| University of the Philippines Manila | |
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| Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Maynila | |
| Motto | Honor and Excellence |
| Established | 1908 (campus) 1967 (as Health Sciences Center) 1979 (as an autonomous unit) |
| Type | National, Research university |
| Chancellor | Manuel B. Agulto, M.D. |
| President | Alfredo E. Pascual, MBA |
| Location | Ermita District, Manila, Philippines |
| Campus | Urban, 14 hectares (34.5 acres) |
| Hymn | U.P. Naming Mahal (U.P. Beloved) |
| Nickname | Fighting Maroons |
| Mascot | U.P. Oblation |
| Affiliations | APRU, ASAIHL, ASEA UNINET AUN and UAAP |
| Website | www.upm.edu.ph |
The University of the Philippines Manila (usually referred to as U.P. Manila), founded in 1908, is a coeducational and public research university in the Philippines. It is located in the city of Manila, the country's capital. It is the oldest of the seven (7) 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, predating the founding of U.P. by three years.
It is the center of health sciences education in the country, with the establishment of the National Health Sciences Center. It is also a reputable research center in the health sciences in the Asia-Pacific rim. It exercises administrative supervision over the Philippine General Hospital (the largest medical center and the national referral center for health in the Philippines), National Institutes of Health, Ugnayan ng Pahinungod, and Continuing Education. U.P. Manila is a reputable school of tertiary learning in the health sciences, and more high school students interested in this field apply to it than any other college or university in the country.
As of 2001, the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines has identified 2 centers of excellence (COE) in U.P. Manila. The COEs in the University are Medicine and Nursing, with the U.P. College of Medicine as the very first Center of Excellence in Medical Education in the Philippines.[1] It is currently among only five medical institutions to be recognized as Centers of Excellence in Medical Education.
U.P. Manila is also noted for its highly political and activist student body promoting stands on national issues, as well as adopting a stance of academic freedom and excellence.
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Six (6) of the seven (7) colleges of U.P. Manila, all of which are affiliated with the Health Sciences, are located along Pedro Gil Street in Ermita, Manila. The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is housed at Rizal Hall, located a block away at Padre Faura Street.
Rizal Hall is the only building in U.P. Manila which is part of the original University of the Philippines campus before its transfer to Diliman, Quezon City in 1949.
On January 8, 2008, the University of the Philippines began its centennial celebration, with 7 universities in 12 campuses offering 258 undergraduate and 438 graduate programs. The University has produced 7 of 15 Philippine Presidents, 12 Chief Justices of the Supreme Court, 34 of 35 National Scientists, 36 of 57 National Artists and approximately 250,000 U.P. alumni (15,000 doctors, 8,000 lawyers and 23,000 teachers).[2]
Fernando Javier, 100, of Baguio City, the oldest U.P. alumnus (Civil Engineering from University of the Philippines, Manila, 1933), carried the 100-torch relay at the U.P. Academic Oval in Diliman, Quezon City; the 99th torchbearer was Michael Reuben Dumlao, youngest, a 6th grader from the University of the Philippines Integrated School in U.P. Diliman; U.P. President Emerlinda Roman, the first woman U.P. president, carried the 100th torch and ignited the centennial cauldron in the U.P. Oblation.[3]
As part of the centennial celebration, a second Oblation statue in front of the Philippine General Hospital was unveiled on December 2008. It mirrors U.P. Diliman's possession of a second Oblation statue, which marked the 50th anniversary of the U.P. System, as this second U.P. Manila Oblation is a Centennial Marker of the system.[4]
U.P. Manila currently has nine (9) degree-granting units, seven (7) of which are colleges:
| Preceded by — |
University of the Philippines campuses by foundation June 18, 1908 (1st) |
Succeeded by Los Baños |
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