The University of the Philippines System Administration has released a statement on the UP Diliman Shopping Center Lease Agreements. The university maintains that “the Master Lease Agreement was determined by the relevant UP Diliman and System administrations to be legally sound and in accordance with retail practices.” Please read the full statement below. The […]
Thousands of UP Diliman students, faculty and staff flooded the Palma Hall steps after walking out of their classes and offices on September 12, 2025, to condemn the revelations of corruption in flood control and infrastructure projects. Photo by Kevin Roque, UPS-MCO. The University of the Philippines renews its call for transparency, accountability, and justice, […]
Statement of All UP Academic Employees Union on the Red-Tagging Spree of Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa December 2, 2023 The All UP Academic Employees Union (AUPAEU) condemns the recent terror-tagging of its members in a senate hearing held last November 29, 2023. The said hearing purportedly investigates the alleged recruitment of student activists […]
The UP System administration clarifies that the procurement of network infrastructures at the level of both the System and constituent universities is ongoing. UP is still welcoming proposals from stakeholders and suppliers. All processes are being done in strict compliance with Republic Act No. 9184 and other procurement laws. The University remains committed to upholding […]
The University of the Philippines System expresses grave concern over the recent disappearance of three UP alumni, Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” De Jesus and Dexter Capuyan of UP Baguio, and Patricia Nicole Cierva of UP Manila. De Jesus and Capuyan are known indigenous peoples’ rights activists, while Cierva and her companion Cedric Casano, are peasant […]
The new UP President, Angelo A. Jimenez, is saddened by the recent tragedy caused by the fire that transpired at Barangay Krus na Ligas on 9 February 2023. This tragedy caused the death of a student Leki N. Aquilino from UPD CSWCD. Pres. Jimenez and the entire UP Community are expressing sympathies to the aggrieved […]
UP is currently reviewing the indicators and data from the THE’s latest WUR to gain insights for the University’s future measures and directions. This latest ranking of UP’s standing among universities worldwide will serve as valuable insight in determining UP’s way forward in its mission to serve the nation, through the delivery of the […]
We view, with grave concern, the most recent effort of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) to red-tag members of the UP community. On May 11, 2022, the NTF ELCAC released a statement cautioning against disruptors and destabilizers of peace and order, after sectors reported irregularities during the May […]
On October 21, 2021, the Commission on Higher Education Cordillera Administrative Region issued Regional Memorandum No. 113 series of 2021, encouraging “all Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in Cordillera Administrative Region… to join the region-wide removal of subversive materials both in library and online platforms.” For its purpose, the Memorandum defined “subversive materials [as] literatures, references, […]
We in the University of the Philippines extend our deepest sympathies to the bereaved. We reach out in concern as well to all those who have been victimized by a persistent system of fraternity-related violence engendered by an underlying culture of toxic masculinity, patriarchal values and impunity.
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
