The Polytechnic University of the Philippines is a coeducational state university in Manila, Philippines. It was founded on 19 October 1904, as the Manila Business School (MBS) and as part of Manila's public school system. It was eventually promoted to a chartered state university in 1978, by virtue of Presidential Decree 1341. PUP has more than 20 Campuses across Central Luzon, Southern Luzon and Metro Manila. With over 80,000 enrolled students, PUP claims to be the largest state university in the Philippines by student population.
Without its own building, PSC held its classes at the Normal Hall of Philippine Normal University from 1946 to 1947.
PUP Laboratory High School in the 1990s.
The marker of Mabini's death inside the antesala room where he died. The Mabini Shrine was relocated to the PUP main campus in 2010.
Santa Mesa is a district in Manila, Philippines. It is surrounded by the Pasig River on the southwestern side, and by the San Juan River on its southern and eastern side. Land borders include the districts of San Miguel to the west and Sampaloc to the north; and to the northeast is Quezon City.
Aerial view of Santa Mesa
Wounded soldiers during the Philippine–American War.
The main campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, seen from the air.
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