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The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP; Filipino: Politeknikong Unibersidad ng Pilipinas[4][5]) is a coeducational state university in Manila, Philippines. It was founded on 19 October 1904, as the Manila Business School (MBS) and as part of Manila's public school system. It was eventually promoted to a chartered state university in ...
Status: In force. The Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, officially designated as Republic Act 10931, is a Philippine law that institutionalizes free tuition and exemption from other fees in state universities and colleges (SUCs), and local universities and colleges (LUCs) in the Philippines. The law also foresees subsidies for ...
De La Salle University (Filipino: Pamantasang De La Salle or Unibersidad ng De La Salle; Spanish: Universidad de La Salle), also referred to as DLSU, De La Salle or La Salle, is a private, Catholic coeducational research university run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools with main campus in Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila, Philippines.
The Big Four refers to the top four universities in the Philippines: the University of the Philippines System (UP), Ateneo de Manila University (Ateneo), De La Salle University (DLSU), and the University of Santo Tomas (UST), all located in Metro Manila — although UP is scattered across eight constituent universities, located in different parts of the Philippines.
The university has since seen applications for the UPCAT exceeding 100,000 annually since 2017, the first time that the first full K+12 system graduates have taken the examinations. In 2019, with the RA 10931 enforced, institutionalizing free tuition across state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the country, a record-high 90,426 applicants ...
The University of Manila was one of the original members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which was founded in 1924. [3] The university was also a former member of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 1952 [4] to 1954. Its varsity, the UM Hawks, joined the National Athletic Association of Schools ...
In 2013, UP Manila was badly criticized when Kristel Tejada, a 16-year-old behavioral sciences student, committed suicide because she couldn't pay for her tuition fee for the second semester and was left with no choice but to drop out of school. [13]
On June 18, 1908, the University of the Philippines was established through an act of the First Philippine Legislature. Act No. 1870, otherwise known as the "University Act", specified the function of the university, which is to provide advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, and to administer professional and technical training.