UP (University of the Philippines)

The University of the Philippines Manila (usually referred to as U.P. Manila), founded in 1908, is a coeducational andpublic 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. It is currently among only five medical institutions to be recognized as Centers of Excellence in Medical Education.

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This school University (Colleges), schools (Schools), major academic programs (Academic Programs) provides a degree from a university and 23 community colleges have two. Seats, as well as a bachelor, PhD There are universities by Series (College) language arts colleges (College of Arts & Letters) Business Administration College (College of Business Adminstration) College of Education (College of Education) College of Engineering (College of Engineering) College of Fine Arts (College of Fine Arts) home economics college (College of Home Economics) Physical Education (College of Human Kinetics) School of Law (College of Law) University of Music (College of Music) Mass Communications University (College of Mass Communication) Social Sciences · Philosophy University (College of Social Sciences & Philisopy) Social Welfare and Community Development University (College of Social Work & Community Development), Public Administration College (College of Public Administration) , College of Natural Sciences (College of Science), affiliated school (School ) Asian Studies Center (Asian Center) Asian Institute of Tourism (Asian Institute of Tourism) School of Economics (School of Economics) Institute of Islamic Studies (Institute of Islamic Studies) University of labor and industrial relations (School of Labor & Industrial Relations) Institute of Library Studies (Institute of Library Science) Statistics Centre (Statistical Center), School of Urban and Regional Planning (School of Urban & Regional Planning), UP College Baguio (UP College Baguio), San Fernando and Olongapo UP Extension Program (UP Extension Programs in San Fernando and Olonggapo)