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University of the Philippines Baguio

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Motto
  
Honor and Excellence

Chancellor
  
Raymundo Rovillos

Students
  
3,148 (2013)

President
  
Danilo Concepcion

Mascot
  
Oblation

Established
  
April 22, 1961

Academic staff
  
143 (2013)

Undergraduate tuition and fees
  
23,971 PHP (2011)

Phone
  
+63 74 442 5592

Type
  
National, research university

Address
  
Governor Pack Road, Baguio, Benguet, Philippines

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The University of the Philippines Baguio (also referred to as UPB or UP Baguio) is a public research university in the Philippines.

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History

The university began on April 22, 1961. UP Baguio is one of the fastest growing constituent universities of the University of the Philippines system in terms of curricular and infrastructure development. Currently, UP Baguio operates five academic units: the College of Arts and Communication, College of Science, College of Social Sciences, Institute of Management, and Program in Human Kinetics. The colleges are headed by their respective deans, the Institute of Management by a director, and the Program in Human Kinetics by a coordinator. As of 2001, the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines has identified three National Centers of Excellence/Development (COEs/CODs) in UP Baguio. The COEs/CODs in the university are biology, mathematics, and physics.

Academic programs

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

  • BS Computer Science
  • BS Biology
  • BA Communication major in Journalism +
  • BA Communication major in Speech Communication +
  • B Fine Arts ++
  • BA Language and Literature
  • BS Management Economics
  • BS Mathematics
  • BS Physics
  • BA Social Sciences major in Economics +++
  • BA Social Sciences major in Social Anthropology +++
  • BA Social Sciences major in History +++

    • + choice of minor in one of these three areas (Broadcast Communication, Journalism, or Speech Communication)

    ++ UPCAT qualifiers must pass a talent test

    +++ choice of minor in one of the following: Philosophy, Political Science or Psychology

    NON-DEGREE PROGRAMS

  • Certificate in Fine Arts (Visual Arts)

    • GRADUATE PROGRAMS

  • MA Language and Literature
  • M Management
  • MS Conservation and Restoration Ecology
  • MS Mathematics
  • MA Social and Development Studies

    • Research

    The university has several research centers.

  • Cordillera Studies Center (CSC) - The University's Main Research Unit
  • Social Science Research and Extension Institute (SSREI) - research and extension unit of the College of Social Sciences
  • Sentro ng Wikang Filipino (SWF) - research unit of the College of Arts and Communication
  • Cordillera/Northern Luzon Archives - repository of valuable historical Northern Luzon/Cordillera materials
  • U.P. Baguio Northern Luzon Herbarium - botanical museum
  • Gender Studies Program (KASARIAN)
  • Galerya Kordilyera - art and cultural museum
  • Institute of Management (IM)

    • Extension service

    U.P. BAGUIO'S UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERVICE UNITS

  • Summer Institute for Natural Sciences and Mathematics (SINSM) - research and extension unit of the College of Science
  • Summer Arts Extension Program (SAEP) - extension unit of the College of Arts and Communication
  • Cordillera Creative Writing Workshop
  • Social Science Research and Extension Institute (SSREI) - extension unit of the College of Social Sciences
  • Committee on Culture and The Arts
  • Ugnayan ng Pahinungod
  • Institute of Management (IM)
  • Human Kinetics Program Extension Service (HKP)

    • International affiliations and memberships

  • Association of Pacific Rim Universities
  • ASEAN University Network
  • Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning

    • References

    University of the Philippines Baguio Wikipedia
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