Asia Pacific College

Asia Pacific College
Motto Bridging Academe and Industry
Real Projects, Real Learning
Established 1991
Type Private
President Dr. Paulino Y. Tan
Administrative staff
 approximately 200
Undergraduates approximately 2300
Location Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Campus 12-storey building
School Mascot APC Ram
Website www.apc.edu.ph

Asia Pacific College (APC) was established in 1991 as a non-profit joint venture between IBM Philippines and the SM Foundation.[1] It was envisioned as a learning institution that produces graduates that fulfill information technology industry demands.

Asia Pacific College emphasizes industry-academe links, orienting their programs and faculty toward industry needs. APC's cornerstones are its IT-embedded curriculum, industry-experienced faculty and its six-month internship program.

Asia Pacific College is one of the 4 Centers of Excellence in I.T. Education in the Philippines.[2]

Academics

Internship Program

The Industry-Academe Cooperative Education Program, also known as the I-ACE Program, is an internship program of the Asia Pacific College, where students on their senior year are assigned to work full-time for a company for a period of two consecutive terms.

The objective of the program is to link industry and academe. This program is envisioned to be a good venue to expose the school to the relevant and changing needs of the industry. The industry sector, on the other hand, absorbs the intern and is encouraged to be involved in the education and development of future Information Technology and Business professionals from their respective courses and specializations. On their senior year, APC students enter the Industry-Academe Cooperative Education Program. They are assigned to work for a pre-identified company (assigned during the internship placement period), for a duration of two (2) consecutive terms of APC’s tri-mestral school calendar.

During the Internship Program, the Interns are not expected to enroll in any academic courses in school for they will be working full-time (eight hours a day, Mondays to Fridays) at their respective companies. Interns are invited to attend once a month Saturday sessions with the Career & Placement Office to discuss updates, issues or problems encountered.

As interns, they are expected to strictly follow office policies of the company they work for and abide by the principle of confidentiality with regard to any information / restricted materials on their assigned projects.[3]

Industry Partners

References

  1. ↑ "APC Our History". Retrieved 2011-11-28.
  2. ↑ "Top Universities of the Philippines: CHED’S Center of Excellence and Center of Development(As of Oct. 4, 2010)". Retrieved 2010-10-04.
  3. ↑ "CAREER & PLACEMENT OFFICE". Retrieved 2013-12-24.

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