| Baliuag University | |
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| Established | 1925 |
| Location | Baliuag, Bulacan, Philippines |
| Website | www.baliuagu.edu.ph |
Baliuag University (B.U.) is a university in the Philippines. It was founded in 1925 and is the first school granted full autonomy in Region 3 by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
It offers graduate programs in education, business, library science and nursing. Its undergraduate programs in business administration and accountancy, liberal arts and education are Level 3 accredited. Other offerings which are equally highly accredited by the PACU COA are engineering, nursing, library science, computer studies and hospitality management. It offers two-year Voc-Tech, Associate in Health Science as well as kinder, grade school and high school programs, LET review classes, call center training and college evening programs.
It is one of four IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood Illness) training school in the Philippines, with University of the Philippines, University of Sto. Tomas, and St. Paul College Ilo-ilo.
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The Baliuag University Cultural and Sports Center is a gymnasium complex located at the Annex 2 of the university. The ground floor serves as the IT classrooms, and the second floor is the gymnasium which can seat 2,000 or more people. It serves as the Faculty of the Physical Education department. It was used in many activities such as sports, studies and events.
The new Green Building is being been constructed to cater the School of Computer Studies. It has state-of-the-art IT laboratories, and solar panels to act as the energy source of the building. It also reduces pollution by using natural sources of energy. Elevators are used as means of transportation for convenience.
Baliuag University is one of the few universities that has a complete division of a library network. It has the general or the Reference library wherein the Map section is, the Circulation library, the Filipiniana library, and the Student Study Center: divided into the University Archives and the Baliuag Artifacts. It has the OPAC, the most advanced catalog in the libraries today.
The Internet library is a computer laboratory on the second floor. It acts as the online library of the university as well as a research facility. Another addition to the library network is the multimedia kiosk where students watch highly praised documentaries and educational films, filmstrips and media references that only Baliuag University offers.
Because of the ever-growing popularity of the university, it spawned two annexes.