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35 unusual facts about University of the Philippines


Abraham Sarmiento, Jr.

As editor-in-chief of the Philippine Collegian, Sarmiento melded the University of the Philippines student newspaper into an independent though solitary voice against martial law rule at a time when the mass media was under the control of the Marcos government.

In 1967, Sarmiento, Jr. enrolled at the University of the Philippines in Diliman where he joined the Alpha Phi Beta fraternity.

Alex C. Delos Santos

He completed his Master of Education with an academic excellence award from the University of the Philippines in the Visayas.

Alfie Anido

Other versions on the death of Anido were printed in the alternative press such as the Philippine Collegian, the official student organ of the University of the Philippines, a hotbed of anti-Marcos activism.

Araceli Aipoh

Born and raised in the Philippines as Araceli Banez, she graduated with a degree in Mass Communication (major in Journalism, minor in Comparative Literature) from the University of the Philippines, Baguio City, Philippines.

Battle of Morayta

FEU left NCAA in 1936 and later on to form the University Athletic Association of the Philippines along with University of Santo Tomas, National University and the University of the Philippines in 1938.

Bienvenido Noriega, Jr.

He finished his secondary education in St. Anthony School, Singalong, Malate (Salutatorian, 1968), and he took up his tertiary education in the University of the Philippines (A.B. Economics, cum laude and Valedictorian of the class, 1971 and M.A. Economics, 1973) and he continued his postgraduate studies at Harvard University (Master in Public Administration, 1979; “A” student) and in Columbia University (Executive Program in Business Administration, 1983).

Cesar Adib Majul

Cesar Adib Majul (born in Aparri, Cagayan, Philippines, on October 21, 1923) was educated at the University of the Philippines and Cornell University.

Elsa Martinez Coscolluela

In 1996 she was named National Fellow for Drama by the University of the Philippines Creative Writing Center.

F. Landa Jocano

Jocano served as Professor Emeritus at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines and Executive Director of PUNLAD Research House, Inc.

Higher education in the Philippines

However, there are also non-Catholic not-for-profit sectarian institutions such as Silliman University (Presbyterian), Adventist University of the Philippines (Seventh-day Adventists), Wesleyan University Philippines (Methodist), Central Philippine University (Baptist), Philippine Christian University (Methodist), Trinity University of Asia (Episcopalian), and New Era University (Iglesia ni Cristo).

Integrated Liberal Arts and Medicine

High school graduates who have met the requirements for admission to the University of the Philippines System are eligible for admission to LU I. Applications are coursed through the University of the Philippines System General Admission Process.

Isidro Ungab

Ungab attended the University of the Philippines in Los Baños, Laguna and attained a degree in B.S. Agri Economics.He finished his Advanced Bank Management Program (ABMP) at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Masters in Public Management (MPM) from the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), and the Command and General Staff Course in Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo.

Jonas Baes

He enrolled in the University of the Philippines' College of Music in 1977 as a student of Ramon P. Santos, and encountered the musical compositions of Jose Maceda, attended several seminar-workshops of visiting lecturers, and did research on the music of the Iraya-Mangyan people of Mindoro, which became the inspiration for his compositions.

Jose Garvida Flores

The same works are also listed in Philippine eLib, a collaborative project of the National Library of the Philippines (NLP), University of the Philippines (UP), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

Jose T. Almonte

Melchor was able to establish the diplomatic ties between the Philippines and the USSR through the help of Prof. Ajit Singh Rye of the Institute of Asian Studies in the University of the Philippines.

In 1995 the Polytechnic University of the Philippines awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in Public Administration.

Juan S.P. Hidalgo, Jr.

He started painting in 1979 and he was a founding member of the U.P. Campus Sunday Group, an association of painters at the University of the Philippines.

Kamikazee

The band is composed of five members who met in college at the College of Fine Arts of the University of the Philippines, Diliman.

Karina Baluyut

A graduate in architecture from the University of the Philippines, and subsequently a topnotcher in the 2004 Architectural Board exams, she had previously worked as a set designer in a number of theatrical productions.

Larry Alcala

Through a scholarship from Manila Times granted by the publisher Ramón Roces, he obtained a degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting at the University of the Philippines (UP) in 1950.

Mariano Ching

At the art workshop which is headed by Elemer Borogan and Gina Morales, the art style of the paintings has touched him and made him to decide to switch from his fourth year engineering major to painting major in University of the Philippines.

Mount Guiting-Guiting

In May 1982, under the leadership of Arturo T. Valdez, a joint team from the Bacolod-based Philippine Mountaineering Society (PMS) and the University of the Philippines (UP), the team assaulted the mountain, the attempt of which was to be the first in history.

Paolo Manalo

Paolo Manalo is a Filipino poet who teaches at the College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines.

Philippines–Russia relations

The diplomatic ties of the Philippines and the Soviet Union was reinitiated by President Ferdinand Marcos' Executive Secretary Alejandro Melchor, Jr. and his then Aide-de-camp Major Jose T. Almonte through the help of Professor Ajit Singh Rye of the Institute of Asian Studies in the University of the Philippines.

Rafael Ileto

Ileto then entered the University of the Philippines pursuing an Engineering degree for the first two years, but later entered the Philippine Military Academy in 1940.

Rizal National Science High School

Inspired from the University of the Philippines' Sablay, RNSHS also have its version of garb worn only during commencement exercises.

Robert Bradford Fox

Besides his service with the National Museum, Dr. Fox taught at the University of the Philippines and served as Presidential Assistant for National Minorities.

Roosevelt Science High School

In Mathematics, Science, English, and Research are handled mostly by faculty members from the College of Education of the University of the Philippines and Ateneo de Manila University and other prestigious universities in the Philippines.

Serafin R. Cuevas

He started his career as a professorial lecturer at the College of Law of the University of the Philippines and at the Institute of Law of the Far Eastern University.

Teodoro Agoncillo

Born in Lemery, Batangas, Agoncillo obtained a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of the Philippines in 1934 and a master's degree in the arts from the same university the following year.

The Mythology Class

The story centers on University of the Philippines anthropology student Nicole Lacson, a girl who holds a passionate love for Filipino myths passed down from her grandfather.

UAAP Football Championship

As of today, seven out of the eight member universities field a team in the men and women divisions: the Ateneo de Manila University, the De La Salle University, the Far Eastern University, the National University, the University of the East, the University of the Philippines, and the University of Santo Tomas.

University of the Philippines, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy

The primary aim of the department since its founding has been the scientific study, preservation and promotion of the Philippine languages through teaching, field research and publication.

Winner Jumalon

After high shool, he pursues his dream and graduated in University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.


17:28

The group was formed when all four members were in their college days, such as that of Gian being from La Salle, Chino being from Ateneo, and Wackie being an alumus of UP Diliman.

Aicelle Santos

At the age of six, Aicelle Santos received abecedarian musical training at the St. Scholastica’s College, and the University of the Philippines School of Music for Piano.

Antonio Carpio

He obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University, and his law degree from the University of the Philippines.

Arturo Tolentino

He was a law professor in the University of the Philippines, University of Santo Tomás, University of the East, University of Manila, Arellano University, FEU, Manila Law College, Philippine Law School, San Beda College and Quezon College.

Bienvenido Santos

Santos received an honorary doctorate degrees in humanities and letters from the University of the Philippines, and Bicol University (Legazpi City, Albay) in 1981.

Eduardo V. Manalo

He took his college education from the University of the Philippines Diliman with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy.

Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS

An HIV surveillance study conducted by Dr. Louie Mar Gangcuangco and colleagues from the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital showed that out of 406 MSM tested for HIV in Metro Manila, HIV prevalence was 11.8% (95% confidence interval: 8.7- 15.0).

Evelyn May Guinid

An interior designer and teacher by profession, Guinid graduated from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.

Gerardo Sicat

A graduate of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he founded the Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS), currently an attached agency to NEDA, and contested in the 1999 selection of the University of the Philippines president together with prominent figures such as former senator Leticia Ramos-Shahani and sociologist Ledivina V. Cariño but ultimately lost to political scientist Francisco Nemenzo, Jr.

HIV/AIDS in Asia

Although national incidence remains to be relatively low, an independent HIV surveillance study conducted in 2010 by Dr. Louie Mar Gangcuangco and colleagues from the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital showed that out of 406 men having sex with men tested for HIV in Metro Manila, HIV prevalence was 11.8% (95% confidence interval: 8.7- 15.0).

HIV/AIDS in the Philippines

An HIV surveillance study conducted by Dr. Louie Mar Gangcuangco and colleagues from the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital showed that out of 406 MSM tested for HIV from entertainment areas in Metro Manila, HIV prevalence using the rapid test was 11.8% (95% confidence interval: 8.7- 15.0).

Hope Sabanpan-Yu

She earned her doctorate degree in Comparative Literature from the University of the Philippines (Diliman) and her Master of Arts in English from the University of Calgary (Canada).

Jaafar of Negeri Sembilan

He was awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law by several universities namely the University of the Philippines (27 July 1990), University of Nottingham (21 July 1995), University of Santiago, Chile (28 September 1995) and University of Brunei Darussalam (11 September 1996).

Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz

Upon returning to the Philippines, Jovianney joined the faculty of the University of the Philippines College of Music as an Associate Professor in Piano Performance.

Katrina Legarda

She is presently a Professor in the College of Medicine of the University of the Philippines teaching Medical Jurisprudence and also a Professor in the College of Law of the Pamantasan Ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM), and Lyceum of the Philippines University-makati (LPU) teaching Persons and Family Relations and Legal Writing.

Lucas Bersamin

Justice Bersamin earned his undergraduate degree from the University of the Philippines and graduated from the University of the East College of Law in 1973.

Melchor F. Cichon

Cichon is also the Head of the Readers Services Section of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Miag-ao, Iloilo.

Rey Pagtakhan

Born at the Mary Johnston Hospital in Manila and raised in Bacoor, Cavite in the Philippines, Pagtakhan received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of the Philippines.

Ronnie Magsanoc

Magsanoc played collegiate ball with Benjie Paras and Eric Altamirano for the University of the Philippines, where he won a championship in 1986, before moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association.

UAAP Season 71 men's basketball tournament

The UAAP Season 71 men's basketball tournament is the 2008-09 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Basketball Championship, with University of the Philippines, Diliman as the season host, to coincide with the centennial celebrations of the University of the Philippines System.

University of Santo Tomas Graduate School

Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo - Vice President for Public Affairs, University of the Philippines; former Dean, UP College of Arts and Letters; former Executive Director, UP Institute of Creative Writing; former Director, UP Press

UP Diliman Department of Computer Science

The UP Java Competency Center is a partnership of the University of the Philippines, Ayala Foundation, Mirant Foundation and Sun Microsystems.