University of the Philippines

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University of the Philippines
logo
motto Shaping minds that shape the nation
founding June 18, 1908
Sponsorship state
place Quezon City
country PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines
president Danilo L. Concepcion
Networks AUN
Website www.up.edu.ph

The University of the Philippines ( English University of the Philippines ) or UP is the state university of the Philippines . It was founded in 1908. It now has seventeen campuses across the country. The administration is located in Quezon City . It offers almost every university subject, from agricultural sciences , medicine and law to natural and social sciences , engineering , literature and art.

More than 70,000 high school students across the Philippines take the annual entrance exams in their senior year. Less than 10 percent of them are recorded. The tuition fees are staggered depending on the family income. For families with very low incomes z. T. Scholarships awarded.

UP is also known for its highly politicized students. A significant proportion of political or social leaders, economists, lawyers, scientists, doctors, creative people and entrepreneurs in the Philippines are UP graduates.

The university was a center of the First Quarter Storm Movement from January to March 1970.

Some well-known UP students or professors

Web links

Commons : University of the Philippines  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b University History. Over a hundred years of service to the Filipino. In: www.up.edu.ph. University of the Philippines, accessed August 25, 2019 .
  2. ^ UP Office of the President. In: www.op.up.edu.ph. University of the Philippines, accessed August 25, 2019 .
  3. AUN Member Universities. In: www.aunsec.org. ASEAN University Network, 2012, accessed August 25, 2019 .
  4. ^ University History. Into the next century. In: www.up.edu.ph. University of the Philippines, accessed August 25, 2019 .