I. UP’s Main Thrust Page Topic Number A. Brief History 2 B. Organizational Structure 3 C. UP Plan, Year 2005-2011 4 D. Number of Teaching Units by Constituent University 8 E. Number of Research and Extension Services Units by Constituent University 8 F. List of Units by Function 1. Teaching 9 a) with Research b) with Extension Services c) with Research and Extension Services 2. Research, Extension Services, Research with Extension Services 17 3. Units Created by Law 20 Complied by: UPS –Budget Office – Planning Services Division 2005 Page 1 UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES The University of the Philippines (UP) was established on June 18, 1908 by Act No. 1870 “to provide advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, and to give professional and technical training to every qualified student regardless of age, sex, nationality, religious belief, or political affiliation.” The first three academic units to be organized were the Colleges of Fine Arts, Medicine and Surgery, and Agriculture. Throughout its history, UP played a leading role in responding to the needs of the nation, stressing academic excellence and quality learning. This role finds expression in the University’s principal functions: instruction, research and community service. UP has seven ( 7) constituent universities based in Diliman, Los Baños, Manila, Visayas, Mindanao , Open University and Baguio. 1. UP Diliman is the University’s flagship campus. It offers arts and sciences programs as well as professional programs such as engineering, law & accounting. It also has a campus in San Fernando, Pampanga. 2. UP Los Baños started out as the College of Agriculture, one of the first units to be organized after UP’s founding in 1908. In 1972, the College of Agriculture evolved into a separate constituent university. 3. UP Manila is the country’s center of excellence in the health sciences, including health professional education, training and research. Originally established in 1907, as the College of Medicine, the campus was renamed U.P. Manila in 1983. The first UP campus was located on the 10-hectare lot where U.P Manila now stands. 4. UP Visayas was formally established as a constituent university in the UP System in 1979. Its main campus is located in Miag-ao, Iloilo. Other campuses are in Cebu and Tacloban. The campus is noted for its College of Fisheries. 5. UP Mindanao was created under Republic Act No. 7889. A resolution of the Board of Regents adopted U.P. Mindanao as the sixth member of the UP System on March 23, 1995. Its campuses are in Davao Proper (Anda Street) and in Bago Oshiro, Mintal, Davao City. 6. UP Open University evolved from the U.P. Distance Education Program. Its creation was approved by the Board of Regents on February 23, 1995 as the fifth constituent university of the UP System. 7. UP Baguio was formally established as the 7th constituent university of the UP System as approved by the Board of Regents in its meeting on December 2, 2002. With UP Baguio as the hub of many cultural activities in Northern Luzon,UP Baguio has contributed to the development of the arts and the nurturing of the region’s cultural heritage. Complied by: UPS –Budget Office – Planning Services Division 2005 Page 2 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE of the UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES SYSTEM Board of Regents President Dr. Emerlinda R. Roman President’s Advisory Council (PAC) Office of the Secretary of the University & the Board of Regents Dr. Lourdes E. Abadingo President’s Committee on Culture and the Arts (PCCA) Prof. Virginia B. Dandan Vice President for U.P. Diliman Academic Affairs Chancellor Dr. Amelia P. Guevara Dr. Sergio S. Cao U.P. Los Baños Vice President for Chancellor Planning and Finance Dr. Luis Rey I. Velasco Dr. Maria Concepcion P. Alfiler U.P. Manila Vice President for Chancellor Administration Dr. Ramon L. Arcadio Prof. Martin V. Gregorio U.P. Visayas Chancellor Vice President for Dr. Glenn D. Aguilar Development U.P. Open University Prof. Ruperto P. Alonzo Chancellor Dr. Felix Librero Vice President for Public Affairs U.P. Mindanao Dr. Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo Chancellor Prof. Ricardo M. de Ungria Vice President for U.P. Baguio Legal Affairs Chancellor Atty. Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen Dr. Priscilla Supnet-Macansantos NOTE: Excluded in the above diagram are the offices/teaching units under the Offices of the Vice-Presidents and Chancellors. As of November 2005 Complied by: UPS –Budget Office – Planning Services Division 2005 Page 3 UP Plan 2005-2011 The following are the UP administration’s plans for the years 2005-2011: I. The UP Centennial 1. Celebrate the UP Centennial in 2008 1.1 Create a UP Centennial Commission that will oversee the following: * The UP Centennial Fund Campaign * The UP Centennial Projects such as: a) The strengthening of selected UP units b) The establishment of a UP presence in Fort Bonifacio to move professional colleges (College of Business Administration, College of Engineering, College of Law,Technology Management Center, School of Labor and Industrial Relations, School of Urban and Regional Planning and others) closer to the students and to expand the reach of the University in the promotion of artistic and cultural performances and academic conferences, workshops,symposia c) Exemption of UP from the Salary Standardization Law II. UP as a Center of Excellence and a Center of Culture 2. Rationalize Program Offerings in all Constituent Universities 2.1 Reexamine the program thrusts and priorities of each constituent university and create more focused program and course offerings 2.2. Implement the Revitalized General Education Program in all campuses and provide students wider latitude in the choice of general education courses 2.3 Develop all UP campuses as Centers of Culture and Languages * Continue to support studies that will strengthen and enrich Filipino as the national language, as well as studies on other Philippine languages and literatures * Continue to support the improvement of the teaching of English , which remains the medium of access to the world’s intellectual discourse, the means for making the University’s own research available to the rest of the world, and the means by which its graduates maintain their advantage in gainful employment * Support programs on regional and public policy studies * Support studies that contribute significantly to our quest for national identity * Establish an incentive plan for faculty members in the arts that will serve as counterpart to the Scientific Career System Complied by: UPS –Budget Office – Planning Services Division 2005 Page 4 2.4 Develop a system of governance that mirrors the mission of the University and emphasizes the role of the faculty 2.5 Implement assessment instruments developed to measure performance of academic units and to ensure quality of program offerings 2.6 Undertake academic program and management reviews and involve external evaluators in the process 2.7 Review the number of required Physical Education courses in undergraduate programs 2.8 Limit enrollment in basis education programs to “laboratory size” 3. Strengthen UP’s position as the leading research and development university in the country and the region 3.1 Increase the quantity and quality of the University’s research output by providing needed infrastructure and generous incentives for publication in internationally-refereed and best-refereed local journals 3.2 Promote joint research programs with reputable foreign and local universities 3.3 Promote industry-academe linkages that will focus on areas that will improve the productivity and competitiveness of Philippine industries, and promote the application of technology innovations in UP 3.4 Support studies aimed at generating policy initiatives and critiquing public policies 3.5 Organize and promote consultancy work for government agencies, NGOs, the private sector and international organizations so that it will reinforce, not undermine, academic programs and responsibilities. 4. Strengthen science and technology programs in all UP campuses 4.1 Implement the Scientific Career System in the University 4.2 Develop and strengthen academic initiatives in emerging science and technology fields 4.3 Promote interdisciplinary and inter-campus collaboration particularly in ICT and biotechnology 4.4 Develop Science and Technology Parks Complied by: UPS –Budget Office – Planning Services Division 2005 Page 5 5. Develop UP as a community of scholars with academic credentials comparable to their counterparts in the best universities in the world. 5.1 Target an all-graduate faculty profile in all UP campuses 5.2 Increase the number of faculty with doctoral degrees 5.3 Allocate funds for doctoral studies of faculty in priority areas 5.4 Tighten recruitment policies and processes so that only those with potential for excellence in teaching and research are taken in 6. Review admissions policy for undergraduate programs to ensure the admission into UP of the best and the brightest students. III. UP as an Efficient University 7. Improve administrative efficiency 7.1 Rationalize personnel complement in all constituent universities and the PGH by implementing DBM/CSC joint circulars on attrition and rationalization 7.2 Target a System-wide 1:1 faculty/administrative staff ratio (excluding PGH) 7.3 Disengage from activities or services which UP has no expertise in or no capability to undertake or deliver. 7.4 Devolve to the constituent universities those System offices whose functions and responsibilities are more effectively delivered by them 7.5 Improve operational systems in all constituent universities through the computerization of high-volume administrative services. 7.6 Rationalize resource allocation system in all constituent universities 7.7 Provide administrative and fiscal autonomy to the PGH 8. Review Tuition and the Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program 8.1 Review existing scholarship and financial assistance programs for students from disadvantaged groups 8.2 Review the existing tuition policy and structure in undergraduate programs Complied by: UPS –Budget Office – Planning Services Division 2005 Page 6 9.