Design:
The PUP MAIN BUILDING -
PUP Mabini Campus is now a vibrant compound ol almost 20 hectares ot land
that features facilities fit for a pleasant academic pursuit. The original
building, previously intend to be a two-story tenement housing project,
has now risen to a four-wing and six-story main building complimenting
the enchanced campus environment. The complex speaks of the university's
potential to expand, renovate, and build on a grander scale. The OLD LEPANTO
BUILDING - the first school building bearing witness to PUP'S origin as
a small clerical school. CENTENNIAL MONUMENT - symbolizes the commemoration
of 100th Foundation. The CENTENNIAL LOGO - is an emblem of noble and glorious
past, a living testimony to the University population's adherence to the
beautiful traits of loyalty, integrity, love of peace, commitment to service,
and undying love of and devotion to God - essential attributes in the pursuit
of academic excellence and progress in the span of one hundred years, 1904-2004.
The Polytechnic University
of the Philippines (PUP) traces its roots back to 1904 when it was merely
a fledgling vocational school called the Manila Business School located
in the crowded alleys of Lepanto Street (now S.H. Loyola), Sampaloc, Manila.
After four years, it was renamed Philippine School of Commerce. In 1952,
its name was again changed to Philippine College of Commerce until its
conversion to university status in April 1978 when it was given its present
name, the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. ..
The PUP Lepanto Building
still stands today where vocational and technopreneurial non-degree courses
are offered. The building is a testimony of PUP'S origin as a small clerical
school. The inception of the institution was borne out ol the need to provide
manpower to an emerging country that was starting to build its government
bureaucracy and to industry engaged in commerce. Thus, course programs
were intended to produce clerks, bookeepers, and other personnel to do
"routine" work in government and business firms.
Over the last 100 years,
PUP has grown into one of the country's leading state universities. It
is nationally acknowledged as a pioneer in vocational and business education
and a leader in polytechnic education. It is also referred to as the "people's
university", catering to economically challenged yet deserving students.
It is recognized for its commitment to strong nationalist yet humanist
orientation. its robust student population —reaching about 50,000 in-campus
and off-campus students—is the largest across the country. Academic offerings
have grown considerably into nine (9) technopreneurial courses, seventy-two
(72) bachelors' degrees, fifteen (15) masters' degrees and two (2) postgraduate
degrees. Quality education is evident in PUP'S national ranking of academic
programs based on performance of its graduates in licensure examinations.
Improvements in ranking were registered in the fields of Accountancy, Architecture,
Chemistry, Education, Electronics and Communications Engingeering, Mechanical
Engineering and Nutrition and Dietetics. Citations were also received for
having the most number of accredited and re-accredited Level II programs.
It is now a dual-mode institution offering. both traditional classroom-based
education and distance education. With its meager budget yet comprehensive
endeavor, the institution was acknowledged by the Department of Budget
and Management as one of the most cost-effective State Universities and
Colleges in the country in fiscal year 2002. To date, PUP has contributed
to the educational, social and economic well-being of hundreds of thousands
of excellent students and quality graduates now fueling the country's workforce. |
