The University of the Philippines (UP) is on the up and up again in terms of ranking among Asia’s top universities, climbing to No. 78 from the previous 87, remaining No. 18 in Southeast Asia and number one in the Philippines, according to the 2024 edition of Asia university rankings by the widely recognized […]
Author: Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc
The University of the Philippines (UP) and the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) have formalized their cooperation. PNOC counts on the national university for urgent technical assistance with its priority projects, proposed investments, and technologies; UP, meanwhile, looks to the government-owned and -controlled corporation for support in equipping energy-related laboratories, among others. The memorandum of […]
University of the Philippines (UP) President Angelo Jimenez has just approved the release before the year ends of the fourth tranche of the 2023 rice subsidy for the University’s faculty members; research, extension, and professional staff (REPS); and administrative employees. A memorandum from UP Vice President for Administration Augustus Resurreccion, dated October 24, 2023, says […]
The Offices of the Sectoral Regents of the University of the Philippines held a “Di Nagbabago ang Damdamin” homecoming for past and incumbent Student, Faculty, and Staff Regents of the University on October 12, 2023 at the Atencio-Libunao Hall, UP Diliman, Quezon City. This is the first time a reunion of the sectoral regents is […]
Michael Tee, MD, MHPED, MBA, a doctor of internal medicine-rheumatology, has been appointed as the new chancellor of UP Manila, succeeding newly declared National Scientist Carmencita Padilla, a clinical geneticist and pediatrician, who will finish her third term as the chancellor of the UP constituent university on October 31, 2023. The UP Manila community congratulated […]
The University of the Philippines welcomed this year’s batch of freshmen, transferees, shiftees, and foreign exchange students in UP Diliman through a rousing program, this year’s University Welcome Assembly (UWA), on September 18, 2023 at the UP Theater. The UP president and the UP Diliman chancellor, college deans, and secretaries briefed the audience on […]
#WeRemember is the official hashtag of this year’s commemoration of martial law by the University of the Philippines (UP) for its annual Day of Remembrance, which it has formally held since 2018. Details of the commemoration were announced by the UP Presidential Commission on Culture and Arts (UP-PCCA), headed by Raymundo Rovillos, a professor […]
The University of the Philippines Alumni Council, the advisory body of the UP Alumni Association (UPAA), resolved to fully support Ambisyon 2040, the government’s program for long-term economic growth. The council made the resolution during its annual meeting with the theme, “Handog sa Pamantasan, Pag-alay sa Bayan”. With resource person for the resolution, Secretary […]
Academic, professional, and advocacy institutions joined forces to establish the University of the Philippines (UP) Rainbow Research Hub that aims for better and more LGBTQI scholarship and research. Supported by the UP Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and the UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, the collaborating institutions: the UP School […]
The University of the Philippines (UP) is steadily climbing in the roster of the world’s best universities, according to the London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. UP has gone from the top 44 percent universities in the 2016 rankings to the top 27 percent in the 2024 rankings. Data from the latest […]