Technology, Technology Education, Elementary Teacher Education, Secondary Teacher Education, Industrial Technology and Electrical Engineering are Level I. To fulfill its vision to become a modern state university at the cutting edge of academic excellence and the forefront of research and development, the University demands excellence from its teaching force. The majority of 54 percent of the faculty members have Master's degrees, 29 percent have Bachelor's degrees, while the remaining 17 percent possess Doctoral degrees. The outstanding performance manifested by USP Engineering graduates during board examinations instigated the Commission on Higher Education's (CHED) to declare USP as a Center of Development in Engineering, specifically in Electrical Engineering (EE) and Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE). Also, its alumni's quality of performance in the different government, non-government and private organizations and companies have brought into USP various scholarships from congress members, senators, and private individuals and companies for USP students and faculty. In order to contribute markedly to the maximized use of Mindanao's potential resources towards the well being of its people, the Research Division of the University has always worked for responsive research and development projects relevant to the University's academic programs, including food productivity and sustainability, technology, industrial fields, nutrition, health, and resources management. Also, USP is now the base agency of Southern Mindanao Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium (SMARRDEC), a 19-member consortium of line agencies and research institutions in agriculture agri-related research and development. Similarly, the Extension Division has incessantly undertaken programs and outreach services in the communities through agriculture and fishery projects, capability-building programs, computer literacy, education, livelihood videotape showing, household skills training, etc. Realizing that endeavors would be best met through convergence and partnerships, the University has explored means to establish linkages. To date, the University of Southeastern Philippines has inked partnerships with World Bank, Philippines-Australia Basic Education Assistance for Mindanao, Southeast Asian Ministries of Education Organization, Regional Center for Vocational and Technical Education and Training in Brunei Darussalam (SEAMEO VOCTECH), Philippines-Australia Human Resource Development Facility, Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, Department of Science and Technology, PhilRice, National Computer Center, Department of Energy, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Resources for the Blind, Inc., SMART Philippines, SMARRDEC, Southern Mindanao Industry, Energy, Research and Development Consortium (SMIERDEC), DARUMA Tech, Inc., PCAMMRD, Mindanao Studies Consortium, Davao City Colleges and Universities Network (DACUN), and MSTPC. Today, new centers that are meant to be strategic growth points for USP have been established. These are the Teacher Training Center for Region XI (Mindanao), the Mindanao eLearning Space (a project with DepEd and BEAM), the Science and Technology Learning Resource Center, the Regional Trades and Crafts Training and Production Center, the Knowledge for Development Center (with World Bank) and the Lifelong Study Center. With USP avidly pursuing its USP-Strategic Institutional Repositioning Project, the USEP community and stakeholders are optimistic that the University will effectively fulfill its mission in this part of the country. The University of Southeastern Philippines (USP) became operational in 1979, integrating the four state institutions in the region: the Mindanao State University-Davao Branch (MSUDB), the University of the Philippines Master of Management Program in Davao (UPMMPD), the Davao School of Arts and Trades (DSAT) and the Davao National Regional Agricultural School (DNRAS). The integration of these institutions paved the way for the birth of the five USP campuses, namely: the Davao City main campus in Obrero with an area of 6.5 hectares, the Mental campus, Davao City that has an area of 2.8 hectares, the Tagum campus, Tagum City with a 77-hectare land area the Mabini campus which lies in a 109-hectare land area in Mampising, Mabini, Compostela Valley Province and the latest addition, Bislig campus in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur with an area of 9.7 hectares. The early years saw the College of Engineering and Technology's birth in Obrero campus, the College of Forestry and Agriculture at Tagum and Mabini campuses, and the College of Arts and Sciences on Mental campus. The succeeding years witnessed developments in the academic and administrative realms of USP. In 1993, through a Board of Regents (BOR) resolution, External Studies Programs were established. These were: USP-Hinatuan, Ext. Program in Surigao del Sur USP-Baganga External Studies Program in Davao Oriental USP-Kapalong College of Agricultural Technology and Entrepreneurship and USP-Pantukan External Studies Program. In 1996, the USP-Bislig campus in Surigao del Sur was established. PICOP waived nine hectares of Barangay Maharlika, Bislig, for the initial campus. From 1993 to 1997, new units were created. Among them were Mindanao Center for Policy Studies (MCPS), Affiliated Non-Conventional Energy Center (ANEC) for Region XI Office of Admission and Student Records (OASR), Medical Division Institute of Urban Finance and Management University Testing and Guidance Office (UGTO) Project Implementation Unit (PIU) Institute of Computing (IC) and Center for Professional Board of Review for Teachers. During the years of its growth, the Board of Regents has continued streamlining the administrative and organizational structure of the University to make it more responsive to changing needs and enable the University to engage more in research and extension.

The University of Eastern Philippines is a public university in the Philippines. The University is the only comprehensive state university in Eastern Visayas, offering the largest number of undergraduate and graduate degree programs and short-term courses and certificates among the higher education institutions in the region. Its flagship campus is in Catarman, Northern Samar. The University of Eastern Philippines is the first State University in the Visayas. The University of Eastern Philippines began as the Catarman Farm School (CFS) in September 1918 in a 516-hectare site of forested mountains and rice fields facing the Pacific Ocean. Then-Governor Clodualdo Lucero proposed and sought the approval of the Provincial Board for the establishment of the school. Our vision is “Academically competitive, research and development focused and economically sustainable public higher institution of learning.” Our mission is “To offer academic programs and services that will effectively transform individuals into productive citizens of the country and accelerate the development of high - level professionals who will provide leadership in meeting the demands of sustainable development and challenges of a diverse and globalized society.” The goal is to attain quality and excellence, access and equity, relevance and responsiveness, and efficiency and effectiveness in graduate education delivery.

The University of the Philippines Manila (UP Manila) is one of the eight constituent universities of the University of the Philippines (UP) System. It is a public and secular institution of higher learning that offers academic and training programs and extension services in the health sciences, health professions education, arts, and sciences. As the country's leading institution in health education, research, and public service, UP Manila seeks to significantly improve people's health and help the country sustain its health gains. How the University fulfills this mission is a vast and constant challenge to its faculty, staff, students, and alumni and which this website seeks to affirm. UP Manila dedicates itself to the inviolability and dignity of the human person. It shall ever be responsive to the Filipino People's needs and aspirations, sensitive to the ideals and values of humanity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the institutionalization of the democratic way of life. The University of the Philippines Manila shall continuously strive to become an outstanding, dynamic, cohesive, and relevant institution of higher learning by integrating the health sciences units and the College of Arts and Sciences. Thus, it shall provide the highest quality of advanced instruction, professional training, basic and applied research, and community service and produce outstanding scholars, practitioners, and leaders in the fields of health, the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Every applicant for admission shall undergo a thorough health examination. No person shall be admitted to this University found by the University Health Service to be with a dangerous, communicable, contagious, or infectious disease or physically unfit to take the courses in any college of the University. Each course's entrance requirements shall be prescribed by the faculty of the college offering the course and approved by the University Council and the President of the University. The University of the Philippines Manila has been offering graduate programs since 1930. These programs have been directly under the administration and governance of the different colleges offering them. In 1985, a nationwide survey of graduate degree programs offered by the different colleges and universities in the health sciences showed that existing graduate offerings in the health and health-related professions of non-UP Manila institutions were minimal. When UP Manila was reorganized in 1987, an Office of Graduate and Continuing Education (OGCE) was created to coordinate its graduate and continuing education programs. Dr. Ophelia M. Mendoza chaired the OGCE. When Dr. Perla D. Santos Ocampo assumed the chancellorship in September 1993, the need to upgrade the OGCE into a graduate school was expressed in consonance with the University's current thrust to lead graduate education and research. The proposal for establishing a graduate school in UP Manila was approved by the Board of Regents on 22 June 1995. On 27 July 1995, Dr. Veronica F. Chan, a microbiology professor and Virology professor at the College of Public Health (CPH) was appointed the graduate school's acting dean. She drafted the rules and regulations governing the Graduate School in consultation with the different degree-granting units' deans. The University Council subsequently approved the rules of UP Manila. The Graduate School, in coordination with the eight degree-granting units, enriched existing graduate programs and developed new programs attuned to meet the health workforce needs of the country and that of the Southeast Asian countries. Chancellor Santos Ocampo strongly felt the timely need and relevance of the Graduate School's national status to accelerate the development of a globally competitive graduate education system for UP Manila. The change in status would better uphold the UP vision of becoming the Philippine's education system's apex and base. Dr. Flores developed briefing documents after a series of consultations with key persons from different colleges of the different autonomous units of the UP System, Commission on Higher Education, and some private institutions. With the continued support from Chancellor Santos Ocampo and UP President Emil Q.Javier, the Graduate School was transmogrified into the National Graduate School for the Health Sciences (SHS). The Board of Regents in its 1130th meeting approved the national status of the Graduate School on 15 April 1999. The Office of Continuing Education was created as the Office of Extension and Continuing Education in 1993 during Former Chancellor Perla Santos Ocampo. In 2000, the office was moved under the supervision of the Office of the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod; thus, the unit became known as the Office of the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod and Continuing Education. In July 2006, Chancellor Ramon Arcadio transferred the Office of Continuing Education's supervision from the Ugnayan Pahinungod to NGOHS on an experimental basis to further improve work efficiency UP Manila. International students seeking admission to the University shall be required to meet all the program's prescribed entrance requirements. Their previous training was obtained in an institution of recognized standing and provided further a place for them in the college or school.

St. Paul University Philippines (SPUP) was founded on May 10, 1907, as Colegio de San Pablo, by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (Mother Ephrem Marie Fieu, Sr. Suzanne du Sacre Coeur Cran, Sr. Agnes de Sainte Anne Coupland, and Sr. Jeanne de St. Louis Bourrelly, Sr. Marie Angeline Acau and Postulant Sr. Ste. Foy de Sacre Coeur Sacramento) who came to Cagayan Valley upon the invitation of Bishop Dennis Dougherty. The school's name was changed to Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus in 1909, then to Sacred Heart of Jesus Institution (SHOJI) in 1925. The school started in a Spanish Convento, adjoining the Cathedral. However, due to increased enrollment and curricular expansion, the community moved to the Colegio de San Jacinto and its grounds in 1934 (where the University stands today), which the SPC Sisters acquired from the Dominican Order. Today, SPUP is recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as an Autonomous Institution Center of Excellence in Nursing, Center of Excellence in Teacher Education Center of Development in Information Technology Center of Teacher Training Institution, the first accredited Integrated Basic Education Unit in Cagayan Valley a deputized institution for the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency Accreditation Program (ETEAAP) Most Outstanding Student Services in the Philippines Outstanding Research/Academic Library in the Philippines and, the Lead School of the St. Paul University System. For more than a century of existence, SPUP has proven its excellence and untarnished reputation of providing quality, Catholic, Paulinian education. As it offers primary education to graduate school programs, SPUP has continuously form graduates in personifying Catholic and Paulinian values and virtues, thereby making a difference in contributing to social transformation in the nation, the Church, and the entire humanity. The Admissions Office is tasked to orchestrate efforts to build support for the University's brand and identity its messaging components and marketing processes, tools, and resources needed for an effective campaign to promote and sustain University's public image to recruit students for its various programs and services. It is the lead office in the promotions, marketing, and student-recruitment engagements for the University's academic programs and auxiliary services. Thus, it is through this office that the University integrates promotions and marketing activities and engages the whole institution in the implementation of its programs. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are mandated to perform the significant triad functions of instruction, research, and extension. St. Paul University Philippines is tasked to be primarily responsible for advancing the frontiers of knowledge through research. As a University, SPUP is dedicated to research to attain quality and excellence in the delivery of its educational services. Moreover, as a Catholic University, research in SPUP "recognizes and respects the principles and methods of each discipline, so long as the rights of the individual and the community are preserved within the confines of the truth and the common good" (Ex Corde Ecclesiae, 47).To promote and enhance a strong research culture, the faculty members are expected to develop in themselves the needed knowledge, skills, and attitude to do research. The International Relations Office was instituted at St. Paul University Philippines as the University's arm in the promulgation of activities and tasks pertinent to the internationalization of SPUP. Specifically, it operates to fulfill SPUP's thrust on global education and internationalization by forging international partnerships and linkages and making sure that provisions in the MOAs/MOUs with international partners are active, employing strategic marketing activities to increase the number of both degree-seeking students and short-term course completers, spearheading the University's application and eventual implementation of Transnational Education, and getting involved in crafting/designing personnel and student mobility activities within the ASEAN region as part of the ASEAN Integration programs. The office oversees all student-related services and affairs planned and organized for the students' holistic development. It oversees the services of the Guidance Center, Clinic, International Student Residence, and the Office of Student Affairs supervises the Paulinian Student Government's activities and coordinates with the different student clubs and organizations. The Clinic provides medical and dental care to students, faculty, staff, and maintenance. It also offers community-related services in partnership with health-related agencies and organizations. SPUP's Special Programs and Services contribute to the University's mission of helping students and stakeholders maximize their learning opportunities and assisting them in their personal and professional growth. These special services provide academic support, programs, and related services for language proficiency, review programs for licensure examinations, cultural exchange programs, music, and sports development. They include workshops, short-term courses, tutoring, and individual academic sessions developing skills and attitudes beneficial to students and stakeholders in their pursuit of excellence. EBSCO Information Services is a worldwide leader in providing information access and management solutions through print and electronic journal subscription services, research database development and production, online access to more than 100 databases and thousands of e-journals, and e-commerce book procurement. EBSCO has served the library and business communities for more than 60 years. EBSCO Information Services' parent company, EBSCO Industries Inc., is a diversified, financially stable company with manufacturing and sales offices around the world. EBSCO's International Headquarters in Birmingham, Ala., U.S.A., provides support for all EBSCO operations.

On January 18, 1954, firmly adhering to the vision of contributing to the nation's progress and development through producing competent engineers and architects trained in the most modern and advanced methods and techniques, the Polytechnic Colleges of the Philippines was established. Founded by a group of respected educators that included Messrs. Manuel I. Felizardo, Vicente Y. Orosa, Ciriaco Y. Coronel, and Emilio M. Javier, the School's first President was co-founder Gonzalo T. Vales, who had earned his Civil Engineering degree from the University of Southern California. He was until then, the Dean of the Mapua Institute of Technology. With only one building and enrolment of about three hundred students in 1954, PCP initially offered a limited number of disciplines, namely: Bachelor of Science Degrees in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering, and a separate course in Surveying. Two years later, the High School Department was established with Mr. Miguel Pacquing as its first principal. The College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business Administration was opened in the school year 1960 - 61.

On February 8, 1962, a group of educators headed by Engineer Demetrio A. Quirino Jr. and Dr. Teresita U. Quirino established the TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES as a private non-sectarian stock school. The Information Systems (I.S.) programs of T.I.P. Manila and T.I.P. Quezon City are the first and only I.S. programs accredited by ABET CAC in Southeast Asia. Accreditation is a voluntary, peer-review process that requires programs to undergo comprehensive, periodic evaluations. The evaluations, conducted by teams of volunteer professionals working in industry, government, academe, and private practice within the ABET disciplines, focus on program curricula, faculty, facilities, institutional support, and other vital areas. ABET is a not-for-profit organization owned and operated by its more than 32 professional and technical member societies. An internationally respected organization with some 2,000 volunteers, ABET has set the higher-educational standards in its fields for nearly 80 years. The Architecture program develops students' skills in architectural design, freehand drawing, surveying, model making and rendering, and skills in management related to construction projects. It includes subjects in architectural design, construction materials, and construction management. The program is designed to provide a broad foundation for developing social and environmental awareness, problem-solving ability, and design creativity. The Chemical Engineering program focuses on developing and applying industrial processes in which chemical or physical principles are involved. The program prepares students for careers in industries that deal with chemicals, drugs, food, textile, cement, and other products. The program allows students to design, create, and troubleshoot large and small chemical plant setups. The program also allows students to perform formal researches on chemistry-related topics. The Civil Engineering program is a five-year program that provides students the knowledge and expertise necessary to plan, design, construct, supervise, and maintain facilities essential to modern life. These facilities vary widely in nature, size, and scope and include offshore structures, bridges, buildings, tunnels, highways, transit systems, dams, airports, ports and harbors, towers, and water distribution systems. The program also provides students the fundamental skills in land surveying, highway and transportation engineering design, structural design, and construction materials selection and testing. It also includes topics in flood controls, landslide, air and water pollution, and facilities design to withstand earthquakes and natural hazards. Computer Engineering is a profession that applies engineering principles and methodologies in the analysis, design, implementation, and management of hardware, software, and the integration of both. The program includes computer hardware, system development, and design, microelectronics and embedded systems, data communication and network administration, and software development and design. The Electrical Engineering program deals with the generation, transmission, distribution, and utilization of electricity. It also deals with the design, operation and protection, maintenance, and economics of electrical systems, emphasizing ethical values to harness economically and safely the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of society and the environment. Electronics Engineering is a profession that integrates available and emerging technologies with knowledge of mathematics, natural, social, and applied sciences to conceptualize, design, and implement new, improved, or innovative electronic, computer, and communication systems, devices, goods, services, and processes. The Electronics Engineering program focuses on designing, constructing, integrating, operating, and maintaining electronic equipment, electronic devices, and circuits used in the transmission and processing of information. The Industrial Engineering program brings together the various sciences concerned with technology, the production of goods, performance of services, and how people work. Industrial engineers integrate human, information, material, monetary, and technological resources to produce quality and cost-competitive goods and services in a healthy and efficient work environment. Industrial Engineering covers a broad spectrum, including production planning and control, manufacturing systems and processes, facilities design, human factors, occupational safety, quality control, systems reliability, systems analysis, and design with a strong emphasis on advanced computing. The Mechanical Engineering program is centered on the principles of power generation through appropriately designed machines. The program emphasizes the various types of power generating machines, their functions, components, construction, and operation and maintenance. Specifically, it is concerned with mechanical design, energy conversion, fuel, combustion technologies, heat transfer, materials, noise control, acoustics, manufacturing processes, rail transportation, automatic control, product safety, and reliability, solar energy, etc. their technological impact on society. T.I.P. laid down its objectives based on its founders' vision: to maintain a high standard of instruction to bring within reach of the masses the blessings of higher education and cooperate with the government in the implementation of its economic and social amelioration programs. The School had an initial enrollment of 2,400, which steadily increased.T.I.P. then directed itself toward specialization in the field of technology. In 1977, it offered a two-year associate course in Marine Engineering. In 1980, the Liberal Arts, Education, and high school programs were phased out to make way for the School's new thrust. In 1981, the student population already exceeded 23,000.

The University of Northern Philippines (UNP) is a university in Barangay Tamag, in the City of Vigan in Ilocos Sur, Philippines. It is the first and oldest state university in Northern Luzon, which offers a low tuition fee, tracing its roots to 1906, which is older than the University of the Philippines by two years. It is the only state university in the province aimed at less-fortunate people and one of three state-owned educational institutions of higher learning operating in Ilocos Sur. The University of Northern Philippines (UNP) holds the distinction of being the first state university in Northern Luzon. It was created by enacting the Republic Act 4449 authored by the late Congressman FLORO S. CRISOLOGO and approved on June 19, 1965. The said Act converted the Ilocos Sur School of Arts and Trades in the Municipality of Vigan, Province of Ilocos Sur, into a University. The Open University has been operating in a borderless environment, providing the avenue for professional growth and development despite geographical circumstances, job demands, and time constraints akin to the traditional campus-based education. These obstacles to professional growth and development were practically being minimized if not eliminated. The Open University is striving even more to widen the accessibility to quality education. Its enrollees' geographical distribution has manifested this, now increasingly distributed in the country and even overseas. We shall work for the improvement of our academic standards. We shall do this by initially going back to the basics and change the culture that has made us very comfortable with mediocrity. Middle-level academic administrators have to do their essential functions to see that they are the only ones blamed for poor board performances. The instructors and professors' classroom performance should be evaluated meaningfully, and the best way to do it is for the academic unit administrators to go to the classrooms and observe classes. The faculty's presence within the campus that ensures accessibility when needed by their students has to be thoroughly monitored. The faculty members have to set the examples of excellence in academic pursuits and not in other else. Everyone has to work for all our programs' accreditation and have our lost accreditation status be restored. The greatest challenge in attaining these ambitious goals rests on the Deans. We shall work hard to institutionalize the knowledge production cycle, starting from the classroom until we shall have attained a name in the world of authors and inventors. And so, we shall equip the faculty with the necessary skills and competencies by sending those who are willing to grow professionally to attain advanced education and support all undertakings that will enhance their capabilities. We shall also see to it that there is no room for incompetence, mediocrity, and nepotism. The best framework in which this ambitious plan is attained is, again, putting to order our processes and seeing that meritocracy is the order of business. In resolving disputes, we shall ensure fairness and justice, and that decision shall be based on what is right and lawful tempered with the utmost protection of human dignity.

The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), a coeducational, publicly funded academic, research and extension institution, is one of the seven constituent universities of the University of the Philippines System. It started as a College of Agriculture in 1909, became a full-fledged university in 1972, and has emerged as a leading academic institution in Southeast Asia. UPLB continues developing a critical mass of professionals in its traditional strongholds of agriculture and forestry and allied fields and its niche fields in natural resources management and conservation, environmental science, and other areas such as engineering and biotechnology nanotechnology, and informatics, and computer science. It will develop leaders committed to advancing inclusive growth through education, research, and public service. Its outstanding achievements in the primary and applied sciences testify to the great strides for the past years. The alumni continue to be the prime movers in the academe, in government, and business. The University is made up of nine colleges and two schools. It also has ten national research centers and institutes that were created by Philippine Law. The Philippine Commission on Higher Education has designated five of the University's colleges and schools as Centers of Excellence, while two academic institutes were declared as Centers of Development. There are 917 faculty as of July 31, 2013, composed of 105 Professors, 115 Associate Professors, 408 Assistant Professors, and 27 Instructors. There are also 7 Research Assistant Professors, 5 Research Associate Professors, and 4 Research Professors. Twenty-nine percent (29%) of the faculty has doctorate degrees. Of the 917, more than 500 are graduate faculty. Nearly 50 UPLB faculty have been appointed as Professor Emeriti. There are close to 50 international scientists who serve as adjunct professors. There are 186 researchers, 90 research associates, 31 extension specialists, and 18 extension associates as of July 31, 2013. UP has designated two faculty as UP Scientist III, two as UP Scientist II, and seven as Scientist I. The DOST Scientific Career System, on the other hand, has designated 13 UPLB researchers as DOST Scientists. Ten to twenty percent (10-20%) of the graduate students admitted each year are international students, the majority of whom are from neighboring countries in Asia such as Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Lao-PDR, Vietnam, Timor-Leste, and Thailand. A botanical herbarium of more than 70,000 specimens, an entomological museum of more than 120,000 pinned insect specimens in 285 families and 22 orders and about 5,000 slide-mounted insect species, as well as more than 75,000 slides of mites a forestry herbarium and wood collection, presents a collection of more than 12,000 specimens a moratorium which nurtures around 400 species of food, medicinal, tonic and ornamental plants a microbial culture collection of more than 400 strains of bacteria, 135 yeasts and 163 mold species and several algal cultures a mycological herbarium boasting of a collection of more than 11,000 ascomycetes, basidiomycetes and myxomycetes and a zoological and wildlife museum consisting of more than 15,000 stuffed birds and mammals, more than 500 reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds in liquid preservation, and around 700 shells on display. More than 40 ties and agreements with foreign universities worldwide. Active linkages with more than 50 foreign institutions and agencies in Australia, Canada, Cambodia, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, USA, Thailand, and VietNam.UPLB has a dedicated portal just for its research, development, and extension activities. It features a bi-annual newsletter, a collection of video presentations, databases of experts, projects and technologies, a catalog of training programs offerings and analytical services, and a calendar of events. The Office of the Vice-Chancellor maintains the UPLB RDE Portal for Research and Extension.UPLB has a long history in research and development. This started when the very first dean of the then UPCA included research in the curriculum and required all students to conduct a thesis study as a requirement for graduation. This research and development (R&D) has lived on and has produced some of the most significant technological developments to enhance food production and promote environmental sustainability in the country. We are pursuing inter- and transdisciplinary programs and collaborative research to address complex development and environmental concerns. We involve local and international universities and research institutions, non-government agencies, and civil society organizations, starting from the Los Baños Science Community's member institutions. Connectedness has allowed us to collaborate internationally in almost real-time. A dynamic and productive R&D sector provides an impetus for more insightful and grounded teaching. Involvement in R & D activities has enriched UPLB mentors' experience, allowing them more meaningful interactions with their students. It also accords the university of dispense technical advice in policymaking and leadership in national R&D programs. This R&D mandate is often carried out in collaboration with member-institutions of the Los Baños science community such as the International Rice Research Institute, World Agroforestry Centre, International Potato Center, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study, and Research in Agriculture, Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau, Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development, and a host of non-government and civil society organizations. Connectedness has allowed collaborations with other R&D institutions here and abroad. Our undergraduate students are among the best high school graduates from all over the country. Being a state university, "selection is based on the applicant's intellectual and personal preparedness irrespective of sex, religious belief, and political affiliation." On the other hand, our graduate students are carefully chosen by graduates and professionals who respond to the challenge of continuing and lifelong learning. Through our undergraduate and graduate curricular programs, we nurture individuals with the culture of scholarship and imbue them with public service value. As a community of scholars who live by honor and excellence, UPLB students are dedicated to discovery and learning. To enter the University of the Philippines Los Banos, one has to pass the UP College Admission Test or UPCAT. If you decide to take the UP College Admission Test (UPCAT), you will be among the many thousands who aspire to enter the University of the Philippines. The UPCAT is a competitive test. On average, 70 to 80 thousand aspiring students take the test each year, with only 16-17% passing.

A premier state university with recognized excellence in engineering and technology education at par with leading universities in the ASEAN region. The University shall provide higher and advanced vocational, technical, industrial, technological, and professional education and training in industries and technology and practical arts, leading to certificates, diplomas, and degrees. It shall provide progressive leadership in applied research, developmental studies in technical, industrial, technological fields, and production using indigenous materials affect technology transfer in the countryside and assist in developing small-and-medium scale industries in identified growth centers. TUP shall commit to provide quality higher, and advanced education conduct relevant research and extension projects continually improve its value to customers through enhancement of personnel competence and effective quality management system compliant to statutory and regulatory requirements. The Technological University of the Philippines is mandated to provide higher and advanced vocational, technical, industrial, technological. Professional education and training in the industries and technology, and practical arts leading to certificates, diplomas, and degrees to provide progressive leadership in applied research, developmental studies in technical, industrial and technological fields and production using indigenous materials, effect technology transfer in the countryside and to provide expertise in the development of small and medium scale industries in identified growth-centers. The Technological University of the Philippines is governed by a Board of Regents (BOR) composed of the University's key stakeholders. The Board is chaired by the Chairman or Commissioner of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and vice-chaired by the University President. The members of the Board are represented by various sectors in the country, which include the Chairman of the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education, Chairman of Senate Committee on Education and Culture, the Undersecretary for R&D of the Department of Science and Technology, the Assistant Director-General from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), two representatives from the private sector, and the three presidents of the federations of associations in TUP composed of the Alumni Association, the Faculty Association, and the University Student Government. The Technological University of the Philippines Library System, which consists of the four campuses' libraries, namely: Manila, Taguig, Cavite, and the Visayas, subscribes to the philosophy of cooperation and partnership. As such, each member campus library shares and makes available its services and resources to the students, faculty, and staff of other TUP Campuses. The components of the Library System serve as the framework that assists TUP students and faculty in search of the diverse academic library collection, assistance TUP students and faculty in search of the diverse academic library collection, retrieve descriptive information, select materials, and request these through inter-library loan. The Technological University of the Philippines Library System started when the Curriculum Library was transferred to the Department of Military Science and Tactics in November 1960. In 1966, the University of Tennessee, through Dean Jose Vergara, donated books. In May 1971, Miss Esther Gutierrez was designated as Officer-In-Charge of the Curriculum Library. In 1972, Dr. Jose Vergara changed the name of the Library to the College Library. The College Library was converted into University Library when it became the Technological University of the Philippines (TUP) in 1978. The College of Engineering (COE) is a recipient of the Center of Development (COD) status from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). The College produces total quality engineers, graduate professionals, and valuable technology researches for industry and society to contribute to national development maximally. The College of Industrial Technology traces its roots from the Technical Department of the then Philippine School of Arts and Trades adapted in 1937, which later became the Philippine College of Arts and Trades. In 1978, the then Philippine College of Arts and Trades was converted into the Technological University of the Philippines (TUP). Simultaneously, the College of Industrial Technology arose from the departments of the former Technical Department. The roots of the College of Industrial Education (CIE) can be traced to 1929 when the first formal two-year Industrial Teacher Education was offered at the then Philippine School of Arts and Trades. At present, the College serves as the foundation of teacher education at the University. The BS in Industrial Education program at CIE has been offered since 1951 as a four-year teacher education for elementary and secondary levels. Currently, CIE is composed of four departments: Professional Industrial Education, Student Teaching, Technical Arts, and Home Economics. The CLA was the other half when the College of Applied Arts and Sciences was split. The CLA used to be a full-service college. In 1999, the BOR approved the Bachelor of Arts in Management major in Industrial Management in the College. To date, CLA is composed of four departments, namely: English, Filipino, Social Sciences, and Physical Education. Just recently, the College started offering a Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurial Management (BSEM). The University is one of the 86 institutions of higher learning authorized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to accredit individuals' actual achievements towards the conferment of an earned degree under the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETAP). Through this scheme, any Filipino around the world who has been employed for at least (5) years may obtain an academic degree in a College or University based on his knowledge, skills, and prior learning achieved from non-formal and informal education experiences.

We thank you for choosing LPU, and we assure you of our commitment to fully support and provide you with what you came to us for: a well-rounded, relevant education that prepares you for the future and empowers you for success. We have a vision of becoming a leading university in the Asia-Pacific region. Further, we have a clear road map to turn this into reality. And most importantly, we are right on track and are progressively gaining headway towards this goal. We continuously enhance the curricula and innovate our program offerings to meet the demands of the respective industries. The quality of instruction and facilities is improved continuously—especially in Information and Communication Technology. We aim to develop environmentally-conscious stakeholders and are currently preparing for the Environment Management System (EMS) ISO 14001:2015 Certification in 2015. Meanwhile, we have sustained our Quality Management System - ISO 9001:2008 certification and maintained our Autonomous Status by CHED. Our efforts have not gone unnoticed and have been applauded by reputable organizations. LPU received the Philippine Quality Award for commitment to Quality Management. We were awarded the People Program of the Year by the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP). Also, we are the country's First Educational Institution certified Investors-In-People by PMAP. Moreover, LPU's objectives are strengthened by its three capabilities-- Research, Instruction, and Community Extension. Its four Centers of Excellence: Tourism, Hospitality Management, Business Administration, and Customs Administration (of which LPU is the first Center of Excellence in the country), are endorsed to work in conjunction with other Filipino universities on a local level. We were granted IQuAME Category A Teaching University and deputized Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) by CHED. We are the first university in the Philippines to be granted Full International Accreditation for HRM and Tourism (Undergraduate and Graduate Programs) by the International Centre of Excellence for Tourism and Hospitality Education (THE-ICE). We possess Level 4 Reaccredited Status for HRM, Business Administration, Liberal Arts, and Science programs by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities on Accreditation (PACUCOA) and certified by Federation of Accrediting Agencies in the Philippines (FAAP). We are the first university in the country to be granted Level 4 Reaccreditation Status for HRM program by PACUCOA and certified FAAP. PACUCOA accredits all our undergraduate programs. Also, we have Level 4 Institutional Accreditation by PACUCOA and certified by FAAP. Lyceum of the Philippines University prides itself on its long and rich tradition of Academic excellence through the legacy of its founder, Dr. Jose P. Laurel. The only Philippine President to have served in all three branches of the Government, Dr. Laurel, was a successful lawyer, legislator, constitutionalist, jurist, writer, scholar, statesman, Philosopher, and above all things, an educator.Dr. Laurel's concern for education was his most abiding passion. A graduate of top educational institutions such as the University of the Philippines College of Law, Escuela de Derecho, the University of Santo Tomas, and Yale University, his credentials as an educator was unassailable. He wrote extensively on education and managed to teach in several educational institutions in Manila, despite his numerous commitments. During the Second World War, as the nation's leader during the darkest period in its history, he introduced educational policies that emphasized and upheld national morale and character. The inspiration to establish a school came to him in the early 1920s while a student at Yale. Three decades later, along with some of his close friends, he turned this dream into a reality. To become a center of academic excellence in the Philippines and the Far East, Lyceum of the Philippines University (as it is now known) formally opened its doors to the public on July 7, 1952. With his admiration for knowledge and his appreciation of classical thought, Dr. Laurel named the school Lyceum of the Philippines after Lykeios, the site in ancient Athens where the great Philosopher Aristotle nurtured his protegees' minds. The school's motto, "Veritas et Fortitudo," "Pro Deo et Patria," reflects Dr. Laurel's belief in the value of learning and character formation for God and country. Unfortunately, Dr. Laurel unexpectedly died in 1959. On his third son Sotero, who was then in the law practice, fell the mantle of responsibility of running the school. He was the natural choice as, in years earlier, Senator Sotero helped his father organize LPU and acted as the first executive secretary to his father. For the next forty-three years, it was this chosen son, Sotero, who nurtured the school and made it grow beyond Manila into the provinces. In 1966, he founded the Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas, followed by the Philippines-Laguna's Lyceum in 2000. Both campuses are now headed by Senator Laurel's fourth son Dr. Peter P. Laurel. In 2008, another campus in Cavite was established to bring the total number of LPU campuses to five with approximately 37,000 students, about 15,000 of whom are enrolled in various hospitality courses. Senator Laurel's eldest son, Atty. Roberto P. Laurel heads the Manila, Makati, and Cavite campuses.

The University of the Philippines University of the Philippines (UP) is the country's national University, as declared by its Charter of 2008, which was approved by the 14th Congress of the Philippines on April 29, 2008. This premier institution of higher learning was established in 1908 and is now a system composed of seven constituent universities and one autonomous college spread throughout 15 campuses in the archipelago. As of 2012, the UP System's student population was estimated at 57,000. UP was founded on June 18, 1908, through Act No. 1870 of the Philippine Assembly. The University was created upon the Secretary of Public Instruction's recommendation, W. Morgan Schuster, to the Philippine Commission, the upper house of the Philippine Assembly. Act 1870 authorized the Governor-General to establish UP in the "city of Manila, or at any point, he may deem most convenient." UP was to give "advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, and to give professional and technical training" to every qualified student regardless of "age, sex, nationality, religious belief, and political affiliation." The Board approved the University of the Philippines SealThe UP Seal, currently using Regents at its 77th meeting on February 25, 1913. It features an eagle with its wings spread and perched on a shield that carries three icons representing the University's fields of specialization, namely, agriculture, engineering, and medicine. Inscribed on top of the circular band surrounding it are the words "University of the Philippines" and "1908" at the bottom. The UP Law Center is the research and education arm of the UP Law Complex. The center is composed of five institutes created in 1989: the Institute of Government and Law Reform, The Institute of Human Rights, the Institute of International Legal Studies, the Institute for the Administration of Justice, and the Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Seas. The center is also headed by the Dean of the UP College of Law. Serving as the research and extension arm of the UP College of Engineering, the UP National Engineering (UP NEC) was established on January 27, 1978, by Presidential Decree 1295. The UP NEC is mandated to provide experts to whom the public and private entities may turn to for assistance in the solution of engineering problems and develop technologies that utilize local resources adapted to the needs of a developing country. The UP NEC offers three primary services, namely, Training, Advisory, and Information. Training includes regular training programs, certification programs, and customized training programs. Advisory covers technical consultancies and research projects. Information oversees the dissemination of Research and Development activities through publications, technical bulletins, and public fora. Established on June 26, 1997, during the 1149th meeting of the Board of Regents, the UP National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED) is a research unit and an extension arm of the UPD College of Education with an agenda of raising the level of teaching and learning of science and mathematics in the Philippines Educational System. Most of the institute's projects have national or regional significance except for the Collaborative Lesson Research and Development Project funded by NISMED for four specific schools in the National Capital Region. Even as NISMED actively initiates collaboration with teachers in schools and eagerly seizes opportunities to assist individual schools, whether public or private, at the district, division, city, regional, and national levels. NISMED also responds to schools' urgent needs requesting its services in terms of upgrading teachers' capabilities, improving their science and Information Communication and Technology laboratories, and conducting advocacy activities to generate students' interest in science and mathematics. No student shall be denied admission to the University System because of age, sex, nationality, religious belief, or political affiliation. Every applicant for admission shall undergo a thorough health examination. No person shall be admitted to this University who is found by the University Health Service to be suffering from a dangerous, communicable, contagious, or infectious disease or who is physically unfit to take courses in any college of the University. The academic year (AY) is divided into two semesters of at least 16 weeks each, exclusive of registration and final examination periods. Each semester shall consist of at least 100 class days. A summer session of six weeks follows the second semester. Classwork in the summer session is equivalent to classwork in one semester. The first semester begins in August, the second semester in January, and the midyear term in June. There are 198 university-based student organizations categorized as academic, alliance, cause-oriented, community service, dormitory association, fraternity, regional/provincial, religious, particular interest, sorority, and sports and recreation. Also, UPD has 100 college-based student organizations on campus. These organizations play a vital role in enhancing students' academic, leadership development, and social well-being in Diliman. Research has always been embedded in the culture of the University of the Philippines. As mandated by RA 9500, or the UP Charter of 2008, the University shall initiate innovations in research and serve as a research university by promoting and implementing research and development in various fields of expertise. Now, more actively than ever, UP Diliman (UPD) takes its research initiatives to a higher level not only by implementing groundbreaking research but also by promoting the dissemination and application of research and creative work outputs, fulfilling its other mandate to lead as a public service university through the deployment of outputs that are beneficial to society, a process known as knowledge transfer or technology transfer. UPD, the largest constituent unit of the National University, has one of the most diversified program offerings in the Philippines with 27 degree-granting units in science and engineering, social sciences, management, economics and law, and education, and arts and humanities. With its vast creative and scientific resources, UPD leads in the advancement of science and technology in the country, continues to shape Philippine culture and arts, and exercises leadership to respond to the needs of the nation and the global community for sustainable development social transformation. The University of the Philippines (UP) was established in 1908 by Act No. 1870 of the Philippine Legislature to "give advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences, and the arts, and professional and technical training to every qualified student, irrespective of age, sex, nationality, religious belief, or political affiliation." Today, under the leadership of its current chancellor Dr. Michael Lim Tan, UPD is gearing itself to be a global university at par with the region and the world's premier learning institutions. Based on the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, UP remains the lone Philippine institution of higher learning in the top 400 universities globally, landing in the 367th spot in 2017.

The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) is a government educational institution governed by Republic Act Number 8292, known as the Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997. Its Implementing Rules and Regulations were in the Commission on Higher Education Memorandum Circular No. 4, series 1997. PUP is one of the country's highly competent educational institutions. The PUP Community comprises the Board of Regents, University Officials, Administrative and Academic Personnel, Students, various Organizations, and the Alumni. The University is committed to giving qualified and talented individuals access to quality and responsive education to support them in achieving their dreams and improving their lives. Consolidated Growth through Education is the role of PUP in the youth's educational development in preparation for their involvement in nation-building. It encompasses the social, economic, industrial, technological, and cultural aspects of life with which individuals synergize themselves to develop an environment necessary for the nation's progress. Being a well-educated and skilled individual is the initial step towards one's success and growth. Governance of PUP is vested upon the Board of Regents, which exercises policy-making functions to carry out the mission and programs of the University by RA 8292 granted by the Commission on Higher Education. An appointed President administers the University by RA 8292. It is assisted by an Executive Vice President and the Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs, Student Services, Administration, Research, Extension and Development, and Finance. This institution started as the Manila Business School (MBS), founded on October 19, 1904, as part of the city school system under the superintendence of C.A. O'Reilley, which response to the demand for training personnel for government service and the felt need to provide skills essential for private employment. In 1908, it was renamed as Philippine School of Commerce (PSC) and merged with the Philippine Normal School (PNS) from 1933 to 1946. By Republic Act 778, the PSC was again changed to the Philippine College of Commerce (PCC) in 1952. Subsequently, the Philippine College of Commerce (PCC) was converted into a chartered state university, now known as the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, by Presidential Decree Number 1341 issued by the Philippines' President April 1, 1978. PUP is a public, non-sectarian, non-profit institution of higher learning primarily tasked with harnessing the tremendous human resources potential of the nation by improving the physical, intellectual and material well-being of the individual through higher occupational, technical and professional instruction and training in the applied arts and sciences related to the fields of commerce, business administration, and technology. The University promotes applied research, advanced studies, and progressive leadership in the stated fields. We also offer ladder-type higher vocational, distance learning (open university system), technical and professional programs in business and distributive arts, education, and the social sciences related to commerce, business administration, and other polytechnic areas. Furthermore, the University takes steps to enrich the academic program in other fields of study and adopts a polytechnic education program designed to provide the individual with employable skills and managerial know-how to make them creative, productive, and self-reliant. PUP operates year-round with two semesters and a summer. Summer sessions depend on the course and the campus. The University employs 1,483 full-time and part-time faculty members, with a few full-time faculty holding administrative positions. Seven hundred seven regular and casual administrative employees provide support services to the University population. The faculty spends two-thirds of their time in teaching and one-third in research and extension activities. One of the primary functions of the University is research, a key component of scholarship and teaching. During the years under review, PUP received and allotted government and private funding to research. With more than twenty campuses serving more than 70,000 students, the Polytechnic University of the Philippines is the largest in terms of the student population. The main campus is named after a national hero, Apolinario Mabini, and is located in Sta. Mesa, Manila - in the middle of a busy metropolitan. But despite this, the environment within its perimeter is a place conducive to learning. The majority of the students belong to the economically challenged level of society. It is the University's commitment to give qualified and talented students access to quality and responsive education to aid them in the achievement of their dreams and improve their lives. Being a well-educated and skilled individual, they will become job seekers and job creators as well, a force of knowledge workers and entrepreneurs. Scholars of the Nation (Iskolar ng Bayan) that is what we call our students because the Philippine Government and other non-government institutions subsidize their tuition and other fees. More than a hundred of the student population are foreigners from China, Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Ghana. They are enrolled in business, language, statistics, communication, and education courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Students from Korea regularly visit PUP in the summer to take up Intensive English courses. The commitment of its leaders, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends has formed the cornerstone of this University that has exceeded expectations with every generation of the graduates it has produced since its establishment. Today, PUP is relishing its successes. Its students enjoy unprecedented academic opportunities, and enhanced campus environment, upgraded colleges, state-of-the-art technology, and nationally and internationally recognized programs. PUP celebrated its centenary last October 2004. It has gone far from what it was more than a century ago. This is mainly due to the support given by the government and the PUP Community and its benefactors. With the combined effort, PUP will continue to be a partner in nation-building and poverty alleviation for the marginalized sector of society with quality, responsive, and relevant education as a tool.