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.
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