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{{Short description|Public university in Laguna, Philippines}}
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[[Image:up_centennial_logo.jpg|center|150px|The Centennial Logo of UP]]
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|motto = Honor and Excellence
| name = University of the Philippines Los Baños
|established = [[1908]] (UP System);<br>[[March 6]], [[1909]] (UPLB) |
| native_name = {{native name|fil|Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Los Baños}}
|type = State university
| image = Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Los Banos.png
|president = Dr. Emerlinda R. Roman
| image_size = 200px
|chancellor = Dr. Luis Rey I. Velasco
| motto = ''Honor, Excellence, Service'' <ref>{{cite news|last1=Acebuche|first1=Yoniel|title=UP president Angelo Jimenez unveils university's new motto: 'Honor. Excellence. Service'|url=https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/306944-up-president-angelo-jimenez-new-motto|accessdate=May 15, 2024|publisher=[[The Philippine Star]]|date=May 14, 2024|archive-date=May 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514145318/https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/306944-up-president-angelo-jimenez-new-motto|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="motto">{{cite news | url = http://iskwiki.upd.edu.ph/index.php/University_of_the_Philippines_System | title = University of the Philippines System | author = Iskomunidad | date = n.d. | access-date = September 14, 2021 | archive-date = September 13, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210913203615/http://iskwiki.upd.edu.ph/index.php/University_of_the_Philippines_System | url-status = live }}</ref>
|city = [[Los Baños, Laguna|Los Baños]]
| established = March 6, 1909 <br /><small>{{nowrap|({{age in years and days|March 6, 1909|sep=and}})}}</small>
|state = [[Laguna province|Laguna]]
| type = [[National university|National]], research University
|country = [[Philippines]]
| president = [[Angelo Jimenez]]
|undergrad = 8, 638
| chancellor = Jose V. Camacho Jr.
|postgrad = 1, 500
| city = [[Los Baños, Laguna|Los Baños]]
*|campus = 36 km²
| province = [[Laguna province|Laguna]]
|free_label = Hymn
|free = [["U.P. Naming Mahal"]]
| country = [[Philippines]]
| faculty = 964<ref name = 'Glance'>{{cite web | url = https://uplb.edu.ph/uplb-at-a-glance/ | title = UPLB at a Glance | publisher = UPLB | access-date = October 17, 2021}}</ref>
|website = http://www.uplb.edu.ph
| students = 12,027 (2019)<ref name=UP2019Statistics>{{cite web|title=U.P. Statistics 2019|url=https://upsbo.up.edu.ph/assets/files/pdf/UP_Statistics_2019.pdf|publisher=University of the Philippines System Budget Office|access-date=October 19, 2021|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726073626/https://upsbo.up.edu.ph/assets/files/pdf/UP_Statistics_2019.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| undergrad = 8,796 (2019)<ref name=UP2019Statistics/>
The '''University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)''' is an autonomous constituent university of the [[University of the Philippines System]] situated at the foot of [[Mount Makiling]] in [[Los Baños, Laguna]]. It was founded by renowned American botanist and agriculturist [[Edwin Copeland]] on [[March 6]], [[1909]] as the College of Agriculture, one of the first two units of the [[University of the Philippines]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uplb.edu.ph/about/uplb-history | title = UPLB History | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños| accessdate = 2006-10-19}}</ref>
| postgrad = 2,494 (2019)<ref name=UP2019Statistics/>
| other = 737 basic education (2019)<ref name=UP2019Statistics/>
| campus = Rural, {{convert|15205|ha|acre|abbr=on}}<ref name = "OVCRE"/>
| coor = {{Coord|14|9|54.18|N|121|14|29.55|E|dim:30_region:PH_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| free_label = [[School hymn|Hymn]]
| free = "''[[U.P. Naming Mahal]]''" ("Our Beloved U.P.")
| colors = [[File:UP colors.svg|15px|border]] [[Maroon#UP maroon|UP Maroon]] and [[Shades of green#UP forest green|UP Forest Green]]
| website = {{URL|https://uplb.edu.ph/}}
| affiliations = [[Association of Pacific Rim Universities]]<br>ASEAN-European University Network<br>[[ASEAN University Network]]
| logo = [[File:UP logotype.svg|260px]]
| pushpin_map = Philippines Laguna#Luzon mainland#Philippines


| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Laguna##Location in Luzon##Location in the Philippines
UPLB has one of the largest campuses in the Philippines, with a total land area of 36 km², or roughly the size of the city of [[Manila]]. Several buildings at UPLB were designed by National Artist for Architecture [[Leandro Locsin]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leandro_Locsin | title = Leandro Locsin | publisher = Wikipedia | accessdate = 2006-10-19}}</ref>
}}
The '''University of the Philippines Los Baños''' ('''UPLB'''; {{langx|fil|Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Los Baños}}), also referred to as '''UP Los Baños''' or colloquially as '''Elbi''' ({{IPA|tl|'ɛlbi|pron}}), is a [[State university and college (Philippines)|public]] [[research institute|research]] [[university]] primarily located in the towns of [[Los Baños, Laguna|Los Baños]] and [[Bay, Laguna|Bay]] in the province of [[Laguna province|Laguna]], some 65 kilometers southeast of [[Manila]]. It traces its roots to the [[University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Agriculture|UP College of Agriculture]] (UPCA), which was founded in 1909 by the [[History of the Philippines#Insular Government (1901–1935)|American colonial government]] to promote agricultural education and research in the [[Philippines]]. American botanist [[Edwin Copeland]] served as its first dean. UPLB was formally established in 1972 following the union of UPCA with four other Los Baños and [[Diliman]]-based [[University of the Philippines]] (UP) units.


The university has played an influential role in Asian agriculture and biotechnology due to its pioneering efforts in plant breeding and [[bioengineering]], particularly in the development of high-yielding and pest-resistant crops. In recognition of its work, it was awarded the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for International Understanding in 1977. Six of its research units are classified as Centers of Excellence in Research via presidential decree,<ref name = 'OP COE'>{{cite web | url = https://uplb.edu.ph/achievements/centers-of-excellence-in-research | title = Centers of Excellence in Research | publisher = UPLB | access-date = October 17, 2021 }}</ref> and it hosts a number of local and international research centers, including the [[International Rice Research Institute]] (IRRI), [[ASEAN Center for Biodiversity]], [[World Agroforestry Centre]], and the [[Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture]] (SEARCA).
The University has the highest concentration of PhDs among all educational institutions in the Philippines<ref>{{cite web | url = http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:YQyKTVRb07kJ:gismapserver.irri.cgiar.org/uplbgis/quickFacts.html+uplb+geographic+info+system&hl=xx-bork&lr=&strip=1 | title = Quick facts about UPLB | publisher = CGIAR/IRRI/Google | accessdate = 2006-10-19}}</ref> due to the numerous local and foreign research centers located here (Note: [[UP Diliman]]'s College of Science, on the other hand, has the highest concentration of PhDs among all colleges in the country<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.science.upd.edu.ph/main/modules/csinfo/ | title = College Info | publisher = University of the Philippines Diliman College of Science | accessdate = 2006-10-19}}</ref>).


UPLB offers more than 100 degree programs in various disciplines through its nine colleges and two schools, 29 of which are undergraduate degree programs. As of 2021, nine academic programs were recognized by the Commission on Higher Education as Centers of Excellence while one program was recognized as Center of Development.<ref name = 'CHED COE'>{{cite web | url = https://uplb.edu.ph/achievements/ched-centers-of-excellence-and-development | title = CHED Centers of Excellence and Development | publisher = UPLB | access-date = October 17, 2021 }}</ref>
[[Image:uplb.jpg|thumb|right|250px|UPLB main entrance]]


[[List of University of the Philippines Los Baños people#Alumni|UPLB alumni]] have been recognized in a wide range of fields. They include 16 scientists awarded the title [[National Scientist of the Philippines]],<ref name="Glance"/> members of the [[United Nations]] [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]],<ref name = 'IPCC alum'>{{cite web | url = http://www.up.edu.ph/ups-climate-change-experts/ | title = UP's Climate Change Experts | publisher = University of the Philippines System | access-date = September 30, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095149/http://www.up.edu.ph/ups-climate-change-experts/ | archive-date = October 6, 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref> [[Palanca Awards|Palanca Award]] winners,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://cas.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/component/content/article/1-news/54-dhums-piocos-wins-in-palanca-awards| title = DHUM's Piocos wins in Palanca Awards| publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Arts and Sciences| access-date = March 23, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723073212/http://cas.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/component/content/article/1-news/54-dhums-piocos-wins-in-palanca-awards| archive-date = July 23, 2011| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/news/156-two-dhum-profs-win-big-at-palanca| title = Two DHUM profs big winners at the Palancas| publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Arts and Sciences| access-date = March 23, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101203164010/http://uplb.edu.ph/index.php/news/156-two-dhum-profs-win-big-at-palanca| archive-date = December 3, 2010| url-status = dead}}</ref> as well as political and business leaders.
UPLB has made significant contributions to science and technology research in the Philippines and abroad, and it continues to do so despite limited funding support from the government. As testament to this, at least 30 of the 87 members of the prestigious National Academy of Science and Technology have studied and/or taught at UPLB.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nast.dost.gov.ph/membership.htm | title = DOST-National Academy of Science and Technology Membership | publisher = Department of Science and Technology | accessdate = 2006-11-17}}</ref> The University has likewise produced 11 of 29 national scientists.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nast.dost.gov.ph/national3.htm | title = DOST-NAST National Scientists | publisher = DOST-NAST | accessdate = 2006-12-18}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
{{See also|Raid at Los Baños}}
* See [[University of the Philippines System#History|University of the Philippines System history]]
[[File:Beginnings uplb.jpg|left|thumb|Classes were first held in tents.<ref name = "UPLB History"/><ref name = '100 Years 0'>{{cite book| pages = 3–46 | chapter = Chs. 1–3 | year = 2007 | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Alumni Association | location = Los Baños, Laguna | isbn = 978-971-547-252-4 | author = Fernando A. Bernardo |title = Centennial Panorama: Pictorial History of UPLB}}</ref><ref name = 'Ramon magsaysay award'>{{cite web | url = http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationCA-UPLB.htm | title = The 1977 Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding | publisher = Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation | access-date = March 19, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110611040556/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationCA-UPLB.htm | archive-date = June 11, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>]]
[[File:U.P. College of Agriculture Foundation Site.jpg|left|thumb|U.P. College of Agriculture Foundation Site]]
UPLB was originally established as the [[University of the Philippines College of Agriculture]] (UPCA) on March 6, 1909, by the UP Board of Regents. Edwin Copeland, an American botanist and [[Thomasite]] from the [[Philippine Normal College]] in Manila, was its first dean.<ref name='UPLB History'>{{cite web|url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/about/uplb-history |title=UPLB History |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=March 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720100734/http://www.old.uplb.edu.ph/about/uplb-history |archive-date=July 20, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="100 Years 0"/> Classes began in June 1909 with five professors while 12 students initially enrolled in the program.<ref name = "Ramon magsaysay award"/>


During the [[Japanese occupation of the Philippines]], UPCA was closed and the campus converted into an [[internment camp]] for allied nationals and a headquarters of the Japanese army.<ref name = "UPLB History"/> For three years, the college was home to more than 2,000 civilians, mostly Americans, that were captured by the [[Japanese Imperial Army|Japanese]]. In 1945, as part of the liberation of the Philippines, the [[US Army]] sent 130 [[11th Airborne Division (United States)|11th Airborne Division paratroopers]] to Los Baños to rescue the internees.<ref name='The Los Banos Prison Camp Raid – The Philippines 1945'>{{cite web | url = http://www.ospreypublishing.com/store/The-Los-Banos-Prison-Camp-Raid--–-The-Philippines-1945_9781849080750 | title = The Los Banos Prison Camp Raid – The Philippines 1945 | publisher = Osprey Publishing | access-date = March 20, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101105012333/http://www.ospreypublishing.com/store/The-Los-Banos-Prison-Camp-Raid--%E2%80%93-The-Philippines-1945_9781849080750/ | archive-date = November 5, 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Only four paratroopers and two [[Filipino people|Filipino]] guerrillas were killed in the raid. However, Japanese reinforcements arrived two days later, destroying UPCA facilities<ref name = "UPLB History"/><ref name = "Ramon magsaysay award"/> and killing some 1,500 Filipino civilians in Los Baños soon afterwards.<ref name = 'Remember Los Banos'>{{cite web | url = http://www.rememberlosbanos1945.com/ | title = Remember Los Baños 1945 | publisher = Los Baños Liberation Memorial Scholarship Foundation | access-date = March 20, 2011 | archive-date = January 22, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090122140017/http://www.rememberlosbanos1945.com/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name= 'Liberating Los Banos'>{{cite journal|author = Sam McGowan | date = August 19, 1999| url = http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-liberating-los-banos-internment-camp.htm | title = World War II: Liberating Los Baños | journal = World War II | access-date = March 20, 2011}}</ref>
==Centers of Excellence==
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UPCA became the first unit of the University of the Philippines to open after the war, with Leopoldo Uichanco as dean. However, only 125 (16 percent) of the original students enrolled. It was even worse for the School of Forestry, which only had nine students. Likewise, only 38 professors returned to teach. UPCA used its [[Philippine Peso|₱]]470,546 (US$10,800)<ref name='conversion'>Approximate conversion value as of May 2011</ref> share in the Philippine-US War Damage Funds (released in 1947) for reconstruction.<ref name = '100 Years'>{{cite book | pages = 75–122 | chapter = Chs. 6–8 | year = 2007 | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Alumni Association | location = Los Baños, Laguna | isbn = 978-971-547-252-4 | author = Fernando A. Bernardo |title = Centennial Panorama: Pictorial History of UPLB}}</ref>
As of [[March 2007]], the Philippines' [[Commission on Higher Education (Philippines)|Commission on Higher Education (CHED)]] has designated<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ics.uplb.edu.ph/ | title = Institute of Computer Science | publisher = UPLB-ICS | accessdate = 2007-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ched.gov.ph/statistics/coecods.html | title = CHED’s Centers of Excellence/Development (COEs/CODs) | publisher = Commission on Higher Education | accessdate = 2007-01-11}}</ref> UPLB as a Center of Excellence in:
*'''College of Agriculture''' - Agriculture
*'''College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology''' - Agricultural Engineering (joint program with the College of Agriculture)
*'''Institute of Biological Sciences''' - Biology
*'''Institute of Chemistry''' - Chemistry
*'''[[UPLB College of Development Communication|College of Development Communication]]''' - Communication
*'''[[College of Forestry and Natural Resources]]''' - Forestry
*'''Institute of Computer Science''' - Information Technology
*'''Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics''' - Mathematics (also a Center of Development in Physics and Statistics)
*'''College of Veterinary Medicine''' - Veterinary Medicine.


Further financial endowments from the [[United States Agency for International Development]] (USAID) and the Mutual Security Agency (MSA) allowed the construction of new facilities, while scholarship grants, mainly from the [[Rockefeller Foundation]] and the [[International Cooperation Administration]], helped fund the training of UPCA faculty. From 1947 to 1958, a total of 146 faculty members had been granted MS and PhD scholarships in US universities.<ref name = "100 Years"/>
Meanwhile, six research institutes of UPLB were recognized<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uplb.edu.ph/academics | title = UPLB Academics | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños| accessdate = 2006-10-19}}</ref> as Centers of Excellence by virtue of Presidential [[Decree]] for their significant contributions to national development:
*'''Institute of Plant Breeding'''
*'''Institute of Food Science and Technology'''
*'''National Crop Protection Center'''
*'''National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (BIOTECH-UPLB/UP-BIOTECH)'''
*'''Institute of Animal Science'''
*'''Farming Systems and Soil Resources Institute'''


[[File:UPLBDevCom.JPG|right|thumb|The Department of Agricultural Information and Communication building (now [[University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Development Communication|College of Development Communication]]) was built under Umali's Five-Year Development Program.<ref name = "100 Years 2"/>]]
The University has a total of 33 research institutes renowned in the region for their science and technology studies.


[[Dioscoro Umali]] became UPCA dean in 1959. Umali's administration oversaw the creation of IRRI, SEARCA (of which he was the first director),<ref name = '100 Years 3'>{{cite book| pages = 161–186 | chapter = Ch. 11–12 | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Alumni Association | location = Los Baños, Laguna | isbn = 978-971-547-252-4 | author = Fernando A. Bernardo |title = Centennial Panorama: Pictorial History of UPLB| year = 2007 }}</ref> and the Department of Food Science and Technology. New facilities were also constructed under his Five-Year Development Program.<ref name = '100 Years 2'>{{cite book| pages = 123–160 | chapter = Chs. 9–10 | year = 2007 | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Alumni Association | location = Los Baños, Laguna | isbn = 978-971-547-252-4 | author = Fernando A. Bernardo |title = Centennial Panorama: Pictorial History of UPLB}}</ref>
Data from the [http://www.prc.gov.ph Professional Regulation Commission] also show that UPLB is a consistent top performing school in all the board exams it participates in, with a passing rate usually averaging 90 percent or better. Specifically, these are in the fields of [[Agriculture]], [[Agricultural Engineering]], [[Chemical Engineering]], [[Chemistry]], [[Civil Engineering]], [[Electrical Engineering]], [[Forestry]], [[Nutrition]] and [[Veterinary Medicine]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.prc.gov.ph/ | title = PRC Official Website | publisher = Professional Regulation Commission | accessdate = 2007-07-09}}</ref>


[[Cornell University]] was instrumental in the post-war rebuilding of UP's Los Baños colleges. The Cornell-Los Baños project, implemented in 1952 to 1960, involved the rebuilding of UPCA's physical plant and Central Experiment Station, procurement of scientific equipment, and upgrading of teaching standards. A similar undertaking between Cornell, [[Syracuse University]], the [[State University of New York]], and the UP College of Forestry was implemented between 1957 and 1963. A "sister university relationship" was formally established in 1962 through the UP-Cornell Graduate Education program, which sought to develop and expand UP's agricultural education, research and extension programs, and to strengthen Cornell's own international agricultural development program. The program ended in 1972.<ref name="Cornell_UPLB">{{Cite book |url=https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/34479 |title=Cornell-Los Baños Story |last=Turk, Kenneth L.|year=1974|location=New York, USA}}</ref>
Because of these recognitions, CHED has designated the University as Zonal Research Center for Regions 4 ([[Calabarzon]] and [[Mimaropa]]) and 5 ([[Bicol]]).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.geocities.com/uplb_chedzrc/prog.html | title = UPLB-CHED Zonal Research Center for Regions IV and V | publisher = UPLB/CHED | accessdate = 2006-10-19}}</ref>


The [[1969 Philippine balance of payments crisis]]<ref name=Balbosas1992>{{Cite journal |last=Balbosa |first=Joven Zamoras |date=1992 |title=IMF Stabilization Program and Economic Growth: The Case of the Philippines |journal=Journal of Philippine Development |volume=XIX |issue=35 |url=https://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/pjd/pidsjpd92-2imf.pdf |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921141056/https://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/pjd/pidsjpd92-2imf.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=" CamilleDiola">{{Cite news |url=https://newslab.philstar.com/31-years-of-amnesia/golden-era |title=Debt, deprivation and spoils of dictatorship {{!}} 31 years of amnesia |last=Diola |first=Camille |work=The Philippine Star |access-date=May 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626200905/https://newslab.philstar.com/31-years-of-amnesia/golden-era |archive-date=June 26, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> under the [[Ferdinand Marcos]] government marked the beginning of a prolonged period of social unrest across the country, including in UP Los Baños.<ref name="PangilinanJamolinDeGuzmanandYema2020">{{Cite journal |last1=Pangilinan-Jamolin |first1=Lei |last2=Guzman |first2=Rowena de |last3=Yema |first3=Dan Paolo |date=December 1, 2020 |title=Experiences of selected University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) community members during Martial Law in the Philippines |url=https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/journal-articles/3949 |journal=U.P. Los Baños Journal}}</ref> This period of unrest, which included the [[First Quarter Storm]], coincided with another issue, which was the call for the UP College of Agriculture to become independent from the University of the Philippines in Diliman.<ref name="PangilinanJamolinDeGuzmanandYema2020"/>
==International Recognition==
[[Image:2_freedom_park_and_carillon.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Freedom Park and [[Carillon]] with [[Mt. Makiling]] as backdrop]]
[[Image:3_philippine_pegasus.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Philippine Pegasus, fondly called ''Pegaraw'', at the Main Library]]
UPLB is one of only three schools in Asia that received institutional recognition in the '''[[Ramon Magsaysay Award]]s''',<ref>{{cite web | url = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Magsaysay_awardees#Peace_and_International_Understanding | title = List of Magsaysay Awardees | publisher = Wikipedia | accessdate = 2006-10-19}}</ref> regarded as Asia's [[Nobel Prize]]. The UPLB College of Agriculture received the '''Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding''' in 1977 for its pivotal role in the continent's development through agricultural research and education. The College is also home to the country's first and only [[Thomson Scientific]]/[[Institute for Scientific Information]] (ISI)-accredited journal,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://sangandaan2003.upd.edu.ph/success_stories.htm#worldclass| title = UP Success Stories | publisher = UP System Website | accessdate = 2006-10-19}}</ref> [http://www.pas-uplbca.com/ '''The Philippine Agricultural Scientist'''].


When [[Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos|martial law]] was declared in September 1972, Marcos cracked down on any form of criticism or activism, leading to the arrest, torture and/or killing of Los Baños residents. Those killed included [[Modesto Sison|Modesto "Bong" Sison]], and [[Manuel Bautista]],<ref name="PangilinanJamolinDeGuzmanandYema2020"/><ref name="MalayRodriguez">{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/927728036 |title=Ang mamatay nang dahil sa 'yo |last=Malay, Carolina S., 1940- |year=2015 |isbn=978-971-538-270-0 |location=Ermita, Manila, Philippines |oclc=927728036 |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=September 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906172913/https://www.worldcat.org/title/927728036 |url-status=live }}</ref> while [[Aloysius Baes]] was among those who were [[Human rights abuses of the Marcos dictatorship|arrested and tortured]]. Campus journalist Antero Santos was killed while being chased by Marcos forces.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/bayani/antero-santos/ | title=Antero Santos - Bantayog ng mga Bayani | date=July 19, 2023 | access-date=December 13, 2023 | archive-date=December 13, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213075735/https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/bayani/antero-santos/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Those who went missing ("desaparecidos"), meanwhile, included [[Tish Ladlad]], [[Cristina Catalla]], [[Gerry Faustino|Gerardo "Gerry" Faustino]], [[Rizalina Ilagan]], [[Ramon Jasul]], and [[Jessica Sales]].
The University likewise has research partnerships and student/faculty exchange programs with the [[Asian Development Bank]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.adb.org/JSP/adb-jsp-jan21.asp | title = Gathering of ADB-Japan Scholarship Program Scholars | publisher = Asian Development Bank | accessdate = 2006-10-19}}</ref> [[Cornell University]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.news.cornell.edu/chronicle/05/2.10.05/Henry_Philippines.html | title = Susan Henry continues tour; signs agreement with Los Baños | publisher = Cornell University | accessdate = 2006-10-19}}</ref> [[Yale University]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://environment.yale.edu/post/2133/current_research/ | title = Current Research | publisher = Yale University | accessdate = 2006-10-19}}</ref> [[Purdue University]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uplb.edu.ph/cpaf/ispps/partners.html | title = ISPPS Partners | publisher = UPLB Website | accessdate = 2006-11-06}}</ref>and [[Michigan State University]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://studyabroad.msu.edu/programs/philipmulti.html | title = MSU Study Abroad Program | publisher = Michigan State University | accessdate = 2006-10-19}}</ref> among others.


Later in 1972, UPCA formally requested [[Ferdinand Marcos]] to allow the college to secede from the University of the Philippines due to the alleged withholding of its budget and the disapproval of curricular proposals.<ref name = "100 Years 3"/> However, [[President of the University of the Philippines|UP President]] [[Salvador P. Lopez]] strongly opposed the idea. A survey also found that there was very little support for complete independence at UPCA. As a compromise, Lopez proposed the transformation of UP into a system of autonomous constituent universities. Finally, on November 20, 1972, [[List of Philippine laws|Presidential Decree]] No. 58 was signed, establishing UPLB as UP's first autonomous campus, with UPCA, College of Forestry, Agricultural Credit and Cooperatives Institute, Dairy Training and Research Institute, and the Diliman-based Agrarian Reform Institute as its first academic units.<ref name = "100 Years 3"/><ref name = "UPLB History"/><ref name = "Ramon magsaysay award"/><ref name = 'PD 58'>{{cite web| url = http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1972/pd_58_1972.html | title = Presidential Decree No. 58 | publisher = Arellano Law Foundation | author = Ferdinand E. Marcos | date = November 20, 1972 | access-date = March 23, 2011}}</ref> New colleges and research centers were created over the next few years, while the [[University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Veterinary Medicine|College of Veterinary Medicine]] was likewise transferred to UPLB from [[UP Diliman]].<ref name = "UPLB History"/>
UPLB is the center of biotechnology education and research in [[South East Asia]]. It is home to at least four international research and extension centers - the [[International Rice Research Institute]] (IRRI), the [[APEC]] Center for Technology Exchange and Training for Small and Medium Enterprises (ACTETSME), the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEAMEO-SEARCA), and the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN) Center for Biodiversity.


The establishment of UPLB as an autonomous campus also saw the establishment of the UPLB Perspective as its student paper in 1973 – earning it the distinction of being one of the first student newspapers to be allowed to publish after the September 1972 martial law [[Journalism during the Marcos dictatorship|crackdown on newspapers and other media establishments]].<ref name="PangilinanJamolinDeGuzmanandYema2020"/>
==Philippine Research Institutions==
Local institutions such as bureaus of the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Agriculture are headquartered at UPLB. The [[Philippine Rice Research Institute]] and the Philippine Carabao Center also have offices at the University.


Violent crime incidents in the UPLB community, with some resulting in the deaths of students ([[Murders of Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez|Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez]] in 1993,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/22/19/timeline-the-gomez-sarmenta-murder-case | title='A plot hatched in hell': Timeline of the Gomez-Sarmenta murder case | publisher=[[ABS CBN News]] | date=August 22, 2019 | access-date=August 22, 2019 | archive-date=August 22, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822145920/https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/22/19/timeline-the-gomez-sarmenta-murder-case | url-status=live }}</ref> Given Grace Cebanico in 2011,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/75897/dead-woman-found-near-uplb-campus-is-student-given-grace-cebanico | title=Dead woman found near UPLB campus is student Given Grace Cebanico | newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] | date=October 13, 2011 | access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref> Ray Bernard Peñaranda and Maria Victoria Reyes in 2012)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/72769/students-docu-on-a-mothers-search-for-justice | title=Students' docu on a mother's search for justice | publisher=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] | date=December 18, 2012 | access-date=September 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/250283/another-uplb-student-killed-indignation-rally-set-for-monday/story/ | title=Another UPLB student killed, indignation rally set for Monday | publisher=[[GMA News]] | date=March 4, 2012 | access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/309654/uplb-student-stabbed-dead-in-binan-home | title=UPLB student stabbed dead in Biñan home | newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] | date=November 19, 2012 | access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref> were widely covered by the national media. As a result, national government agencies, the local government of Los Baños, and the university administration have enacted more stringent security measures.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/philippine-daily-inquirer-1109/20160719/281900182556607 | title=UPLB rape cases tied to drug abuse | newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] on Pressreader | date=July 19, 2016 | access-date=August 3, 2022}}</ref>
==Media Production Locations==


In recent years, the government launched new construction projects in UPLB. These include the construction of a new main library, the Food Processing Research and Development Center, the Agricultural and Economic Development Studies Center, and a microbial bank for the BIOTECH Philippine National Collection of Microorganisms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/19/dpwh-unveils-p485-m-infra-project-at-up-los-banos/ |title=DPWH unveils P485-M infra project at UP Los Baños |date=August 19, 2022 |publisher=Manila Bulletin |access-date=September 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://uplb.edu.ph/all-news/univ-library-and-knowledge-center-to-rise-in-uplb/ |title=Univ Library and Knowledge Center to rise in UPLB |publisher=UPLB |access-date=September 6, 2022}}</ref>
Due to its picturesque views and attractions, UPLB is a leading choice as a production venue for movies and television shows. Past productions include:


==Campus==
* [[Y Speak Live]] (episode on fraternities, sororities, and organizations shot during February Fair 2007; hosted by Mo Twister and Bianca Gonzales, [[Studio 23]])
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* Maalala Mo Kaya (episode starring Heart Evangelista and John Prats, [[ABS-CBN]])
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* T.G.I.S. (defunct series, Viva TV)
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* Love Spell (episode starring Gerald Anderson, Kim Chiu, and Shaina Magdayao, [[ABS-CBN]])
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* White Lady (major movie production shot entirely in UPLB, Regal Entertainment)
* Oka Tokat (defunct series, [[ABS-CBN]])
* Campus Girls (movie starring Vina Morales, Geneva Cruz, Donna Cruz and Donita Rose, [[Viva Entertainment]])
* Pangako, Ikaw Lang (movie starring Regine Velasquez and Aga Muhlach, [[Viva Entertainment]])
* Robin Hood (movie starring "[[Eat Bulaga]]" Cast)
* Linlang (movie starring Joyce Jimenez)
* Tunay na Tunay:Gets Mo, Gets Ko! (movie starring Jolina Magdangal, [[Star Cinema]])
* Home Along Da River (movie starring [[Dolphy]], [[Star Cinema]])
* Kampus (movie starring Vilma Santos, 1977)
Some music videos that have sceneries of the University have also been produced. These include:


The UPLB campus consists of {{convert|14665|ha|acre|abbr=on}} spread across the provinces of Laguna, [[Negros Occidental]],<ref name='La Granja'>{{cite web|url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/ca/lagranja |title=La Granja Research and Training Station |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823154900/http://old.uplb.edu.ph/ca/lagranja |archive-date=August 23, 2011 }}</ref> and [[Quezon]].
*"All I Need (Is God) by [[Barbie's Cradle]]
[[File:Baker hall.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Baker Memorial Hall]]
*"Fireflies" by Hemp Republic


===Los Baños campus===
==Noted Professors and Alumni==
The {{convert|1098|ha|acre|abbr=on|adj=on}} Los Baños campus houses UPLB's academic facilities, as well as experimental farms for agriculture and biotechnology research.<ref name='OVCRE'>{{cite web| url = http://ovcre.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about-uplb-rde/resources-for-research-extension/9-facilities-equipment-and-library-resources| title = Facilities, Equipment and Library Resources| publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension| access-date = March 20, 2011| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723073425/http://ovcre.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about-uplb-rde/resources-for-research-extension/9-facilities-equipment-and-library-resources| archive-date = July 23, 2011}}</ref> The more prominent buildings in the Los Baños campus, such as the Dioscoro L. Umali Hall, Main Library, and Student Union were designed by [[National Artists of the Philippines|National Artist]] for [[Architecture]] [[Leandro Locsin]].<ref name='Arkitektura'>{{cite web | url = http://www.arkitektura.ph/?p=architects&view=1 | title = Leandro V. Locsin | access-date = March 27, 2011 | publisher = Arkitekturang Filipino}}</ref> Other notable landmarks include the iconic ''[[Oblation (University of the Philippines)|Oblation]]'', Alumni Plaza, [[Raid at Los Banos|Freedom Park]], and [[Baker Memorial Hall]].
''Please see the [[Talk:University of the Philippines, Los Baños|talk page]] before editing; See also: [[List of University of the Philippines people]]''
* '''Edgardo Angara''': Member of the [[Philippine Senate]]; former President of the [[University of the Philippines]] and Agriculture Secretary
* '''Juan Miguel Zubiri''': Member of the [[Philippine Senate]]
* '''Salvador Escudero''': Member of the [[Philippine House of Representatives]] and former Agriculture Secretary
* '''Teddy Casiño''': Member of the Philippine House of Representatives; former Editor-in-Chief of the UPLB Perspective and National President of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines
* '''Cielito Habito''': Former Socioeconomic Planning Secretary/[[National Economic and Development Authority (Philippines)]] Director-General; currently director of [[Ateneo de Manila]] Center for Economic Research
* '''Patricia Sto. Tomas''': [[Development Bank of the Philippines]] chairman of the board; former Labor secretary
* '''Emil Q. Javier''': President of the National Academy of Science and Technology; former President of the University of the Philippines System
* '''Emerlinda Roman''': President of the University of the Philippines System
* '''Domingo Panganiban''': Secretary of the National Anti-poverty Commission; former Secretary of the Department of Agriculture;
* '''William D. Dar''': Former Secretary of the Department of Agriculture
* '''William Padolina''': Former Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology
* '''Ricardo Gloria''': Former Education Secretary
* '''Dioscoro L. Umali''': World renowned plant breeder specializing in rice, corn, abaca and mussaenda; UPLB first gained international recognition during his term as Dean of the College of Agriculture in the 1960s
* '''Eliezer Albacea''': World renowned computer scientist; first and only computer scientist inducted in the Philippines' National Academy of Science and Technology
* '''Ludivina Samson De Padua''': Pharmacist, botanist, multi-awarded professor; pioneer and recognized authority on [[Herbalism]]
* '''Vivian A. Gonzales''': Pioneered Values Integration and Promotion-Civic Welfare Service (VIP-CWS) as a component of National Service Training Program (Philippine [[ROTC]])
* '''Lizbeth S. De Padua''': 1976 Binibining Pilipinas, Universe (Ms. Philippines, Universe). UP College of Medicine, Cum Laude, 1981; UPLB BS Biology, Summa Cum Laude, 1976; UP Rural High School, Valedictorian, 1972
* '''Bonifacio F. Comandante Jr.''': Award-winning inventor of waterless fish transport technology (Sleeping Fish)
* '''Romulo G. Davide''': Plant Pathologist; conceptualized the award-winning Farmer-Scientist Training Program
* '''Mercedes Umali-Garcia''': Agriculturist; developed the groundbreaking [http://www.tlrc.gov.ph/bion.html Bio-N] fertilizer
* '''Milagrosa R. Martinez-Goss''': Renowned botanist
* '''Salvador Oliveros''': Renowned sugar technologist
* '''Gelia Castillo''': Renowned rural sociologist
* '''Ricardo M. Lantican''': Renowned plant pathologist


UPLB is designated as caretaker of the {{convert|4347|ha|acre|abbr=on|adj=on}}<ref name = "OVCRE"/> [[Mount Makiling|Makiling Forest Reserve]] (often referred to as the "upper campus," in contrast to the "lower campus" set at the foot of Makiling). It houses facilities of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources, College of Public Affairs, [[UPLB Museum of Natural History]] and the University Health Service, among others. The reserve is home to diverse flora and fauna, and has more tree species than the [[continental United States]] (an area 32 times bigger than the Philippines).<ref>{{cite news | url = http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/255-mt-makiling-has-more-tree-species-than-us | title = Mt. Makiling has more tree species than US | publisher = Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension | access-date = March 31, 2011 | newspaper = Business Mirror | date = May 29, 2010 | author = Anjo C. Alimario | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110825174947/http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/255-mt-makiling-has-more-tree-species-than-us | archive-date = August 25, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> It serves as an outdoor laboratory for faculty and students of the university.<ref name="100 Years 0"/><ref name='PCARRD'>{{cite web | url = http://pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/cin/watershed/gis/BAAA/bodyBAAA.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090226221023/http://www.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/cin/watershed/gis/BAAA/bodyBAAA.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 26, 2009 | title = Makiling Forest Reserve (MFR) | publisher = Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development | access-date = March 27, 2011 }}</ref>
'''''UP Scientists from UP Los Baños'''''


===Land grants===
Six UPLB professors were conferred UP Scientist titles under the UP Scientific Productivity System upon endorsement by UP President Emerlinda R. Roman and approval of the Board of Regents (BOR) at its 1211th meeting on July 28, 2006, namely:
UPLB has three major [[land grant]]s: the Laguna-Quezon Land Grant, La Carlota Land Grant, and Laguna Land Grant.<ref name="OVCRE"/>


The {{convert|5719|ha|acre|abbr=on|adj=on}} Laguna-Quezon Land Grant is located in the towns of [[Real, Quezon]], and [[Siniloan, Laguna]], and was acquired in February 1930. It covers some portions of the [[Sierra Madre (Philippines)|Sierra Madre]] mountain range, and currently hosts the university's ''[[Citronella (genus)|Citronella]]'' and [[lemongrass]] plantations.<ref name='Citronella'>{{cite web|url=http://lgmo.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/pr/ceop |title=Citronella Essential Oil Production at the Laguna-Quezon Land Grant |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños Land Grant Management Office |access-date=March 27, 2011 |date=September 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610235115/http://lgmo.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/pr/ceop |archive-date=June 10, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lgmo.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about |title=History |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños Land Grant Management Office |access-date=October 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610235042/http://lgmo.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about |archive-date=June 10, 2011 }}</ref> The {{convert|705|ha|acre|abbr=on|adj=on}} La Carlota Land Grant is situated in Negros Occidental, a province in the Western Visayas region. Acquired in May 1964, it houses the [[Department of Science and Technology (Philippines)|PCARRD-DOST]] La Granja Agricultural Research Center, which serves as a research center for various upland crops.<ref name="OVCRE"/><ref name='La Granja'/><ref name='Accomplishments'>{{cite web|url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/ca/lagranja/accomp |title=Accomplishments |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823155028/http://old.uplb.edu.ph/ca/lagranja/accomp |archive-date=August 23, 2011 }}</ref> Meanwhile, the {{convert|3336|ha|acre|abbr=on|adj=on}}<ref name="OVCRE"/> Laguna Land Grant located in [[Paete, Laguna]], also acquired in 1964, is mostly undeveloped. Numerous parties have expressed interest in developing the land grants; however, UPLB has not entertained the potential investors due to the "lack of a solid development plan."<ref name='Brief History'>{{cite web|url=http://lgmo.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about/history |title=Brief History |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños Land Grant Management Office |access-date=March 27, 2011 |date=December 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610235047/http://lgmo.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about/history |archive-date=June 10, 2011 }}</ref>
Scientist II title:
* '''Evelyn Mae Mendoza''' - from the College of Agriculture


===Panabo Professional School===
Scientist I title:
The UP Professional School for Agriculture and the Environment (UP PSAE) in [[Panabo City]] was established in 2016 to cater to agribusiness professionals in the Davao metropolitan area. Supervised by the UPLB Graduate School, UP PSAE was established through a grant by Damosa Land Inc., a leading property developer in Mindanao.<ref name='Panabo'>{{cite web|url=https://uplb.edu.ph/all-news/up-psae-offers-grad-programs-in-entomology-environmental-science/ |title=UP PSAE offers grad programs in entomology, environmental science |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=April 6, 2021 |date=January 25, 2019}}</ref><ref name='Panabo2'>{{cite web|url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/02/20/campus-press/damosa-land-up-to-establish-agri-institute-in-davao/690717// |title=Damosa Land, UP to establish agri institute in Davao|work=The Manila Times|access-date=April 6, 2021 |date=February 20, 2020}}</ref>
* '''Ireneo Lit, Jr.''' - from the College of Forestry and Natural Resources
* '''Ceferino Maala''' - from the College of Veterinary Medicine
* '''Teodoro Mendoza''' - from the College of Agriculture
* '''Florinia Merca''' - from the College of Arts and Sciences
* '''Leonila Raros''' - from the College of Agriculture


==Organization and administration==
The six professors are among the first batch of 23 faculty members/researchers/research faculty who were given the distinction after being nominated by their constituent universities and evaluated by the System Committee as deserving of the title.


{| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin-left:1em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.4em; width:300px;"
==Degree-Granting Units==
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#7b1113;"| <span style="color:#fff;">'''University of the Philippines Los Baños Chancellors'''</span>
[[Image:1_botanical_garden.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Waterfall at the Botanical Garden]]
|-
*College of Agriculture
| '''Name''' || '''Tenure of office'''
*[http://community.uplb.edu.ph/cas College of Arts and Sciences]
|-
*[http://www.devcom.edu.ph College of Development Communication]
| colspan="2" |<hr>
*[http://community.uplb.edu.ph/cem College of Economics and Management]
|-
*College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology
| Abelardo G. Samonte || 1973–1978
*[[College of Forestry and Natural Resources]]
|-
*College of Human Ecology
| [[Emil Q. Javier]] || 1979–1985
*College of Public Affairs
|-
*College of Veterinary Medicine
| Raul P. De Guzman || 1986–1991
*School of Environmental Science and Management
|-
*Graduate School
| Ruben B. Aspiras || 1991–1993
|-
| Ruben L. Villareal || 1993–1999
|-
| Wilfredo P. David || 1999–2005
|-
| Luis Rey I. Velasco|| 2005–2011
|-
|Rex Victor O. Cruz || 2011–2014
|-
|Fernando C. Sanchez Jr. || 2014–2020
|-
|Jose V. Camacho Jr.
|2020–
|-
| colspan="2" | <hr>
|-
| style="font-size:70%" | References ||<ref name="100 Years 3"/><ref name='100 Years 7'>{{cite book|chapter = Chapter 17: Milestones in Controversial Times: The David Years (1999–2005) | pages = 263–278 | year = 2007 | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Alumni Association | location = Los Baños, Laguna | isbn = 978-971-547-252-4 | author = Fernando A. Bernardo |title = Centennial Panorama: Pictorial History of UPLB}}</ref><ref name='100 Years 4'>{{cite book| chapter = Chapter 14: UPLB in Clear And Placid Waters: The De Guzman Years (1985–1991) | pages = 211–226 | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Alumni Association | location = Los Baños, Laguna | isbn = 978-971-547-252-4 | author = Fernando A. Bernardo |title = Centennial Panorama: Pictorial History of UPLB| year = 2007 }}</ref><ref name='100 Years 5'>{{cite book| chapter = Chapter 15: Pursuing Dreams in a Short Term: The Aspiras Years (1991–1993) | pages = 227–238 | year = 2007 | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Alumni Association | location = Los Baños, Laguna | isbn = 978-971-547-252-4 | author = Fernando A. Bernardo |title = Centennial Panorama: Pictorial History of UPLB}}</ref><ref name="100 Years 6">{{cite book |author=Fernando A. Bernardo |title=Centennial Panorama: Pictorial History of UPLB |date=October 6, 2008 |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños Alumni Association |isbn=978-971-547-252-4 |location=Los Baños, Laguna |pages=239–262 |chapter=Chapter 16: UPLB on the Wings: The Villareal Years (1993–1999)}}</ref>
|}


As part of the University of the Philippines System, UPLB is governed by the 11-person UP Board of Regents, which is jointly chaired by the head of the [[Commission on Higher Education (Philippines)|Commission on Higher Education]] and the UP president.<ref name='pascual'>{{cite web|url=http://www.up.edu.ph/content.php?r=3&c=3 |title=Alfredo Pascual: "The 20th UP President" |publisher=University of the Philippines |access-date=June 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521000656/http://up.edu.ph/content.php?r=3&c=3 |archive-date=May 21, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="RA 9500"/>
==Undergraduate Degree Programs==
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The Board of Regents has the authority to approve the institution, merger, and abolition of degree programs as recommended by the UP president. It also has the power to confer degrees. The UP president, who is appointed by the Board of Regents, is the university's chief executive officer and the head of the faculty.<ref name="RA 9500"/>
*BS in [[Agriculture]]
*BS in [[Agribusiness]] [[Management]]
*BS in [[Agricultural Chemistry]]
*BS in [[Agricultural Economics]]
*BS in [[Agricultural Engineering]]
*BS in [[Applied Mathematics]]
*BS in [[Applied Physics]]
*BS in [[Biology]]
*BS in [[Chemical Engineering]]
*BS in [[Chemistry]]
*BS in [[Civil Engineering]]
*BS in [[Computer Science]]
*BS in [[Development Communication]]
*BS in [[Economics]]
*BS in [[Electrical Engineering]]
*BS in [[Food Technology]]
*BS in [[Forestry]]
*BS in [[Human Ecology]]
*BS in [[Industrial Engineering]]
*BS in [[Mathematics]]
*BS in [[Mathematics]] and [[Science]] Teaching
*BS in [[Nutrition]]
*BS in [[Statistics]]
*BA in [[Communication]] [[Arts]]
*BA in [[Sociology]]
*Doctor of [[Veterinary Medicine]]


UPLB is administered by a chancellor who is elected by the UP Board of Regents to a three-year term. The chancellor may only serve for up to two terms.<ref name="100 Years 5"/><ref name='RA 9500'>{{cite book|url=http://www.up.edu.ph/pdf2/RA_9500.pdf |title=An Act to Strengthen the University of the Philippines as the National University |date=May 5, 2008 |publisher=Office of the President of the Philippines |author=Congress of the Philippines |access-date=March 28, 2011 |location=Manila |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518015755/http://www.up.edu.ph/pdf2/RA_9500.pdf |archive-date=May 18, 2011 }}</ref> Under him are six vice-chancellors specializing in academic affairs, administration, community affairs, planning and development, research and extension, and student affairs.<ref name='About UPLB'>{{cite web|url=https://uplb.edu.ph/university-officials/|title=About UPLB – University Officials|publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños|access-date=December 16, 2023|archive-date=December 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216042852/https://uplb.edu.ph/university-officials/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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The current chancellor is Dr Jose Camacho, the tenth to hold the office.
==Graduate Degree Programs==
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'''Master'''
*[[Communication]] [[Arts]]
*[[Forestry]]
*[[Information Technology]]


UPLB, through the [[UP System]], is a member of the [[Association of Pacific Rim Universities]], a consortium of leading research universities in the Asia-Pacific region.<ref name='APRU'>{{cite web|url=http://www.apru.org/members/uphilippines.htm |publisher=Association of Pacific Rim Universities |title=University of the Philippines |access-date=March 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930222116/http://www.apru.org/members/uphilippines.htm |archive-date=September 30, 2011 }}</ref>
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'''Master of Arts'''
*[[Communication]] [[Arts]]
*Language and Literature
*[[Sociology]]


===Student government===
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The University Student Council (USC) is the "highest governing body of all UPLB students." Together with college [[student council]]s (CSCs), it assembles as the Student Legislative Chamber and acts as the highest policy-making body of the USC. The USC is composed of a chairperson, vice-chairperson, 10 councilors, a representative for each college/school with less than 500 students, and an additional college representative for every 500 students in excess of the first 500. Members are given one-year terms. CSCs have a similar structure, but with a different number of councilors based on the student population.<ref name='Basic Student Information'>{{cite web|title=Basic Student Information |url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/osa/253 |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=March 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823155913/http://old.uplb.edu.ph/osa/253 |archive-date=August 23, 2011 }}</ref><ref name='USC'>{{cite web| url = http://www.oocities.org/usc_uplb/constitution.html | author= University Student Council | title = USC Constitution | access-date=March 29, 2011 | date=July 12, 2004}}</ref>
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'''Master of Management'''
*[[Agribusiness]] Management
*Business Management
*[[Cooperative]] Management
*[[Economic development|Development]] Management
*[[Public Management]]


The Student Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT), under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA), is responsible for sanctioning erring students. Common offenses include student misconduct and fraternity rumbles. The SDT is composed of a chairperson, two appointees of the chancellor, a student juror, and a parent juror.<ref name="Basic Student Information"/>
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'''Master in Professional Studies'''
*[[Development Communication]] (distance mode)
*Education Management
*Food and Nutrition Planning
*Land and Water Resources Engineering


==Academics==
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'''Master in Public Affairs'''
*Agricultural and Urban Development Studies
*[[Cooperative]] Management
*[[Education]] Management
*Local Governance and [[Economic development|Development]] Management
*[[Strategic Planning]] and [[Public Policy]]


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|+ Schools and colleges of UPLB
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! Unit !! Foundation !! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
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|-
'''Master of Science'''
| style="text-align:left" | [[University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Agriculture and Food Science|College of Agriculture and Food Science]] || 1909 ||<ref name="UPLB History"/>
*[[Agricultural Chemistry]]
|-
*[[Agricultural Economics]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Arts and Sciences|College of Arts and Sciences]] || 1972 ||<ref name='CAS'>{{cite web|url=http://cas.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about/history |title=History |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Arts and Sciences |access-date=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324052459/http://cas.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about/history |archive-date=March 24, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Agricultural Education]]
|-
*[[Agricultural Engineering]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Development Communication|College of Development Communication]] || 1954 ||<ref name='CDC'>{{cite web|url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/cdc_profile |title=CDC Profile |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823155103/http://old.uplb.edu.ph/cdc_profile |archive-date=August 23, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Agriculture]]
|-
*[[Agroforestry]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Economics and Management|College of Economics and Management]] || 1975 ||<ref name='CEM'>{{cite web|url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/cem |title=College of Economics and Management |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406160244/http://old.uplb.edu.ph/cem |archive-date=April 6, 2010 }}</ref>
*Agrometeorology
|-
*[[Agronomy]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology|College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology]] || 1912 ||<ref name='CEAT'>{{cite web|url=http://ceat.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about/facts-timeline |title=CEAT Quick Facts & Timeline |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology |access-date=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723155724/http://ceat.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about/facts-timeline |archive-date=July 23, 2011 }}</ref>
*Animal Science
|-
*Applied [[Nutrition]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[University of the Philippines Los Baños School of Environmental Science and Management|School of Environmental Science and Management]] || 1977 ||<ref name='SESAM'>{{cite web|url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/sesam/1249 |title=About |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623040705/http://old.uplb.edu.ph/sesam/1249 |archive-date=June 23, 2009 }}</ref>
*[[Biochemistry]]
|-
*[[Botany]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Forestry and Natural Resources|College of Forestry and Natural Resources]] || 1910 ||
*[[Chemical Engineering]]
|-
*[[Chemistry]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[University of the Philippines Los Baños Graduate School|Graduate School]] || 1972 ||<ref name='GS'>{{cite web|url=http://gs.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about-gs/the-uplb-graduate-school |title=About the Graduate School: History |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños Graduate School |access-date=June 11, 2011 |date=May 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501194536/http://gs.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about-gs/the-uplb-graduate-school |archive-date=May 1, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Computer Science]]
|-
*Community Development
| style="text-align:left" | [[University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Human Ecology|College of Human Ecology]] || 1974 ||<ref name='CHE'>{{cite web|url=http://che.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/home.html |title=College of Human Ecology |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Human Ecology |access-date=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322055957/http://che.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/home.html |archive-date=March 22, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Development Communication]]
|-
*[[Economics]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Public Affairs|College of Public Affairs and Development]] || 1998 ||<ref name='CPAf'>{{cite web|url=http://cpaf.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about.html |title=About |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Public Affairs |access-date=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128103023/http://cpaf.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/about.html |archive-date=November 28, 2010 }}</ref>
*[[Entomology]]
|-
*[[Environmental Science]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Veterinary Medicine|College of Veterinary Medicine]] || 1908 ||<ref name='CVM'>{{cite web|url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/book/export/html/1113 |title=About CVM |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815054312/http://old.uplb.edu.ph/book/export/html/1113 |archive-date=August 15, 2010 }}</ref>
*Extension Education
|}
*Family Resource Management
*[[Food Science]]
*[[Forestry]]
*[[Genetics]]
*[[Horticulture]]
*[[Mathematics]]
*[[Microbiology]]
*[[Molecular Biology]]
*[[Plant Breeding]]
*Plant Genetic Resources
*[[Plant Pathology]]
*[[Rural Sociology]]
*[[Soil Science]]
*[[Statistics]]
*[[Veterinary Medicine]]
*Wildlife Studies
*[[Zoology]]


UPLB offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs through its nine colleges and two schools.<ref name='UPLB Acads'>{{cite web|url=https://uplb.edu.ph/academics/ |title=Academics |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=October 17, 2021}}</ref> Most of these programs award science degrees. It also awards high school diplomas through the [[University of the Philippines Rural High School]] (UPRHS), a subunit of the College of Arts and Sciences, which acts as a [[laboratory school|laboratory]] for its BS Math and Science Teaching students.<ref name='CAS units'>{{cite web|url=http://cas.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/uprhs |title=Departments |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Arts and Sciences |access-date=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324052336/http://cas.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/uprhs |archive-date=March 24, 2011 }}</ref>
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'''Doctor of Philosophy'''
*[[Agricultural Chemistry]]
*[[Agricultural Economics]]
*[[Agricultural Education]]
*[[Agricultural Engineering]]
*[[Agriculture]]
*[[Agronomy]]
*Animal Science
*Applied Nutrition
*[[Biochemistry]]
*[[Botany]]
*[[Chemistry]]
*Community [[Economic development|Development]]
*[[Computer Science]]
*[[Development Communication]]
*[[Entomology]]
*[[Environmental Science]]
*Extension Education
*[[Food Science]]
*[[Forestry]]
*[[Genetics]]
*[[Horticulture]]
*Human [[Nutrition]]
*[[Microbiology]]
*[[Molecular Biology]] and [[Biotechnology]]
*[[Plant Breeding]]
*[[Plant Pathology]]
*[[Sociology]]
*[[Soil Science]]
*[[Statistics]]


===Admission and graduation===
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{{See also|University of the Philippines College Admission Test|Academic grading in the Philippines#Grade point scale (5.00 – 1.00)|l2=Academic grading in the Philippines}}


UPLB admits more than 2,500 students and produces about 1,800 graduates every year. Undergraduate admission is determined by the [[University of the Philippines College Admission Test]] (UPCAT). Examinees that select UPLB as their preferred campus and garner a University Predicted Grade (UPG) within the ''standard'' cut-off are automatically eligible for admission. Those who do not automatically qualify may file an appeal for reconsideration if their UPG is within the ''actual'' cut-off, though the appeal process does not guarantee admission.<ref name='Qualifying'>{{cite web|url = http://www.upcatreview.com/tale-of-two-applicants | title = HOW THE EEAS WORKS: A Tale of Two Applicants | year = 2010 | access-date= June 21, 2011}}</ref><ref name='Waitlist'>{{cite web|url=http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/students-and-alumni/386-2011-2012-uplb-wait-list-criteria |title=UPLB Wait List Criteria 1st SEM AY 2011–2012 |date=February 22, 2011 |access-date=June 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614094519/http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/students-and-alumni/386-2011-2012-uplb-wait-list-criteria |archive-date=June 14, 2011 }}</ref> The cut-off scores may be adjusted according to a variety of factors. In 2010 and 2011, UPLB had a ''standard'' UPG cut-off of 2.42 while the ''actual'' cut-off was 2.8. But in 2014 and 2015, UPLB had a standard cut off score of 2.3.<ref name='Waitlist Procedure'>{{cite web|url = http://www.upcatreview.com/uplb-upmin-waitlist-procedure | title = UP Waitlist Procedure | date = February 28, 2011 | access-date= June 21, 2011}}</ref><ref name='Review'>{{cite web | url = http://academic-clinic.com/2010/06/u-p-upg-cut-off-scores-and-reconsideration/ | title = U.P. UPG Cut-Off Scores and Reconsideration | date = June 1, 2010 | access-date = April 4, 2011 | archive-date = April 16, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110416221412/http://academic-clinic.com/2010/06/u-p-upg-cut-off-scores-and-reconsideration/ | url-status = usurped }}</ref> Seventy percent of slots are given to incoming freshmen with the highest scores, while the remaining thirty percent are given to public high school students and members of [[ethnic minority|minority]] groups.<ref name='Review' /> Before the UPCAT was used for admission, UPCA only admitted the top 5 percent of Philippine high school graduates.<ref name='Devcom'>{{cite book|url=http://www.upou.edu.ph/papers/flibrero_2009/DevcomLB_history.pdf |title=Development Communication Los Baños Style: A Story Behind the History |publisher=University of the Philippines Open University |author=Lex Librero |year=2008 |page=3 |access-date=April 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222213619/http://upou.edu.ph/papers/flibrero_2009/DevcomLB_history.pdf |archive-date=December 22, 2010 }}</ref>
==Diploma/Non-Degree Programs==


High school freshman admission, on the other hand, is determined by the eight-hour-long UPRHS Entrance Examination. Only the top 125 examinees are admitted.<ref name='UPRHS'>{{cite web|url=http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/newsletters/doc_download/81-general-information-2010 |title=What is the UPRHS Entrance Examination? |publisher=University of the Philippines Rural High School Office of Admissions and Registration |access-date=April 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203055141/http://uplb.edu.ph/index.php/newsletters/doc_download/81-general-information-2010 |archive-date=December 3, 2010 }}</ref> Sophomore transferees take the two-day UPRHS Validation Examination, and are admitted depending on the available slots.<ref name='Validation'>{{cite web|url=http://uprhs.com/uprhs%20website%20working%20folder/03_admissions/admission_validation.html |title=General Information of Validation Examination |publisher=University of the Philippines Rural High School |access-date=April 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405141214/http://www.uprhs.com/uprhs%20website%20working%20folder/03_admissions/admission_validation.html |archive-date=April 5, 2011 }}</ref>
*Diploma in [[Agroforestry]]
*Diploma in [[Computer Science]] (distance and residential modes)
*Diploma in [[Electrical Engineering]]
*Diploma in [[Environmental Science]]
*Diploma in Home Technology and Management
*Diploma in [[Physical Education]]
*Diploma in [[Power Electronics]]
*Diploma in [[Statistics]]
*Certificate in [[Forestry]]


Normally, a student who completes the program may graduate with [[Latin honors|honors]] if his general weighted average (GWA) is 1.75 or above. The title ''summa cum laude'' is awarded to graduates who obtain a GWA of 1.20 or above, ''magna cum laude'' to graduates with a GWA of 1.45 to 1.20, and ''cum laude'' to graduates with a GWA of between 1.75 and 1.45.<ref name='Graduation'>{{cite web|url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/webmaster/449 |title=Graduation with Honors |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=April 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513083257/http://old.uplb.edu.ph/webmaster/449 |archive-date=May 13, 2011 }}</ref> As of 2011 there have been 30 ''summa cum laude''s who have graduated from UPLB.<ref name='CEM newsletter summa'>{{cite journal | url = http://www.uplb.edu.ph/attachments/415_Grad%20Issue-CEMNewsletter%20April%202011%20(pdf).pdf | title = Message to the Members of Class 2011 | author = Reynaldo L. Tan | page = 5 | journal = CEM Newsletter | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Economics and Management | year = 2011 | volume = 28 | issue = 4 | access-date = May 13, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516163954/http://www.uplb.edu.ph/attachments/415_Grad%20Issue-CEMNewsletter%20April%202011%20(pdf).pdf | archive-date = May 16, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
==Secondary Education==
*[[University of the Philippines Rural High School]]


===Tuition and financial aid===
Although not administered by UPLB, the following schools are located inside its campus:
With the passage of [[Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act|Republic Act 10931]], tuition and fees have been waived for students pursuing their degrees for the first time in exchange for return service, although it is possible to opt out and pay the full tuition instead.<ref>{{cite news |title=8 things you need to know about the free tuition law |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/198314-things-to-know-free-tuition-law-irr |work=Rappler}}</ref>
*Philippine High School for the Arts/[[National Arts Center]]
*[[Brent International School]]
*Maquiling School
*Christian School International


Before this law was passed, the base tuition fee per unit in UPLB was ₱1,000 (US$23).<ref name="conversion"/> Along with other UP constituents, UPLB implemented the Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP), wherein students with annual family incomes between ₱1,000,000 (US$23,000) and ₱500,000 (US$11,500)<ref name="conversion"/> were charged the base tuition fee; students with annual family incomes between ₱500,000 and ₱135,000 (US$3,110) were charged ₱600 (US$14) per unit;<ref name="conversion"/> those whose incomes fell between ₱135,000 and ₱80,000 (US$1,840) were charged ₱300 (US$7);<ref name="conversion"/> while those whose incomes fell below ₱80,000 were not charged any fees.<ref name='STFAP'>{{cite web|url=http://admin.uplb.edu.ph/download_file.php?f=16 |title=Report of the Committee to Review the Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP) |publisher=University of the Philippines |date=December 7, 2006 |access-date=April 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908162625/http://admin.uplb.edu.ph/download_file.php?f=16 |archive-date=September 8, 2009 }}</ref> Those with annual family incomes above ₱1,000,000 were charged ₱1,500 (US$35) per unit.<ref name="conversion"/>
==Student Councils==
*UPLB University Student Council
*College of Agriculture Student Council
*College of Arts and Sciences Student Council
*College of Development Communication Student Council
*[http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/cem_uplb College of Economics & Management Student Council]
*College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology Student Council
*College of Forestry and Natural Resources Student Council
*College of Human Ecology Student Council
*College of Veterinary Medicine Student Council


===Accreditation===
==Student Organizations==
UPLB is identified by the Commission on Higher Education as a Center of Excellence in Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Biology, Forestry, Information Technology, Environmental Science, Development Communication, Statistics and Veterinary Medicine, as well as a Center of Development in Chemical Engineering.<ref name='Glance'/> Five undergraduate programs were given the [[ASEAN]] University Network-Quality Assessment certification: BS Biology, BS Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, BS Development Communication, BS Forestry and BS Agriculture.<ref name = 'AUN-QA'>{{cite web | url = https://uplb.edu.ph/achievements/asean-university-network-quality-assurance-certificate/ | title = ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance Certificate | publisher = UPLB | access-date = October 17, 2021 }}</ref>
The following is an alphabetized listing of the student organizations in UPLB.


===Libraries and collections===
:''This list is incomplete. Please see the '''[[Talk:University of the Philippines, Los Baños|talk page]] before doing any edits and/or additions'''.
As of 2007, UPLB's 12 libraries, collectively referred to as the University Library, hold a total of 346,061 volumes.<ref name="OVCRE"/> It periodically receives publications from [[United Nations agencies]] (including the [[UNFAO]], [[UN-HABITAT]] and [[United Nations University|UNU]]) and the [[World Bank]]. It is a contributor to the [[AGRIS|International Information System for Agricultural Services and Technology]], contributing nearly 30,000 titles between 1975 and 2010.<ref name='AGRIS'>{{cite web| url = http://agris.fao.org?query=%2B%28%20%2Bdate%3A%5B1965%20TO%202010%5D%20%2Bcenter%3A%28PH%29%20%2Bcenterkey%3A0%20%29&request_locale=en | title = Search AGRIS from 1975 to date | publisher = International Information System for Agricultural Services and Technology | access-date = April 5, 2011}}</ref><ref name='mainlib'>{{cite web|url=http://mainlib.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/history |title=Brief History, Mission, and Vision |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños Main Library |date=March 11, 2009 |access-date=April 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820123449/http://mainlib.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/history |archive-date=August 20, 2011 }}</ref>


195,282 of these volumes are housed at the Main Library, while the rest are in unit libraries. The Main Library also houses theses, digital sources, and 1,215 serial titles, among other materials.<ref name="OVCRE"/> It has a total floor area of {{convert|6336|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and a seating capacity of 510, making it the largest library in UPLB.<ref name="mainlib"/>
===Academic===
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*Association of Scholar Students (Founded by Zeta Psi Omicron/Psi Zeta Omicron Frat./Sor./)
*Operations Research Society of the Philippines UPLB Student Chapter (ORSP UPLB SC)
*Philippine Association of Food Technologists B-Chapter
*PHYSIKA, UP Applied Physics Society
*[http://www.samup.com Society of Applied Mathematics of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (SAM-UP)]
*Society of Math Majors (UPLB-SMM)
*[http://www.cps-triangle.org/ The Computer Science, Applied Physics and Statistics Triangle (The CPS Triangle)]
*The Parliament: UPLB Debate Society
*The Rhetoricians (UPLB Speech Communication Organization)
*The UP Cell Biological Society (UP Cells)
*The UP Entomological Society (UPES/UP EntomSoc) - the oldest academic organization in UPLB
*[http://uplbsymbiosis.org The UPLB Biological Society (SYMBIOSIS)]
*[http://www.geocities.com/uplbgenesoc The UPLB Genetics Society (UPLB GENESOC)]
*The UPLB Microbiological Society
*UP Agribusiness Society (Bisok)
*UP Agricultural Economics Circle (UPAEC)
*UP Agricultural Society (AgriSoc)
*[http://upasc2004.brinkster.net UP Agriculture Students' Circle (UPASC)]
*[http://www.freewebs.com/upaches-international UP Alliance of Chemical Engineering Students (UP AChES)]
*[http://www.upallianceofdevcomstudents.tk UP Alliance of Development Communication Students (UP ADS)]
*UP Alumni Association of Zeta Psi Omicron/Psi Zeta Omicron International Collegiate Society
*UP Animal Science Society (UP ASS)
*UP Community Broadcaster's Society
*UP Concordia Scientia Animalis (UPCSA)
*UP Engineering Radio Guild (UPERG-LB)
*UP Engineering Students Guild (UPESG)
*UP GURO: Mathematics and Science Teaching Society
*[http://www.uphortsoc.org UP Horticultural Society(UP Hortsoc)]
*UP League of Agricultural Chemistry Students
*UP Pabulum Scientia Sodalitas (UP PSS)
*UP Phytopathological Society (UPPS)
*UP PRISM
*UP SIBOL
*UP Veterinary Student Achievers Society (UP-VSAS)
*UP VetSoc
*[http://www.upsmes.multiply.com UP Society of Management and Economics Students (UP SMES)]
*UP Society of Men
*UP Societas Mullierum
*UPLB Chemical Kinetics Society (CHEMOKINESIS)
*UPLB Chemical Society (UPLB Chemsoc)
*UPLB Civil Engineering Executive Organization (CEO)
*UPLB Comm Arts Society (UPLB COMARTSOC)
*[http://www.uplbcoss.org UPLB Computer Science Society (UPLB COSS)]
*UPLB Development Communicators' Society (UPLB DevComSoc)
*UPLB DOST Scholars' Society
*[http://uplbeconsoc@yahoogroups.com UPLB Economics Society (UPLB EconSoc)]
*UPLB Genetics Society (UPLB GeneSoc)
*UPLB Industrial Engineering Students' Organization
*[http://www.uplbmass.org/ UPLB Mathematical Sciences Society (UPLB MASS)]
*UPLB Philobioscientia (Phileos)
*UPLB Society of Chemical Engineering Students (UPLB SChemES)
*UPLB Sociology Society (UPLB SOCIOSOC)
*[http://www.uplbstats.net/ UPLB Statistical Society (UPLB STATS)]
*[http://www.freewebs.com/ozooms1978/ UPLB Zoological Society(OZOOMS)]
*Young Software Engineers' Society (YSES)
*UPLB Engineering Society (UPLB ENGSOC)
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One of UPLB's unit libraries is the College of Veterinary Medicine-Animal and Dairy Sciences Cluster Library. It has 17,798 volumes and 198 serial titles, and a total floor area of {{convert|609.25|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}. It claims to hold the largest collection on veterinary and [[animal science]]s in the country.<ref name='CVM lib'>{{cite web|url=http://cvm.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/cvm-adsc-library |title=CVM-ADSC Library |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Veterinary Medicine |date=March 12, 2011 |access-date=April 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723073256/http://cvm.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/cvm-adsc-library |archive-date=July 23, 2011 }}</ref>
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UPLB manages the [[UPLB Museum of Natural History]], which was established in 1976 at the foothills of Mt. Makiling. It holds over 600,000 biological specimens, including half of the specimens from the Philippine Water Bug Inventory Project, and a third of the Dioscoro S. Rabor Wildlife Collection. More than half of the specimens belong to the [[entomology|entomological]] collection. While most of its collections are in its main building, some are housed in other UPLB units.<ref name='Wien'>{{cite book| url = http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_101B_0041-0042.pdf | publisher = Naturhistorischen Museums Wien | author = A.C. Sumalde | title = The Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, and the Philippine Water Bug Inventory Project | date = December 1999 | access-date = April 7, 2011 | location = Vienna}}</ref>
===Dormitory Associations===
<div style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;">
*Makiling Residence Hall (MAREHA)
*New Dorm Association
*New Forestry Residence Hall Association (New FOREHA)
*St. Therese Ladies Dorm
*UP Amigos
*Veterinary Medicine Residence Hall Association
*K-100
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==Research==
===Fraternities and Sororities===
[[File:Rice in the Lab.jpg|thumb|left|180px|An IRRI researcher studying rice [[DNA]] under [[ultraviolet light]]]]
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Six research institutes were named Centers of Excellence in Research via presidential decree: Institute of Plant Breeding, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Institute of Animal Science, National Crop Protection Center, Farming Systems and Soil Resources Institute, and National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology.<ref name = 'OP COE'/>
*Alpha Phi Omega Service Sorority
*Alpha Sigma Fraternity
*Chi Epsilon
*Delta Lambda Sigma
*Delta Phi Omicron Fraternity/Sorority #09207783175 edwin sardena
*espaleklek Fraternity[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/espaleklekonline] [http://www.espaleklek.org]
*Kappa Epsilon Fraternity[http://www.kappa-epsilon.com]
*Scintilla Jvris
*Sigma Beta
*Sigma Delta Phi
*Sigma Delta Pi Sorority
*Sigma Kappa Pi Fraternity
*Sigma Rho Fraternity
*Theta Epsilon Sorority
*UP Grand Order of the EAGLES
*UP Sigma Alpha Sorority
*UPLB Beta Sigma Fraternity
*UPLB DeMolay Club
*UPLB Pi Sigma Delta Sorority
*[http://www.pisigma.org/ UPLB Pi Sigma Fraternity]
*UPLB Tau Gamma Phi
*UPLB Tau Gamma Sigma
*Upsilon Sigma Phi
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UPLB hosts a number of international research institutes, including the [[Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture]],<ref name='SEARCA'>{{cite web|url=http://beta.searca.org/searca/index.php/about-us/contact-us |title=Contact Us |publisher=Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213023812/http://beta.searca.org/searca/index.php/about-us/contact-us |archive-date=December 13, 2010 }}</ref> the [[ASEAN Center for Biodiversity]],<ref name='ACB'>{{cite web|url=http://beta.aseanbiodiversity.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=157 |title=Contact Us |publisher=ASEAN Center for Biodiversity |access-date=June 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629224953/http://beta.aseanbiodiversity.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=157 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 }}</ref> the [[International Rice Research Institute]],<ref name='IRRI'>{{cite web|url=http://irri.org/about-irri/contact-us |title=Contact Us |publisher=International Rice Research Institute |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324112253/http://irri.org/about-irri/contact-us |archive-date=March 24, 2011 }}</ref> the [[World Fish Center]],<ref name='WFC'>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfishcenter.org/wfcms/HQ/article.aspx?ID=1130 |title=Country offices |publisher=World Fish Center |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916205409/http://www.worldfishcenter.org/wfcms/HQ/article.aspx?ID=1130 |archive-date=September 16, 2011 }}</ref> the World Agroforestry Center,<ref name= 'Agroforestry'>{{cite web | url = http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/apps/staffdirectory/DisplayStaff2.asp?GrupID=F,FPLB | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180910164849/http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/apps/staffdirectory/DisplayStaff2.asp?GrupID=F,FPLB | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 10, 2018 | title = Site Based Los Banos (Philippines)| publisher = World Agroforestry Centre | access-date = March 19, 2011}}</ref> and the Asia Rice Foundation.<ref name='Asia Rice'>{{cite web | url = http://www.asiarice.org/sections/chapters/Philippines/ARF-Phil-About.html | title = About us | publisher = Asia Rice Foundation Philippines | access-date = March 27, 2011}}</ref> The APEC Center for Technology Exchange and Training for Small and Medium Enterprises (ACTETSME), established in 1996 through the initiative of then President Fidel V. Ramos during the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] (APEC) Leaders' Meeting in Seattle, USA, is also located at the university's Science & Technology Park.<ref name='ACTETSME'>{{cite web | url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/124105838/History-of-ACTETSME-and-CTTE#scribd | title = APEC ACTETSME | access-date = February 23, 2015}}</ref> Local research institutions such as the [[Department of Environment and Natural Resources]]' Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau,<ref name='ERDB'>{{cite web | url = http://erdb.denr.gov.ph/ | title = About | publisher = DENR ERDB | access-date = February 23, 2015 | archive-date = February 24, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150224014308/http://erdb.denr.gov.ph/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Department of Science and Technology's Forest Products Research and Development Institute,<ref name='FPRDI'>{{cite web | url = http://www.fprdi.dost.gov.ph/ | title = About | publisher = DOST FPRDI | access-date = February 23, 2015}}</ref> and Department of Agriculture's [[Philippine Carabao Center]]<ref name='PCC'>{{cite web| url = http://www.pcc.gov.ph/index.php?id1=9 | title = Contact Us | publisher = Philippine Carabao Center | access-date = April 8, 2011}}</ref> are headquartered or have offices at the university.<ref name='LBSC'>{{cite web|url=http://maidon.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/lbsc/members.htm |title=Members |publisher=DOST PCARRD |access-date=May 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820120100/http://maidon.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/lbsc/members.htm |archive-date=August 20, 2011 }}</ref> The main office of IRRI's Philippine counterpart, the [[Philippine Rice Research Institute]], used to be located at UPLB but was transferred to [[Muñoz, Nueva Ecija]] in 1990. It continues to maintain a research office at the university.<ref name = "PhilRice">{{cite web |url = http://www.philrice.gov.ph//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=296 | title = Background | publisher = Philippine Rice Research Institute | access-date = March 27, 2011}}</ref>
===Hobby Oriented===
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*UP Athletics Club (UPAC)
*UPLB Choral Ensemble
*UP Painters' Club
*UPLB Writer's Club
*[http://www.freewebs.com/upsomasoshiki/ UP SOMA (Sentai Ongaku Manga Anime) Soshiki]
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Three UPLB-published journals, the ''Philippine Agricultural Scientist'', the ''Philippine Journal of Veterinary Medicine'', and the ''Journal of Environmental Sciences and Management'' are listed in the [[SCImago Journal Rank]]ings. SCImago gave these an [[h-index]] (a measure of "actual scientific productivity" and "apparent scientific impact")<ref name='Google Scholar'>{{cite web|url=http://www.soton.ac.uk/library/research/bibliometrics/factsheet03-hindex-gs.pdf |title=Finding your h-index (Hirsch index) in Google Scholar |author=Michael Whitton |date=April 2010 |publisher=University of Southampton |access-date=April 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227031500/http://www.soton.ac.uk/library/research/bibliometrics/factsheet03-hindex-gs.pdf |archive-date=February 27, 2012 }}</ref> of 18, 6, and 12, respectively.<ref name='SCImago'>{{cite web| url = https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=Philippines | title = SJR Journal Search | publisher = SCImago | access-date = September 20, 2023 | year = 2023}}</ref> These journals are also listed in the [[ISI Web of Knowledge]], along with two other UPLB-published journals: the ''Philippine Entomologist'' and the ''Philippine Journal of Crop Science''.<ref name='Thomson'>{{cite web | url = https://mjl.clarivate.com/search-results | title = Search Results (keyword: Philippines) | publisher = Web of Science Group | access-date = April 7, 2021 | archive-date = June 12, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210612033001/https://mjl.clarivate.com/search-results/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
===Religious===
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*[http://www.ccci.org Campus Crusade for Christ (UPLB-CCC)]
*Christian Brotherhood International (CBI)
*[http://www.victory.org.ph EveryNation Campus Ministries (Victory Christian Fellowship)]
*Chi Alpha Campus Ministry
*Lakas Angkan Ministries Incorporated
*UPLB Lisieux Music Ministry
*YFC(Youth For Christ)-UPLB
*Bukas Loob sa Diyos Youth Ministry
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===Socio-Civic===
===Biotechnology research===
[[File:Uplb biotech bldg.jpg|thumb|The [[National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology]] at UPLB]]
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*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ckiers_uplb/ Circle K International - UPLB Chapter]
*COF
*[http://www.upgawadkalinga.org UP Gawad Kalinga - Los Baños]
*[http://www.friendster.com/19414575 UP EEC - Philippine Chapter]
*Haribon UPLB
*Kapatirang Plebeians[http://www.uplbplebeians.blogspot.com - Kapatirang Plebeians Los Baños Chapter]
*UP Kappa Phi Sigma - Conservation and Development Society
*UPLB Generation Q Society
*The UPLB Navigators
*UP Entrepreneurs' Club, Inc.
*UP Community Broadcasters' Society
*UP Painters' Club
*UP Photographers' Society
*Red Cross Youth
*Samahan ng mga Mag-aaral ng Teknolohiyang Panlipunan
*UP Film Circle
*Rancher's Club
*Samahang Ekolohiya ng UPLB
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One of the earliest innovations of UPLB was the production of CAC 87 sugar cane in 1919. This high-yielding variety is resistant to [[fiji disease virus|fiji]] and [[mosaic virus]]es, and produces more [[sucrose]] than other varieties. Its derivatives significantly increased sugar cane production in the [[Philippines]].<ref name="100 Years 0"/> Between 1921 and 1939, cattle, poultry, and swine breeding programs produced new breeds, namely the Philamin (a [[hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] of the [[Hereford (cattle)|Hereford]], [[Nellore]] and native cattle), Berkjala (a variety of the [[Berkshire (pig)|Berkshire]] and local [[Jala-Jala, Rizal|Jala-Jala]] pig, resistant to [[hog cholera]]) and the Los Baños Cantonese chicken, which produces more eggs.<ref name = '100 Years 0.5'>{{cite book| pages = 47–74 | chapter = Chs. 4–5 | year = 2007 | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Alumni Association | location = Los Baños, Laguna | isbn = 978-971-547-252-4 | author = Fernando A. Bernardo |title = Centennial Panorama: Pictorial History of UPLB}}</ref>
===Sports Oriented===
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*UPLB Mountaineers
*UP AngKAN ng Mandirigma [http://www.geocities.com/angkanngmandirigma/ (UPAKAN)]
*Brotherhood and Sorority for the Advancement of Taekwondo
*UPLB Chess Club
*College Country Club, Premier tennis club in UP Los Baños
*The [[Makiling Campus Runners]] [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MACRunners (MACRunners)]
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/upskc/ UP Shotokan Karate Club] [http://upskc.tripod.com/ (UPSKC)]
*Society of Table Tennis Enthusiasts, Los Baños (STATE-LB)
*UPLB Volleyball Club
*UPLB Women's Basketball Varsity
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Research in the 1960s allowed for the efficient mass production of ''macapuno'' (a type of coconut with jelly-like meat),<ref name='macapuno'>{{cite news |title=Archived |url=http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20070729-79283 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |author=Jaymee T. Gamil |date=July 29, 2007 |access-date=2023-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311075414/http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20070729-79283 |archive-date=March 11, 2012 }}</ref> while studies started in 1998 that produced [[ripening#Delayed-ripening|delayed-ripening]] papaya continue to this day.<ref name='mbpapaya'>{{cite news|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/276136/makapuno-rp-s-first-biotech-crop |title=Makapuno RP's First Biotech Crop |author=Marvyn N. Benaning |newspaper=Manila Bulletin |date=September 8, 2010 |access-date=April 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912173728/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/276136/makapuno-rp-s-first-biotech-crop |archive-date=September 12, 2010 }}</ref> The research is credited for the increase in Philippine papaya production, with the {{convert|75896|MT|ST|adj=on}} production of year 2000 rising to {{convert|164100|MT|ST}} in 2007.<ref name='papaya'>{{cite news | url = http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/295-uplb-scientists-developing-delayed-ripening-papaya | author = Joel C. Paredes | title = UPLB scientists developing delayed-ripening papaya | newspaper = Business Mirror | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension | date = January 11, 2011 | access-date = April 8, 2011 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121221054439/http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/295-uplb-scientists-developing-delayed-ripening-papaya | archive-date = December 21, 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 1974, UPLB researchers discovered mango flower induction by potassium nitrate, making it possible for the fruit to be available year-round. It is credited for tripling yield and for "revolutionizing" the country's mango industry.<ref name='mango'>{{cite news | url = http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/343-tripling-yields-placing-mangoes-on-world-market-year-round | author = Paul Icamina | title = Tripling yields, placing mangoes on world market year-round | newspaper = Malaya | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension | date = November 27, 2011 | access-date = May 25, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120720093049/http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/343-tripling-yields-placing-mangoes-on-world-market-year-round | archive-date = July 20, 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
===Varsitarian===
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*UP Palaris Confraternity
*UP Peninsulares
*UP Resideños (Samahan ng mga Residente ng Los Baños)
*UP Caballeros
*UP Cagayanos
*UP Isabela Society (UPIS)
*Kapatirang Pitong Lawa (KAPWA) sa UPLB
*[http://www.labay57.org Lumabay - Labay Club `57]
*UP Masbateños
*UP Mi-abeyabe (Capampangan Org)
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/upmindanawans/ UP Mindanawans]
*UP Oroquieta
*UP Sandiwa "Samahang Bulakenyo"
*Samahan ng mga Mag-aaral ng Pisay (SAMAPI) sa UPLB
*UP Sorsogueños
*UP Tarlaqueños
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/upvizcayanos/ UP Vizcayanos]
*UPLB Kaiban
*UP Tarabidan
*UP Tubaw (Tubong Davao)
*Alyansa ng mga Kabitenyo sa UPLB (ANAK UPLB)
*UP Kailianes
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In 2009, UPLB researchers funded by the [[Department of Agriculture (Philippines)|Department of Agriculture]] developed an [[abacá]] variety that is resistant to the [[abaca bunchy top virus]]. The virus, first detected in 1915 at [[Silang, Cavite]], has since spread to various provinces in the country, and damaged more than {{convert|8000|ha|acre|abbr=on}} of abacá plantations in 2002 alone.<ref name='ABTV'>{{cite news|url=https://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/121-abaca-researchers-turn-to-biotechnology-in-efforts-to-save-manila-hemp-exports |title=Abaca researchers turn to biotechnology in efforts to save Manila hemp exports |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension |newspaper=Business Mirror |location=Manila |author=Danny O. Calleja |date=June 5, 2009 |access-date=April 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707075822/http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/articles-by-the-media/14-internet-articles/121-abaca-researchers-turn-to-biotechnology-in-efforts-to-save-manila-hemp-exports |archive-date=July 7, 2009 }}</ref> The university is working further to make it resistant to mosaic and [[abacá bract mosaic virus]]es.<ref name='DA-Abaca'>{{cite news | url = http://www.dabiotechnet.net/news.asp?id=49 | title = UP scientists trying to help abaca industry | author = Jo Florendo B. Lontoc | date = May 31, 2007 | publisher = Department of Agriculture Biotechnology Program | newspaper = Business World | access-date = April 8, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120322111414/http://www.dabiotechnet.net/news.asp?id=49 | archive-date = March 22, 2012 }}</ref>
===''Unclassified''===
*TISOC


In July 2010, UPLB announced that the ''[[Leucinodes orbonalis]]''-resistant ''[[Bacillus thuringiensis]]'' (Bt) eggplant variety that it had been developing with [[Cornell University]] and [[Mahyco]] was ready for commercialization.<ref name='Bt eggplant'>{{cite news | url = http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=596336&publicationSubCategoryId=77 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130208163638/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=596336&publicationSubCategoryId=77 | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 8, 2013 | title = RP's 1st GM eggplant soon ready for commercialization | author = Rudy A. Fernandez | newspaper = The Philippine Star | date = June 25, 2010 | access-date = April 8, 2011 }}</ref> On February 17, 2011, Filipino and Indian [[Greenpeace]] activists trespassed UPLB's [[Bay, Laguna|Bay]] research farm and uprooted two Bt eggplants and more than 100 non-[[genetic modification|genetically modified]] eggplants. The [[National Academy of Science and Technology]] and ranking UPLB officials condemned the incident, and have taken legal action.<ref name='NAST statement'>{{cite web|url=http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/news/387-uplb-nast-issues-statement-against-greenpeace-violators |title=UPLB, NAST issue statement against Greenpeace violators |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |author=Office of Public Relations |date=February 22, 2011 |access-date=April 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624031537/http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/news/387-uplb-nast-issues-statement-against-greenpeace-violators |archive-date=June 24, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="charge activists">{{cite news |author=Fernandez |first=Rudy A. |date=February 21, 2011 |title=UPLB to charge activists for ruining GM eggplants |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2011/02/21/658982/uplb-charge-activists-ruining-gm-eggplants |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202020056/https://www.philstar.com/nation/2011/02/21/658982/uplb-charge-activists-ruining-gm-eggplants |archive-date=December 2, 2024 |access-date=December 2, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Philippine Star]]}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of University of the Philippines people]]
*[[UP College Admission Test]]
'''Other Ramon Magsaysay Awardees:'''
*[[Asian Institute of Management]]
*[[Asian Institute of Technology]]


[[File:De-sotto-ethanol-road-test-417.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This 1929 [[DeSoto (automobile)|DeSoto]] De Luxe ran over {{convert|50000|km|mi}} using gasanol for a period of five years.<ref name="100 Years 0.5"/><ref name="Pimentel"/>]]
==Notes==
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==External links==
===Biofuel research===
Pioneering efforts in [[biofuel]] research have been conducted at the university. Studies conducted in the 1930s found that gasoline with 15–20 percent [[ethanol]], dubbed "gasanol", was more efficient than pure gasoline.<ref name="100 Years 0.5"/><ref name='Pimentel'>{{cite news | url = http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=2993&publicationSubCategoryId=72 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130131074450/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=2993&publicationSubCategoryId=72 | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 31, 2013 | title = <!-- The title stated at the page was obviously misencoded. A copy of the article at http://jepoy.info/2008/12/saga-of-the-biofuel-the-philippine-experience/ says the real title. --> Saga of the Biofuel: The Philippine Experience | newspaper = The Philippine Star | author = Rudy A. Fernandez | date = May 29, 2007 | access-date = April 7, 2011 }}</ref> Biofuel research in 2007 under the National Biofuel Program has considered new sources of biofuel, such as coconuts, ''[[Moringa oleifera]]'', and sunflower seeds. Efforts have been concentrated on the ''[[Jatropha curcas]]'' due to its low maintenance and fast yield. Other fuel, such as coconut biofuel, were found to be too costly.<ref name='UPLB continues'>{{cite journal|url=http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?i=892&archive=yes&yr=2009&mn=5 |title=UPLB continues search for the most viable biofuel |author=KIM Quilinguing |date=May 2009 |access-date=April 7, 2011 |journal=UP Newsletter |location=Quezon City |volume=30 |issue=5 |publisher=University of the Philippines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130193623/http://up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?i=892&archive=yes&yr=2009&mn=5 |archive-date=November 30, 2010 }}</ref> Biofuel from ''[[Sorghum bicolor]]'', ''[[Cassava|Manihot esculenta crantz]]'' and ''[[Chlorella|Chlorella vulgaris]]'' are also being studied.<ref name='Power plants'>{{cite journal|url=http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?i=321 |title=Power plants: University spearheads biofuel R&D |author=Bernice P. Varona |date=April 1, 2011 |journal=UP Newsletter |location=Quezon City |access-date=April 7, 2011 |volume=32 |issue=4 |publisher=University of the Philippines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207001449/http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?i=321 |archive-date=December 7, 2008 }}</ref><ref name='microalgae'>{{cite web | url = http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/breaking-news/86-news/108-philippines-quest-for-diesel-from-microalgae-starts-at-uplb | title = Philippines' quest for diesel from microalgae starts at UPLB | date = June 7, 2009 | author = Florante Cruz | access-date = April 7, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110825175322/http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/breaking-news/86-news/108-philippines-quest-for-diesel-from-microalgae-starts-at-uplb | archive-date = August 25, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name='microalgae2'>{{cite news | url = http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/feature-stories/81-biofuels-and-alternative-energy/275-uplb-gears-up-for-third-generation-biodiesel | title = UPLB gears up for third generation biodiesel | newspaper = University of the Philippines Los Baños Horizon | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension | author = Mervin John C. De Roma | date = September 11, 2010 | access-date = April 7, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110825175541/http://rdenews.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/feature-stories/81-biofuels-and-alternative-energy/275-uplb-gears-up-for-third-generation-biodiesel | archive-date = August 25, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name='Zambotimes'>{{cite news | url = http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/25024-Microalgae-The-ultimate-source-of-biodiesel-in-the-future-UPLB.html | title = Microalgae: The ultimate source of biodiesel in the future – UPLB | author = Jay Francis M. Bilowan | date = September 20, 2010 | newspaper = ZamboTimes | access-date=April 7, 2011}}</ref><ref name='PCASTRD'>{{cite news | url = http://balita.ph/2010/10/12/researchers-to-produce-bioethanol-from-grass-wood-and-by-products-in-5-years/ | title = Researchers to produce bioethanol from grass, wood and by-products in 5 years | date = October 12, 2010 | publisher = Balita | access-date = April 7, 2011 | agency = Philippine News Agency }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


===Nanotechnology research===
* [http://www.uplb.edu.ph University of the Philippines Los Baños]
UPLB's [[nanotechnology]] program focuses on research and innovation in agriculture, food, and forest products. It has developed nanosensors and nanostructured materials from agriculture by-products, helping improve agricultural productivity.<ref name='centers'>{{cite news| url = https://ovcre.uplb.edu.ph/press/features/item/537-what-s-with-all-of-these-centers | title = What's with all of these centers? | date= May 27, 2019| publisher = UPLB | access-date= December 20, 2021}}</ref> Moreover, it has developed and commercialized "nanofertilizers" that can be substituted for synthetic fertilizers. Researchers found that these nanofertilizers reduced fertilizer application by up to 50 percent compared with using conventional fertilizers, and are less likely to cause soil toxicity and imbalance. Studies showed that using the nanofertilizers increased the net profit of farmers by 40 percent in rice, 20 percent in corn, and 48 percent in potato. It also increased eggplant yield by 36 percent, cabbage by 5 percent, and cane tonnage by 46 percent. Significant increases in yield were also observed for coffee, cacao, and banana. In 2021, the government launched a program to optimize the manufacturing of these nanofertilizers.<ref name='nano1'>{{cite news| url = https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/30/way-forward-inorganic-fertilizers-out-nanofertilizers-in/ | title = 'Way forward': Inorganic fertilizers out, nanofertilizers in | date= May 30, 2021 | work = Manila Bulletin | access-date= December 20, 2021}}</ref>
* [http://www.up.edu.ph University of the Philippines System]
* [http://www.yupielbi.org yUPeLBi - Kalayaan Para sa Ating Lahat! (UPLB Online Community)]
* [http://golb.yupielbi.org Go LB! - Group blog of the UPLB Online Community]
* [http://www.upsibol.org UP SIBOL UPLB]
* [http://www.purebeef.blogspot.com Purebeef: The Official Homepage of BA COmm Arts bloggers ]
* [http://www.makilingchallenge.tk http://www.makilingchallenge.tk] - [[Makiling Challenge]], the longest running competitive foot race in the province of Laguna, organized by students
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/espaleklekonline http://groups.yahoo.com/group/espaleklekonline - [[espaleklek]] fraternity of UPLB home page and egroup]
* [http://www.espaleklek.org http://www.espaleklek.org - [[espaleklek]] fraternity website and blogsite]
* [http://whatsuplb.blogspot.com/ What's UP, Los Baños?]-a blog for UPLB alumni
*[http://devcom.edu.ph/ The University of the Philippines Los Baños - College of Development Communication official website]
* [http://www.actetsme.info ACTETSME-UPLB]- website of the APEC Center for Technology Exchange and Training for Small and Medium Enterprises-UPLB
*[http://www.circlek.org/ Circle K International]
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==Student life==
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In 2008, 2,170 students were housed in the eight dormitories managed by UPLB. In the academic year 2011–2012, fees for all UPLB dormitories increased by at least 25 percent from the previous rate of ₱350 (US$8) a month.<ref name="conversion"/><ref name="dorm fee">{{cite book |author=Margaret M. Calderon |url=http://www.uplb.edu.ph/attachments/401_announcement-dorm-rates-2011.pdf |title=New dorm fees |date=March 28, 2011 |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños Housing Office |access-date=April 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723160357/http://www.uplb.edu.ph/attachments/401_announcement-dorm-rates-2011.pdf |archive-date=July 23, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As with the previous dormitory fee increase of 221 percent in 1997,<ref name='dorm 1997'>{{cite news | url = http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs19/f/2007/270/e/d/UPLB_Perspective_Vol_34_Issue1_by_uplbperspective0708.pdf | title = DFI: Tuloy ang laban ng iskolar ng bayan | language= tl | author = Caroline Ann Diezmo | newspaper = UPLB Perspective | page = 7 | date = September 27, 2007 | access-date = April 8, 2011}}</ref> making the dormitories "financially self-supporting" was one of the reasons cited by the University Housing Office for the revision. The move was widely criticized by various groups. The University Housing Office projects ₱13,818,000 (US$322,000)<ref name="conversion"/> in [[revenue]] for 2010 with a deficit of ₱586,465.59 (US$13,600).<ref name="conversion"/> according to official estimates.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Estel Lenmu Estropia |date=February 21, 2011 |title=UHO reviews dorm policies |url=https://issuu.com/uplbperspective/docs/_p_v37i1 |url-status=live |journal=UPLB Perspective |volume=37 |issue=1 |page=3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202015650/https://issuu.com/uplbperspective/docs/_p_v37i1 |archive-date=December 2, 2024 |access-date=April 8, 2011 |via=[[Issuu]]}}</ref> UPLB is currently building two new dormitories with {{convert|2000|m2|sqft}} of floor area. The new dormitories are expected to accommodate 192 persons annually.<ref name='dorm'>{{cite web | url = http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/news/116-uplb-to-build-two-new-dorms | title = UPLB to build two new dorms | author = JAA Oruga | date = June 9, 2009 | access-date = April 8, 2011 | publisher = University of the Philippines Los Baños | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723160310/http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/news/116-uplb-to-build-two-new-dorms | archive-date = July 23, 2011 }}</ref> In 2023, the historic Old Men's Dorm, referred to as Unit 1, was demolished.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malasig |first=Jeline |date=2022-12-12 |title='My favorite space': Past boarders go on nostalgia trip as UPLB set to demolish Old Men's Dorm |url=https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2022/12/12/236993/past-boarders-go-on-nostalgia-trip-as-uplb-set-to-demolish-old-mens-dorm/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Interaksyon |language=en-US |archive-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330153300/https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2022/12/12/236993/past-boarders-go-on-nostalgia-trip-as-uplb-set-to-demolish-old-mens-dorm/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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===Student organizations===
As of May 2020, there are 159 recognized student organizations in UPLB. Of these, 68 are academic, 15 cultural, one international, eight religious, 30 socio-civic, six sports and recreational, 11 varsitarian, 13 fraternities, and 7 sororities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uplbosa.org/orgs# |title=List of Recognized Organizations – Second Semester, AY 2019-2020 |access-date=July 31, 2020}}</ref> There are also a number of organizations that exist but are not officially recognized by the university.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soadosa.org/orgs |title=SOAD-OSA: List of Organizations |access-date=February 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032952/https://www.soadosa.org/orgs |archive-date=May 2, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Regional organizations were not recognized by UPLB prior to September 2008, when the [[University of the Philippines]] [[board of regents]] repealed Chapter 72 Article 444 of the 1984 University of the Philippines Code, which states that "organizations which are provincial, sectional or regional in nature shall not be allowed in the University System." Likewise, Section 3 of the code states that "the University of the Philippines System is a public, ''secular'', non-profit institution of higher learning." Due to this, religious organizations have had some difficulty in getting recognized.<ref name='religion 1'>{{cite journal |url=http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs38/f/2008/353/4/e/5th_Issue_by_uplbperspective0809.pdf |title = Recognition ng religious orgs, nakabinbin pa rin |author=Yves Christian Suiza |date=December 17, 2008 |page=3 |volume=35 |issue=5 |journal=UPLB Perspective |access-date=April 15, 2011 |language=tl}}</ref><ref name='religion 2'>{{cite journal | url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/11644663/uplb-perspective-0809-2nd-ish | title = OSA holds recognition of religious, varsitarian orgs | author = Katrina Elauria | date = September 4, 2008 | volume = 35 | issue = 2 | access-date = April 15, 2011 | journal = UPLB Perspective | pages = 2, 9 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name='religion 3'>{{cite journal | url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/11645011/uplb-perspective-0809-7th-ish | title = OSA withholds recognition of orgs | author = Faith Allyson Buenacosa | page = 7 | date = January 29, 2009 | issue = 7 | volume = 35 | journal = UPLB Perspective | access-date = April 15, 2011 | display-authors = etal }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Only recognized organizations are allowed to use UPLB facilities.<ref name='Oble run'>{{cite news | url = http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20101216-309245/UP-budget-slash-marks-APO-run-in-Los-Baos-campus | title = UP budget slash marks APO run in Los Baños campus | author = Maricar Cino | date = December 16, 2010 | newspaper = Philippine Daily Inquirer | access-date = April 10, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101219211033/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20101216-309245/UP-budget-slash-marks-APO-run-in-Los-Baos-campus | archive-date = December 19, 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The system of student organizations in UPLB is different from that of other UP constituents in that freshmen are not allowed to join any organization until they have earned at least 30 units.

===Loyalty Day===
Every October 10, UPLB celebrates Loyalty Day, which has also become UPLB's [[homecoming|alumni homecoming]]. The celebration commemorates events in 1918 when more than half of students and faculty (193 out of 300 students and 27 out of 32 faculty), including two women, enlisted in the [[Philippine National Guard]] for service in [[France]] during [[World War I]]. The volunteers never saw action as the [[Allies of World War I|Allied Forces]] signed an [[armistice with Germany]] during the same year, essentially ending the war.<ref name="100 Years 0"/><ref name='alumni homecoming'>{{cite web|url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/centennial/1260 |title=89th UPLB Loyalty Day and Alumni Homecoming |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |author=MM Catibog |access-date=April 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823155211/http://old.uplb.edu.ph/centennial/1260 |archive-date=August 23, 2011 }}</ref><ref name='ARSECOM'>{{cite web | url = http://www.army.mil.ph/Army_Sites/INFANTRY%20DIVISIONS/arescom/4rcdg/403cdc/uplb/ar403_uplb_history.htm | title = UP ROTC Los Baños Unit | publisher = Armed Forces of the Philippines | access-date = April 10, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110727045456/http://www.army.mil.ph/Army_Sites/INFANTRY%20DIVISIONS/arescom/4rcdg/403cdc/uplb/ar403_uplb_history.htm | archive-date = July 27, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Feb Fair===
The university holds a major campus fair, known as "Feb Fair", during [[Valentine’s Day|Valentine's]] week. The fair was initially held to express opposition to [[Martial Law in the Philippines|martial law]] under [[President of the Philippines|Philippine President]] [[Ferdinand Marcos]], who abolished student organizations and student councils.<ref name='Feb fair'>{{cite journal | url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/13215006/uplb-perspective-9th-ish | title = Students assess centennial feb fair | author = Nikko Caringal | pages = 3–4 | journal = UPLB Perspective | volume = 35 | issue = 9 | date = March 13, 2009 | access-date = April 10, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Media===
The ''UPLB Perspective'' is the official [[student newspaper|student publication]] of UPLB. The university administration has been repeatedly criticized for allegedly interfering in the selection process of its [[editor-in-chief]].<ref name ='Indy'>{{cite news| url =http://www.bulatlat.com/news/4-22/4-22-UPLB.html | title = UPLB Chancellor Meddles in School Paper Exam Anew | author = Ronalyn V. Olea | newspaper = Bulatlat | location = Manila | date = July 10, 2004 | access-date = April 10, 2011}}</ref> Other campus publications include ''UPLB Horizon''<ref name='Horizon'>{{cite web|url=http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/newsletters/cat_view/28-uplb-horizon |title=UPLB Horizon |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=April 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201210206/http://uplb.edu.ph/index.php/newsletters/cat_view/28-uplb-horizon |archive-date=December 1, 2010 }}</ref> and ''UPLB Link''.<ref name='Link'>{{cite web|url=http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/newsletters/cat_view/29-uplb-link |title=UPLB Link |access-date=April 10, 2011 |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201211044/http://uplb.edu.ph/index.php/newsletters/cat_view/29-uplb-link |archive-date=December 1, 2010 }}</ref> Meanwhile, the College of Development Communication (CDC) publishes the experimental community newspaper ''Los Baños Times''.

CDC runs the radio station [[DZLB-AM|DZLB]] 1116, the oldest educational radio station in the Philippines. Founded in August 1964 with a [[broadcast power]] of 250&nbsp;watts at 1210&nbsp;kHz, the station serves as a distance education tool and training facility. It currently operates through a five-kilowatt transmitter located near the main gate of the campus. The station was the 1994 recipient of the [[Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas|KBP]] Golden Dove Award for Best AM Radio Station<ref name='DZLB link'>{{cite book | url = https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:dZxTOI_bY3cJ:www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/newsletters/doc_download/37-link-august-2008+dzlb+golden+dove/&hl=tl&gl=ph&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShr58D2tVt8n4_gbEFXf_pHhTW-yukxGHhwor0Zzx5sr-qX0D6ONIYltLmCyF_YN-JdaLUKLCOEja222LHHpO1Guk0xZRzgGo3PIipHtHPEeRCRDbm0bhlxa4GOFK1xQE1nPYR1&sig=AHIEtbQWK5jHdgQqU0gEQUy9pZEl330ckg | title = UPLB Link | author = UPLB | publisher = University of the Philippines Open University | access-date = June 30, 2011 | location = Los Baños, Laguna | archive-date = November 9, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121109050701/https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache%3AdZxTOI_bY3cJ%3Awww.uplb.edu.ph%2Findex.php%2Fnewsletters%2Fdoc_download%2F37-link-august-2008%20dzlb%20golden%20dove%2F&hl=tl&gl=ph&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShr58D2tVt8n4_gbEFXf_pHhTW-yukxGHhwor0Zzx5sr-qX0D6ONIYltLmCyF_YN-JdaLUKLCOEja222LHHpO1Guk0xZRzgGo3PIipHtHPEeRCRDbm0bhlxa4GOFK1xQE1nPYR1&sig=AHIEtbQWK5jHdgQqU0gEQUy9pZEl330ckg | url-status = live }}</ref> as well as a Catholic Mass Media Award for Best Educational Radio Program in 2010.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20101017-298237/The-Envelope-CMMA-2010-winners | title = The Envelope: CMMA 2010 Winners | newspaper = Philippine Daily Inquirer | access-date = October 18, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101019062652/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20101017-298237/The-Envelope-CMMA-2010-winners | archive-date = October 19, 2010 }}</ref>

==People==
{{main|List of University of the Philippines Los Baños people}}

<gallery align="center">
File:Retrato_de_Eduardo_Quisumbing_(cropped).jpg| National Scientist [[Eduardo Quisumbing]]
File:Francisco Santos NAST.jpg| National Scientist [[Francisco O. Santos]]
File:Pedro_Escuro_NAST.jpg| National Scientist [[Pedro B. Escuro]]
File:Dolores_Ramirez_NAST.jpg| National Scientist [[Dolores Ramirez]]
File:Gelia_T._Castillo_ONS.jpg| National Scientist [[Gelia T. Castillo]]
File:ClareBaltazar.jpg| National Scientist [[Clare Baltazar]]
File:Emerlinda Roman.jpg| Former U.P. President [[Emerlinda R. Roman]]
File:Migz_Zubiri_-_2021.jpg|Senate President [[Migz Zubiri]]
File:Abby-Binay_pia_(cropped).jpg|[[Makati City]] Mayor [[Abigail Binay]]
File:02-SAMB.jpg|Socioeconomic Planning Secretary [[Arsenio Balisacan]]
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People associated with the university include alumni, faculty, and honorary degree recipients. They include 16 out of 41 National Scientists of the Philippines: [[Eduardo Quisumbing]], 1980 (Plant Taxonomy, Systematics, and Morphology), Francisco M. Fronda, 1983 (Animal Husbandry), [[Francisco O. Santos]], 1983 (Human Nutrition and Agricultural Chemistry), [[Julian Banzon]], 1986 (Chemistry), [[Dioscoro L. Umali]], 1986 (Agriculture and Rural Development), [[Pedro B. Escuro]], 1994 (Genetics and Plant Breeding), [[Dolores Ramirez]], 1998 (Biochemical Genetics and Cytogenetics), [[Jose R. Velasco]], 1998 (Plant Physiology), [[Gelia T. Castillo]], 1999 (Rural Sociology), Bienvenido O. Juliano, 2000 (Organic Chemistry), [[Clare R. Baltazar]], 2001 (Systematic Entomology), [[Benito Vergara]], 2001 (Plant Physiology), Ricardo M. Lantican, 2005 (Plant Breeding), Teodulo M. Topacio Jr. 2008 (Veterinary Medicine), [[Ramon Barba]] 2014 (Horticulture), [[Emil Q. Javier]] 2019 (Agriculture), and [[Romulo Davide]] 2024 (Nematology).<ref name='Glance'/> Meanwhile, four UPLB scientists are members of the United Nations [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] that won the [[Nobel Prize]] in 2007: Rex Victor Cruz, Felino P. Lansigan, Rodel D. Lasco, and Juan M. Pulhin.<ref name = "IPCC alum"/> National Scientist Romulo G. Davide was given a [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] in 2012 for "his steadfast passion in placing the power and discipline of science in the hands of Filipino farmers".<ref name = "Glance"/>

UPLB alumni have served as senior government officials under various administrations. Those currently in office include Senate President [[Migz Zubiri]], House of Representatives Deputy Speaker [[Isidro Ungab]], Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan,<ref name='Balisacan'>{{cite web|url = http://econ.upd.edu.ph/faculty/ambalisacan/ | title = Arsenio M. Balisacan | author = UPSE | publisher = UPSE | access-date = May 23, 2012}}</ref> and [[Makati City]] mayor [[Abigail Binay]]. Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual was a faculty member prior to his appointment.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://cem.uplb.edu.ph/cem-recognizes-oustanding-alumni-and-personnel-in-its-reimagined-resilience-foundation-week/ | title = CEM Recognizes Oustanding Alumni and Personnel in its Reimagined Resilience Foundation Week | publisher = UPLB| access-date = September 12, 2022}}</ref>

Both of its honorary degree recipients held influential roles in their respective countries' politics. They are [[Salim Ahmed Salim]], former [[Prime Minister of Tanzania]],<ref name='Salim'>{{cite book | url = http://www.theadf.com/documents/Salim_Bio.pdf | title = Salim Ahmed Salim | location = Dar-es-Salam | date = January 2008 | access-date = April 22, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120323011754/http://www.theadf.com/documents/Salim_Bio.pdf | archive-date = March 23, 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and [[Sirindhorn]], [[Monarchy of Thailand|Princess of Thailand]].<ref name='Sirindhorn'>{{cite news|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/229796/up-confers-honorary-doctor-laws-thai-princess-tuesday |title=UP confers honorary doctor of laws on Thai Princess Tuesday |newspaper=Manila Bulletin |date=November 16, 2009 |access-date=April 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819172251/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/229796/up-confers-honorary-doctor-laws-thai-princess-tuesday |archive-date=August 19, 2012 }}</ref>

Former UP presidents Bienvenido Maria Gonzalez (1939–1943; 1945–1951), Emil Q. Javier (1993-1999) and Emerlinda R. Roman (2005-2011) graduated from UPLB,<ref name='Glance'/> along with the sitting chancellors of [[UP Baguio]], [[UP Mindanao]],<ref name='CEMchancellors'>{{cite web|url = https://uplb.edu.ph/all-news/three-uplb-cem-alumni-are-chancellors-of-up-system-constituent-units/ | title = Three UPLB-CEM alumni are chancellors of UP System constituent units | publisher = UPLB | access-date = August 2, 2022}}</ref> and [[UP Open University]].<ref name="Bandalaria">{{cite web |title=Melinda dP. Bandalaria |url=https://fics.upou.edu.ph/faculty-list/melinda-dp-bandalaria/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506223056/https://fics.upou.edu.ph/faculty-list/melinda-dp-bandalaria/ |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |access-date=December 2, 2024 |publisher=[[University of the Philippines Open University]]}}</ref> Alumni who held ranking posts at other academic and research institutions include Jikun Huang, Founder and Director of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]],<ref name='Jikun'>{{cite web|url = https://www.ictsd.org/about-us/jikun-huang | title = Jikun Huang | publisher = ICTSD| access-date = July 25, 2022}}</ref> Kyu-Seong Lee, Director-General of South Korea's Rural Development Administration,<ref name='Lee'>{{cite web|url = http://news.irri.org/2019/10/former-irri-scientist-receives-alumni.html | title = Former IRRI Scientist receives alumni award from UPLB College of Agriculture and Food Sciences | publisher = IRRI| access-date = July 25, 2022}}</ref> and Weerapon Thongma, President of [[Maejo University]] in Thailand.<ref name='Maejo'>{{cite web|url = https://uplb.edu.ph/all-news/thai-uni-president-is-outstanding-uplb-alumnus/ | title = Thai uni president is outstanding UPLB alumnus | publisher = UPLB| access-date = July 25, 2022}}</ref>

[[San Miguel Corporation]] Chairman and CEO [[Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.]] and [[Bounty Agro Ventures]] President Ronald Daniel Mascariñas also attended UPLB.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://uplb.edu.ph/all-news/mascarinas-bountys-top-man-to-speak-before-uplb-class-of-2021/ | title = Mascariñas, Bounty's top man to speak before UPLB Class of 2021 | access-date = October 16, 2021 | publisher = UPLB}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
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UPLB Academic Heritage Monument, June 2023.jpg|UPLB Academic Heritage Monument
UPLB Carillon Tower, June 2023.jpg|UPLB Carillon Tower
UPLB Pegaraw, June 2023.jpg|Pegaraw Monument
UPLB Marker, June 2023.jpg|UPLB Entrance
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==See also==
* [[University of the Philippines]]
* [[University of the Philippines Baguio]]
* [[University of the Philippines Cebu]]
* [[University of the Philippines Diliman]]
* [[University of the Philippines Manila]]
* [[University of the Philippines Mindanao]]
* [[University of the Philippines Open University]]
* [[University of the Philippines Visayas]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.up.edu.ph/ University of the Philippines System]
* [http://www.uplb.edu.ph/ University of the Philippines Los Baños]

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University of the Philippines Los Baños
Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Los Baños (Filipino)
MottoHonor, Excellence, Service [1][2]
TypeNational, research University
EstablishedMarch 6, 1909
(115 years and 305 days)
ChancellorJose V. Camacho Jr.
PresidentAngelo Jimenez
Academic staff
964[3]
Students12,027 (2019)[4]
Undergraduates8,796 (2019)[4]
Postgraduates2,494 (2019)[4]
Other students
737 basic education (2019)[4]
Location, ,
14°9′54.18″N 121°14′29.55″E / 14.1650500°N 121.2415417°E / 14.1650500; 121.2415417
CampusRural, 15,205 ha (37,570 acres)[5]
Hymn"U.P. Naming Mahal" ("Our Beloved U.P.")
Colors UP Maroon and UP Forest Green
AffiliationsAssociation of Pacific Rim Universities
ASEAN-European University Network
ASEAN University Network
Websiteuplb.edu.ph
University of the Philippines Los Baños is located in Laguna
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Location in Laguna
University of the Philippines Los Baños is located in Luzon
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Location in Luzon
University of the Philippines Los Baños is located in Philippines
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Location in the Philippines

The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB; Filipino: Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Los Baños), also referred to as UP Los Baños or colloquially as Elbi (pronounced ['ɛlbi]), is a public research university primarily located in the towns of Los Baños and Bay in the province of Laguna, some 65 kilometers southeast of Manila. It traces its roots to the UP College of Agriculture (UPCA), which was founded in 1909 by the American colonial government to promote agricultural education and research in the Philippines. American botanist Edwin Copeland served as its first dean. UPLB was formally established in 1972 following the union of UPCA with four other Los Baños and Diliman-based University of the Philippines (UP) units.

The university has played an influential role in Asian agriculture and biotechnology due to its pioneering efforts in plant breeding and bioengineering, particularly in the development of high-yielding and pest-resistant crops. In recognition of its work, it was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding in 1977. Six of its research units are classified as Centers of Excellence in Research via presidential decree,[6] and it hosts a number of local and international research centers, including the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), ASEAN Center for Biodiversity, World Agroforestry Centre, and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA).

UPLB offers more than 100 degree programs in various disciplines through its nine colleges and two schools, 29 of which are undergraduate degree programs. As of 2021, nine academic programs were recognized by the Commission on Higher Education as Centers of Excellence while one program was recognized as Center of Development.[7]

UPLB alumni have been recognized in a wide range of fields. They include 16 scientists awarded the title National Scientist of the Philippines,[3] members of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,[8] Palanca Award winners,[9][10] as well as political and business leaders.

History

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Classes were first held in tents.[11][12][13]
U.P. College of Agriculture Foundation Site

UPLB was originally established as the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture (UPCA) on March 6, 1909, by the UP Board of Regents. Edwin Copeland, an American botanist and Thomasite from the Philippine Normal College in Manila, was its first dean.[11][12] Classes began in June 1909 with five professors while 12 students initially enrolled in the program.[13]

During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, UPCA was closed and the campus converted into an internment camp for allied nationals and a headquarters of the Japanese army.[11] For three years, the college was home to more than 2,000 civilians, mostly Americans, that were captured by the Japanese. In 1945, as part of the liberation of the Philippines, the US Army sent 130 11th Airborne Division paratroopers to Los Baños to rescue the internees.[14] Only four paratroopers and two Filipino guerrillas were killed in the raid. However, Japanese reinforcements arrived two days later, destroying UPCA facilities[11][13] and killing some 1,500 Filipino civilians in Los Baños soon afterwards.[15][16]

UPCA became the first unit of the University of the Philippines to open after the war, with Leopoldo Uichanco as dean. However, only 125 (16 percent) of the original students enrolled. It was even worse for the School of Forestry, which only had nine students. Likewise, only 38 professors returned to teach. UPCA used its 470,546 (US$10,800)[17] share in the Philippine-US War Damage Funds (released in 1947) for reconstruction.[18]

Further financial endowments from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Mutual Security Agency (MSA) allowed the construction of new facilities, while scholarship grants, mainly from the Rockefeller Foundation and the International Cooperation Administration, helped fund the training of UPCA faculty. From 1947 to 1958, a total of 146 faculty members had been granted MS and PhD scholarships in US universities.[18]

The Department of Agricultural Information and Communication building (now College of Development Communication) was built under Umali's Five-Year Development Program.[19]

Dioscoro Umali became UPCA dean in 1959. Umali's administration oversaw the creation of IRRI, SEARCA (of which he was the first director),[20] and the Department of Food Science and Technology. New facilities were also constructed under his Five-Year Development Program.[19]

Cornell University was instrumental in the post-war rebuilding of UP's Los Baños colleges. The Cornell-Los Baños project, implemented in 1952 to 1960, involved the rebuilding of UPCA's physical plant and Central Experiment Station, procurement of scientific equipment, and upgrading of teaching standards. A similar undertaking between Cornell, Syracuse University, the State University of New York, and the UP College of Forestry was implemented between 1957 and 1963. A "sister university relationship" was formally established in 1962 through the UP-Cornell Graduate Education program, which sought to develop and expand UP's agricultural education, research and extension programs, and to strengthen Cornell's own international agricultural development program. The program ended in 1972.[21]

The 1969 Philippine balance of payments crisis[22][23] under the Ferdinand Marcos government marked the beginning of a prolonged period of social unrest across the country, including in UP Los Baños.[24] This period of unrest, which included the First Quarter Storm, coincided with another issue, which was the call for the UP College of Agriculture to become independent from the University of the Philippines in Diliman.[24]

When martial law was declared in September 1972, Marcos cracked down on any form of criticism or activism, leading to the arrest, torture and/or killing of Los Baños residents. Those killed included Modesto "Bong" Sison, and Manuel Bautista,[24][25] while Aloysius Baes was among those who were arrested and tortured. Campus journalist Antero Santos was killed while being chased by Marcos forces.[26] Those who went missing ("desaparecidos"), meanwhile, included Tish Ladlad, Cristina Catalla, Gerardo "Gerry" Faustino, Rizalina Ilagan, Ramon Jasul, and Jessica Sales.

Later in 1972, UPCA formally requested Ferdinand Marcos to allow the college to secede from the University of the Philippines due to the alleged withholding of its budget and the disapproval of curricular proposals.[20] However, UP President Salvador P. Lopez strongly opposed the idea. A survey also found that there was very little support for complete independence at UPCA. As a compromise, Lopez proposed the transformation of UP into a system of autonomous constituent universities. Finally, on November 20, 1972, Presidential Decree No. 58 was signed, establishing UPLB as UP's first autonomous campus, with UPCA, College of Forestry, Agricultural Credit and Cooperatives Institute, Dairy Training and Research Institute, and the Diliman-based Agrarian Reform Institute as its first academic units.[20][11][13][27] New colleges and research centers were created over the next few years, while the College of Veterinary Medicine was likewise transferred to UPLB from UP Diliman.[11]

The establishment of UPLB as an autonomous campus also saw the establishment of the UPLB Perspective as its student paper in 1973 – earning it the distinction of being one of the first student newspapers to be allowed to publish after the September 1972 martial law crackdown on newspapers and other media establishments.[24]

Violent crime incidents in the UPLB community, with some resulting in the deaths of students (Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez in 1993,[28] Given Grace Cebanico in 2011,[29] Ray Bernard Peñaranda and Maria Victoria Reyes in 2012)[30][31][32] were widely covered by the national media. As a result, national government agencies, the local government of Los Baños, and the university administration have enacted more stringent security measures.[33]

In recent years, the government launched new construction projects in UPLB. These include the construction of a new main library, the Food Processing Research and Development Center, the Agricultural and Economic Development Studies Center, and a microbial bank for the BIOTECH Philippine National Collection of Microorganisms.[34][35]

Campus

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UPLB Campus map (excluding College of Public Affairs, IRRI and off-site land grants)

The UPLB campus consists of 14,665 ha (36,240 acres) spread across the provinces of Laguna, Negros Occidental,[36] and Quezon.

Baker Memorial Hall

Los Baños campus

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The 1,098 ha (2,710-acre) Los Baños campus houses UPLB's academic facilities, as well as experimental farms for agriculture and biotechnology research.[5] The more prominent buildings in the Los Baños campus, such as the Dioscoro L. Umali Hall, Main Library, and Student Union were designed by National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin.[37] Other notable landmarks include the iconic Oblation, Alumni Plaza, Freedom Park, and Baker Memorial Hall.

UPLB is designated as caretaker of the 4,347 ha (10,740-acre)[5] Makiling Forest Reserve (often referred to as the "upper campus," in contrast to the "lower campus" set at the foot of Makiling). It houses facilities of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources, College of Public Affairs, UPLB Museum of Natural History and the University Health Service, among others. The reserve is home to diverse flora and fauna, and has more tree species than the continental United States (an area 32 times bigger than the Philippines).[38] It serves as an outdoor laboratory for faculty and students of the university.[12][39]

Land grants

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UPLB has three major land grants: the Laguna-Quezon Land Grant, La Carlota Land Grant, and Laguna Land Grant.[5]

The 5,719 ha (14,130-acre) Laguna-Quezon Land Grant is located in the towns of Real, Quezon, and Siniloan, Laguna, and was acquired in February 1930. It covers some portions of the Sierra Madre mountain range, and currently hosts the university's Citronella and lemongrass plantations.[40][41] The 705 ha (1,740-acre) La Carlota Land Grant is situated in Negros Occidental, a province in the Western Visayas region. Acquired in May 1964, it houses the PCARRD-DOST La Granja Agricultural Research Center, which serves as a research center for various upland crops.[5][36][42] Meanwhile, the 3,336 ha (8,240-acre)[5] Laguna Land Grant located in Paete, Laguna, also acquired in 1964, is mostly undeveloped. Numerous parties have expressed interest in developing the land grants; however, UPLB has not entertained the potential investors due to the "lack of a solid development plan."[43]

Panabo Professional School

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The UP Professional School for Agriculture and the Environment (UP PSAE) in Panabo City was established in 2016 to cater to agribusiness professionals in the Davao metropolitan area. Supervised by the UPLB Graduate School, UP PSAE was established through a grant by Damosa Land Inc., a leading property developer in Mindanao.[44][45]

Organization and administration

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University of the Philippines Los Baños Chancellors
Name Tenure of office

Abelardo G. Samonte 1973–1978
Emil Q. Javier 1979–1985
Raul P. De Guzman 1986–1991
Ruben B. Aspiras 1991–1993
Ruben L. Villareal 1993–1999
Wilfredo P. David 1999–2005
Luis Rey I. Velasco 2005–2011
Rex Victor O. Cruz 2011–2014
Fernando C. Sanchez Jr. 2014–2020
Jose V. Camacho Jr. 2020–

References [20][46][47][48][49]

As part of the University of the Philippines System, UPLB is governed by the 11-person UP Board of Regents, which is jointly chaired by the head of the Commission on Higher Education and the UP president.[50][51]

The Board of Regents has the authority to approve the institution, merger, and abolition of degree programs as recommended by the UP president. It also has the power to confer degrees. The UP president, who is appointed by the Board of Regents, is the university's chief executive officer and the head of the faculty.[51]

UPLB is administered by a chancellor who is elected by the UP Board of Regents to a three-year term. The chancellor may only serve for up to two terms.[48][51] Under him are six vice-chancellors specializing in academic affairs, administration, community affairs, planning and development, research and extension, and student affairs.[52]

The current chancellor is Dr Jose Camacho, the tenth to hold the office.

UPLB, through the UP System, is a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, a consortium of leading research universities in the Asia-Pacific region.[53]

Student government

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The University Student Council (USC) is the "highest governing body of all UPLB students." Together with college student councils (CSCs), it assembles as the Student Legislative Chamber and acts as the highest policy-making body of the USC. The USC is composed of a chairperson, vice-chairperson, 10 councilors, a representative for each college/school with less than 500 students, and an additional college representative for every 500 students in excess of the first 500. Members are given one-year terms. CSCs have a similar structure, but with a different number of councilors based on the student population.[54][55]

The Student Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT), under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA), is responsible for sanctioning erring students. Common offenses include student misconduct and fraternity rumbles. The SDT is composed of a chairperson, two appointees of the chancellor, a student juror, and a parent juror.[54]

Academics

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Schools and colleges of UPLB
Unit Foundation Notes
College of Agriculture and Food Science 1909 [11]
College of Arts and Sciences 1972 [56]
College of Development Communication 1954 [57]
College of Economics and Management 1975 [58]
College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology 1912 [59]
School of Environmental Science and Management 1977 [60]
College of Forestry and Natural Resources 1910
Graduate School 1972 [61]
College of Human Ecology 1974 [62]
College of Public Affairs and Development 1998 [63]
College of Veterinary Medicine 1908 [64]

UPLB offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs through its nine colleges and two schools.[65] Most of these programs award science degrees. It also awards high school diplomas through the University of the Philippines Rural High School (UPRHS), a subunit of the College of Arts and Sciences, which acts as a laboratory for its BS Math and Science Teaching students.[66]

Admission and graduation

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UPLB admits more than 2,500 students and produces about 1,800 graduates every year. Undergraduate admission is determined by the University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT). Examinees that select UPLB as their preferred campus and garner a University Predicted Grade (UPG) within the standard cut-off are automatically eligible for admission. Those who do not automatically qualify may file an appeal for reconsideration if their UPG is within the actual cut-off, though the appeal process does not guarantee admission.[67][68] The cut-off scores may be adjusted according to a variety of factors. In 2010 and 2011, UPLB had a standard UPG cut-off of 2.42 while the actual cut-off was 2.8. But in 2014 and 2015, UPLB had a standard cut off score of 2.3.[69][70] Seventy percent of slots are given to incoming freshmen with the highest scores, while the remaining thirty percent are given to public high school students and members of minority groups.[70] Before the UPCAT was used for admission, UPCA only admitted the top 5 percent of Philippine high school graduates.[71]

High school freshman admission, on the other hand, is determined by the eight-hour-long UPRHS Entrance Examination. Only the top 125 examinees are admitted.[72] Sophomore transferees take the two-day UPRHS Validation Examination, and are admitted depending on the available slots.[73]

Normally, a student who completes the program may graduate with honors if his general weighted average (GWA) is 1.75 or above. The title summa cum laude is awarded to graduates who obtain a GWA of 1.20 or above, magna cum laude to graduates with a GWA of 1.45 to 1.20, and cum laude to graduates with a GWA of between 1.75 and 1.45.[74] As of 2011 there have been 30 summa cum laudes who have graduated from UPLB.[75]

Tuition and financial aid

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With the passage of Republic Act 10931, tuition and fees have been waived for students pursuing their degrees for the first time in exchange for return service, although it is possible to opt out and pay the full tuition instead.[76]

Before this law was passed, the base tuition fee per unit in UPLB was ₱1,000 (US$23).[17] Along with other UP constituents, UPLB implemented the Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP), wherein students with annual family incomes between ₱1,000,000 (US$23,000) and ₱500,000 (US$11,500)[17] were charged the base tuition fee; students with annual family incomes between ₱500,000 and ₱135,000 (US$3,110) were charged ₱600 (US$14) per unit;[17] those whose incomes fell between ₱135,000 and ₱80,000 (US$1,840) were charged ₱300 (US$7);[17] while those whose incomes fell below ₱80,000 were not charged any fees.[77] Those with annual family incomes above ₱1,000,000 were charged ₱1,500 (US$35) per unit.[17]

Accreditation

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UPLB is identified by the Commission on Higher Education as a Center of Excellence in Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Biology, Forestry, Information Technology, Environmental Science, Development Communication, Statistics and Veterinary Medicine, as well as a Center of Development in Chemical Engineering.[3] Five undergraduate programs were given the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assessment certification: BS Biology, BS Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, BS Development Communication, BS Forestry and BS Agriculture.[78]

Libraries and collections

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As of 2007, UPLB's 12 libraries, collectively referred to as the University Library, hold a total of 346,061 volumes.[5] It periodically receives publications from United Nations agencies (including the UNFAO, UN-HABITAT and UNU) and the World Bank. It is a contributor to the International Information System for Agricultural Services and Technology, contributing nearly 30,000 titles between 1975 and 2010.[79][80]

195,282 of these volumes are housed at the Main Library, while the rest are in unit libraries. The Main Library also houses theses, digital sources, and 1,215 serial titles, among other materials.[5] It has a total floor area of 6,336 m2 (68,200 sq ft) and a seating capacity of 510, making it the largest library in UPLB.[80]

One of UPLB's unit libraries is the College of Veterinary Medicine-Animal and Dairy Sciences Cluster Library. It has 17,798 volumes and 198 serial titles, and a total floor area of 609.25 m2 (6,557.9 sq ft). It claims to hold the largest collection on veterinary and animal sciences in the country.[81]

UPLB manages the UPLB Museum of Natural History, which was established in 1976 at the foothills of Mt. Makiling. It holds over 600,000 biological specimens, including half of the specimens from the Philippine Water Bug Inventory Project, and a third of the Dioscoro S. Rabor Wildlife Collection. More than half of the specimens belong to the entomological collection. While most of its collections are in its main building, some are housed in other UPLB units.[82]

Research

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An IRRI researcher studying rice DNA under ultraviolet light

Six research institutes were named Centers of Excellence in Research via presidential decree: Institute of Plant Breeding, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Institute of Animal Science, National Crop Protection Center, Farming Systems and Soil Resources Institute, and National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology.[6]

UPLB hosts a number of international research institutes, including the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture,[83] the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity,[84] the International Rice Research Institute,[85] the World Fish Center,[86] the World Agroforestry Center,[87] and the Asia Rice Foundation.[88] The APEC Center for Technology Exchange and Training for Small and Medium Enterprises (ACTETSME), established in 1996 through the initiative of then President Fidel V. Ramos during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Meeting in Seattle, USA, is also located at the university's Science & Technology Park.[89] Local research institutions such as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau,[90] Department of Science and Technology's Forest Products Research and Development Institute,[91] and Department of Agriculture's Philippine Carabao Center[92] are headquartered or have offices at the university.[93] The main office of IRRI's Philippine counterpart, the Philippine Rice Research Institute, used to be located at UPLB but was transferred to Muñoz, Nueva Ecija in 1990. It continues to maintain a research office at the university.[94]

Three UPLB-published journals, the Philippine Agricultural Scientist, the Philippine Journal of Veterinary Medicine, and the Journal of Environmental Sciences and Management are listed in the SCImago Journal Rankings. SCImago gave these an h-index (a measure of "actual scientific productivity" and "apparent scientific impact")[95] of 18, 6, and 12, respectively.[96] These journals are also listed in the ISI Web of Knowledge, along with two other UPLB-published journals: the Philippine Entomologist and the Philippine Journal of Crop Science.[97]

Biotechnology research

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The National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at UPLB

One of the earliest innovations of UPLB was the production of CAC 87 sugar cane in 1919. This high-yielding variety is resistant to fiji and mosaic viruses, and produces more sucrose than other varieties. Its derivatives significantly increased sugar cane production in the Philippines.[12] Between 1921 and 1939, cattle, poultry, and swine breeding programs produced new breeds, namely the Philamin (a hybrid of the Hereford, Nellore and native cattle), Berkjala (a variety of the Berkshire and local Jala-Jala pig, resistant to hog cholera) and the Los Baños Cantonese chicken, which produces more eggs.[98]

Research in the 1960s allowed for the efficient mass production of macapuno (a type of coconut with jelly-like meat),[99] while studies started in 1998 that produced delayed-ripening papaya continue to this day.[100] The research is credited for the increase in Philippine papaya production, with the 75,896-metric-ton (83,661-short-ton) production of year 2000 rising to 164,100 metric tons (180,900 short tons) in 2007.[101] In 1974, UPLB researchers discovered mango flower induction by potassium nitrate, making it possible for the fruit to be available year-round. It is credited for tripling yield and for "revolutionizing" the country's mango industry.[102]

In 2009, UPLB researchers funded by the Department of Agriculture developed an abacá variety that is resistant to the abaca bunchy top virus. The virus, first detected in 1915 at Silang, Cavite, has since spread to various provinces in the country, and damaged more than 8,000 ha (20,000 acres) of abacá plantations in 2002 alone.[103] The university is working further to make it resistant to mosaic and abacá bract mosaic viruses.[104]

In July 2010, UPLB announced that the Leucinodes orbonalis-resistant Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) eggplant variety that it had been developing with Cornell University and Mahyco was ready for commercialization.[105] On February 17, 2011, Filipino and Indian Greenpeace activists trespassed UPLB's Bay research farm and uprooted two Bt eggplants and more than 100 non-genetically modified eggplants. The National Academy of Science and Technology and ranking UPLB officials condemned the incident, and have taken legal action.[106][107]

This 1929 DeSoto De Luxe ran over 50,000 kilometres (31,000 mi) using gasanol for a period of five years.[98][108]

Biofuel research

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Pioneering efforts in biofuel research have been conducted at the university. Studies conducted in the 1930s found that gasoline with 15–20 percent ethanol, dubbed "gasanol", was more efficient than pure gasoline.[98][108] Biofuel research in 2007 under the National Biofuel Program has considered new sources of biofuel, such as coconuts, Moringa oleifera, and sunflower seeds. Efforts have been concentrated on the Jatropha curcas due to its low maintenance and fast yield. Other fuel, such as coconut biofuel, were found to be too costly.[109] Biofuel from Sorghum bicolor, Manihot esculenta crantz and Chlorella vulgaris are also being studied.[110][111][112][113][114]

Nanotechnology research

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UPLB's nanotechnology program focuses on research and innovation in agriculture, food, and forest products. It has developed nanosensors and nanostructured materials from agriculture by-products, helping improve agricultural productivity.[115] Moreover, it has developed and commercialized "nanofertilizers" that can be substituted for synthetic fertilizers. Researchers found that these nanofertilizers reduced fertilizer application by up to 50 percent compared with using conventional fertilizers, and are less likely to cause soil toxicity and imbalance. Studies showed that using the nanofertilizers increased the net profit of farmers by 40 percent in rice, 20 percent in corn, and 48 percent in potato. It also increased eggplant yield by 36 percent, cabbage by 5 percent, and cane tonnage by 46 percent. Significant increases in yield were also observed for coffee, cacao, and banana. In 2021, the government launched a program to optimize the manufacturing of these nanofertilizers.[116]

Student life

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In 2008, 2,170 students were housed in the eight dormitories managed by UPLB. In the academic year 2011–2012, fees for all UPLB dormitories increased by at least 25 percent from the previous rate of ₱350 (US$8) a month.[17][117] As with the previous dormitory fee increase of 221 percent in 1997,[118] making the dormitories "financially self-supporting" was one of the reasons cited by the University Housing Office for the revision. The move was widely criticized by various groups. The University Housing Office projects ₱13,818,000 (US$322,000)[17] in revenue for 2010 with a deficit of ₱586,465.59 (US$13,600).[17] according to official estimates.[119] UPLB is currently building two new dormitories with 2,000 square metres (22,000 sq ft) of floor area. The new dormitories are expected to accommodate 192 persons annually.[120] In 2023, the historic Old Men's Dorm, referred to as Unit 1, was demolished.[121]

Student organizations

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As of May 2020, there are 159 recognized student organizations in UPLB. Of these, 68 are academic, 15 cultural, one international, eight religious, 30 socio-civic, six sports and recreational, 11 varsitarian, 13 fraternities, and 7 sororities.[122] There are also a number of organizations that exist but are not officially recognized by the university.[123] Regional organizations were not recognized by UPLB prior to September 2008, when the University of the Philippines board of regents repealed Chapter 72 Article 444 of the 1984 University of the Philippines Code, which states that "organizations which are provincial, sectional or regional in nature shall not be allowed in the University System." Likewise, Section 3 of the code states that "the University of the Philippines System is a public, secular, non-profit institution of higher learning." Due to this, religious organizations have had some difficulty in getting recognized.[124][125][126] Only recognized organizations are allowed to use UPLB facilities.[127] The system of student organizations in UPLB is different from that of other UP constituents in that freshmen are not allowed to join any organization until they have earned at least 30 units.

Loyalty Day

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Every October 10, UPLB celebrates Loyalty Day, which has also become UPLB's alumni homecoming. The celebration commemorates events in 1918 when more than half of students and faculty (193 out of 300 students and 27 out of 32 faculty), including two women, enlisted in the Philippine National Guard for service in France during World War I. The volunteers never saw action as the Allied Forces signed an armistice with Germany during the same year, essentially ending the war.[12][128][129]

Feb Fair

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The university holds a major campus fair, known as "Feb Fair", during Valentine's week. The fair was initially held to express opposition to martial law under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who abolished student organizations and student councils.[130]

Media

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The UPLB Perspective is the official student publication of UPLB. The university administration has been repeatedly criticized for allegedly interfering in the selection process of its editor-in-chief.[131] Other campus publications include UPLB Horizon[132] and UPLB Link.[133] Meanwhile, the College of Development Communication (CDC) publishes the experimental community newspaper Los Baños Times.

CDC runs the radio station DZLB 1116, the oldest educational radio station in the Philippines. Founded in August 1964 with a broadcast power of 250 watts at 1210 kHz, the station serves as a distance education tool and training facility. It currently operates through a five-kilowatt transmitter located near the main gate of the campus. The station was the 1994 recipient of the KBP Golden Dove Award for Best AM Radio Station[134] as well as a Catholic Mass Media Award for Best Educational Radio Program in 2010.[135]

People

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People associated with the university include alumni, faculty, and honorary degree recipients. They include 16 out of 41 National Scientists of the Philippines: Eduardo Quisumbing, 1980 (Plant Taxonomy, Systematics, and Morphology), Francisco M. Fronda, 1983 (Animal Husbandry), Francisco O. Santos, 1983 (Human Nutrition and Agricultural Chemistry), Julian Banzon, 1986 (Chemistry), Dioscoro L. Umali, 1986 (Agriculture and Rural Development), Pedro B. Escuro, 1994 (Genetics and Plant Breeding), Dolores Ramirez, 1998 (Biochemical Genetics and Cytogenetics), Jose R. Velasco, 1998 (Plant Physiology), Gelia T. Castillo, 1999 (Rural Sociology), Bienvenido O. Juliano, 2000 (Organic Chemistry), Clare R. Baltazar, 2001 (Systematic Entomology), Benito Vergara, 2001 (Plant Physiology), Ricardo M. Lantican, 2005 (Plant Breeding), Teodulo M. Topacio Jr. 2008 (Veterinary Medicine), Ramon Barba 2014 (Horticulture), Emil Q. Javier 2019 (Agriculture), and Romulo Davide 2024 (Nematology).[3] Meanwhile, four UPLB scientists are members of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that won the Nobel Prize in 2007: Rex Victor Cruz, Felino P. Lansigan, Rodel D. Lasco, and Juan M. Pulhin.[8] National Scientist Romulo G. Davide was given a Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2012 for "his steadfast passion in placing the power and discipline of science in the hands of Filipino farmers".[3]

UPLB alumni have served as senior government officials under various administrations. Those currently in office include Senate President Migz Zubiri, House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Isidro Ungab, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan,[136] and Makati City mayor Abigail Binay. Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual was a faculty member prior to his appointment.[137]

Both of its honorary degree recipients held influential roles in their respective countries' politics. They are Salim Ahmed Salim, former Prime Minister of Tanzania,[138] and Sirindhorn, Princess of Thailand.[139]

Former UP presidents Bienvenido Maria Gonzalez (1939–1943; 1945–1951), Emil Q. Javier (1993-1999) and Emerlinda R. Roman (2005-2011) graduated from UPLB,[3] along with the sitting chancellors of UP Baguio, UP Mindanao,[140] and UP Open University.[141] Alumni who held ranking posts at other academic and research institutions include Jikun Huang, Founder and Director of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,[142] Kyu-Seong Lee, Director-General of South Korea's Rural Development Administration,[143] and Weerapon Thongma, President of Maejo University in Thailand.[144]

San Miguel Corporation Chairman and CEO Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. and Bounty Agro Ventures President Ronald Daniel Mascariñas also attended UPLB.[145]

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