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Public university
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A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. Whether a national university is considered public varies from one country to another, in Egypt, Al-Azhar University opened in 975 AD as the second oldest university in the world. In Nigeria Public Universities can be established by both the Federal Government and by State Governments, students are enrolled after completing the 8-4-4 system of education and attaining a mark of C+ or above. They are also eligible for a low interest loan from the Higher Education Loan Board and they are expected to pay back the loan after completing higher education. South Africa has 23 public tertiary institutions, either categorised as a traditional university or a comprehensive university. Almost entire national universities in Brunei are public universities and these are major universities in Brunei, University of Brunei Darussalam Brunei Technological University Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University There are 40 public universities in Bangladesh. The University Grant Commission is the body for all the public universities in Bangladesh. The universities do not deal directly with the government, but with the University Grants Commission, recently many private universities are established under the Private University Act of 1992. In mainland China, nearly all universities and research institutions are public and currently, the public universities are usually run by the provincial governments, there are also circumstances where the municipal governments administer the universities. Some public universities are national, which are administered by the central government. Private undergraduate colleges do exist, which are vocational colleges sponsored by private enterprises. The majority of universities are not entitled to award bachelors degrees. Public universities usually enjoy higher reputation domestically, eight institutions are funded by the University Grants Committee. The Academy for Performing Arts also receives funding from the government, the Open University of Hong Kong is also a public university, but it is largely self-financed. The Shue Yan University is the private institution with the status of a university. There are public and private institutes in Indonesia. The government provide public universities, institutes, high schools and academies in each province, the private educational institution usually provided by religious organizations, public organizations, and some big companies. In India, most universities and nearly all research institutions are public, There are some private undergraduate colleges, mostly engineering schools, but a majority of these are affiliated to public universities
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Philippines
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The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. The Philippines has an area of 300,000 square kilometers, and it is the eighth-most populated country in Asia and the 12th most populated country in the world. As of 2013, approximately 10 million additional Filipinos lived overseas, multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands. In prehistoric times, Negritos were some of the archipelagos earliest inhabitants and they were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples. Exchanges with Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Islamic nations occurred, then, various competing maritime states were established under the rule of Datus, Rajahs, Sultans or Lakans. The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan in Homonhon, Eastern Samar in 1521 marked the beginning of Hispanic colonization, in 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain. With the arrival of Miguel López de Legazpi from Mexico City, in 1565, the Philippines became part of the Spanish Empire for more than 300 years. This resulted in Roman Catholicism becoming the dominant religion, during this time, Manila became the western hub of the trans-Pacific trade connecting Asia with Acapulco in the Americas using Manila galleons. Aside from the period of Japanese occupation, the United States retained sovereignty over the islands until after World War II, since then, the Philippines has often had a tumultuous experience with democracy, which included the overthrow of a dictatorship by a non-violent revolution. It is a member of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. It also hosts the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank, the Philippines was named in honor of King Philip II of Spain. Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, during his expedition in 1542, named the islands of Leyte, eventually the name Las Islas Filipinas would be used to cover all the islands of the archipelago. Before that became commonplace, other such as Islas del Poniente. The official name of the Philippines has changed several times in the course of its history, during the Philippine Revolution, the Malolos Congress proclaimed the establishment of the República Filipina or the Philippine Republic. From the 1898 Treaty of Paris, the name Philippines began to appear, since the end of World War II, the official name of the country has been the Republic of the Philippines. The metatarsal of the Callao Man, reliably dated by uranium-series dating to 67,000 years ago is the oldest human remnant found in the archipelago to date and this distinction previously belonged to the Tabon Man of Palawan, carbon-dated to around 26,500 years ago. Negritos were also among the archipelagos earliest inhabitants, but their first settlement in the Philippines has not been reliably dated, there are several opposing theories regarding the origins of ancient Filipinos
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Philippine Normal University
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The Philippine Normal University is a public research university in Manila, Philippines established during the early days of American colonial rule. 9647, it is now funded and operated as a National Center for Teacher Education in the country, the Philippine Normal University was originally established as the Philippine Normal School by virtue Act No.74 of the Philippine Commission. Enacted on 21 January 1901, Act No.74 mandated for the establishment of a normal, the Philippine Normal School formally opened on 1 September 1901, as an institution for the training of teachers. For more than two decades, PNS offered a general secondary education program. It was only in 1928 when it became a college offering a two-year program to graduates of secondary schools. When PNS was converted into the Philippine Normal College in 1949 through Republic Act No,416, also known as the PNC Charter, the four-year Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education program was introduced. In 1953, the Graduate School was established, equipped with a legal mandate, PNC included the Master of Arts in Education curriculum in the academic program. However, the organization of a full-fledged Graduate School came five years later and it was only in 1970 when the Bachelor of Science in Education curriculum, offering major and minor subjects, was introduced. The passage of Republic Act No.6515 in July 1972, curriculum development, revision, adaptation played an important role in ensuring high scholastic standards for the institution. As it gained its foothold in teacher education, PNC established branches in Agusan del Sur, Isabela, the school was elevated to university status on 26 December 1991, under Republic Act No.7168. A fourth campus was born in Quezon province and it continues to serve as collaborative partner in various government and private-sector educational projects. On 1 September 2001, the university celebrated its founding anniversary. In 2008, it was declared the countrys National Center for Teacher Education by virtue of Republic Act No.9647, dr. Fe Hidalgo, an alumnus and former Department of Education undersecretary, served as Officer-in-Charge of the University until 31 December that year. Ogena, a director from the Department of Science and Technology was elected and appointed by the Universitys Board of Regents as the 10th University President and she assumed office on 1 January 2011. The Manila Campus is the flagship and oldest campus of the university, in 1909, American architect William E. Parsons was tasked by the Philippine Commission to draw up design for various schools to be established in the Philippines. In 1911, he designed the Philippine Normal School, which was completed in 1914 and it was designed using the California Mission style to juxtapose with the capiz window panes and ornately grilled ventanillas, was erected at the corner of Taft Avenue and Ayala Boulevard. The construction, then budgeted at P374,000, was made of reinforced concrete, the exterior was relieved by panels of glazed polychromatic glazed tiles set in concrete. The PNU North Luzon is the regional hub of the University based in Cagayan Valley in the flourishing municipality of Alicia
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Polytechnic University of the Philippines
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The Polytechnic University of the Philippines is a coeducational, research state university located in Santa Mesa, Manila, Philippines. It was founded on October 19,1904 as the Manila Business School, PUP Manila has 48,213 students enrolled. PUPs sports team represents the whole PUP System in every athletic conference, the athletic team is known as the Mighty Maroons and plays in the National Capital Region Conference of the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association. The team also plays in the National Athletic Association of Schools and its official volleyball team, the PUP Lady Radicals, plays in the Shakeys V-League. PUP traces its roots from the Manila Business School which was founded by the Civil Government of the Philippines and was established on October 19,1904 and it is also referred to as the Manila School of Commerce. The school was delegated to create businessmen and businesswomen for government service and it was a part of the city school system of Manila which was under the superintendence of Gabriel A. O’Reilly. It held its first classes at a small building in No.38 Gunao Street corner Arlegui in Quiapo. The influx of students from different provinces elevated the status as an Insular school and was renamed as Philippine School of Commerce in 1908. Its faculty was composed of Filipino and American teachers, for administrative purposes, the school was placed under the administration of the Superintendent of City Schools but kept its status as a national school. In 1933, the school was merged with the Philippine Normal School, during the merger that lasted 12 years, PSC was administered by the PNS Superintendent and its students who completed their courses were considered graduates of Philippine Normal School. The existence of the Philippine School of Commerce caught the attention of President Manuel L. Quezon, in his graduation address on March 26,1940 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, he promised a new building for the school where its graduates can be recognized. Two years later, Congressman Manuel A. Alazarte together with the Department Head of the Philippine School of Commerce Luis F. Reyes, formulated a bill to this effect and present it to the Congress. Unfortunately, the plan was not carried out because of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines that occurred between 1942 and 1945 during World War II, shortly after Philippine liberation, Superintendent Luis F. Reyes resumed the task for the re-establishment and rehabilitation of the school. The Bureau of Public Works released more than ₱8,000 for the repairs, the ruins of the Normal Hall was reconstructed and the college resumed its classes there on August 4,1946. By August 4,1947 the school transferred to its new Lepanto campus, the Philippine School of Commerce was elevated into a college and was renamed as the Philippine College of Commerce in 1952 by virtue of Republic Act 778. Superintendent Luis F. Reyes became the President of the college and it broadened its course offerings and the Annex Building, which had formerly housed the Congress of the Philippines, was turned over to the college. The Business Writers Association of the Philippines awarded the college the title of Business College of the Year” in 1955, in 1962, Dr. Nemesio E. Prudente was appointed as President. He implemented numerous initiatives that greatly benefits the students such as student loans, three years later, President Diosdado Macapagal proclaimed that the Pandacan site of the Bureau of Animal Industry to be reserved for the exclusive use of the college
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Rizal Technological University
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Rizal Technological University is a state university located at Mandaluyong, Philippines. It was established on 11 July 1969 as the College of Rizal, the university has various different academic fields, and focuses primarily on Architecture, Engineering, and Technology program. It is widely known as one of best state universities in the Philippines and it is also the first educational institution in the Philippines to introduce the degree of Bachelor of Science in Astronomy. Rodriguez, to put up an education institution in the Province of Rizal. It was first known as the College of Rizal, the College of Rizal opened its classes on 14 July 1969 with course offerings in business administration, education and liberal arts. 674 The decree authorized the expansion of programs and promotion of researches in the development. No.751 on July 25,1975 amended certain provisions of P. D, No.674 and made the operation and maintenance of the Rizal Technological Colleges a joint project and undertaking of the Provincial Government of Rizal and the Meralco Foundation, Incorporated. This Decree broadened the support and strengthened the organization of the College, in 1975, upon the establishment of the Metropolitan Manila Commission, Pasig and Mandaluyong was transferred to the territorial jurisdiction of the Metro Manila. The Province of Rizal could not continue supporting financially the Colleges, several alternatives were proposed to save the RTC. One was to transfer the management and administration of the RTC to one of the towns in the Province of Rizal or Metro Manila. The worst possible alternative was to out the Colleges. The leadership, the faculty, and the students of the Colleges would not allow this to happen, however, marcos signed into law Presidential Decree 1341-A on April 1,1978 converting the Rizal Technological Colleges into a State College. The decree, however, was received only on October 13,1978, thus, the RTC has been celebrating its College Week, after 19 years, the College was converted into the Rizal Technological University on October 11,1997 by virtue of Republic Act No.8365. Macaballug - Officer-in-Charge and College President As Rizal Technological University Dr. Jose Q, macaballug - University President Dr. Jose Q. Macaballug- Officer-In-Charge Dr. Jesus Rodrigo F. Torres - University President The campus of RTU is located along Boni Avenue in Barangay Malamig and it has an extension campus located at Barangay Maybunga, Pasig. RTUs Antipolo Campus was transferred to the University of Rizal System, the RTU - Laboratory High School also serves as the training for teacher education programs of the college student-teachers of the College of Education. The levels are Grades 7 to 12, the RTU varsity teams are called Blue Thunders. The womens teams are called the Lady Thunders, while the teams are called the Baby Thunders
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Technological University of the Philippines
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The Technological University of the Philippines is a coeducational state university located in Manila, Philippines. It is the flagship of technology education in the Philippines, the Technological University of the Philippines was established upon the enactment of Organic Act No.74 by the Philippine Commission in 1901. TUP was known then as the Manila Trade School with the intention of developing the dignity of labor. In 1910, Manila Trade School was renamed as the Philippine School of Arts, pursuant to Republic Act 2237 issued on July 17,1959, Philippine School of Arts and Trades was given the college status and was renamed the Philippine College of Arts and Trades. From 1959 to 1978, PCAT pioneered programs in engineering technology, by virtue of Presidential Decree No.1518 issued on July 11,1978, Philippine College of Arts and Trades was converted into the Technological University of the Philippines. Today, the TUP Community is proud of the performance of its students locally, TUP students have created niche in the grounds of engineering, engineering technology, industrial education, science, architecture and fine arts. As an institution of learning, TUP is a recipient of national and international awards. This was certified by the Department of Trade and Industry, Center for Industrial Competitiveness - National Industrial Manpower Training Council. In the same year, the University was awarded as a Center of Development by the Commission on Higher Education in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, moreover, the Association of Overseas Technical Scholarship based in Japan awarded TUP as a Center of Excellence. Presently, TUP is a system of four campuses, the main campus of the University is located in Manila. The three satellite campuses are in Taguig, Cavite, and Visayas, in addition to the four campuses, TUP maintains the Integrated Research and Training Center located in the main campus. The Center was established by the Japan International Cooperation Agency through a Technical Cooperation in 1982, the University aims to sustain its leadership in technology education. In order to maintain the relevance and competitiveness of the Universitys academic programs, the College of Engineering is a recipient of Center of Development status from the Commission on Higher Education. The College produces total quality engineers, graduate professionals and valuable technology researches for industry, in 1978, the then Philippine College of Arts and Trades was converted into the Technological University of the Philippines. Simultaneously, the College of Industrial Technology arose from the departments of the former Technical Department, today, the CIT is the center of the industrial technology education of the University. The roots of the College of Industrial Education can be traced in 1929 when the first formal two-year Industrial Teacher Education was offered at the then Philippine School of Arts, at present, the college serves as the foundation of teacher education in the University. The BS in Industrial Education program at CIE has been offered since 1951 as a teacher education for elementary and secondary levels. The roots of the College of Architecture and Fine Arts can be traced from the drawing subjects required in all courses offered by the University since 1907, the college has been a consistent contributor in the Universitys achievements and recognition in various art competitions both local and abroad
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University of the Philippines Diliman
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The University of the Philippines Diliman is a coeducational, research state university located in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. It was established on February 12,1949 as the campus and seat of administration of the University of the Philippines System. UP Diliman is the fourth oldest constituent university of UP, the outbreak of World War II hampered the development of the area. The transfer of the Oblation from Manila to Diliman marked the establishment on February 12,1949. Between the 1970s and 1980s, UP Diliman was the site of student activism. It was during times that student demonstrations and opposition against Marcos administration became heavy. This was one of the precursors to Marcos declaration of martial law in 1972, UP Diliman was formally established as a constituent university on April 23,1985 at the 976th Meeting of the U. P. It is the largest constituent university in the University of the Philippines System in terms of number of degree-granting academic units, student population, faculty, there are 27 degree-granting units on campus, accounting for 22,031 students of which,15,299 are undergraduates. UP Diliman had a complement of 1,526 full-time faculty in 2012, UP Diliman offers academic programs in 247 major fields. There were 70 programs at the level,109 at the master’s level and 68 at the doctoral level. The library resources of UP Diliman are the largest in the country, the total book and non-book collections number 1,170,723 volumes, which include books, pamphlets, bound periodicals, theses, dissertations, microforms and various multimedia titles. The serial collection totals 60,450 divided into 26,679 print titles and 33,771 unique titles in online journals and this collection has steadily grown through acquisitions and generous donations. The Commission on Higher Education declared nine U. P. D. units as Centers of Excellence as of 2009, the UP Diliman campus is also the site of the countrys National Science Complex. The university represents the UP System in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines and its athletic teams, collectively called the Fighting Maroons, competes in various athletic competitions while its cheerdance group, the U. P. Pep Squad, represents the university in its annual UAAP Cheerdance Competition, the population of students continued to rise in succeeding years, reaching to 7,849 in 1928 from the initial 67 when the university was established in 1908. The need became apparent for UP to create buildings and academic units. In 1939, the Board of Regents acquired a 493-hectare land in the Diliman District of the newly established Quezon City, construction began on the area on the same year. The development of the area was stalled by World War II
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University of the Philippines Manila
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The University of the Philippines Manila is a coeducational and public research university in the Philippines. Located in Manila, the capital city, it is the oldest of the seven constituent universities of the University of the Philippines system. Its oldest degree-granting unit is the College of Medicine, which was founded in 1905 as the Philippine Medical School and it is the center of health sciences education in the country, with the establishment of the National Health Sciences Center. It is also a research center in the health sciences in the Asia-Pacific region. It exercises administrative supervision over the Philippine General Hospital, as of 2001, the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines has identified two Centers of Excellence in UP Manila. The COEs in the university are medicine and nursing, with the UP College of Medicine as the very first Center of Excellence in Medical Education in the country and it is currently among only five medical institutions to be recognized as Centers of Excellence in Medical Education. The UP Manila started with the establishment of the Philippine Medical School in 1905, the Philippine Medical School was later integrated into the University of the Philippines and was renamed College of Medicine and Surgery. In 1907, Philippine Commission Act 1688 dated August 17 created the Philippine General Hospital, PGH was eventually linked formally with the CM, with its dean becoming the PGH director. The College of Public Health, College of Pharmacy and the College of Dentistry started as units of CM and eventually became full-fledged colleges in 1932,1935 and 1948, during the World War II, the university continued to hold classes in makeshift rooms. After the war, the university transferred to the Diliman campus in 1948, in 1948, the Board of Regents established the College of Nursing. The then existing units related to the health sciences constituted the Center, with the College of Arts and Sciences Manila transformed into a full-fledged unit, on October 22,1982, the Center was renamed UP Manila by virtue of Presidential Executive Order No.4. In 1988, the Institute for Socio-Biomedical Research was created to serve as a common administrative, UP Manila is home to nine degree-granting units, the National Institutes of Health, a training hospital, the Philippine General Hospital, and, several academic and administrative support offices. The campus is spread out in the Ermita area as well as in three provinces and it also has a UP School of Health Sciences in Palo, Leyte, Baler, Aurora, and Koronadal in South Cotabato. (Side Note, After World War II, only three buildings of the original University of the Philippines campus remained largely intact, Rizal Hall or CAS, PGH, and PGH Nurses Home. Johnson, MSc Physics Interactive Learning Center, Iris Thiele Isip-Tan, MD, MSc UPM Research Grants Administration Office, Christine Hazel Casanova, MD Sentro ng Wikang Filipino-Manila, the College of Allied Medical Professions started in 1962 as the School of Allied Medical Professions. It offered the first Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy courses in the country, CAMP also offers a Bachelor of Science degree program in speech pathology. The College of Arts and Sciences was established through an approval of a creating a University Extension Division in Manila on June 21,1951. It offers courses in Arts and Communication, Behavioral Sciences, Biology, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Physical Education, the College of Dentistry was founded in 1915 and offers undergraduate, post-graduate, and graduate programs in Dentistry
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City University of Pasay
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City University of Pasay, commonly abbreviated as CUPasay, is a city-controlled, public university in Pasadeña St. F. B. Its major purpose is to provide education to the less-privileged yet deserving students of the City, the City University of Pasay was founded on May 26,1994 by the virtue of city ordinance. The constitution was conceptualized by Hon. Pablo N. Cuneta with the city councilors, the school started with 384 students and 11 faculty members, holding evening classes at the Pasay City West High School. Dr. Felimon Salas and his staff at the research center composed the working group for the university. Today, the university degree programs in the areas of teacher education, law, business administration, nursing, health education, hotel and restaurant management. The School of Law is led by young and dynamic law professors with strong dedication, the School of Graduate Studies offers graduate degree programs in education management and public governance. The college serves as the research center maximizing the use of the faculty resources, data banking, all 21 faculty member are doctoral degree holders in education management and public governance. CUPasay looks forward to achieving the objectives of the city and tertiary education as well as by focusing of the area of accreditation and it is expected that this will bring about quality assurance and organizing stability. Each of the vice presidents is assisted by directors and other officials for the implementation of their functions
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Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina
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The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina is the first city government-funded university in Marikina City, Philippines. It was established to provide quality but affordable territory education to the residence of Marikina by Ordinance No.015 Series of 2003, the effort was spearheaded by Mayor Marides C. Marcelino Teodoro, and Dr. Jerome Mendoza, enrollment in 2003 was 1,424 students and has successively increased, the 2012-2013 enrollment is 6,051. PLMar surpasses the national rate of graduates who pass the professional, Regulation Commission National Board Examinations for Nurses, Teachers, the present leadership is headed by Mayor Del R. De Guzman
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Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa
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Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa is a local university in the Philippines. On May 29,1991, the Municipal Council of Muntinlupa passed Resolution No, 91-192 officially creating a government-run college, which gave rise to the Muntinlupa Polytechnic College. Housed in the Pedro E. Diaz High School in Alabang, Muntinlupa, with the increase in the number of enrollees, MPC moved to another temporary location on the second floor of the Contessa Building in Poblacion, where all offices and classrooms were air-conditioned. At this time MPC established linkages with the Commission on Higher Education for the development of quality education, in 2002, the construction of the Academic Building was completed with the third and fourth floors that house the library, auditorium and additional classrooms. A year later, by virtue of City Ordinance No, 03-089, MPC became a university and acquired its present name. Graduate school offers MBA, MaEd and Master in Criminology It also maintains a Center for Research and Extension Services and serves as a center for teachers. Local college and university Association of Local Colleges and Universities Pamantasan Alculympics Geocities site Muntinlupa hosts Intl Youth Day rites Plmunster. com, student social network
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Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela
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Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela, also known as PLV, is a state-owned public university located in Valenzuela, Philippines. The university was established on June 5,2002, PLV is a member of the Association of Local Colleges and Universities. In 2008, the city government bought a parcel of land near Children of Mary Immaculate College, in response to the increasing need of Valenzuelanos for an affordable, accessible and reputable institution of higher learning, a study group was formed in July 2001. The Study Group was initially composed of Dr. Jose R. Vergara then Acting Division Superintendent Dr. Andres M. Leabres, carmelita D. Lozada, Mr. Edison M. Nalo, Executive Director of Valenzuela Polytechnic College and Mr. Erlindo C. Antonio M. Dalag, the Vice-president and President of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela, on June 24,2002, PLV formally opened its door to freshmen. The annex building houses the colleges of Business Administration, Accountancy, in 2010, the university offered the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and Bachelor Arts in Communication Arts. The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela is under the administration of Dr. Nedeña C, the university is divided into several colleges administered by two college deans. Most of the departments are offering undergraduate and graduate degrees, each department is headed by a coordinator. Certificate in Teaching Program Licensure Examination for Teachers review classes Summer talent workshops Supreme Student Council is the student organization of the Pamantasan. The elected President of the SSC will become the Student regent to the Board of Regents of the Pamantsan led by the chairman of the board the honorable Mayor of the city of Valenzuela
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Quezon City Polytechnic University
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The Quezon city is a municipal government-funded university in Quezon City, Philippines. It was established on March 1,1994, QCPUs main campus is at along Quirino Highway, Barangay San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. It is a 4. 42-hectare compound that also houses the Korea-Philippines Information Technology Center whose advanced IT training facilities have also made available to the university. The university also operates an Enterprise Development Center, from its campus, designed to connect its Entrepreneurship program with the needs of small. In AY 2006-2007, the institution opened its first satellite campus in San Francisco High School compound in Barangay Sto and this satellite campus is connected to the Philippines first interactive science center, Quezon City Science Interactive Center. This is another tool for QCPU so that it can attain its goal for the city and this QCPU campus is commonly known as QCPU-SF or San Francisco. Last AY 2009-2010, QCPUs newest satellite campus was opened in Batasan Civic Center and it is a four-storey building which occupies 3,560 sq. m. The Quezon City Polytechnic University in Batasan Hills is a part of the Quezon City Governments Batasan Civic Center which is in front of the Philippine House of Representatives
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Taguig City University
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Taguig City University or TCU, a Philippines local university, was established through Ordinance No. 29, Series of 2004 of the Sangguniang Bayan ng Taguig on the 6th day of September 2004 at the Municipal Government of Taguig and it was located at Gen. Santos Ave.29, Series of 2004. This was also one of the offshoots of the provisions of the Local Government Code, pamantasan ng Taguig was renamed Taguig City University pursuant to City Ordinance No.13, Series of 2009. Building TCU was not laid on a platter, it has gone through various forms of birth pangs top billed by the very basic need to have enough school buildings. For two years, despite its birthing courage, the pipe dream hardly manifested its physical eloquence, the Organization of the University and construction of the TCU main building commenced. Meanwhile, undergraduate classes were held in various High Schools and Elementary campuses, in 2006, General Ricardo Papa Sr. Memorial High School offered some rooms for free. In 2007, rooms expanded to Taguig Elementary School, Sta, ana-District 1 and Ems Elementary School, Signal Village-District 2. In 2008-2009 additional undergraduate classes were held in school of General Ricardo Papa Sr. Memorial High School at Brgy. Ususan and Signal Village Elementary School in same place, lack of classrooms did not also deter the holding of Graduate School classes. The graduate program in Master of Arts in Teaching major in Mathematics, Filipino, English and it paved the way to the development of the Master of Arts in Educational Management, while holding classes comfortably in a secluded and secured room, 2nd floor of Sunshine Mall Taguig. On TCUs first year of operation, S. Y. 2006-2007, the organization of the University and construction of the TCU main building were the highlights of this period. 2007-2010, the First TCU President was put on the lead in the person of Vice Mayor George Elias and it was during his term when the construction of the main building was completed, likewise curricular offerings were expanded. Year 2010 to early part of 2011, TCU was under the reigns of Bro, on April 4,2011, Mayor Ma. Laarni Lani L. Cayetano installed Atty, barbo as the 3rd president of TCU. He is a former Governor of Eastern Samar and Secretary of the Philippine Senate and he was President of the Philippine Normal University, 2006-2010. The mission of TCU is stated as follows, “To nurture a vibrant culture of academic wellness responsive to the challenges of technology and the global community. ”The vision of TCU is stated as follows, “An eminent center of excellent higher education towards social advancement. ”The philosophy of TCU is stated as follows, “Social transformation for a caring community and an ecologically balanced country. ”Crisostomo College of Criminology - Prof. Jose A. Dela Peña College of Education - Dr. Normita A. Villa College of Arts and Sciences - Dr. Juan C
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Universidad de Manila
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The Universidad de Manila (formerly known as City College of Manila is a public university in Manila, Philippines. Apart from its campus, the university maintains satellite centers in many parts of the City of Manila such as Escolta, Recto, Del Pan, San Andres. The universitys original name is City College of Manila, in 2007, when Alfredo Lim was re-elected as mayor, he reverted UDM to its original name, a few months into office, he renamed it Universidad de Manila. The founder of the university, Mayor Alfredo Lim, said that the egalitarian UDM complements the elite PLM, for its part, the City College delivers practical education to average student. Universidad de Manila was founded in 1995 during the term of Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim and it was then located in the old 12-storey high Philippine National Bank Building in the district of Santa Cruz. In its early years, and before it acquired its current name and status, among the issues were the low passing rates that it had received and its proposed transformation into a district college of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. PLM and the CCM students opposed the plan, thus, it never materialized, in early 2005, many environmental groups resisted the construction of the new building at the Mehan Garden, but there were organizations that backed the move. Later on, the City Council unanimously voted in favor of transferring the CCMs main building to the site, additionally, the college took part in the enforcement of English as the medium of instruction. By virtue of the amendments of Ordinance No,7885, which was authored by majority floor leader Ernesto Dionisio and some members of the majority bloc, the CCM acquired the name Universidad de Manila. During the same year, UDM hosted the International Youth Expo, with the theme, in 2007, the Commission on Higher Education allowed the UDM to confer postgraduate studies. UDM has three buildings, in the Annex, Escolta and the Main Building, the universitys ten colleges offer courses from bachelor to postgraduate degree programs. Degree programs, such as Criminology, Social Work, Physical Therapy, at present, UDMs College of Criminology is remained Top 1 in Metro Manila, and Top 5 in the Philippines. Andres Memorial Medical Center, Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center, and it was recognized as the Top 3 nursing school in the Philippines by the Professional Regulation Commission in the June 2007 Nursing Licensure Examination. Fe Del Mundo Medical Center and Foundation, Medical Center Muntinlupa, Hospicio de San Jose, the same requirements as above, and, Original and photocopy of Philippine Educational Placement Test certificate or Non-formal Education Accreditation and Equivalency Test result certificate. The university started with some 2,000 enrollees until its population increased to 6,000, from October 2005 to January 2006,1,051 students out of 1,600 enrollees graduated in their selected courses. Some 290 students finished the basic computer course while 11 finished the photo silkscreen, in 2005, the university had more than 14,000 students, of whom 9,830 were in the college programs. More than 4,200 others had been trained in ladderized courses, more than 3,500 students are housed in its main campus at the Mehan Garden. The Universitys sports teams are nicknamed the Merlions, student athletes participate in the Alculympics, National Students Basketball Championship, Manila Youth Games, and other intramural sports
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University of Caloocan City
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The University of Caloocan City is a public-type local university established in 1971 and formerly called Caloocan City Community College and Caloocan City Polytechnic College. The University of Caloocan City was formed in 2004 out of Caloocan City Polytechnic College and its first programs were Bachelor of Science degrees in Industrial Education and B. S. The school was first located in a building at Caloocan High School and it transferred to its present location when the first building burned. The initially city hall-funded tertiary educational institution will henceforth be called as University of Caloocan City, on April 20,2006, the 32nd Commencement Exercise took place at Folk Arts Theater, Manila. The BSIE graduates were the first to be called on stage, for the school year 2016-2017, the university offers Senior High School program for Junior High School completers. Only ABM, & HUMSS strands are currently available in the university for the Senior High School program, the university offers Four-Year Courses, Two-Year Courses, and Graduate Courses. The university will open new courses soon. ABM HUMSS University of Caloocan City Facebook page University of Caloocan City website
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University of Makati
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The University of Makati, popularly known as UMak is a public, locally funded city-flagship university in Makati City, National Capital Region, Philippines. The educational institution is the first university in the Philippines which piloted the Senior High School Modelling Program of the Department of Education in 2012. UMak is the countrys first ISO certified local university, certified in 4 processes such as Admission, Registration, Releasing of Grades, the University of Makati was established as the Makati Polytechnic Community College in 1972 through Municipal Resolution No.242 Ordinance No.64. Its status was elevated in 1987 to that of a full-pledged college and it was merged with the former Fort Andres Bonifacio College which led to the elevation of the college to a university on January 10,1990. By virtue of Municipal Ordinance No,433, the Pamantasan ng Makati became a chartered university on December 19,1991 under the administration of Jejomar Binay. On August 27,2002, City Ordinance 2002-111 was approved amending City Ordinance No, 99-126 revising the Pamantasan ng Makati Charter to change the official name of Pamantasan ng Makati to University of Makati. The University is located in J. P. Rizal Extension, West Rembo, Makati that stands on a lot along near Fort Bonifacio and facing the Makati Park and Garden, the UMak-MInD Center is in collaboration with E-Health Records International. The Dual Training System of the College of Technology Management offers a 3 year multi skilled program for Industrial Facilities Technology since 2002, consistently, UMaks percentage of passers in the Licensure Board Exams is higher compared to the national passing rate. UMak College of Allied Health Studies produced numerous Nurse Licensure Examination Top-notchers, denise Claudia Mangiliman and Betty Chua Chung, both College of Nursing Batch 2007 graduates, placed fourth and fifth, respectively, in the December 2007 Nursing Board. Last May 2011 CPA Board Exam,10 UMak students passed for an outstanding 50% passing rate,19 students passed the October 2011 CPA Board Examination. The varsity team of the University of Makati are the UMaks Great Brave Herons, the schools athletic program participated in the National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities and the Association of Local Colleges and Universities Games. UMak is the 5-peat overall champion of ALCU Games, UMak is also one of the founding member of the newest collegiate league in the country, the University, Colleges and Schools Athletic Association. Among the athletes of UMak are the following, Jasmin Figueroa - an archer who participated at the 2004 Athens Olympics, during the Olympics, she defeated former World Champion Natalia Valeeva of Italy. She was also a gold medalist at the South East Asian Games, edwin Asoro - led the university in the finals of NAASCU in 2002. The 64 Asoro was drafted by the Barako Bull during the Philippine Basketball Association 2009 rookie draft and he was a part of the Philippine under-20 national basketball team that competed in the 2004 Asian Basketball Championship. Asoro played at the wing and power forward positions during his stint with the Bulldogs in the UAAP and Harbour Centre, rachelle Anne Cabral - a South East Asian Games Gold Medalist in archery. Ayssa Dalida - a squash player who represented the Philippines at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. Charlene Gillego - one of the draftees, an event in the PSL calendar in which teams can acquire new players outside the league which are not free agents in an agreed-upon order
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University of the City of Manila
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It was established on June 19,1965 and opened on July 17,1967 to 556 scholars, all coming from the top ten percent of graduates of Manilas public high schools. Based on a study using data from 1999 to 2003 showed that during the said period PLM was among the top five schools nationwide in terms of board exam passing rate. In the same study, it was one among three universities in the top ten category. As a chartered and autonomous university, PLM is governed by a Board of Regents, each member serves a six-year tenure of office. The president oversees the implementation of the university policies and these academic units collectively provide 53 single-degree undergraduate and 49 masters, doctoral, and graduate diploma programs. PLM is the tenth largest university in Metro Manila with a student enrollment of 13,711. For the undergraduate class of 2006-2007, PLM received 40,000 college applications, as for the professional and graduate schools, no specific residency requirements are imposed. Full scholarship is entitled for Manila residents, while fees are charged for non-residents. Other scholarships are available in the university, with funding coming from donations, the government. PLMs endowment in 2008 was valued at PhP500 million, excluding budgetary allocation for its teaching hospital, the Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center. The University spends about four to fives times the average for education. PLM uses a modular system for conducting courses, adopts features of the American credit system, and employs the General Weighted Average system. Students in the College of Nursing render service to 44 city-run health centers as part of their community health nursing internship, senior students live with people in the rural areas for eight weeks and implement several socio-civic and health projects. Although they are not required of service contracts, they are encouraged to render service to the country first before going abroad, physical therapy students in their last year in college are required to apply their learnings in various settings, including rehabilitation centers in marginalized communities. Similar activities are undertaken by the colleges that take on different approaches as in holding outreach programs in their work, off-campus activities. In 2009, PLM launched the Alternative Learning Program, which aims to provide an alternative to formal instruction. The PLM communities have joined the Caritas Manila through Intramuros Consortium Outreach. In 1993, together with Tugon-RESCUE, the universitys Community University Extension Services continued with its programs for the slum communities of Tondo
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Adamson University
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Adamson University is a private and Catholic university in Manila, Philippines, founded on June 20,1932, by Greek immigrant George Lucas Adamson as the Adamson School of Industrial Chemistry. Adamson University is also a Member of the University Athletics Association of the Philippines and its patron saint is Saint Vincent de Paul. Adamson University has eight listed as centers of development and centers of excellence by the Commission on Higher Education and has been granted Autonomous status. Adamson University was included in the top 201+ universities in Asia in the Quacquarelli Symonds Asia University Rankings 2011 and this made Adamson University as top 9 in the rankings nationwide and top 5 in the Metro Manila area. Adamson University is located in San Marcelino Street, Ermita in Manila, the Technological University of the Philippines, Santa Isabel College Manila, Emilio Aguinaldo College, and Philippine Normal University are its nearest neighbors. Adamson University has seven buildings occupying 10.7 hectares of land
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Ateneo de Manila University
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The Ateneo de Manila University is a private research university in Quezon City, Philippines. Founded in 1859 by the Society of Jesus, the Ateneo is the third-oldest university in the Philippines, Ateneo offers elementary and secondary education exclusively to male students. The undergraduate and graduate programmes are coeducational and organized into four schools, collectively known as the Loyola Schools, four professional schools occupy campuses in different parts of Metro Manila. Ateneo undergraduates follow a Catholic-rooted liberal arts curriculum throughout their programs in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Science and Engineering, the Loyola Heights campus also hosts two chemistry research centers, Philippine Institute of Pure and Applied Chemistry and National Chemistry Instrumentation Center. The Ateneo offers programmes at the elementary, secondary, undergraduate, as is common in the Philippines, the primary medium of instruction is English, with a few classes taught in Filipino. Aside from teaching and research, the Ateneo de Manila also engages in social outreach, known for its liberal arts tradition, the humanities are a key feature of Ateneo education at all levels of study. In 2015, QS Top Universities placed the undergraduate programmes 461st in the world. The Ateneo Professional Schools is the professional education division of Ateneo de Manila. The Ateneo Graduate School of Business offers a variety of Master of Business Administration concentrations, the Ateneo Law School confers the Juris Doctor and Master of Laws degrees. The Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health, opened in 2007, offers an integrated Doctor of Medicine, the Ateneo School of Government confers the Master in Public Management and Ph. D. in Leadership Studies degrees. The professional schools also confer certificates for short courses and it confers the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. It is composed of four schools, the School of Humanities, the John Gokongwei School of Management, the School of Science and Engineering, a key feature of the Loyola Schools is a liberal arts undergraduate core curriculum, required for all undergraduates. It includes philosophy, English and Filipino literature, theology, history, various branches of sciences. Ateneo follows the semester hour system common in American universities, most classes are held below 40 students and student discussion is encouraged. The Loyola Schools programmes are geared toward student-centreedness, the Ateneo was one of the first schools in the Philippines to enact a Magna Carta for Undergraduates. The Commission on Higher Education has designated several departments and programmes of the Loyola Schools as centres of excellence, Ateneo has Centers of Excellence in, Business Administration, Chemistry, English, Entrepreneurship, Information Technology, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology and Sociology. It has Centers of Development in Biology, Environmental Science and Filipino, the Ateneo de Manila High School is a Catholic preparatory school for male students. In 2003 the high school opened a Center for Math, Science and Technology containing science and computer labs, classrooms for the math and science classes
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De La Salle Araneta University
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The De La Salle Araneta University is the seventh campus of De La Salle Philippines. It was formerly known as the Gregorio Araneta University Foundation which was established in 1946 as the Araneta Institute of Agriculture in Bulacan, in 1978 it was renamed the Gregorio Araneta University Foundation. Integration of the university with the DLS System started in 1987 until 2002 when it became a member of the system. The university specializes in Veterinary Medicine and Agricultural Sciences, the university started as the Araneta Institute of Agriculture, an agricultural school at Hacarin Dairy Farm in Hacienda Carmelita, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. On November 24,1947, AIA transferred to Victoneta Park, Malabon, AIA initially started a two-year course, the Associate in Agriculture and Certificate of Proficiency in Vocational Education with only 35 students. Thereafter, the offering of other related programs in agriculture commenced. In recognition of its contributions in the fields of education, research and extension services. By virtue of an approved by the Board of Trustees in 1978. As the curricular programs changed and student population increased, different institutes of learning, in 1991, the different institutes became colleges. Preliminary talks and discussions on the integration of GAUF into the De La Salle University System started as early as 1987, today, De La Salle Araneta University is a globally-linked Catholic educational institution that offers programs in agriculture, forestry and veterinary medicine. It has a Basic Education Department, College and Graduate School Department, the Basic Education Department is an academic preparatory department for College. The university also offers degree programs in Philosophy. In June 2011, the De La Salle Agrivet Sciences Institute and it is a satellite campus of De La Salle Araneta University in Malabon. Its purpose is to be a site for the universitys and DLSPs food. De La Salle Araneta University is a university for competing in different sports such as Tae Kwon Do, Basketball, Volleyball, Swimming, Table tennis, Badminton
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De La Salle University
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De La Salle University is a Roman Catholic, Lasallian research university in Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, the educational institution moved on September 1921 to its present location to facilitate the increase in enrollment. The university started as an elementary and high school. It started offering in 1920 a two-year Associate in Arts in Commerce programme, the university, currently under the administration of President Raymundo Suplido FSC, is a member of several international university associations as well as local organizations. DLSU is identified by the Philippine Commission on Higher Education as a Center of Excellence in six of its programmes, the university is also among the 40 institutions granted autonomous status by CHED as of 2010. Likewise, it is the first of the two institutions granted the highest-level accreditation by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities. The university ranks 151-160th and 601-650th in the 2013 Asian University Rankings and 2013 World University Rankings, respectively, Research is mainly funded by the De La Salle University Science Foundation. Since 2000, DLSU has been the CHED Zonal Research Center for 10 cities in southern Metro Manila, as such, it evaluates research proposals for recommendation for CHED funding, monitors CHED-funded research papers, among others. DLSU research has focused on affective computing and renewable energy, DLSU has three official student publications, including the Ang Pahayagang Plaridel, The LaSallian and Green & White, the university yearbook publication. The De La Salle University Chorale has won awards from different international choir competitions, including the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. DLSU traces its founding to Manila Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty and his request would be later endorsed in 1907 by Pope Pius X. An envoy of Lasallian Brothers arrived in 1910, together with Harty, the Brothers searched for a suitable campus. A13,000 m2 property in Paco, Manila was purchased for this purpose, De La Salle College was established as an elementary school and high school for boys on June 16,1911 by the three Lasallian Brothers who arrived in Manila in March 1911. Classes started on the day with 125 students. This number would reach 175 by July 10, on February 12,1912, the college was incorporated under the sole ownership of the college director, who was then Eilenbecker. The college was permitted to confer commercial high school diplomas in the same year, meanwhile, it received a charter from the Governor-General of the Philippines, allowing the college to confer associate degrees in commerce. It started offering the degree as a program in 1920. The college already had 425 students by 1921, due to the lack of space in the Paco campus, and the growing population of its student and faculty, the college moved to its present location in Malate, Manila on February 12
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Our Lady of Fatima University
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Our Lady of Fatima University, formerly known as Our Lady of Fatima College, and also formerly known as Fatima Medical Science Foundation, Incorporated is a private university in the Philippines. It has five campuses, one based in Valenzuela City. Pampanga and the newly constructed Nueva Ecija Doctors Colleges Inc, the university concentrates mainly on allied medical sciences. Founded in 1967 by Jose Olivares and his son-in-law, Dr. Vicente M. Santos, the hospital became the primary provider of medical and health care services for Valenzuela. Olivares was an entrepreneur and previously a professor at Ateneo de Manila University. The college seeks to promote the virtues of Veritas et Misericordia, the founders set about improving the facility from a general hospital to a teaching hospital for health care providers such as nurses and midwives. This began in 1973 with the founding of Our Lady of Fatima College of Nursing, Dr. Santos and his wife Juliet Olivares-Santos continued the schools expansion, including the 1979 establishment of Fatima College of Medicine with the Pioneer Batch graduating in 1983. The college became a university in December 2002, with Vicente Santos as its founding President, Juliet O. Santos, became the universitys second president. The next five years saw an increase in infrastructure development. New buildings were established in Valenzuela City and Quezon City, with nursing virtual laboratories and this paved the way for Fatima’s College of Nursing to be designated by CHED as a Center of Development in late 2008. Fatima’s expansion continued with another campus being established in 2008 in Antipolo, in 2009, after being evaluated, it was placed in Category A as a mature teaching university. In recognition of the university accomplishments, the Commission on Higher Education through CEB Resolution No. 076-2009 granted autonomous status to the university for five years from March 11,2009 to March 30,2014. ”OLFU Athletic Center During the Guidance Week in the QC Campus, the masterplan for the proposed Athletic Center was made public. The OLFU Athletic Center houses the pool for Physical Education, gym, basketball court for the Fatima Phoenix. The Athletic Center will be built along Amor Street in Hilltop Subdivision, the project is due for completion in 2014. OLFU Art Gallery The Our Lady of Fatima University, Antipolo campus held the opening of the Fatima University Gallerys first art exhibit entitled, the exhibit also displays Federico Aguilar Alcuazs Manila Abstract, Seascape, and Untitled, along with Fernando Amorsolos piece, Ruins of Manila. It also displays Jerry Elizalde Navarro works, Abdulmari Imaos Sarimanok and other works of multi-awarded modern and our Lady of Fatima University now manages and operates the Nueva Ecija Doctors’ College, Inc. located in Maharlika Highway, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija effective November 9,2015. NEDCI is the campus of Our Lady of Fatima University
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St. Paul University Manila
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St. Paul University Manila is a private, previously a womens college and recently turned co-ed beginning school year 2005-2006 in Manila, Philippines. The college was established in 1912 by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres, the Sisters, coming from their mission in Vietnam, responded to the invitation of Bishop Frederick Rooker of the Diocese of Iloilo, to which Dumaguete then belonged. The seven Sisters were Mother Marthe de St. Paul, Superior, Sr. Marie Louise du Sacre Coeur, Sr. Ange Marie, Sr. Anne de la Croix, Sr. Charles de Genes, Sr. Catherine, and Sr. Josephine. St. Paul’s College, Dumaguete was founded as St. Paul Academy, St. Paul Academy which was located near the Cathedral, accepted boys and girls and prepared them for their First Holy Communion. The Sisters were installed in the old Convent of the Augustinian Recollects that Bishop Rooker had offered, the parish priest transferred his residence somewhere else. January 9,1905, the new school opened with 30 girls, four of them were boarders, children, women, and young men came to the school for religious instruction. Besides the regular courses, there were supplementary classes in music, drawing, painting, French, sewing. The medium of instruction was English, however, since the Americans had been in the Philippines only for five years, very few pupils were acquainted with the language. Hence, the Sisters were obliged to learn Visayan and Spanish to be able to communicate with their charges, charo Santos-Concio - ABS-CBN president and host of the countrys longest drama anthology Maalaala Mo Kaya. Malu Maglutac - TV Host, ballerina and model Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera - Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court from 1979 to 1992, cecilia Guidote-Alvarez - founder of the Philippine Educational Theater Association. She was declared as a National Artist for Theater in 2009 and she is a former executive director of the National Commission for Culture and the arts and has been described as a “cultural caregiver”. Some of her awards are, Bantayog Awardee – Hall of Fame in 1997, CCP Gawad Sining for Culture, cristina Ponce Enrile Katrina Ponce Enrile - Business Executive Lovely Rivero - actress Jessey Guiam - DJ of Yes The Best
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St. Paul University Quezon City
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St. Paul University Quezon City is a private, sectarian and previously a womens college. St. Paul University of Quezon City, the High School department followed suit when the first set of graduates from the co-ed Grade School enrolled in the High School in June 2008. Its sister school St. Paul College Pasig remained an exclusive all-girls school and it has earned Level III accreditation on all of its respective departments and schools. On May 2012, PAASCU granted re-accredited status to the Science, Liberal Arts, the late actress Ama Quiambao was a former faculty member of AB Mass Communications under the College of Arts, Sciences and Education of the university. The college was established as St. Paul College Quezon City Branch in 1946 and it was founded by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres, a congregation established in Chartres, France, by Father Louis Chauvet in 1696. St. Paul College Quezon City then catered to women of the upscale area of New Manila. The Liberal Arts and Commerce programs were first granted accreditation status by PAASCU in 1983 along with the High School department, the application for the accreditation of the Science programs followed in 1989. All these programs have periodically been granted re-accreditation status since then, the grade school was initially offered to boys and girls. Eventually, the school and college levels were exclusively offered to women. The college enjoys full autonomy status from the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines and it was also awarded a Level III Accreditation by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities. Rhea Santos - GMA-7 newscaster Jackie Lou Blanco - Actress Tootsie Guevara - former ABS-CBN actress, singer and recording artist Gov. Nini Ynares - Governor Rizal province Cong
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University of Perpetual Help System DALTA
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The University of Perpetual Help System DALTA is a Catholic-oriented, co-educational, private university, with campuses at Las Piñas, Bacoor, Cavite, and Calamba City, Laguna in the Philippines. The university offers programs in preschool, primary, secondary, tertiary levels, as well as short term vocational, technical, Antonio Laperal Tamayo, and his wife, Daisy Moran Tamayo, founded the University Of Perpetual Help System DALTA on February 5,1975. The term “DALTA” in the name of the university is the acronym for Daisy Antonio Laperal Tamayo, the first campus established is the Perpetual Help College and Hospital in Manila to meet the local and international demand for nurses. This was followed by the founding of the third Campus at Perpetual Help School of Laguna, at Biñan, in 1976, and its medical school, the Perpetual Help School of Laguna Foundation. Thereafter, the Perpetual Help Campus at General Marcos Alvarez in Cavite, the school was housed in a four-storey building constructed in the record time of four months. The initial academic offering of PHCR is Bachelor of Science in Nursing, upon opening of the course,700 students immediately enrolled. Today, the former UPHR is known by its amended official registered, in 1976, one year after opening of the PHCR, they established the Perpetual Help Medical Center about 200 meters from the University. Through the years, the PHMC metamorphosed into the University of Perpetual Help Rizal Medical Center, today, its amended official registered and business name is University of Perpetual Help DALTA Medical Center. Anthony Jose M. Tamayo assumed presidency of the UPHSD campuses on January 2010, likewise, Richard Antonio M. Tamayo was appointed as President of the University of Perpetual DALTA Medical Center. He is also the president of other DALTA companies including Dalta Builders, Dalta Jonelta Foundation Inc, and A8 Travel and Tours. He is the Executive Vice President for Administration for DALTA Group of Companies Central Office and Executive Director of DALTA Group of Companies, Richard Tamayo was a cum laude graduate of Business Economics in University of the Philippines-Diliman. He is currently enrolled in the Owner/President Management Program of Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 20,1997, the Commission on Higher Education, in its En Banc Resolution No. Tamayo Medical University Foundation, with a single Chairman of the Board, the Board of Directors governs the UPHS through a Central Office headed by the Chief Executive Officer. Both UPH Las Pinas and UPH Biñan have their respective Presidents who act as Chief Operating Officers of their respective campuses and they both directly report and are responsible to the Chief Executive Officer. It offers more than 70 undergraduate and more than 10 postgraduate academic programs in addition to its primary and secondary academic offerings. As an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Philippines, it continuously seeks and trains young athletes to compete in NCAA, the 2nd University of Perpetual Help System DALTA campus, the Molino campus was established and inaugurated in May 1995. Currently, the UPHSD caters to a student population of 4,000 - a dramatic increase based on its initial 700 enrollees. Standing tall in a land area of 6 hectares, the Molino campus is now the most notable educational institution in Bacoor, Cavite
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University of Santo Tomas
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The university is run by the Order of Preachers. The patron of the university is St. Thomas Aquinas, while St. Catherine of Alexandria is the patroness, the university is composed of several autonomous faculties, colleges, schools and institutes, each conferring undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate degrees, and the basic education units. Several degree programs have been accredited by the Commission on Higher Education as Centers of Excellence, moreover, it was awarded with an Institutional Accreditation by the CHED through the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines. Prominent Thomasians include saints, Philippine presidents, heroes, artists, scientists, professionals, and religious figures, the athletic teams are the Growling Tigers, who are members of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines and are consistent winners of the Overall Championship. The foundation of the University is ascribed to Miguel de Benavides and he came to the Philippines with the first Dominican mission in 1587. He went on to bishop of Nueva Segovia, and was promoted archbishop of Manila in 1601. Upon his death in July 1605, Benavides bequeathed his library, Bernardo de Santa Catalina carried out Benavides’s wishes and was able to secure a building near the Dominican church and convent in Intramuros for the College. In 1609, permission to open the College was requested from King Philip III of Spain, on April 28,1611, notary Juan Illian witnessed the signing of the act of foundation by Baltasar Fort, OP, Bernardo Navarro, OP, and Francisco Minayo, OP. Fort, appointed that year to the post of Father Provincial, the Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario was established on April 28,1611, from the Benavidess library. Later renamed Colegio de Santo Tomás, it was elevated by Pope Innocent X to a university on November 20,1645 in his brief and this makes the institution the first in the islands to be formally elevated to the status of university. Its complete name is The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas and this makes the UST the first and only formally declared royal and pontifical university in the Philippines. The university was located within the city of Intramuros in Manila. The first courses offered by the Colegio de Santo Tomás were canon law, theology, philosophy, logic, grammar, the arts, in 1871, it began offering degrees in Medicine and Pharmacy, the first in colonized Asia. Also that year, it began accepting female enrollees, in the last four decades, the university grew into a full-fledged institution of higher learning, conferring degrees in law, medicine, and various academic letters. The university has graduated Philippine national heroes, presidents, and even saints, the Medicine and Civil Law courses were retained in Intramuros at that time. During World War II, the Japanese forces converted the Sampaloc campus into an internment camp for aliens, mostly Americans. The original Intramuros campus was destroyed in 1944 by an arson created by the Japanese Kempeitai, more than 4,000 foreigners survived under difficult conditions in the internment camp for 37 months from January 1942 until February 1945 when the camp was liberated by American soldiers. In its long history, the university has been under the leadership of more than 90 Rectors, uSTs first Filipino rector was Fr
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AMA Computer University
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AMA Computer University, using the trade name AMA University, is the first ICT university in the Philippines and in Asia. The university serves as the brand of the AMA Education System. AMA University is located in Maximina Street, Villa Arca Subdivision, Project 8, Quezon City and it specializes in electronic, information, and communication technologies. It follows a calendar where a typical four year collegiate education program under a semestral calendar is completed in 3 years. However, no institution in the country offered computer education to professionals, Aguiluz founded the AMA Institute of Computer Studies with the first computer school located along Shaw Boulevard on October 20,1980. At that time, AMA Institute of Computer Studies offered only short-term courses in Electronic Data Processing Fundamentals, Basic Programming, three student enrolled at the AMA Institute of Computer Studies during the first semester. AMA Computer College came into existence in June 1981 and it extended its services through a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. With only a handful of students in its first year of operation, shortly after, it established its main campus in Quezon City. Two provincial campuses were founded in Cebu and Davao City. With the passage of the Philippine Republic Act No.7722 or the Higher Education Act of 1994, AMA increased tuition fees then solved the problem of low student population by embarking on a marketing, advertising and information campaign. The emergence of AMACC led to the birth of AMA Computer Learning Center in 1986, the former offers short-course programs for professionals and two-year technical/vocational courses for those who wish to acquire employment skills. The latter is one of the first schools in the Philippines to concentrate on telecommunication, electronics and it was the first school in the country to fully integrate the Internet into its curriculum. Since 1987, all major AMA colleges have been interconnected through a local area network, in 1991, Aguiluz gained accreditation for AMA Computer College in the American League of Colleges and Universities, thus, making AMA the first Filipino and non-American school to do so. AMACC became a member of the John F. Kennedy Educational Institute in Japan. AMACC is accredited by the National Computing Centre United Kingdom, aMACUs Quality Management System has been ISO 9001-certified since March 1999 by Société Générale de Surveillance International Certification Services Canada, Inc. AMA Computer College of Quezon City became AMA Computer University following the conferment of university status by the Philippine governments Commission on Higher Education on August 20,2002. In 2003, AMA Computer University inked a partnership with Carnegie Mellon Universitys iCarnegie to use its curriculum, previously, ICarnegie had approached STI for the agreement, but opted to stick with AMACU instead. As stated by iCarnegie President and CEO Allan Fisher, the relationship between STI and iCarnegie went well, the business side of the agreement did not go as planned
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Arellano University
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Arellano University is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian university located in Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1938 as a law school by Florentino Cayco, AU was named after Cayetano Arellano, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. One of the components that make up AU is the autonomous Arellano University School of Law and its athletic team, the Arellano University Chiefs, is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association since 2009. Arellano University began on 1938 when it was established as a law school by Florentino Cayco, Sr. the first Filipino Undersecretary of Public Instruction, the newly founded institution offers the regular four-year law course and was named as Arellano Law College. It was one of the institution by that time by catering to numerous prolific people in the field of law. In the onset of World War II, the school was closed from 1941 to 1945 and it was reopened on April 1945 and was renamed as the Arellano Colleges and has expanded its course offerings to the field of commerce, foreign service, and arts and sciences. On 1946, Florentino Cayco, Sr. AU continued its robust expansion with the offering of new courses, in 1948, from its present site in Legarda at Sampaloc, AU moved to a new site in Plaza Guipit. It was relocated back to its old site in Legarda when a new modern four-storey concrete building was erected in 1955, in 1954, AU opened an institute of nursing and a law school. The Arellano University School of Law would later be managed by the Arellano Law Foundation under a Memorandum of Agreement in 1978. Arellano Law Foundation is a non-stock and non-profit organization established by the alumni, faculty members, the School of Law was successfully turned over to Arellano Law Foundation on 22 April 1979 but remained as one of the constituent colleges of the university. AU has a partnership with Ayala Education to launch the LINC@Arellano, AU has six campuses, all of it located within Metro Manila, the National Capital Region of the Philippines. AUs expansion started after World War II with the establishment of the Arellano University Andres Bonifacio High School on 1946 in Pasig and it was followed by AUs campus in Mandaluyong and by another campus located in Pasay. AU also has a campus in Malabon, the campus of the Arellano University Law School is located in Menlo, Pasay. AU named all of its campus after Filipino heroes, Arellano is governed by its CEO, the Board of Trustees, and the Corporate Officers. The CEO manages the operational performance of AU. All campuses of Arellano are under the CEOs direct control and supervision, Arellano University is formed by five academic clusters that caters to undergraduates and postgraduates. Two clusters, the Allied Medical Services and the College of Business and Technology is formed by one or more colleges, schools, Arellano also has its own elementary and high schools. All of AUs academic programs are offered across its six campuses, Florentino Cayco Memorial School of Graduate Studies on Education is the graduate school of AU
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Centro Escolar University
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Centro Escolar University is a private university in Manila, Philippines. It was founded on June 3,1907 by two women, Librada Avelino and Carmen de Luna, and was originally called Centro Escolar de Señoritas and it became a university in 1933. Originally, its Parañaque campus was part of the system until it was phased out in the early 1990s. CEU Cebu will be the first CEU campus outside Luzon, the university is also planning to establish 2 more campuses, CEU Baguio and CEU Davao. Centro Escolar University was awarded Full Autonomy Status by CHED, granted Institutional Accreditation as certified by FAAP, Proficiency in Quality Management, the original academic program of the university, the Integrated Schools elementary and high school programs opened in 1907. The programs were closed in its Mendiola Campus in the mid-1990s, the last batch of its elementary and high school students were from its Malolos Campus in 2004 and 2001, respectively. The university will once again offer the Integrated School in its Malolos Campus starting the school year 2014-2015, on its first year of re-operation the University Integrated School will offer Nursery, Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Grade 1 and 7. While on the year, the school opened its Grade 11 and 12 in compliance of the k-12 system. The School of Accountancy and Management is the third largest college in terms of student population in the university system, established in 1925, the School of Dentistry provides solid ground in the essentials of Dental Medicine. The School of Dentistry is managed by experienced professionals, who provide integrated educational programs based on advanced technology. The students work with the most modern dental learning equipment simulators, dental infirmary, x-ray facilities, the School of Education, Liberal Arts, Music and Social Work merged in the late 1990s to integrate the four major departments of the university. Founded in 1975, the School of Nursing offers bachelors and masters degrees in nursing, students at the School of Nursing learn the principles and practice of Nursing as they are seconded to tertiary hospitals and communities around the metropolis during their practicum. Since the establishment of the School of Nursing, community programs have been part of the College activities in collaboration with the University activities. The community immersion program started in 1998 on a partnership with the municipality of Naic, Cavite and presently it has expanded to the municipalities of Ternate in Cavite. Tomas, Malvar, and Laurel in Batangas in order to deliver the primary care services to the community people. The School of Optometry was established in 1928, the first tertiary academic program of the university is the Bachelors degree in Pharmacy. Today, the college is known as the School of Pharmacy and it currently offers bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees in Pharmacy. In 2011, it was accredited to level IV, the College of Pharmacy was the first college established by CEU in June 1921
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Centro Escolar University Makati
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Centro Escolar University Makati is a private university located in Makati City, Philippines. It is a campus of the Centro Escolar University in Manila. CEU Makati is the home to the CEU School of Law, located in the Makati Central Business District, CEUs first Makati campus building is housed in the Philtrust Bank Building along Sen. Gil Puyat Sr. Avenue. The science course is taken here, the campus consists of air-conditioned classrooms, laboratories, a library and lecture halls equipped with audio-visual facilities, and a car park. It also houses the CEU School of Law and Jurisprudence which was established last 2009, the Centro Escolar University Makati Legaspi Village Unit is located at Legaspi Village along Esteban-Bolaños Streets as the extension to the Gil Puyat Unit. The non-science and the Doctor of Dental Medicine courses are located here and this building consists of air-conditioned classrooms, computer laboratories, and a library with audio-visual facilities. The new addition is the dental facility inside the building, the Juris Doctor Program is offered by the Centro Escolar University at its Sen. Gil Puyat campus at the heart of Makati City. University Student Council Makati The USC is the body in the university. It represents the rights and interests. It trains students in leadership, fosters appreciation for self-government, encourages initiative and participation in the activities of the university, CEU Singers Makati The Centro Escolar University Singers Makati is the official resident choral group of the campus. It is part of the Centro Escolar University Singers, which also includes CEU Singers Manila, CEU Makati Peer Facilitators Group The Peer Facilitators Group is a group of students that serves as a strong bridge between the student population and the Guidance and Counseling Section. CEU Makati Varsity Team The Makati Varsity Team is composed of students from different programs of the campus, the team showcases sports and athletic ability. They compete every year in the CEU Sportsfest, roxanne Corluy, BS Medical Technology - Top 10, Mutya ng Pilipinas 2011, runner-up, Miss Philippines Earth 2012 Yuki Sakamoto, BS HRM - recording artist and main vocalist,1,43
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Far Eastern University
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Far Eastern University in the University Belt area, West Sampaloc, City of Manila, is a nonsectarian, private university in the Philippines. Created by the merger of Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accountancy and it has been noted as the leading proprietary university in the Philippines. FEUs campus is noted for a number of historical buildings preserved from the first half of the 20th century, Far Eastern University was founded in 1934 when the Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance merged. Far Eastern College, founded in 1919 by Don Vicente Fabella, had been an arts college in Quiapo. Reyes, Sr. head of the Department of Economics of the University of the Philippines, IABF had been originally predominately used by night students, and the new university, which was supported by the tuition provided by its students rather than government grants. In its earliest days, FEU was housed in a tobacco factory already present on the four hectare plot which would eventually host the current campus. Reyes Sr. was appointed the first president of the University, Reyes commissioned Brother in law Arch. Pablo S. Antonio Sr. who would later be titled National Artist of the Philippines, Reyes Hall, which would later house the library and Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance, opened. During World War II, the campus was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army, Reyes Sr. having been killed during the occupation, Atty. Hermenegildo Balbino Reyes was appointed the president of the University when it reopened in 1945. Thereafter, FEU continued to expand, with the opening of a Science Building and the establishment of the Institute of Medicine, in 1955, the FEU hospital was opened. Humanities were introduced in 1959, and in 1970 the Institute of Architecture, Reyes Medical Foundation, a non-stock, non-profit educational foundation. Enrollment and financial systems were computerized with the help of Oracle in 2001, the auditorium was upgraded to accommodate modern stage productions and the new twice-monthly presentations by local and international artists established by the Presidents Committee on Culture. The legendary Sarimanok projects the nationalistic spirit upon which the University was founded and it also serves as the link between the past and present. The University Colors, Gold represents the opportunity for the University to serve the youth. Green is for hope, representing Rizals Fair hope of the Fatherland, the University Font, The DellaRobbia BT is the official font of FEU. In the past, FEUs official font was inspired by the Baybayin, the Tamaraw is the mascot of every FEU athletic team. Hence, it is the pet name of every FEU student, known scientifically as “Bubalus mindorensis”, it is a rare animal found only in the island of Mindoro
