The University of the Philippines continues to be the country’s leading university in the latest global rankings released by analytics firm Quacquarelli Symonds. In the QS World University Rankings 2027 published June 18, UP placed #=402 among 1,504 universities from all over the world, posting an overall score of 38. The methodology of the QS […]

The UP graduates who ranked first in their respective licensure exams get a special prize from the university. Photo by Jun Madrid, UPS-MCO. The University of the Philippines celebrated its 265 graduates who were among the topnotchers in last year’s Philippine licensure examinations. The annual Pagkilala sa mga Natatanging Alumni na Nagkamit ng Pinakamatataas na […]

UP Diliman Institute of Civil Engineering Professor Eric Tingatinga inspects a collapsed restaurant’s building at General Santos City, June 11. Photo from UP Resilience Institute. Following the destructive magnitude 7.8 earthquake that affected more than 720,000 residents in Mindanao, June 8, the University of the Philippines deployed a team of scientists and engineers to conduct […]

Key administrators, faculty members, and academic leaders from all constituent universities of the UP System gathered at the UP Diliman Institute of Biology auditorium for the UP System General Education Conference 2026. Photo by Misael Bacani, UPS-MCO. The University of the Philippines Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs organized the UP System General […]

    The University of the Philippines is proud to have five of its scientists and faculty named among this year’s Asian Scientist 100. Joining the ranks of Asia’s most outstanding scientists are: Dr. Mary Donnabelle Balela and Dr. Aurelio de los Reyes V from UP Diliman; National Scientist Romulo Davide and Marcela Navasero from […]

The University of the Philippines has officially opened Buwan ng Unibersidad, June 2. This monthlong celebration of its founding anniversary is an extension of what used to be a weeklong series of activities. UP distributed the program of festivities throughout the month to accommodate a broader range of UP System-level initiatives planned for this period. […]

The panelists, beginning second from left: Southern Cross University School of Education Professor Emeritus Martin Hayden; UNICEF Philippines Chief of Education Akihiro Fushimi; and UP Diliman College of Education Professors Dina Ocampo and Marie Therese Angeline Bustos. With them is UP Vice President for Academic Affairs Lorraine Pe Symaco (leftmost), who moderated the discussion. Photo […]

  The University of the Philippines Center for Education and Development, a recently-established unit under the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, organized a panel discussion on general education, May 22 at the Institute of Biology, UP Diliman. The discussion featured Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Martin Hayden of the Southern Cross University […]

The Sexual Assault Investigation Kit developed by the DNA Analysis Laboratory of the Natural Sciences Research Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman was formally launched May 19 as part of DAL’s 30th anniversary celebration. The program also included the signing of the commercial licensing agreement between UP Diliman and Manila HealthTek Inc. for the production […]

  The University of the Philippines Mindanao has officially opened its School of Medicine, following the approval of the UP Board of Regents, April 30. It is accepting applications to the Doctor of Medicine program until May 31.    “The initiative aims to increase the number of physicians serving communities in Mindanao,” UP President Angelo […]