University of the Philippines Manila
U.P. Manila founded in 1908, is the oldest of the seven autonomous universities of the University of the Philippines (UP). It is located at Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. It is the center of health sciences education in the country, with the establishment of the National Health Sciences Center. It is the national referral center for the health sciences, as well as a consulting center for health problems and issues in the Asia-pacific rim. It exercises administrative supervision over the Philippine General Hospital,the largest medical center and the national referral center for health in the Philippines, National Institutes of Health, Ugnayan ng Pahinungod, and Continuing Education. UP Manila is the most reputable school of tertiary learning in the health sciences, and more high school students apply to it than any other college or university in the country. U.P. is also noted for its highly political and activist student body promoting stands on national issues, as well as being a bastion of academic freedom and excellence.
History
The birth of UP on June 18, 1908 in the Padre Faura campus also signaled the birth of UP Manila. On this day, UP was established by Act 1870 of the Philippine Legislature to provide advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, science and arts and give professional and technical training to every qualified student. It was on the Padre Faura campus that UP spent its formative years during the American colonial period. One of the first colleges that comprised the University was the College of Medicine (CM), which was founded in 1907 as the Philippine Medical School. In 1910, the Philippine General Hospital opened its doors to the public, and was eventually linked formally with the CM, with its dean becoming the PGH director.
The College of Public Health (CPH), College of Pharmacy (CP) and the College of Dentistry (CD) started as units of CM and eventually became full-fledged units in 1932, 1935 and 1948, respectively.
In 1948, the Board of Regents established the College of Nursing following efforts exerted by visionary leaders of the nursing profession to create a school of nursing in UP. TOday, the UP College of Nursing is a WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing LEadership and Primary Health CAre as well as being considered as the top nursing school in Asia.
At the 894th meeting of the Board of Regents on October 28, 1977 and through Presidential Executive Order No. 519 dated January 24, 1979, the Health Science Center was created and recognized as an autonomous campus of the UP System.
The Center primarily aimed to provide leadership in education, research and services that will rebound to health care of the highest quality. The then existing units related to the health sciences constituted the Center, with the College of Arts and Sciences Manila transformed into a full-fledged unit and made part of the Center.
When a new campus opened at Diliman on December 15, 1948, three of its health units - the CM, CD, and CPH, remained in the Manila campus. Through the years, additional colleges, institutes and units were established such as the School of Allied Medical Professions (1962), Institute of Ophthalmology (1965), Institute of Health Sciences (1975) and the National Teacher Training Center for the Health Professions (1975)
The Comprehensive Community Health Program in Bay, Laguna and the Anesthesiology Center in the Western Pacific were created in 1965 and 1969 respectively, but were abolished in 1988 after an exhaustive review.
On October 22, 1982, the Center was renamed UP Manila by virtue of Presidential Executive Order No. 4. In 1988, the Institute for Socio-Biomedical Research (ISBMR) was created to serve as a common administrative and research facility for UP Manila's research units. In 1995, three more units were established to enhance UP Manila's excellence as a center for academic training, research and development - the School of Distance Education, the Graduate Office, and the Institute of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology (IBMB).
With the creation of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on January 26, 1996 to promote the conduct of health research and lead in the utilization of its research findings, the IO, ISBMR and IBMB were made its initial components
Degree-granting units
UP Manila currently has 9 degree granting units:
- College of Allied Medical Professions
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Dentistry
- College of Medicine
- College of Nursing
- College of Pharmacy
- College of Public Health
- National Teacher Training Center for Health Professions
- School of Health Sciences in Palo, Leyte.
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