UP President Pascual's End-Of-Term Report (Feb 2017) - FINAL

ONE U.P.
Shaping Minds
that Shape the Nation
ALFREDO E. PASCUAL
20th U.P. President
10 February 2011 - 9 February 2017
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VISION FOR U.P.
A great university,
taking a leadership role
in the development
of a globally competitive
Philippines
in the 21st century

CONTENTS
02 The University of the Philippines 48 OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

04 U.P.’s Strategic Plan (2011-2017) 51 Gaining Financial Sustainability
06 Message from the U.P. President 54 Achieving Administrative Efficiency
58 Investing in Human Capital
10 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
12 Breaking Barriers through Research 60 ONE U.P.

22 Ensuring Access to Education 62 Board of Regents
26 Modernizing Pedagogy 64 U.P. Administration
29 Strengthening the Faculty 73 U.P. System Offices
32 Going Global
38 Promoting Sports Development
40 Investing in Infrastructure
44 Serving the Nation
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The University of the Philippines
The University of the
Philippines (U.P.) is the country’s
national university and its
premier institution of higher
learning.
The University has been producing generations
of leaders in diverse fields since its
establishment in 1908.
The U.P. System is composed of eight

constituent universities spread throughout
17 campuses in the archipelago.
Through its academic programs that

encourage critical analysis, its cutting edge
research and development in the arts and
sciences, and its active participation in wide-
ranging public service programs, the University
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helps shape national and international agenda.
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To find out more about who we are and what
we aspire to be, visit https://www.up.edu.ph
Our Charter Lead in setting

academic
Serve as a graduate university
by providing advanced studies
standards and specialization for scholars,
Under our Charter of and initiating scientists, writers, artists, and
2008 (Republic Act innovations professionals especially those who
in teaching, research, serve on the faculties of state and
No. 9500), U.P. is and faculty development private colleges and universities.
mandated to perform in philosophy, arts and
its unique and humanities, social sciences, Serve as a research university
engineering, natural in various fields of expertise and
distinctive leadership sciences, mathematics, and specialization by conducting basic
in higher education technology; and maintain and applied research, promoting
and development. centers of excellence research and development, and
in these disciplines and contributing to the dissemination
professions. and application of knowledge.
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8 Constituent Universities spread over 17 campuses
1908
200 58,000
The U.P. Community

Around Students (as of 26 January 2017)
undergraduate degree
programs 3,800
Faculty Members*
300
postgraduate degree
1,200
Research, Extension and Professional Staff
programs (REPS)*
7,500
Administrative Staff (including 3,500 in PGH)*
*As of 30 June 2016
U.P. has produced:
100% 7/15 Presidents of the Philippines
passing rate in most 13 Chief Justices of the Supreme Court

licensure exams
36/60 National Artists

37/41 National Scientists
Lead as a public Protect and promote the Serve as a regional and global university
service university professional and economic in cooperation with international
by providing rights and welfare of its and scientific unions, networks of
various forms academic and non-academic universities, scholarly and professional
of community, personnel. associations in the Asia-Pacific region
public and volunteer and around the world.
service, as well as Provide opportunities for training
scholarly and technical and learning in leadership, Provide democratic governance
assistance to the responsible citizenship, and the based on collegiality, representation,
government, the private development of democratic values, accountability, transparency, and active
sector, and civil society institutions, and practice through participation of its constituents; and
while maintaining academic and non-academic promote the holding of fora for students,
its standards of programs, including sports and faculty, research, extension and
excellence. enhancement of nationalism and professional staff, administrative staff,
national identity. and alumni to discuss non-academic
issues affecting the University.

U.P.’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2011-2017:
Building a Great University in the 21st Century
ACADEMIC
EXCELLENCE
Research &
Creative Work
ADMINISTRATIVE
SUSTAINABILITY
EFFICIENCY
FINANCIAL
Education Public Service
Students
Faculty
Researchers
Administrative Staff
Alumni
PublicOPERATIONAL
Service
EXCELLENCE
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
STRATEGIC THRUST 1: ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
RESEARCH EDUCATION PUBLIC

& CREATIVE WORK SERVICE
Transform U.P. into a research university Internationalize U.P. as a global university Strengthen public service
Increase PhDs in the faculty Promote access to education to government, private sector,
Promote innovation and IPR protection Modernize pedagogy and civil society
Expand research dissemination awards Formalize quality assurance Internationalize engagement
Strengthen international collaboration Enhance sports development
Build modern research facilities Invest in infrastructure
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Prosperous Philippines
Higher Education
Institutions
RESPONSIBLE Government
& COMPETENT (National & Local)
LEADERS
INNOVATIVE Business
TECHNOLOGIES & Industry
CREATIVE International
WORKS Partners
EXTENSION Filipino
SERVICES People
Humanity
STRATEGIC THRUST 2: OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTING

SUSTAINABILITY EFFICIENCY IN HUMAN
CAPITAL
Intensify campaign for higher U.P. budget Modernize information systems Expand personnel benefits
Tap alumni and other donors for funding and infrastructure (eUP) Broaden merit promotions
Utilize idle land assets for revenue generation Launch Green U.P. Program Enhance performance-based
Enhance budget process Create System-wide Master Development Plan awards
Harness provisions of the 2008 U.P. Charter Streamline university processes
Accelerate IPR commercialization

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Message from the U.P. President
Before I embarked on the journey of an academic leader as the
20th President of the University of the Philippines, I was immersed
in development banking work for two decades, pursuing pioneering
projects and institution-building initiatives that helped respond to the
urgent needs of developing countries, particularly in infrastructure
and finance.
Thus, one of the first things I did at the start of my constituents can flourish. This required a strategic
six-year term as U.P. President in February 2011 approach that would enable U.P. to perform its
was to order a review of the water and electricity mandate.
bills of the main campus to check if the money was
being spent wisely and without wastage. Baseline Our Vision for the University
data were gathered exhaustively on more than a As I brought together my team, we agreed on the
hundred academic, administrative, and dormitory need to act as one towards our shared vision:
buildings. launch U.P. on a path to greatness as a university
in the 21st century — the national university taking
True enough, we found out that the University was a leadership role in the development of a globally
paying more for water than what was actually competitive Philippines.
being used, largely because of leaks and busted
pipes. In the case of electricity, old contracts forced Guided by this vision and motivated by the ONE
the University to pay for higher capacities than U.P. spirit, we implemented bold programs and
actual consumption. Every year, tens of millions of projects, and mobilized substantial financial and
pesos were going down the drain when these could other resources in pursuit of our U.P. Strategic
have been saved and used for sustaining quality Plan 2011-2017. After six years of hard work,
education in U.P. I take great pride in the efforts we have made
to strengthen U.P.’s reputation as a bastion of
This rude awakening made me realize the daunting academic excellence, and equally important, as a
task ahead. model of operational excellence.
The U.P. System is a complex network of eight To provide the enabling conditions for academic
constituent universities with 17 campuses spread excellence, we worked on improving the finance
across the country, and populated by over 58,000 and administration functions in U.P. While we have
sutdents, 3,800 regular faculty members, and achieved substantial increases in government
8,700 support staff. Moreover, U.P. education funding for U.P., we still actively campaigned for
has diverse meanings among its multifarious donations from alumni and friends for student
stakeholders: students, parents, campuses, scholarships, professorial chairs, and physical
local communities, society as a whole, and the facilities; and optimized U.P.’s assets to augment
international community. our income.
The enormous challenge made me call to mind More than P9 billion were invested in infrastructure
what Albert Einstein once said: "I never teach my development consisting of over 100 new buildings
pupils. I only provide the conditions in which they and other structures, and 50 major renovations
can learn." in the various campuses, plus some P3 billion
for modernizing the hospital equipment of the
And so I decided to focus mainly on creating an Philippine General Hospital.
enabling environment within which our university

“We need to act
as one towards
our shared
vision: launch
U.P. on a PATH
TO GREATNESS
as a university in
the 21st century.
We must move
onward as
One University,
ONE U.P.”

MESSAGE FROM THE U.P. PRESIDENT
Beyond the Physical rolled out the eUP to integrate U.P.'s information
Running a university today is about managing systems for administrative efficiency and
spaces. However, these spaces are not just made modernized our cyber infrastructure (new
up of physical structures: buildings, laboratories,
computer hardware, future-proof fiber optic
and classrooms. There are also spaces that are network, much-increased internet bandwidth).
intangible. We instituted the Green U.P. program to make
our campuses environment-friendly, sustainable,
They are about attitudes and mindsets, of making and resilient.
a space for a wide variety of ideas, inventions,
discoveries, and creative works that a university Crossing Boundaries
generates. Running a university today is also about breaking
down walls and crossing boundaries.
Thus, we implemented strategic initiatives
designed to equip, support, and motivate our Our country, and the world in general, are facing
constituents so they can do what they do persistent and densely complex issues: poverty
best: faculty members can teach, do research and hunger, climate change and environmental
or creative work, and render public service; degradation, violence and conflict, among many
students can learn; and research, extension and others. Solving these multifaceted problems
professional staff (REPS), and administrative requires an interdisciplinary, collaborative
staff can provide support. approach.
We put in place programs that ensure that So we set out to remove the traditional silos of
financially disadvantaged but academically academia. We started drawing from various
qualified students can have access to U.P.’s fields in our research so we can generate holistic
quality education. solutions to our nation’s — as well as the world’s
— problems.
We laid down policies and programs that further
strengthened our faculty, allocating more funds We set out to transform U.P. into a research-
for doctoral fellowships locally and abroad, for intensive University, building new laboratories, and
interdisciplinary research, and for professorial absorbing billions of pesos of research funding
chairs and other performance awards. We from partner departments of government. From
provided U.P. employees with additional benefits, U.P.'s own resources, we provided our faculty
including an enhanced hospitalization program, with close to a billion pesos to fund our Emerging
(eHOPE), extra retirement benefits (eSRP), merit Interdisciplinary Research (EIDR) program. In
promotions, and other grants. In addition, we our teaching function, we undertook initiatives

to modernize pedagogy. We started subjecting our systems and
curricular programs to international assessments.
We continued to reach out to other institutions for international

partnerships so we can learn to view things from a global perspective
and become meaningful contributors to the development of the world
we share.
A Greater Cause
Finally, running a university today requires a raison d’etre, an inspiring
vision of what our University can give to our society, our country, and
our region. For U.P., the basis of our vision is our Charter: our sense
of purpose, a sense of serving a cause that is greater than any of us.
I have always said that we in U.P. must succeed, not because we have
a reputation to keep, but because we have a country to serve.
In his El Filibusterismo, Dr. Jose Rizal wrote: “Where are the youth who
will consecrate their golden hours, their illusions, and their enthusiasm
to the welfare of their native land?”
As I come to the end of my term as U.P. President, my fervent belief

in our youth is as strong as ever. I have seen with my own eyes: our
Iskolar ng Bayan, the youth who will lead their lives with integrity and
with a sense of responsibility to the nation.
This is the principle that we return to again and again, the principle we
teach generation after generation of U.P. students: That placing the
country above self is what makes us extraordinary. And because of the
world we now live, we must go beyond our country-centric orientation
and commit to serve humanity as a whole.
We have journeyed the path to greatness with the passion to serve in

our hearts and minds. This is what makes us One U.P. When our feet
are sore and our legs are tired, we tell ourselves: Padayon, U.P.!
ALFREDO E. PASCUAL
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“By no means is the Sablay an
adornment you wear as a prize.
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in you as future leaders. As U.P.
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think differently, to challenge
A C long-held beliefs, and to provide

answers rather than merely
pointing out problems.”
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Commencement Exercises of U.P. Cebu, 28 June 2016
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The University’s mandate BREAKING BARRIERS
and commitment to promote THROUGH RESEARCH
the highest standards of
academic excellence served As the national research university, our mandate is to
encourage our students and faculty to take the path of
as a guidepost for our innovation as life-long researchers and creative minds
One University, One U.P. critical to our nation’s progress.
battlecry. Along with our As a result of the promising research initiatives of our
recognition of U.P.’s role and U.P. faculty, several projects have gained the support of
various external funding agencies. These agencies have
responsibility as the national greater funding capacities that meet the advancing
university, we embarked on needs of our research projects. As of 2016, externally
funded projects of the University have reached P6.2
initiatives to transform it into billion, with contributions coming from the Department
a research-based institution of Science and Technology, Commission on Higher
Education-Philippine-California Advanced Research
for national development. Institutes (CHED-PCARI), USAID-STRIDE Program, and
the UK Newton Fund.
To further strengthen our research capability, we

have undertaken the following programs and initiatives
during our administration:

“A modern research university puts a great
deal of importance on research for national
development.”
U.P. President Alfredo E. Pascual, at the UPLB Academic
Leadership Conference: The Internationalization of UP as a
Research and Graduate University, 08 August 2015
Building World-Class Research Facilities Funding for U.P. Faculty Research

A key strategic initiative of our administration is to transform
₧4.6B
U.P. into a research-intensive university. Previous U.P.
administrations had put in place the initial building blocks
for this, such as the establishment of the National Science from DOST to fund
Complex. We drove this worthy initiative to greater heights various scientific
by mobilizing research and building additional facilities. disciplines across the
U.P. System
With our success in mobilizing funding from various sources,
we have begun to address the infrastructure and equipment
needs of our research facilities. We have procured state-
₧1.6B
from CHED-PCARI for 11 projects
of-the-art equipment to make our research laboratories
on information infrastructure
globally competitive.
development and health innovation,
and translational medicine
U.P.’s Philippine Genome Center (PGC)
Formally launched in 2011, U.P.’s Philippine Genome Center
(PGC) is a multidisciplinary research center under the U.P.
System Administration. It offers basic and applied genomics
and related research to develop health diagnostics,
therapeutics, and preventive products, as well as improved
$80,000
crops, aquaculture, and animal varieties. PGC expands DNA
forensics applications and helps document and conserve
our biodiversity. (around P3.7 million)
from USAID-STRIDE
for each of the seven
projects under its Collaborative
Applied Research with Industry
(CARWIN) Cluster and six projects
under the Pure Research Cluster

U.P.’s Philippine Genome Center
₧340M
in total capital outlay from
the U.P. budget for the
construction of Phases 1
and 2, and the equipment
Over ₧ 1B
in research funding received
U.P.’s National Institutes of Health Since 2011, PGC has obtained more than P1 billion in funding
for research from the DOST and CHED-PCARI program. PGC
₧1B is in the process of commercializing the Biotek-M Dengue kit

for the early detection of the dengue virus that will benefit
in capital outlay from the U.P. millions of Filipinos, particularly those belonging to low-
budget for the construction of an income families.
18-storey building
Over ₧
UP’s National Institutes of Health (NIH)
1B
in research funding received from
Created in 1996, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) fulfills
U.P.’s mission of rendering research and public service in
2013-2015 various health care fields. It now has 10 institutes and three
centers located in U.P. Manila catering to students, faculty,
U.P. College of Medicine and the rest of the country by improving health programs
Academic Building and service delivery by health care professionals.
₧200M During the past three years (2013-2015), it has received

P1.1 billion in research grants from various sources.
in capital outlay approved for building
construction and equipment To provide NIH with a permanent home and expand its
facilities, a capital outlay of around P1 billion was set aside for
Emerging Interdisciplinary Research
the construction of an 18-storey building in the U.P. Manila
(EIDR) Program
campus.
₧950M
Research Grants for Balik PhDs
₧50M
for start-up research grants
Architect's Perspective of the

National Institutes of Health, U.P. Manila
(under construction)

Architect's Perspective of U.P.'s Philippine Genome Center (under construction)
U.P. Visayas Regional Research Center Emerging Interdisciplinary Research (EIDR)

The Regional Research Center at U.P. Visayas Program
is envisioned as a bastion of new knowledge and In 2012, we launched the Emerging
technology development will serve the needs of Interdisciplinary Research Program (EIDR) to
researchers within the campus, and as a service lay the groundwork for establishing a research
laboratory for researchers and faculty members culture in U.P. by getting research experts to
from other academic institutions in Region VI. It will mentor the present and future generations of
focus on offering analytical services for researchers researchers in the best practices of research.
based in Visayas and Mindanao. We approved
funding for the research laboratory, with an P80- With funding from the U.P. System Administration,
million budget set aside for the building construction the EIDR extended grants to groups of faculty
and P120 million for equipment. members and researchers that allowed them to
carry out interdisciplinary research programs
Promoting a Research-Oriented Culture for two to four years.
To attain our vision for U.P. as the premier
institution for academic excellence, it is vital that we Composed of several teams with various
develop and promote exemplary research mentors expertise formed to address scientific and
to guide our graduate students through research social problems, the program encourages inter-
and publication. We may get the best and brightest unit and inter-CU collaborations, as well as with
students into U.P., but we must also complement foreign institutions, local state universities and
them with the best faculty with proven track record colleges, and private industry.
in research and/or creative work.
During the past five years (2012-2016), the
In support of this goal, we instituted the following EIDR Program funded 65 projects with a total
programs: budget of P950 million, awarded in eight cycles.

EIDR Feature
Putting
Together the
Mandaya
Hullubaton
Prof. Genevieve Quintero (back) with the Mandaya women in Davao Oriental
“I was first drawn to the study of indigenous

folklore when I was working on my Masters
thesis. I met a Mandaya magdadawot who
Mandaya people in Pantungan, Caraga, Davao
Oriental.
introduced me to the wonder and value of their In 33 months, the researchers worked on their
epic.” EIDR project, “Hullubaton: Putting Together the
Mandaya Dawot.” The project sought to preserve
Thus began the passion of U.P. Mindanao and promote appreciation of the oral tradition
Humanities Department Prof. Genevieve J. and cultural heritage of the Mandaya people,
Quintero in researching Mindanao epics lesser one of the 18 ethnolinguistic groups in Mindanao
known than the Darangen epic of the Maranao whose oral literature is not as well known as the
and the Ulahingan epic of the Manobo peoples. other Philippine and Mindanaoan epics.
Prof. Quintero had to work against time as The researchers recorded, transcribed, and
the magdadawot or native bards grew less in translated from the archaic Mandaya language
number with each passing year. The demise of into Bisaya and English the five hullubaton
a magdadawot meant the loss of a bard who chanted by the three balyan.
could chant or recite the Mandaya dawot (epic
poems), the bayok (spontaneous poems), or tell The Mandaya Tribal Council validated the
uman-uman stories, the hullubaton or historical researchers’ output, including an initial analysis
narratives, and tutukanon (riddles). of the musical patterns of the chanted epics.
But after being awarded a two-year grant from The Tribal Council also certified its consent
the Emerging Inter-Disciplinary Research (EIDR) to the publication of the five hullubaton by the
fund, established by U.P. President Alfredo E. University of the Philippines. In the works are a
Pascual, Prof. Quintero was able to pursue her serial publication and a video documentary of the
passion. She initially aimed to record, transcribe, hullubaton. The research output has also been
and translate into the Visayan/Filipino and presented in several local and two international
English languages of at least two hullubaton, symposiums: one in Florence, Italy and another
with the idea that finding a magdadawot would in Athens, Greece.
take up most of her time.
Prof. Quintero said their research would not
With the help of Emmanuel S. Nabayra, a have been possible without the financial support
Senior Lecturer in the U.P. Department of Social from the EIDR. “I learned how important the
Sciences who had spent some years with the role of the academe is in preserving the cultural
Mandaya communities, Prof. Quintero was able treasures of the indigenous people, and that the
to put together five hullubaton from the dawot academe should continue its support for this
chanted by the balyan and magdadawot of the endeavor,” Prof. Quintero said.

Technology Transfer and Business
Development Office (TTBDO)
As we encourage U.P. faculty and researchers to
engage in producing groundbreaking research,
we must also recognize the need to enhance the
protection of the resulting intellectual properties
(IPs) and promote their commercialization.
In 2011, we finalized U.P.’s Intellectual Property

Rights (IPR) Policy and created the TTBDO to
replace the then Technology Licensing Office.
TTBDO is tasked to implement the University’s
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy. It seeks
to promote, protect and manage all intellectual
properties, plant varieties and IPR of UP through
technology licensing and other commercialization
platforms, including University-based spin-off
companies and enterprises. TTBDO also serves
as an assisting and coordinating unit of U.P.
for all eight constituent universities (CU) on IP
protection and management.
To increase our patent filings, we introduced

the Invention Disclosure Incentive (IDI) in
January 2015, a monetary incentive given to a
researcher, faculty member, student, staff, or
visiting professor who reports the existence of
a potential IPR or invention in a research work
and assigns to U.P. the prospective patents
and other related rights in accordance with the
U.P. IPR Policy. From 2015-2016, 27 IDIs were
approved and four patent applications were filed.

Promoting Faculty Research
To fulfill our vision for U.P. as the premier institution Major UCIDS Programs
for academic excellence, it is vital that we develop and
promote exemplary research mentors to guide our • China/Strategic Studies Program: examines the
graduate and undergraduate students. country’s radically changing relationship with
China and its implications in crafting foreign and
strategic policies;
University Center for Integrative and Development • Migration Studies and Policy Program: operates
Studies (UCIDS) as a clearing house for Philippine migration
We promote research undertaken by U.P. faculty studies and conducts data analytics for national
members and researchers across CUs through the and local policymaking;
University Center for Integrative and Development • Sustainable Energy Program: explores medium-
and long-term sustainable options in dealing with
Studies (UCIDS). The Center helps the University issues in the energy sector;
make significant contributions in shaping policies and • Review of the National Marine Policy of 1994: re-
public engagement on issues of national significance. evaluates and updates the existing marine policy
in the Philippines;
• The Philippines and the ASEAN Community:
Challenges and Prospects: crafts policy
UCIDS Contributions recommendations on key issues affecting the
Philippines and ASEAN;
Over ₧ 52M allocated

by UCIDS to fund research in four
• UP Program for Environmental Governance:
serves as the program for continuing institutional
capacity building of the primary implementers
priority areas: environment (almost and stakeholders in environmental and natural
resources management; and
64% of the funds), employment,
• Federalism: Facts, Myths, Opportunities,
economic emancipation, and Challenges: examines the institutional
education arrangements of federal states to come up with
evidence-based recommendations for policy-
25 ongoing research projects

makers in the Philippines.

Fostering Thought Leadership CIFAL Philippines-U.P. serves as the accredited
Its unique character as the national research UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
institution also makes U.P. a catalyst for in Asia and the Pacific.
collaborative initiatives that promote national
development. UP Program for Environmental Governance
(UPPEG)
Among the academe-public-private partnerships The U.P. Program for Environmental
forged in the past five years are the following: Governance is a collaboration of the University
and the Department of Environment and
CIFAL Philippines (Centre International de Natural Resources (DENR). UPPEG promotes
Formation des Autorités et Leaders) environmental governance by producing learning
Established under UCIDS, CIFAL Philippines forms modules aimed at building the competency of
part of the CIFAL Global Network of UN Institute PENROs and CENROs as managers and leaders.
of Training & Research (UNITAR), which works Experts and specialists from U.P. Los Baños, U.P.
on issues such as migration, gender equality, DIliman, and U.P. Visayas collaborated to share
and sustainable development. CIFAL is dedicated their knowledge on environmental governance
to strengthening the capacities of government by authoring these learning modules.
authorities and civil society leaders to advance
sustainable development. U.P. Think Paper on Human Knowledge Capital
In early 2016, we sounded the alarm about the
The CIFAL Philippines network is a partnership status of education, research and development
between the U.P. Migration Studies and Policy in the country in a think paper titled “Knowledge-
Program, and the Commission on Filipinos based Development and Governance: Challenges
Overseas (CFO), and is supported by the following and Recommendations.” The paper was co-
institutions: UN Development Programme authored by the U.P.’s Offices of the President,
(UNDP), UN Women, International Organization Vice President for Academic Affairs, and UCIDS.
for Migration (IOM), and International Labor
Organization (ILO).

This think paper, addressed to the 2016 Promoting Research Outputs through
Philippine presidential candidates, supports our Publications
advocacy on the development of our human and We encourage the publication of research work,
knowledge capital, the “suprastructure” needed to not only to share important discoveries and
enhance the country’s competitiveness through insights to the world, but also to ensure, through
R&D and innovation. Also discussed in the paper peer review, that the research outputs we
are the possible pathways to achieve academe- produce are of high quality. This is the only way we
government-industry synergy. will be able to assess our capability as a research
institution.
U.P. Knowledge Festival
To increase the public’s appreciation for knowledge- Scopus Publications. Over a five-year period (2011-
supported decision making, we also embarked on 2015), the U.P. System under our administration
a journey to disseminate our key research efforts produced an average of 519 Scopus publications
in various fields through meetings with the media. per year. This was a significant improvement
from the previous (2006-2010) average of 312
In April 2016, we mounted the first-ever U.P. publications per year.
Knowledge Festival, showcasing the results of the
research projects of our academic workforce. The The U.P. Press. The U.P. Press, as the first
festival also served as a venue for the dynamic and premier academic publishing house in the
exchange of ideas in the arts, culture, natural country, continues to be a bastion of pride for the
sciences, social sciences, business, and politics.University, with more than a thousand books that
cover an extensive number of topics and fields to
Similarly, the project, “Communicating Science its name. From 2011 to 2016, it published 200
and Technology Research and Development at new titles.
the University of the Philippines” (CoST-UP), was
launched in February 2016 to achieve wider As it celebrated its golden anniversary in 2016,
dissemination of U.P. research endeavors via the U.P. Press ventured into uncharted territory
multiple media platforms. by moving beyond its traditional roles as producer
and marketer.

In 2011, it started publishing electronic books Collaborative Academic Programs
in partnership with Flipside Digital Content. In
line with the University’s thrust towards greater • Professional Masters in Tropical Marine Ecosystems
internationalization, the U.P. Press began Management (PM-TMEM): addresses the gaps of
effective management and good governance of TMEs
publishing Philippine-related works by foreign
associated with the dearth of skilled expertise in the
presses. Collaborations with the foreign academic field. Implemented in partnership with the U.P. Marine
presses also resulted in the reprinting of excellent Science Institute and U.P. Visayas-Institute of Policy and
books on Philippine studies. Development Studies, this program is initially offered to
managers of marine protected areas and coastal marine
resources.
To stay attuned to the times, the U.P. Press
also started to breathe new life for its books in • Transnational Doctoral Programs for Leading
its new role as a “literacy enabler” — sponsoring Professionals in Asian Countries: U.P. Los Baños
book forums, symposiums, and contests, and implements this program in partnership with the Nagoya
embarking on creative campaigns — both off- and University as the sole Philippine HEI to host the Nagoya
University Satellite Campus. This partnership makes the
online — to transform into an academic partner of
Philippines one of only eight countries to host the NU
its home institution. Asian Satellite Campus and will further strengthen UPLB
as a research university.
Seizing opportunities presented by digital and
online media, the U.P Press is also expanding
its distribution networks by creating and/or
enhancing international awareness of its titles. It
is slated to open a bookstore at the newly built
Government-funded
U.P. Town Center early in 2017.
research projects in collaboration
with the University of California
Supporting Research Activities HEALTH INNOVATIONS, examples:
To facilitate the work of researchers, we • High Throughput Screening of Philippine Terrestrial
have produced a Research Guidebook and a and Marine Organisms for Antimalarial Properties and
Procurement Manual, and established an online Identification of Novel Drug Targets
Procurement Help Desk (https://ovpaa.up.edu. • Philippines-UC Collaboratory for Device Innovation
(Training Award)
ph/procurementhelpdesk/). • Accessible Detection of Dengue using BioMems and
MIP Materials
We are also working with the Government • A Proposal for the Expansion of the Shared Genomics
Procurement Policy Board for the adoption of new Core Facility
rules to facilitate importation of R&D equipment
INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION
and supplies, as well as contracting foreign INFRASTRUCTURE, examples:
expert services, in cases where there are no local • Resilient Sensory Swarms for Smart Energy and
sources or providers. Environmental Monitoring
• The Village Base Station
• Resilient Cyber Physical Societal Scale Systems
U.P. Publications By the Numbers • Cost-Effective Manufacturing Using Printing Fabrication
Technologies
66% increase in Scopus
publications produced from 2011-
• For Energy Generation, Conditioning, and Monitoring
Devices
2015 versus the previous 5 years
200
since 2011
new titles published by the U.P. Press

ENSURING ACCESS TO EDUCATION
In the spirit of ONE UNIVERSITY, ONE U.P., we are more than 88,000 takers of the U.P. College
guided by our commitment to uphold the highest Admissions Test (UPCAT) for the 15,000 available
standards of academic excellence. This entails freshman slots, as what happened for academic
attracting the brightest and best prepared year 2015-2016. Qualified applicants are then
students to fulfill our mandate as the national ranked based on their University Predictive
university. Grades — a composite of their UPCAT scores and
high school grades.
U.P. must also preserve its character as a public
institution where students earn their degrees as While U.P. has not changed its merit-based policy
Iskolar ng Bayan (the nation’s scholars) regardless of admission, we have noted a steady decline
of their socioeconomic status. in the number of poorer students passing the
UPCAT in recent years. As private high schools
In the past six years, we have made great strides have grown more competitive than public schools,
in expanding access to U.P. education to ensure this trend is expected to continue. Applicants
that all qualified students, even those facing from poorer households and far-flung areas also
financial difficulties, have equal fighting chance to need to overcome bigger obstacles that put them
be an Iskolar ng Bayan even as we maintain U.P.’s at a disadvantage even before taking the UPCAT,
high admission standards. the first hurdle to a U.P. education.
Merit-based Admission As affirmative action, new initiatives with a

To gain access to U.P. education, high school strategic focus on addressing equity and access
graduating students must first hurdle the were taken under the U.P. Office of the President
admission process. They must compete against starting AY 2015-2016:

“You are chosen not to become this
nation’s privileged intellectual elite, but this
nation’s hope. Remember: we must succeed,
not because we have a reputation to keep,
but because we have a country to serve.”
U.P. President Alfredo E. Pascual,
during UP Manila’s 107th Commencement Exercises on 17June 2016
• Promoting UPCAT among public high schools In addition to enabling U.P. to cast the net wider
across the country so a broader base of and broaden the base of UPCAT applications, these
students from poorer families can take the new initiatives also enhanced our operational
test; excellence since they reduced the time and cost
• Setting up testing centers in remote areas; of student admissions.
• Making available UPCAT Online Applications for
enhanced nationwide access; In succeeding years, the Admissions Review
• Offering free UPCAT Online Review as an Committee that I constituted will continue to
alternative to expensive review centers, review the admissions policies and work towards a
ensuring a level playing field among UPCAT unified admissions system that is aligned with the
takers; mandate to select the best students, democratize
• Establishing regional application filing centers freshman admissions in U.P., and upgrade access
in all U.P. regional units; to quality higher education in general.
• Providing courier service to deliver regional
applications, free of charge, for applicants;
• Opening new/alternative testing centers for
FACT BOX
regions affected by Super Typhoon Yolanda; In 2014, Republic Act 10648
• Implementing staggered application (the Iskolar ng Bayan Act of
schedules/deadlines to prevent the buildup of 2014) was passed, assuring
long lines; top graduates from public
• Training student volunteers from U.P. Diliman high schools automatic admission in state
to assist UPCAT applicants; universities and colleges (SUCs) for the
• Revising the test administration for persons next six years starting school year 2015-
with disabilities; and 2016. U.P. subscribes to this affirmative
• Collaborating with the Office of Extension action for admission that favors top
Coordination (OEC) to provide a teacher graduates of public high schools, subject
training program for Jolo high schools with a to meeting its admission requirements.
near-zero qualifying rate to U.P.

Affordable U.P. Education The current system is a vast improvement on
Qualified students are now assured of being able the old Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance
to enroll in U.P. Program (STFAP) as it now has a simplified model
for assessing paying capacity, a shorter application
Socialized Tuition form (two pages instead of 14), and higher income
Providing greater access to quality education cutoffs after adjustment for inflation for tuition
has been the hallmark of U.P. Being the national discounts.
university, U.P. receives an annual budget allocation
from the government, enabling its students in all Applications for tuition discounts can also now be
income brackets to enjoy subsidized education. done online. Moreover, the processing time is much
shorter as the decision making to consider cases
The concept of socialized tuition, however, rests when students need additional support has been
on the principle that those who can shoulder the devolved to the campus level instead of the previous
cost of studying in a higher education institution U.P. System level.
should pay, while those who cannot, should be duly
subsidized. In reality, the actual cost of education As a result of these changes, more students have
in U.P. is much higher than its full tuition. been able to file for tuition discounts — from an
estimated 40% previously to at least 90% of the
For the majority who cannot afford to pay the full total eligible students. More students have ended
tuition, the University offers the Socialized Tuition up enjoying tuition discounts, from 60% to at least
System (STS), which provides discounted tuition at 90% of total applicants annually since the institution
rates based on the assessed paying capacity of the of the STS.
student’s household. Undergraduate students, as
well as those in the Law and Medicine programs, Liberalized Student Loan Program
may avail of these socialized tuition discounts. Some students face difficulties in paying tuition at
the start of the semester due to delays in receiving
From 2012 to 2013, we reviewed the STS, remittances from their parents in the provinces or
conducted extensive consultations, and developed abroad. Under our liberalized Student Loan Program,
reform measures to make it more responsive to these students may now be able to borrow up to
student needs. The result is the new STS that we 100% of the assessed fees (previously capped at
implemented starting in 2014-15. 70%-80%) without incurring interest charges if the
loan is paid within the semester it is incurred. This

"Within the limits set by the need for tuition
income to fund its operations, UP has a
greater leeway in addressing enrollment
constraints than admission appeals. It now
has the solutions to ensure compliance with
the 2013 Board-approved policy that no
qualified students should be denied access to
UP education due to financial incapacity."
in the U.P. President's Report on Key Strategic Initiatives, 3 February 2017
“bridge financing” enables students to pay their financially disadvantaged households with an annual
tuition on time. income below the minimum wage levels now receive
higher monthly cash allowances, from P2,400 to
Revised University Code P3,500.
On 12 April 2013, the U.P. Board of Regents
approved a policy stating that “no qualified Additionally, the academic requirements for
student shall be denied access to UP education maintaining the stipend have been revisited,
due to financial incapacity.” Three provisions recognizing the challenges that students from these
(Articles 330, 430, and 431) of the University households go through to obtain their degrees.
Code have thus been revised to operationalize
this policy. These anti-poor provisions previously Other Forms of Financial Assistance
barred students from attending his/her In addition to student loans, the University
required classes or registering on the sole basis also rewards hardworking and enterprising
of nonpayment of tuition fees. undergraduate students with opportunities to
augment their allowance. These students may apply
As the Student Loan Program already makes as student assistants, who now receive minimum
available to students up to 100% of the required wage, and they may also compete for available
fees, the lack of funds to pay the full tuition is no scholarships that pay higher stipends.
longer a constraint to complete the registration
process. For postgraduate students, scholarships are also
available for their degree programs. Masters
Expanded Support for Living Expenses students may work as Teaching Associates (TAs)
After gaining admission to the University and and doctoral students as Teaching Fellows (TFs) and
enrolling through the STS, a U.P. student still receive tuition waiver, book allowance, and attractive
has to overcome the third — and perhaps the stipends aligned with the salaries of instructors. Not
toughest — hurdle: funding his living and auxiliary only do they get to support their own education, but
expenses (i.e., costs of room and board, books TAs and TFs also help U.P. by reducing the teaching
and supplies, transportation, and other personal load of our faculty members who can otherwise
living expenses that do not appear on a student’s devote the time for research and/or creative work.
billing statement).
We have initiated various measures to help
students overcome this hurdle. Students from

New U.P. Diliman School of Statistics building
MODERNIZING PEDAGOGY
U.P. must adopt modern pedagogy as it evolves in We must prepare our students for the workplace
a globalized world. This firm belief has emboldened so they may remain competitive and successful
us to develop programs that promote blended years after they graduate from the University. In
and flexible pedagogical strategies that enhance addition, we must also expose our students to the
the learning of the current breed of U.P. students basic tenets of entrepreneurship, which is needed
accustomed to using visual thinking tools and to spawn wealth creation in the country.
digital devices.
Open University
The actions we have taken in this regard are the Through the UPOU, we have successfully adapted
following: practices from other open universities and
eventually crafted innovations in pedagogy and
Revision of the U.P. General Education administration suited for the local setting and web
Program 2.0 era. A leader in open and distance e-learning
In response to developments in educational in the region, the UPOU has been a regular
reform worldwide and to the implementation of convenor of numerous academic conferences,
the K-12 program locally, we have embarked on a including the biennial International Conference on
system-wide revision of our General Education (GE) Open and Distance e-Learning in 2013.
Program. The GE Program seeks to institutionalize
more multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary Since 2014, when the UPOU celebrated its 20th
courses for students amid the changing times. anniversary, U.P. widened its offering of advanced,
specialized degree programs and graduate
Our GE program must instill vital lessons in ethics studies. In October 2016, UPOU hosted the 30th
and civics, public-mindedness, national pride, annual conference of the Asian Association of
leadership, global orientation, and interdisciplinary Open Universities which became the launchpad
approach to problem solving. for the online portal Asian Massive Open Online
Courses.

“We need to provide the Filipino genius
with the motivation and the means to
contribute in uplifting our people’s lives.
Encouraging partnerships across disciplines
can speed up that process.”
at the launch of the U.P. Knowledge Festival, 17 April 2016
Learning Commons Gawad Pangulo for Progressive Teaching and

An important symbol of our mandate of higher Learning
learning, pioneering research, and shared In 2013, we launched the “Gawad Pangulo:
knowledge is U.P. Cebu’s P73.5-million eLibrary or A Competition for Progressive Teaching and
Learning Commons at the newly built U.P. Cebu Learning”, a system-wide award that recognizes
Professional Schools South Road Properties (SRP) faculty members who enrich course content as
campus. well as innovate pedagogy. We believe that the
task of our faculty members, who are recognized
This state of the art, four-storey building is experts in both content and pedagogy, is to
configured as the scholars’ digital commons, parent the next generation of experts. Hence,
equipped with computers, couches, access to this award puts focus on the importance of
electric journals, e-books, podcasts, videos and teaching innovation - especially now that more
other multimedia content. The building also tools and strategies become available for the
shelters CebuInit, a technohub and business educator’s use.
incubation center for startups.
Nominees, competing in two rounds, are judged
The design of the U.P. Cebu Learning Commons on the basis of excellence and the progressive
as a social learning space promotes modern, quality of their teaching philosophy, course
collaborative learning for students and faculty syllabus and content, course materials, and
working on their individual and/or group projects. In course activities. Those who hurdle the first
this learning space, our students enjoy multimedia round of judging receive P50,000 to prepare
workstations, internet portals for research, their audio-visual teaching materials which they
e-readers for viewing electronic resources, regular will then present along with a lecture in the
film showings, and access to apps and programs second and final round. Up to three winners are
for their coursework and other needs. awarded P150,000 each.
At the U.P. Diliman, the College of Engineering The award, originally conceptualized as a one-
Libraries similarly house a learning commons time competition, has now been expanded to
facility. include different categories for graduate and
undergraduate courses.

To promote further development of artistic and creative talents in our university, we instituted several
Gawad Pangulo competitions, which include chorale singing, multimedia presentation, on-the-spot
painting, and product design. We have also committed substantial funding support to U.P. constituent
universities through our annual academic program improvement for curriculum and pedagogy.
Making History with Modern Pedagogy
U.P. Manila Medical Informatics Unit’s Dr. Iris Thiele Isip-Tan, teacher of the
graduate introductory course on health informatics to doctors, nurses, and
pharmacists, made U.P. history as the first-ever Gawad Pangulo awardee.
The internal medicine-endocrinology specialist devises teaching videos

inspired by massive open online courses of top foreign universities. To this
day, she engages her students to create their own e-portfolios and personal
learning networks on varied social media platforms. She also holds for the
most part all her classes online through the University Virtual Learning
Environment (UVLe).
In 2015, the second Gawad Pangulo was given to Prof. Luis Sison of UP
Diliman’s Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute. Prof. Sison teaches
a technopreneurship class that has launched startups while fulfilling its aim of
market validation for student ventures through parallel product and customer
development.
Gawad Pangulo Awardees Dr. Iris Thiele Isip-Tan (middle, above photo)
of the U.P. Manila Medical Informatics Unit with UP President Alfredo
E. Pascual and VPAA Gisela P. Concepcion (right), and Prof. Luis Sison
(below) of U.P. Diliman’s Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute,
with UP President Alfredo E. Pascual.

“You, the scientists and artists of U.P.,
are our nation’s pride. You are the very
essence of U.P. You are the embodiment of
the two most important branches of the same
tree of knowledge. And your mission is to generate
and pass on the knowledge so that you can nurture
others, too. You are on the mission of shaping the
minds that shape the nation.”
at the SPS and APS Awarding Ceremonies, 28 August 2015
STRENGTHENING THE FACULTY
Aside from modernizing its pedagogy, U.P. has Balik Ph.D. Program
intensified its efforts to recruit and retain faculty We have been recruiting Ph.D. holders from
who can create impact in teaching, research, and abroad by offering them incentives of P500,000
public service. for relocating to the Philippines, and a startup
research grant of P2.5 million. We faced major
Not only do our faculty members lead our research challenges in this mission, as moving back to U.P.
and teaching missions, they also define us as a often entails sacrificing their lucrative incomes
great academic institution able to respond to the abroad. However, this has now been mitigated by
challenges of the country and the world. upgrading public sector salaries under the Salary
Standardization Law 3 (SSL3) and is expected
Thus a major effort of our administration was to once again under SSL4. As a result, we have been
increase the proportion of U.P. faculty members able to welcome 41 “Balik-PhDs” since 2012.
who hold advanced degrees, particularly doctorate
degrees instrumental in cementing our reputation U.P. Doctoral Programs Across Campuses
as a research-intensive university. We have encouraged colleges in bigger U.P.
campuses to offer their doctoral programs in
To this end, we have allocated substantially more the smaller colleges and universities where a
funds and taken major steps to strengthen sufficient number of faculty members are keen
our faculty through doctoral studies abroad, to earn doctorate degrees where they are. We
interdisciplinary research grants, professorial have subsidized such arrangements on a one-
chairs, international publication awards, merit time basis: the DPA program that U.P. Diliman
promotions, and other performance recognitions. NCPAG is conducting in U.P. Visayas’ College
of Management (the DPA degree will soon be
awarded to seven U.P. Visayas faculty members),
and the doctoral program in development studies
run by U.P. Los Baños graduate school in U.P.
Mindanao.

Advanced Studies Abroad for three years starting January 2016. The award
We send out our faculty for advanced studies and honors distinguished performance in any two of
international conferences here and abroad to the following: teaching, research/creative work,
widen their exposure to international research and and public service. As of early February 2017,
academic standards. After we fortified our budget close to 600 faculty members have been given
allocation for the program, we are now able to the One U.P. professorial chair and faculty grant
cover their airfare, tuition, and other expenses net awards.
of non-U.P. financial assistance received. The full
cost to our University of doctoral studies overseas Enhanced Creative Work and Research Grant
could reach as much as P9 million per faculty We reward exemplary teachers and researchers
member, on top of the salary that the grantee for publishing prolifically, developing excellent
keeps, and the salary of his or her substitute. educational materials, and effectively using these
materials in their classes in U.P.
In the last five years, we have awarded fellowship
grants to 100 faculty members, translating to We extend grants to any faculty member or REPS
an average of 20 per year or double those in the who has a proposal for creative work or research.
previous administration. The grants vary based on faculty rank and range
from P450,000 to P650,000 for a 1.5-year
Travel Grants for Research Dissemination project.
We provided more travel grants to enable our
faculty members, as well as our graduate students, In addition to providing more funds for international
to present their research papers in conferences conferences to expose our faculty to international
anywhere in the world. No longer tied down by research and academic standards, we also give
quotas, we gave out over 330 grants since 2012 due recognition to outstanding performance in
apart from those funded by individual colleges and the scientific and artistic disciplines.
universities.
The U.P. Scientific Productivity System (SPS)
ONE U.P. Professorial Chair and Faculty Grant aims to support the development of science and
Awards technology, and encourage and reward scientific
We reserved funding for this new award that productivity. Deserving faculty from the natural
provides 800 professorial chairs and faculty grants and social sciences are conferred the title
at P120,000 and P96,000 a year, respectively, “U.P. Scientist” with a corresponding monetary

reward: P150,000 per annum for U.P. Scientist
I, P200,000 per annum for U.P. Scientist II, and
Towards a Stronger Faculty
P250,000 per annum for UP Scientist III. As a
result, there has been a steep rise in the number of
SPS awardees: by 148% since 2005. The increase 100 faculty members sent
can be attributed to the heightened productivity of out abroad for advanced studies,
our scientists. international conferences, and
fellowships from 2011-2016
As the counterpart for the arts of SPS, the U.P.
Arts Productivity System (APS) award aims to
awaken productivity in the creative arts or in arts 330 research grants given
scholarship to promote national development. since 2012
Awardees are conferred the title “UP Artist” with
a corresponding monetary award: P150,000 per 800 professorial chair and faculty grant
annum for UP Artist I, P200,000 per annum for awards allocated starting January 2016
UP Artist II, and P250,000 per annum for UP
Artist III. Since 2009, there have been 99 APS
awards given out. 148% increase in the U.P. Scientific
Productivity System (SPS) awardees since 2005
The International Publication Award (IPA) rewards
faculty members for their published work. There 99 U.P. Arts Productivity System (APS)
was a 40% increase in the number of IPAs granted awardees since 2009
from 2011-2015 compared with the period 2006-
2010, as eligibility was expanded to include REPS,
clinical faculty, professors emeriti, and students. 40% increase in International Publication
Awards (IPAs) given to faculty members from
Our goal has been, not only to increase the quantity 2011-2015 versus the previous 5 years
of U.P. publications, but also to improve the quality,
as we keep up with the top-producing universities
in the region. We have tiered the awards and are
now giving a much bigger amount for publications
in high-impact journals.

GOING GLOBAL
FACT BOX
U.P. System’s Constituent
Universities & Specializations
Internationalization is enshrined in no less than
the U.P. Charter of 2008. This mandates us — not U.P. Diliman Science and Engineering,
only to serve as the country’s leading institution of Arts and Humanities, Social
higher learning — but also as a top regional and Sciences, Law, Management and
global university. Governance, Education, Mass
Communication, Social Work
Internationalization is a means to enhance our
capability as a university to serve our country U.P. Los Baños Agriculture and Livestock,
and our people. By going global, we can learn Forestry, Environment, Food
best practices from other universities through Biotechnology
enhanced collaboration.
U.P. Manila Health and Medicine
For the past six years, we have focused on
implementing projects and programs that help U.P. Visayas Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
develop in our students and faculty a global
outlook: improving student mobility, promoting U.P. Open U Distance and e-Learning
online education, and undergoing international
quality assurance and accreditation of curricular U.P. Mindanao Food and Agribusiness Systems,
offerings. Indigenous Culture
Creating Niches of Expertise U.P. Baguio Indigenous Culture in the

Our U.P. constituent units have been driving Cordilleras
regional and global competitiveness in their
respective niche areas of expertise. Doing so also U.P. Cebu IT, Creative and Product Design
benefits the host communities where they operate
in terms of sharing knowledge and promoting
skills that address local needs.

“Internationalization requires
an unshakable sense of self,
a genuine appreciation of our unique
strengths and the gifts we offer the world,
and a clear-eyed view of our own weaknesses.
U.P. as the national university must seek to define
and promote a truly Filipino identity and serve the
needs of our country. In turn, we create a distinct Filipino
identity or innovation—something truly and proudly ours—
that we can banner across the globe as we become a
functional part of the greater world we live in.”
U.P. President Alfredo E. Pascual, at the 14th Association of
Pacific Rim Universities Senior Staff Meeting, 7-9 September 2016
Building Indigenous Research

Expertise in the Cordilleras
U .P. Baguio’s strategic location in the Cordillera

region serves as a platform for engagement
in indigenous studies.
Through the revitalized Cordillera Studies Center,

the U.P. Baguio faculty has been generating
research on indigenous knowledge systems,
culled from varying disciplinal perspectives such
as identity politics, literature, oral traditions,
material culture, and climate change. In the
process, faculty members have earned for
themselves several international publication
awards (IPAs).
Concerns about the global impact of climate

change also led to the holding of the International
Conference on Building Resilience and biological sciences who can lead and undertake
Developing Sustainability, which gathered global research, as well as intervention projects in
experts on climate sciences to share experiences conservation, assessment, monitoring and
and best practices on climate change mitigation. restoration of degraded ecosystems.
In August 2015, U.P. Baguio implemented Within this framework, the University’s Biology,
the Master of Science in Conservation and Physics and Mathematics programs were
Restoration Ecology, an innovative program that recognized as Centers of Excellence by the
aims to produce competent professionals in the Commission on Higher Education.

Raising our Global Rankings In the 2016 QS World University Rankings by
To be recognized as a top regional and global Subject, U.P. ranked 101st in English Language
higher educational institution, U.P. must strive and Literature. It was also the only Philippine
to improve its ranking among the world's university to enter the top 400 in 2016, and
universities. Thus we need to embrace has been consistently in the top 400, except in
accreditation and international benchmarking, 2015 when it slipped to number 401. Its best
as well as undertake our own internal academic performance was in 2012 when it landed on the
assessment, and subject our programs to 348th spot.
external review by recognized national and
international assessment agencies. Among its top-notch campuses is the U.P. Manila’s
College of Medicine, whose standards have been
We made headway in the past six years. In affirmed by independent accreditation. It has also
the 2016 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World achieved a 100% passing rate in medical board
University Rankings published in September examinations, and its graduates have perennially
2016, U.P. has reappeared in the list of top 400 placed among the country’s board topnotchers.
universities in the world, ranking 70th in Asia.
QS University Rankings Asia 2016
70
UNIVERSITY
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OF THE MANILA UNIVERSITY STO. TOMAS
PHILIPPINES UNIVERSITY

Forging Cross-Border Partnerships and Linkages
The University has been partnering with foreign universities to provide innovative educational programs,
and facilitate student and faculty exchanges, dual degree programs, and/or research collaborations.
Our existing international linkages have successfully placed U.P. in the radar screens of the world
academic community. As of July 2016, U.P. counts 420 academic partners in Asia, Australia, North
America, Europe, and Africa.
U.P.’s International Linkages
55 274
62
7
20
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Among these partnership programs are: Other academic units of U.P. are in discussion
with various other universities for academic
Satellite campuses: exchanges in the areas of education, culture,
• The Nagoya University-Asian Satellite Campus industry, and agriculture.
hosted in U.P. Los Baños, which makes
postgraduate programs of Nagoya University U.P. is also a member of prestigious international
available to Filipino students without spending academic networks:
extended period in Japan.
• UPOU with the Southern Taiwan Universities • ASEAN European Academic University
Alliance (STUA) to offer continuing education for Network (ASEAN-UNINET)
Filipino overseas workers in Taiwan. • Forum of South and Southeast Asia and Taiwan
Universities (SATU)
University-wide research and networking hubs • AsiaEngage
in partnership with national and international • Asia-Talloires Network of Industry and
organizations: Community-Engaged Universities (ATNEU)
• Korean Studies Association of Southeast Asia
• U.P. Korea Research Center (U.P. KRC) was (KoSASA) where I also served as president.
established in 2015 in partnership with the
Academy of Korean Studies (AKS), whose U.P.’s affiliation with the Association of Pacific
research agenda covers the areas of social Rim Universities (APRU) and the ASEAN
sciences pertaining to Philippine-Korean relations. University Network (AUN) has paved the way for
• The China Strategic Studies Program, launched in knowledge sharing and secured U.P.’s place in
2015 under the University Center for Integrative the academic world map.
and Development Studies, is a lecture series
aimed at promoting intellectual and civil society Promoting Global Mobility and Exchange
linkages between the Philippines and China to We also continue to pursue the University’s
build mutual understanding and cooperation. internationalization by promoting student

exchanges, foreign academic credit transfer conferences, workshops, and meetings in the
arrangements, distance and e-learning, foreign Philippines.
collaborations in graduate theses, and faculty
fellowships in foreign institutions. Under our World Expert Lecture Series
introduced in 2014, we bring international
Through our Office of International Linkages (U.P. professors and experts to the U.P. We fund the
OIL), a unit under the Office of the Vice President for travel of eminent world leaders in the academe,
Academic Affairs (U.P. OVPAA), we instituted the government, or industry so that they can give
MOVE UP (U.P. Mobility for Vigor and Excellence) lectures in U.P.
program beginning academic year 2012-2013.
This enables junior or senior undergraduates to We have also been actively enticing our alumni,
study for one semester at a foreign university now working in foreign universities, to return to
as exchange students. We provide participating U.P. as faculty members or visiting professors
students with funding assistance to cover travel, through our Balik PhD program. In 2015, U.P.
lodging, and subsistence costs fully or partially in OIL and U.P. OVPAA conducted roadshows in
accordance with our Socialized Tuition System. Europe, Australia, Japan, and the United States
to promote the program to our alumni. We also
As of AY 2016-2017, 326 students participated mobilized our alumni network abroad to host our
in the MOVE UP program. While Japan and South postgraduate students under our COOPERATE
Korea are favorite destinations, we encourage our program. Such arrangements have now been
students to go to universities in our neighboring replicated in several academic units.
ASEAN countries in support of regional integration
as well. Due to the nature of our mandate as a state-
funded university, we have not done much to
Another initiative is the COOPERATE (Continuous increase the number of foreign students enrolling
Operational and Outcomes-based Partnership in our undergraduate programs. This is simply
for Excellence in Research and Academic because of our fixed admission quotas. Every
Training Enhancement) Program, which enables foreign student we have to take in necessarily
postgraduate students at their early thesis or bumps off one Filipino student. However, we
dissertation proposal stages to undertake research are working to increase the number of foreign
or creative work in a foreign university. The program students in our postgraduate programs, where
also supports U.P. research advisers who require a there is more capacity and less competition from
short-term visit to the student’s foreign co-adviser. our local students.
We also provide travel grants and financial

assistance to enable postgraduate students to
present their research or creative work at an
international conference. Since 2014, we have MOVE UP Numbers
given travel grants to over 105 postgraduate
students. We are now providing more travel grants
to our faculty members for research dissemination 326 U.P. students participated
through participation in international conferences. in the MOVE UP program
So that more faculty members get opportunities

to participate in international events, we now offer 105 postgraduate students given
subsidies for academic units to host international travel grants since 2014

Artist's rendition of the Davao City-U.P. Sports Complex
PROMOTING SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
The United Nations recognizes the role of sports peace and development in the Mindanao region
as a proven cost-effective and flexible tool in through multi-sports competitions and by
promoting peace and development. showcasing the games of the various Mindanao
indigenous groups.
In the Declaration of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, the UN said: “Sport is Building the sports complex also fulfills the
an important enabler of sustainable development. strategic initiative of my administration on the
We recognize the growing contribution of sport University's internationalization.
to the realization of development and peace in
its promotion of tolerance and respect and the The sports complex is expected to project U.P.’s
contributions it makes to the empowerment image into the international sports and cultural
of women and of young people, individuals and arena. It will play host to national and international
communities as well as to health, education and sports events, such as the Palarong Pambansa
social inclusion objectives.” and the South East Asian (SEA) Games, both
slated in 2019. It will also serve as the training
The promotion of sports in this developmental ground for the nation’s athletes when preparing
context is also one of the goals behind the for national and international competitions.
establishment of the P8-billion Davao City-U.P.
Sports Complex housed inside the U.P. Mindanao On 6 August 2015, I signed the Memorandum
campus. of Understanding (MOU) between U.P. and
the Government of Davao City, which was
The world-class sports facility will house the represented by its then City Mayor and now
Center for Education in Sports Development, Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte, for the
spearheaded by the Department of Human construction of the 20-hectare facility.
Kinetics of U.P. Mindanao, that aims to promote

U.P. Mindanao Hosts
Future Mecca of Sports
I magine cheering for your favorite football team in a
35,000-seater Football Stadium designed in the shape
of the olew or the turban worn by T’boli men. Or watching
a swimming competition in the Aquatics Center, its design
following the shape of the houseboat of the Sama Dilaut
(Badjao) people, and is embellished with the Bwengkel
(crocodile) pattern common in the tinalak weave of the
T’boli people.
Or taking a promenade in the 20,000-seater Sports Arena,

with its interior and facade decorated with the geometric
patterns and rich colors inspired by the Kaamulan Festival
of the indigenous groups of Bukidnon: the Higaonon,
Talaandig, Manobo, Matigsalug, Tigwahanon, Umayamno,
and the Bukidnon.
These major structures will make up the Davao City-U.P.

Sports Complex, envisioned to be the “mecca of sports” in
Mindanao and the Philippines.
Construction of these buildings is ongoing in the 20-hectare

portion allotted for the Davao City-U.P. Sports Complex
In keeping with the U.P. Board of
within the 204-hectare U.P. Mindanao campus. Ongoing
Regents’ mandate for each campus
construction includes the concreting and improvement of
to adopt a specific architectural
the P50-million U.P. Mindanao-Manambulan Road that
character, the design of the sports
leads to the Davao City-U.P. Sports Complex.
facility was inspired by symbols and
objects of Mindanao indigenous
The P100-million Multipurpose Human Kinetics Building
groups.
(Training Gym) was inaugurated in February 2017. Still in
the pipeline are the P50-million Football Stadium Phase
2 (which will add 800 seats to the current 1,000-seater
Davao City-U.P. Sports Complex Stadium), and the P50-million Football Field and Oval Track.
by the Numbers
₧8B total project cost
20 hectares
35,000 seats at the
Football Stadium
20,000 seats at the

Sports Arena
Groundbreaking ceremony for the Sports Complex

U.P. Cebu SRP Professional Schools (New Campus)
INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE
Our vision for U.P. is to achieve academic and construction projects, of which more than 100
operational excellence as a pathway to greatness are new buildings and structures and around 50
in the 21st century. However, we cannot attain this are renovation projects, big and small, across
vision without making our University a conducive UP’s eight constituent universities (CUs).
and enabling learning environment for all.
The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) received
In the past six years, we have been investing capital outlays totaling P3 billion for commitment
in infrastructure projects to create modern during 2015 and 2016 to modernize its
physical structures that will help future-proof equipment and facilities.
U.P.’s reputation as, not only the best academic
institution in the country, and eventually, a leading In U.P. Diliman, units that received infrastructure
higher educational institution in the region and the funding are: Architecture, Asian Institute of
rest of the world. Tourism, Business, Engineering (Civil, CompSci,
MMM), Fine Arts, Home Economics, CSSP,
Greater operational efficiency has led to the Music, MassCom, Science (MSI, NIGS), Statistics,
availability of funds that enables us to invest heavily SURP, U.P. Pampanga, UPIS, Computer Center,
in new academic buildings, research laboratories, DMST, Health Service, International Center, Main
and sports facilities, as well as in the renovation Library, Vargas Museum, among others. U.P.
of existing offices, teaching laboratories, and Diliman also received funding for modern sports
performance venues. facilities: football pitch, track oval, a stadium, and
an Olympic-size pool.
From 2011 to 2016, our capital outlays reached U.P. Los Baños and U.P. Mindanao also got
P9 billion, with funds coming from the government substantial allocations for building their sports
budget and other sources for our academic complexes.
units. We have been able to finance over 150

“There is an urgent need for
us to catch up with our peer
universities in the region and the
rest of the world. Please join me in this
continuing quest to bring our beloved
University up to the highest global standards —
to be a model for the other local higher education
institutions. Much of the future of our country will depend
on the future of the University of the Philippines.”
U.P. Pres. Alfredo E. Pascual,
Open Letter to the UP Community, September 5, 2016
Building by the Numbers
100 new buildings

In U.P. Visayas, construction is in full swing for
the establishment of the Diwata Shore Complex, ₧9B total project costs
an academic-leisure facility that features the
academic flagship of U.P. Visayas in fisheries and
50 renovation projects
aquatic sciences. It sits on a strategic two-hectare
shoreline property of UPV along the national
₧3B new medical equipment for PGH
highway of the Municipality of Miagao, Iloilo. Phase 2017 infrastructure projects for U.P. Mindanao:
I includes the construction of a Marine Aquaria,
the Blue Quest Channel Audiovisual Room, and ₧50 million Faculty and Staff housing
the Aquaspace Museum while Phase 2 consists ₧43.1 million College of Humanities and Social
of the Freshwater Aquaria and Multipurpose Hall. Sciences Cultural Complex
₧45 million Center for the Advancement of
These infrastructure projects, including the Research in Mindanao (CARIM)
P8-billion Davao City-U.P. Sports Complex, are Building Phase 1 and 2
expected to become landmarks that will enhance ₧17 million College of Science and
U.P.’s presence in their respective regions. Mathematics’ Teaching
and Research Laboratories
improvement and repair, as well as
equipment purchase and upgrade;
₧10 million School of Management Building
₧2.6 million Coconut Tissue Culture Laboratory
Phase 2
₧12.5 million repair and renovation of the Elias B.
Lopez Hall Student Dormitory

Building for the 21st Century
Dormitory (New)
Gymnasium
UP BAGUIO
PGH
(New Medical Equipment)
UP DILIMAN UP MANILA
New Buildings: Statistics Building (New)
• Architecture
• Asian Institute of Tourism
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science
UP LOS BAÑOS
Gymnasium (New)
• Mining, Metalurgical, & Math Building (New)
Materials Engineering
• Fine Arts
• Home Economics UPIS High School (New)
• College of Social Sciences
& Philosophy (CSSP)
• Music
• MassCom
• Marine Science Institute
• Philippine Genome Center
• National Institute of Abelardo Hall (Renovated)
UP CEBU
Geological Sciences
• School of Urban &
Regional Planning School
of Statistics
• UPIS High School Dept.
• Football pitch (synthetic
turf)
• Track oval (synthetic turf)
• Football stadium
• Olympic-size swimming
pool
• Department of Military
Science & Tactics
UPV School of Technology (New)
UP MINDANAO
UP VISAYAS
Alumni Lounge (New)
UP Mindanao Dorm (New)
UP VISAYAS
TACLOBAN
COLLEGE
College Library
(Rehabilitated after Typhoon Yolanda)

Rising from the Ruins of Yolanda
In the 1980s, U.P. Visayas Tacloban College (UP VTC)

purchased three land parcels, totaling 113.7 hectares, situated
within the boundaries of Barangay Sta.Elena and New Kawayan,
Tacloban City.
The site is approximately 15 kilometers north-northwest of the

existing campus in Tacloban City. The plan was to build a new
UPV Tacloban Campus on the purchased lot, but this did not
materialize due to financial resource constraints.
More than two decades later, nature’s fury wreaked havoc in the
city. On November 8, 2013, Super Typhoon Yolanda hit Tacloban
City and heavily damaged the structures of the existing campus,
as well as the other coastal areas of Tacloban and neighboring
towns. Storm surge submerged a great part of the campus in
UPLB Tropical Forest Center (New) six- to seven-foot deep seawater.
In the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda, the campuses of UPVTC,

as well as the UP Manila-School of Health Sciences (UPM
SHS) in Palo, Leyte, exhibited weaknesses and vulnerability in
terms of disaster resilience. The Office of the Vice President
for Public Affairs was then tasked to lead in the development
UP Cebu Library (New) of a consultative and multidisciplinary approach to address the
problems.
The Yolanda experience led to the realization that U.P. VTC

was vulnerable to typhoon-related disasters due to its location.
It immediately prompted U.P. President Alfredo E. Pascual to
revive a long-shelved plan to transfer UP VTC and UPM SHS
UP Cebu SRP Professional Schools
Palo to a 115-hectare property in Sta. Elena, Tacloban City,
(New)
north of the original sites and far from the seaboard.
After several consultations with the local community, and the

provincial and city governments, and conducting several
preliminary studies, a master plan for the U.P. Campus at
Sta. Elena was produced, with total project cost estimated at
Davao City-U.P. Mindanao Sports nearly P200 million. The plan was approved by the President
Complex (New) and the Board of Regents and is now in the OVPD for final
implementation.

The proposed Sta. Elena campus is composed of three parcels
of land with a combined area of 114.41 hectares. It covers 2
hectares allotted for the new site for UPM SHS Palo, 50 hectares
UP Mindanao Main Library (New) of landscaped and open spaces, 19 hectares for commercial
development, and 50 hectares of built areas.
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SERVING THE NATION
Every year, around 80,000 high school students Padayon Public Service
aspire to enter our University, but less than a fifth U.P. is mandated to provide various forms of
make it. And the few who do are given world-class community, public and volunteer service, as well
education by excellent teachers, and backed by as technical assistance to the government, the
resources that are not accessible to many schools private sector, and civil society. This is embodied in
in the country. The reason is simple: the nation the word padayon, a term used in several Visayan
invests in U.P. so that the National University can languages to mean “move forward,” and which I
deliver on its mandate of producing competent use to end my speeches. “Padayon, UP!” (“Move
and responsible leaders who will work for public forward, UP!”)serves as a clarion call for U.P. to
good. rally behind efforts to help in national development.
Thus “UP: Shaping Minds that Shape the Nation” To concretize our commitment to public service,
is more than just a slogan. It is in fact our we provide various forms of community and
battle cry in finding solutions to the constantly volunteer service, as well as scholarly and
evolving challenges our country faces, which technical assistance to government, industry,
our countrymen also confront every day. These and civil society. We also reach out to sectors
challenges are so complex that they need the best outside the University to forge mutually beneficial
and brightest minds we can muster from across partnerships.
the nation.
Disaster Response and Climate Change
Accomplishing this extraordinary task rests on In the aftermath of Sendong and Yolanda, two of
us. U.P. is in a unique position to mobilize experts the strongest typhoons to hit the country, U.P.
from various sectors to work together towards adopted an integrated approach to public service
the achievement of our national development by mobilizing inter-constituent units (CU) toward a
goals such as better quality of life, employment, common goal. In the cities of Iligan and Tacloban,
and poverty reduction. In the past six years, we teams from U.P. Manila and other CUs assisted in
were able to deepen our commitment through the identification of cadavers and in subsequent
these initiatives: measures to rebuild and reconstruct shelter. U.P.

“Make sure you give back to the
community and the larger society that
subsidized your education in this state
university. You are expected to be agents
of change, transforming society so we can
have true national development.”
U.P. Pres. Alfredo E. Pascual,
at the the Commencement Exercises
of Partido State University,
21 March 2013
also provided technical assistance to communities Partnership with LGUs and Communities
affected by the calamities. U.P. has also provided support for local
governments units (LGUs) and communities.
We also lend our expertise in support of disaster It has forged a partnership with the Provincial
risk reduction and management (DRRM) and Government of Pangasinan in the creation of a
climate change adaptation. Under a memorandum Pangasinan Studies Center. It also partnered with
of agreement with the Climate Change the local governments of Palawan and Puerto
Commission, U.P. developed a climate change Princesa City in providing technical assistance to
portal (www.resilience.up.edu.ph) that gathers the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development
the profiles and research activities of experts for the protection and conservation of the rich
from all over the U.P. System. Researchers and biodiversity in the islands of Palawan.
the general public can tap the online resources
for their research and advocacy work. We have Internationalizing Public Service
also produced U.P.'s DRRM Manual prepared by In support of the broader thrust of
disaster resilience experts to serve as a guide for internationalization, U.P. partnered with other
government agencies. top universities in the country, namely Ateneo
de Manila University and De La Salle University,
Technical Assistance to Other Higher Education and with and the National University of Malaysia
Institutions (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia), for the conduct
We also provided technical assistance and of the ASEAN Youth Volunteer Programme. Held
facilitated the transfer of technology to other public in U.P. and two community sites in Quezon City
higher education institutions. This includes sharing and San Mateo, Rizal in August 2016, the ASEAN
a Computerized Registration System (CRS) with Youth Volunteer Programme gathered 50 youth
the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) volunteers from all over ASEAN to learn about
that enables PLM to computerize its enlistment disaster risk reduction and management and
and registration process. In Bicol, U.P. provided immerse in local communities. For four weeks, U.P.
trainings and technical assistance to Partido State hosted future young leaders as they learned from
University in Goa, Camarines Sur on outcomes- experts from partner universities about DRRM.
based education and syllabus construction.

U.P. Television on the Internet
U.P. also actively collaborates in regional networks Reaching Out through TVUP
that promote civic engagement and public service. The Board of Regents approved a three-year
Among these are the Asia-Talloires Network of experimental run of the UP Television on the
Industry and Community Engaged Universities Internet (TVUP).
(ATNEU), AUN’s University Social Responsibility
and Sustainability (USR&S) Thematic Network, and TVUP aims to fill the vacuum of reliable, scholarly,
AsiaEngage, a university-community engagement. and university-based TV programs in the country.
It is also a cost-effective way for U.P. to share and
Academic Hub disseminate its wealth of learning materials to
U.P. serves both as a catalyst and an academic other educational institutions and to the general
hub around which the government, industry, public as well.
and civil society can converge as partners in a
common cause. Advocacy
Through the “U.P. sa Halalan” 2013 and
In November 2015, U.P. brought together 2016 project, we are able to perform our
229 participants from 74 Philippine Higher civic responsibility to contribute to the national
Education Institutions (PHEIs) nationwide for the discourse, particularly during elections. The
First Colleges and Universities Public Service University signed memorandums of understanding
Conference (CUPSCon1). The inaugural two-day with media organizations for content sharing and
conference, held in U.P. Cebu and in U.P. Open the joint conduct of activities.
University, served as a venue for PHEIs engaged in
public service across different disciplines to share Several experts from U.P. units provided analyses
their experiences. With the theme “From the Ivory through written articles and media interviews. A
Tower to the Communities,” CUPSCon sought to microsite (www.halalan.up.edu.ph) was also set
bridge the gap between the academic and social up as a platform for U.P. experts to share their
responsibilities of PHEIs. thoughts on the elections.

Source: Fab Lab Facebook page
Making product design

innovation accessible
F ablab U.P. Cebu, Cebu's first Fablab and the

second in the Visayas, is a partnership between
the Department of Trade and Industry-Cebu and U.P.-
Cebu's Product Design program.
Created alongside a Negosyo Centre (government-

funded business incubator) and its co-working space,
the Fablab aims to equip makers; design students;
professionals; micro, small and medium enterprises;
and the public with democratic access to advanced
prototyping, printing, and related equipment, as well
as training/workshop facilities.
Widely known as the "Furniture Capital of the

Philippines," Cebu shoulders 60% of all the country's
exports. This industry has developed a pool of traditional
artisans and makers who have supplied skills, not just
the furniture industry, but also for jewellery, gifts, toys,
and housewares manufacturing sectors.
Running parallel to this is Cebu's deeply rooted

mercantile culture, breeding an urban environment
receptive to entrepreneurship, startups, and
technological ventures.
The establishment of a Fablab in Cebu encourages

these industries to experiment beyond traditional
manufacturing practices and to nurture a culture of
interdisciplinary innovation and education. Its primary
target clientele are the general public needing design
and prototyping services, as well as student and
professional designers requiring training on basic and
advanced design, engineering and electronics.
Source: https://www.fablabs.io/fablabupcebu
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For U.P. to fulfill its In 2011 and 2012, we mounted a campaign for bigger
funding allocations from the government. Our approach
role as a bastion of was to highlight the value of U.P. to the country and its
academic excellence, it significant contributions to national development.
needs the support of an Even as our Charter dictates it, we veered away from
enabling environment adopting a sense of entitlement and instead demonstrated
how U.P. supports the programs of the government,
anchored on operational how it acts as a fountainhead of innovation for the
excellence. And this can country, and as a ready source of technical expertise for
government, industry, and civil society. Most importantly,
be achieved only through we emphasized that government financial support for U.P.
financial sustainability and is not an expense, but an investment that will yield copious
dividends for our country and people.
administrative efficiency.
As a result, the U.P. budget started to increase in 2013 to
P9.5 billion from P5.7 billion in 2012. By 2017, the budget
has reached P13.5 billion.
Increasing Government Funding for UP
(amounts in billion Pesos)
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Amount 5.8 5.7 9.5 9.4 13.3 13.1 13.5
Note: The figure shown for each of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2017
was the UP budget in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for the year. For
2015 and 2016, the government funding shown comes also from the GAA,
but consists of the formal UP budget plus other amounts allocated to UP via
the budget of other departments (e.g., DPWH, DOST). The figures in the table
exclude RLIP and supplemental releases.

“As the national university, U.P.
is the face of Philippine education
to the rest of the world. This inspires
us to constantly upgrade our technologies
and capabilities to better serve the nation,
and at the same time, prove that the Filipino
people are likewise globally competitive in terms of the
development and use of the latest trends, systems and
technologies employed by the world’s leading universities
today.”
at the contract signing for eUP, 17 September 2012
GAINING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
In addition, U.P. received billions of pesos private sectors, the loyalty of our alumni, and our
more from DOST, CHED, and other partner existing land and other assets. These initiatives
departments in government for research in are: Efficient and Productive Land Management
such areas as health, information infrastructure, As a land grant university, U.P. must utilize and
climate change, disaster management, and other manage its land assets in an optimal manner.
national challenges. To have full appreciation of all our properties,
we started crafting a U.P. Master Development
The biggest percentage increase in the U.P. Plan (UPMDP) that covers all campus sites,
budget was the MOOE allocation—the budget for landholdings, and land grants. In each UPMDP
operating expenses—which jumped almost four of a campus, areas for revenue generation are
times (from P0.7 billion in 2012 to P2.8 billion identified in addition to the usual requirements for
in 2016. The capital outlay amounted to over academics and other support services.
P12 billion for the period 2012-2016, including
a supplemental release in 2012. These were A prime example of a revenue-generating project
unprecedented achievements. is the U.P. Town Center in U.P. Diliman. Subjected
to open competitive bidding on my insistence
The reality, however, is that the strategic when I was the Alumni Regent on the U.P. Board
initiatives we set out in 2011, along with the of Regents, the project was awarded in 2010 to
regular operations of the university, require larger the winning private developer, Ayala Land, Inc.
amounts of funds to implement and sustain. In (ALI). The agreement with ALI was negotiated
addition, employee benefits on top of what can and signed in 2011 during my first year in office
be provided by the government, such as eHOPE, as President. The project opened its phase-1 in
eSRP, health and wellness benefits, etc., cannot 2014, and was fully completed in 2016.
be funded from the U.P. budget. Hence, we needed
to find other sources of financial support. Another example is the 70-hectare S&T park for
agri-biotech and information technology in UP
In this regard, we pursued several initiatives in the Los Banos. It was registered with PEZA as a
past six years that leveraged on the goodwill of the special economic zone in 2016. Its first locator
U.P. brand, our partnerships with both public and inaugurated its laboratory in January 2017.

Tatak U.P. Efficient Fund Management
Another asset of U.P. is its pool of intellectual As our efforts to mobilize more funding support
properties. The Board of Regents has already for U.P. make greater strides, we need to ensure
approved the Revised U.P. Intellectual Property (IP) that donations received and savings made
Rights Policy that will guide and facilitate technology contribute to building up our endowment funds.
transfer. If we were to fulfill our mandate as a Managing these funds prudently is paramount
research and public service university, we need so as to ensure the financial sustainability of the
to accelerate the dissemination of the research University.
outputs and innovative technologies of our faculty,
researchers, and students. To this end, we activated for the first time
a provision in the U.P. Charter of 2008 that
Thus we created the Tatak U.P. Program to explore creates the Independent Trust Committee.
opportunities for commercialization and generate
revenues from our IP rights. The program also The committee is composed of the U.P.
calls for the launching of U.P. consultancy services, President as chair, and one representative each
a system-wide IP and expertise audit, and the from the Bankers Association of the Philippines,
creation of an up-to-date expertise database. the Investment Houses Association of the
Philippine, the Trust Officers Association of the
Donations from Alumni and Friends Philippines, and the Financial Executives Institute
After putting in place a seamless partnership of the Philippines. The committee is mandated
between U.P. and the U.P. Alumni Association, we to improve the annual yield on the University’s
successfully intensified our campaign for donations endowment funds.
from alumni and friends for student scholarships
and professorial chairs, and for emergency needs
brought about by calamities such as the Super
Typhoon Yolanda.
Beyond the one-time donations, we also introduced

"Give to U.P.," a comprehensive fundraising campaign
that will augment our endowment funds and instill
in our alumni the culture of regular giving. We have
put in place a technology-based platform for our
alumni to conveniently send their online donations

PRIVATE DONATIONS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
More than P5 billion worth of infrastructure projects — both completed
and in the pipeline — have been made possible in from 2011 to 2016
through the generosity of various private sector donors.
U.P. Bonifacio Global City (BGC) Campus

Building: P400 million value, donated by
COMPLETED
SM investment Corporation
Land: 4,300 square meters, valued at
P1.3 billion, donated by Bases Conversion
and Development Corporation
Phi House Foundation in U.P. Manila

4-storey dormitory, costing P32 million,
donated by Phi Kappa Mu and Phi Lambda
Delta
Theater at the U.P. Diliman College of Arts

and Letters
UNDER
CONSTRUCTION Capacity of 400, valued at P100 million,
donated by Eurotowers International, Inc.
Public Health Building

in U.P. Manila
Valued at P200 million,
donated by the Zuellig
family foundation
U.P. Alabang (Innovation Campus) U.P. Los Banos Extension Campus in Davao del
5 hectare land, buildings worth Norte for professional courses in agriculture
DESIGN PHASE
P300 million, donated by Vista Land 3 hectare land and academic building, donated by
and Lifescapes Anflo Management and Investment Corporation
U.P. Campus in Clark Green City (CGC)

70 hectares land, donated by
Bases Conversion and Development
Corporation

ACHIEVING ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY
For U.P. to be a model of operational excellence, • Financial Management IS (FMIS);

we must ensure administrative efficiency. • Human Resource IS (HRIS);
This means implementing and maintaining • Student Academic IS (SAIS);
seamless processes that result in higher • Supply, Procurement, and Campus Management
productivity and sound decision making. IS (SPCMIS); and
• Executive IS (EIS).
Building an Integrated Information System
We proceeded to implement eUP, an The massive undertaking, which was supposed
integrated IT system designed to achieve to take three years, has faced major challenges,
administrative efficiency. The project includes particularly in data cleansing, workflow simplification,
substantial investments in hardware (servers, and policy standardization. There were also pockets
computers, accessories), fiber optic networks of resistance, particularly from those who had
(future-proof), and internet bandwidth difficulty adjusting to the changes. In addition, one
(increased from 140 mbps to 5,200 mbps implementation partner firm encountered difficulty in
system-wide), which support not just the retaining its experts and had to be replaced.
information systems but also the academic
requirements of faculty and students. eUP
aims to facilitate evidence-based decisions,
information sharing, speedy service delivery, System-wide internet bandwidth was
harmonized processes, enhanced productivity, increased from 140 mbps in 2010 to
and personnel well-being. 5,200 Mbps now
Under eUP, five key information systems are
being rolled out in all our eight CUs. These are:

“We are now in the era
of hyper connectivity. As
a response, universities and
private companies have found
ways to combine the possible with the
desperately necessary. Over the last decade,
we have seen examples of how education is
racing beyond the borders of the traditional,
and further and further into the virtual.”
at the 2nd International Conference on Open and Distance
e-Learning, UP Open University, June 19, 2014
GREEN U.P. Project

Another major undertaking towards achieving Under Green U.P., the University also forged
operational excellence is the Green U.P. program. partnerships with two major companies, the
Its main objective is to make U.P. campuses government-owned Philippine National Oil
sustainable and environment-friendly while saving Company Renewables Corporation (PNOC RC)
on the cost of utilities. The project also includes the and the Philips Electronics and Lighting Inc.
formulation of guidelines on building design and
landscapes for implementation in all campuses. Its collaboration with PNOC RC will enable U.P.
to assess its operations’ energy efficiency and
Green U.P. initially consisted of conducting energy carbon footprint, utilities management, and
audits, laying down building design standards, explore the use of alternative energy in the
reducing utilities consumption, preserving used different campuses.
materials, managing waste, introducing new
transport systems, and using solar panels, within
the University. The project also covers disaster
risk reduction and management and climate
change adaptation, especially in light of the impact
of Typhoons Sendong and Yolanda. GREEN U.P. Early Gains
• Installing solar panels on selected buildings
In December 2016, representatives of the nine • Use of electric vehicles
U.P. constituent units gathered for the Green
• Generating savings on water bills (UP
U.P. Summit and a pre-Summit consultative
workshop to map out the efficient stewardship and Diliman was able to reduce its water bill by
protection of their campuses, and the design of ₧24M per year)
spaces towards lessening pollution and promoting • Generating savings on electricity bills (UP
a healthier environment. Each of the CUs now has
Diliman was able to reduce its electricity
their own campus-wide policies related to Green
U.P., incorporating environmental sustainability bill by ₧6M per year through contract
and health and wellness in their master plans and renegotiation)
visions for their campuses. • Introducing green features in new buildings

In partnership with PNOC RC, the University has Preparation for assessment by an external review
installed solar panels on the roof of initially three panel is rigorous. It takes into account curriculum,
buildings in U.P. Diliman (Quezon Hall, Palma Hall, students, faculty, staff, infrastructure, academic
and Melchor Hall) while a similar arrangement is services, stakeholder feedback, among others.
being planned for other U.P. campuses. PNOC RC is For the first time in U.P.’s history, we subjected
also looking at installing a geothermal and biomass our degree programs for assessment by an
system for U.P. Los Baños. international panel under the ASEAN University
Network-Quality Assessment (AUN-QA)
For its part, Philips Electronics, a leading company framework.
in efficient lighting systems, started by conducting a
lighting audit at the U.P. Office of the President and AUN-QA harmonizes higher education systems
the Board of Regents Room. and standards in the ASEAN, promotes mobility
of faculty members and students, collaborative
Quality Assurance researches, and facilitates credit transfer
Another mechanism for ensuring administrative among its members.
efficiency is quality assurance.
We take great pride in the fact that several
As an academic institution with a huge reputation undergraduate degree programs across the
to protect and uphold, U.P. must subject its U.P. System have been chosen as leaders in this
programs to independent assessment by highly respect. During AY 2013-2014, two academic
reputable academic bodies. These evaluations can programs from U.P. Diliman and three from
give us a clearer view of where we stand in terms U.P. Los Baños were successfully reviewed
of the quality of our programs, and how we can by international panels under the auspices of
improve on our operations. Quality checks also help the AUN-QA Framework. All these programs
benchmark our standards and practices with other successfully passed the assessment and
leading universities outside the country. garnered respectably high scores.

Several of our faculty members are also
undergoing training, not only to assess other
ASEAN universities, but also to help us do a self-
assessment of our own academic programs
using the AUN-QA criteria.
U.P. plans to have more programs assessed

to benchmark our performance against
other universities and improve our academic
programs. Other programs in the University are
also either actively seeking local accreditation, AUN-QA Accredited Programs
or preparing for discipline-specific assessment U.P. Los Baños
frameworks, such as the Washington Accord
• BS Biology
and the Canberra Accord.
• BS Development Communication
• BS Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering
U.P. Diliman
• BS Civil Engineering
• BS Statistics

INVESTING IN HUMAN CAPITAL
When it comes to the quality of faculty, U.P. can of its human resources and one that ensures an
lay claim to the fact it is one persistent defining adequate system of compensation and incentive.
character of the University that has withstood Tenure and promotion must be based on equitable
the test of time. rules that are reflective of a culture of excellence
and these rules must be enforced fairly.
Nowhere in the country can one find the highest
concentration of icons in various disciplines Higher Budget Allocation
coming mostly from one university than in U.P. With greater financial flexibility, we were able to
The seminal works read by students are mostly augment our funds for faculty and staff benefits,
produced by U.P. faculty, the Commission on totaling P3.4 billion paid out from 2011 to January
Higher Education’s Centers of Excellence and 2017. This figure—considered the biggest increase
Centers of Development are mostly found in ever—includes the service recognition pay and
U.P. And the deep talent pool we have in our provident fund contribution to add to retirement
faculty has been a ready source of experts for money, rice subsidy, grocery allowance, and
the government, business, and civil society. incentive grants.
Undeniably, the backbone of our quest for U.P. employees were each given P25,000 as a
academic and operational excellence is our Health and Welfare Benefit grant in 2016 and
people. Any move to make U.P. a globally another P25,000 as professional development
competitive university must address the grant in January 2017. Both were one-time, non-
perennial challenge of recruiting and retaining precedent-setting benefits.
great faculty members as well as personnel.
Funding for these benefit grants, amounted to
One of our strategic initiatives in this regard more than P600 million, came from the University’s
was investing in human capital. U.P. needs an income-generating projects, such as the U.P.-Ayala
environment that fully supports the talents Technohub and the U.P. Town Center, as well as

“By any definition, education
is critical. It is the fulcrum
in the development of human
capital, the means by which we invest
in the quality of our people. Unlike other
forms of capital, the potential of human
capital to positively impact an institution or
organization or city or country is immeasurable and
unquantifiable.”
at the Building Urban Platforms for Innovation,
Inclusion and Resilience, NXCities Philippines, March 8, 2016
those from the Philippine General Hospital’s pay Investment in Human Capital
ward. In the pipeline is a new enhanced health care
benefit program that will be funded by part of the
₧ 3.4Bfaculty and staff benefits paid out
earnings from the U.P. Town Center. ₧ 258Mmerit promotions
Merit Promotions 70% of UP faculty and staff promoted

Fulfilling the promise made during my investiture ₧189M reclassification of position items
in 2011, I rewarded meritocracy and excellent
₧
233M Public Health Workers
increase in Magna Carta for
performance by way of merit promotions and
additional compensation for UP faculty and staff.
To the tune of P258 million, the 2014 merit The U.P. Gender Guidelines spells out U.P.’s
promotions were the highest amount ever given commitment to the principles of human rights,
out by the University. It also benefited the most women’s empowerment, and gender equality.
number of employees, with around 70% of UP It applies to all the academic and administrative
faculty and staff approved for merit promotion. The aspects and functions of the university. In this
promotion process started in July 2014 when the way, the Guidelines ensures the enhancement of
U.P. President issued a call for promotions to the gender mainstreaming in the University.
eight CUs.
We also successfully amended the 1998 U.P.
Good Governance Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Anti-
In pursuit of good governance, we moved to Sexual Harassment Law of 1995. This was to
implement the "Magna Carta of Women" in the U.P. ensure that our policy is more responsive to the
System through the adoption of the "Guidelines on current realities. The amendment was embodied
Promoting Women's Empowerment and Gender in the new "U.P. Anti-Sexual Harrassment Code"
Equality in the University of the Philippnes" (U.P. which was approved by the Board of Regents in
Gender Guidelines). This was approved by the January 2017.
Board of Regents in July 2015.

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"I thought that the slogan 'One U.P.,'
similar to the padayon, was a cliché
during your term, but I believe it
worked. Somehow, it made the
implementation of rules and policies
fair, coherent, and consistent."
Jose S. Buenconsejo,
Dean of the U.P. College of Music
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U.P. Board of Regents
(as of February 2017)
Hon. Patricia B. Licuanan beginning 29 July 2010

Hon. Paolo Benigno A. Aquino IV beginning 22 July 2016
Hon. Ann K. Hofer beginning 30 August 2016
Hon. Angelo A. Jimenez beginning 28 October 2016
Hon. Francis C. Laurel beginning 14 November 2016
Hon. Frederick Mikhail I. Farolan beginning 28 October 2016
Hon. Patricia B. Arinto beginning 1 January 2017
Hon. Ramon M. Maronilla beginning 3 July 2015
Hon. Raoul Danniel A. Manuel beginning July 2016
Hon. Alexis M. Mejia beginning June 2015
Hon. Patricia B. Licuanan Hon. Alfredo E. Pascual Hon. Paolo Benigno A. Aquino IV
Chairperson Co-Chairperson Chairperson, Senate Committee on
Chairman, Commission on Higher Education President, University of the Philippines Education, Arts, and Culture

Hon. Angelo A. JImenez Hon. Francis C. Laurel Hon. Frederick Mikhail I. Farolan
Hon. Patricia Arinto Hon. Phillip Ian Padilla Hon. Ramon M. Maronilla
Faculty Regent Faculty Regent Alumni Regent
January 2016-Present February 2015-December 2016 President, U.P. Alumni Association
Hon. Alexis M. Mejia Hon. Lilian A. De Las Llagas

Staff Regent Secretary of the University
February 2011-February 2017 and of the Board of Regents
February 2011-February 2017

U.P. Administration
Hon. Alfredo E. Pascual

President
Lilian A. De Las Llagas Virginia R. Ocampo Lourdes M. Portus

Secretary of the University Assistant Secretary Special Assistant to the President

Vice Presidents
Gisela P. Concepcion Joselito G. Florendo Maragtas S.V. Amante

Vice President for Academic Affairs Vice President for Planning and Finance Vice President for Administration
Elvira A. Zamora Edna Estifania A. Co Hector Danny D. Uy

Vice President for Development Vice President for Public Affairs Vice President for Legal Affairs
September 2016 - February 2017

U.P. Chancellors
Michael L. Tan Fernando C. Sanchez Jr. Carmencita D. Padilla

Chancellor, U.P. Diliman Chancellor, U.P. Los Baños Chancellor, U.P. Manila
Sylvia B. Concepcion Melinda D.P. Bandelaria

Rommel A. Espinosa Chancellor, U.P. Open University
Chancellor, U.P. Visayas Chancellor, U.P. Mindanao

Raymundo D. Rovillos Liza D. Corro
Chancellor, U.P. Baguio Chancellor, U.P. Cebu
Danilo L. Concepcion
Executive Director, U.P. Bonifacio Global City

U.P. Assistant Vice Presidents
Jaime D. L. Caro Nestor O. Rañeses Rhodora V. Azanza

Assistant Vice President for Development Assistant Vice President for Administration Assistant Vice President
for Academic Affairs (Internationalization)
Mary Delia G. Tomacruz Richard Philip A. Gonzalo Jose Wendell P. Capili

Assistant Vice President Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs
for Academic Affairs
(R&D Resource Management)

Carla Dimalanta Alyssa Peleo-Alampay
Assistant Vice President Assistant Vice President
for Academic Affairs (Research) for Academic Affairs (Curriculum)
Ranjit S. Rye
Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs

U.P. Directors
Jaime D. L. Caro Gerardo Dizon Legaspi Nestor O. Rañeses

Director, eUP Project Director, Philippine General Hospital Director, Institute for Small-Scale Industries
Ferdinand C. Llanes Nelson G. Cainghog Luis G. Sison

Director, U.P. Padayon Office Director, U.P. Padayon Office Director, Technology Transfer and Business
2013-2014 2014-2017 Development Office
Jose Wendell P. Capili Frances Fatima M. Cabana Isagani L. Bagus

Deputy Director, U.P. System Information Office Officer-in-Charge
Director, U.P. System Office of Alumni Relations
Supply and Management Office

Rhodora V. Azanza Aurora Odette C. Mendoza Edna Estifania A. Co
Director, U.P. System Office Director, U.P. System Office of Admissions Director, University Center for Integrative and
of International Linkages Development Studies
Jose Neil C. Garcia Odine Maria M. De Guzman Richard Philip A. Gonzalo

Director, U.P. Press Director, Center for Women’s and Director, Office of Student Financial Assistance
Gender Studies (formerly Socialized Tuition System Office)
Eduardo E. Gonzalez
Director, U.P. Korea Research Center

U.P. System
Project Heads
Officers
Annette G. Lagman Jaime B. Veneracion

Head, eUP Project Head, Padayon Special Project
Grace J. Alfonso Elena E. Pernia

Head, TVUP Head, End-of-Term Report
of President Pascual
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U.P. System Offices
President Advisory Council

Seated (Left to Right):
Melinda DP. Bandelaria (U.P. Open University)
Carmencita D. Padilla (U.P. Manila)
President Alfredo E. Pascual
Sylvia B. Concepcion (U.P. Mindanao)
Liza D. Corro (U.P. Cebu), Lourdes M. Portus
Standing (Left to Right):

Elvira Zamora, Rommel A. Espinosa, Virginia
R. Ocampo, Gerardo D. Legaspi, Fernando C.
Sanchez, Jr. (U.P. Los Baños), Michael L. Tan
(U.P. Diliman), Raymundo D. Rovillos (UP Baguio),
Joselito G. Florendo, Maragtas S.V. Amante,
Gisela P. Concepcion, Lilian A. De Las Llagas,
Jaime D.L. Caro, Hector Danny D. Uy
U.P. President with his Vice Presidents

Elvira Zamora (VP for Development), President Alfredo E. Pascual
Gisela P. Concepcion (VP for Academic Affairs)
Lillian A. De Las Llagas (Secretary of the University)

Joselito G. Florendo (VP for Planning and Finance), Maragtas S.V. Amante
(VP for Administration), Hector Danny D. Uy (VP for Legal Affairs)
U.P. President with Chancellors

Melinda DP. Bandelaria (U.P. Open University)
Carmencita D. Padilla (U.P. Manila)
President Alfredo E. Pascual
Sylvia B. Concepcion (U.P. Mindanao)
Liza D. Corro (U.P. Cebu)

Fernando C. Sanchez Jr. (U.P. Los Baños)
Michael L. Tan (U.P. Diliman)
Raymundo D. Rovillos (U.P. Baguio)
Rommel A. Espinosa (U.P. Visayas)

U.P. System Offices
Office of the President Executive House Staff

Seated (Left to Right): Left to Right:
Diolicio De la Cruz, Adela Malubay, Herbert Lopez,
Rochelle C. Dueñas, Arlene M. Cabrales, Carmencita
Gina Beruela and Maritess Cacho
C. Loyola, President Alfredo E. Pascual, Dr. Lourdes M.
Portus, Marrianne F. Ubalde, Nanette P. Jacinto

Rogelio Silvano, Victor D.L. Epres, Mark M. Juat, Clarissa
M. Camaya, Erlinda L. Esguerra, Wilfredo C. Bilbao,
Ivan G. Cunanan, Mat Ranillo S. Bacubac
Office of the President and Executive House

Marrianne F. Ubalde, Carmencita C. Loyola, Lourdes
M. Portus, Nanette P. Jacinto, Arlene M. Cabrales,
Rechelle C. Dueñas and Clarissa M. Camaya

Erlinda L. Esguerra, Maritess C. Cacho (Executive
House Staff), Mauro M. Pascua, Gina Beruela
(Executive House Staff), and Mat Ranillo S. Bacubac
Office of the Secretary of the University

First Row (Left to Right):
Karisha Anne E. Cruz, Jovita P. Fucio, Prof. Virginia
R. Ocampo (Assistant Secretary of the University),
Prof. Lilian A. De Las Llagas (Secretary of the
University and of the Board of Regents), Anna
Marie R. Demeterio, Mary A. Espejo
Second Row (Left to Right):

Glenn D. Bilbao, Zenaida A. Ballarta, Marissa A.
Perdigon-Guzman, Virginia S. Olivera, Candelaria A.
Bachini, Angelito A. Santos, Jose Jude A. Yapit
Third Row (Left to Right):

Dante C. Ceguerra, Cesar R. Nilo, Fijay K. Florentino
Not in photo: Cenon E. Maximo

Office of the Vice President Office of International Linkages
for Academic Affairs Officials Left to Right:
Front Row (Left to Right): Michelle Angela Ramirez, Jenelle Clarisse Dungca-
Rhodora V. Azanza, PhD (AVP for Internationalization), Santos, Arlene Bibiana Boro (Executive Assistant),
Gisela P. Padilla-Concepcion, PhD (Vice President for Dr. Aaron Joseph Villaraza (Deputy Director),
Academic Affairs), Mary Delia G. Tomacruz, DBA (AVP for Alfredo Rodolfo, Rosebele Quinto, Ma. Evelyn Dilig
R&D Resource Management), Alyssa M. Peleo-Alampay, (Administrative Officer), Frenchly Joyce Caspe,
PhD (AVP for Curriculum) Kathlene Mae Quizon
Back Row (Left to Right): Seated: Dr. Rhodora V. Azanza (Director)

Odine Maria M. de Guzman, Ph.D. (Director, Center for Not in photo: Hector Retuerma and Dennis
Women’s and Gender Studies), Richard Philip A. Gonzalo Bugnalen
(AVP for Student Affairs), Jose Neil C. Garcia, Ph.D.
(Director, U.P. Press)
Office of the Vice President

for Academic Affairs Staff
Front Row (Left to Right): Alice T. Morta, Nancy B. de Quiros,
VP Gisela P. Padilla-Concepcion, Imelda A. Lerios, Jenette C.
Burlat
Back Row (Left to Right): Rosette O. Untalan, Paula Marice

Pacheco, Marilyn Abear, Chat Roann Sorrosa, Criselda
Dorothi Mercado, Ryan Cabansag
Assistant Vice
President for
Student Affairs
Richard Philip A. Gonzalo

(Assistant VP for Student
Affairs) and Noel Sempio Technology Transfer and Business
Development Office
Left to Right:
Cedrik Ben A. Gayares, Diane Aubrey J. Francisco,
Dr. Luis G. Sison, Idona P. Porlaje, Myrdy Q. Resquid

Office of Admissions
Standing (Left to Right): May Helena G. Ariola,
Marina S. Orap, Yolanda C. Vicente, Norberto M.
Madriaga, Ma. Sharon M. Pojas, Maria Belen H.
Janio, Jaime V. Villaflor, Teresita M. Aguipo, Estelita
B. Torres, Jose Rene S. Torres, Zenon V. Agarao
Standing (Left to Right): Laila T. Torres, Merlie

T. Jamilosa, Amelita M. Gan, Director Aurora-
Odette C. Mendoza, Lea C. De Guzman, Annaliza B.
Amorato, Nora D. Madriaga

for Administration Officials
Billy E. De Juaiting, Mona Liza S. Todas, Hipolita
R. Recalde, Ma. Ailene B. Angeles, Maria Jovie P.
Quijano & Albert G. Esguerra (OVPA Staff)

Michael P. Lagaya (Asst. to the VP for Admin),
Nestor O. Rañeses (AVP for Admin), Maragtas S.V.
Amante (VP for Admin), Isagani L. Bagus (Chief,
UP System SPMO) and Perla B. Balute (OIC, Cash
Office)
Office of the Vice President for

Administration Staff
Perla B. Balute, Chief (U.P. System Cash Office),
Prof. Nestor O. Raneses (Assistant Vice President
for Administration), Dr. Maragtas S.V. Amante
(Vice President for Administration), Isagani L.
Bagus (Chief, U.P. System Supply and Property
Management Office), Maritess C. Cacho (Staff In
Charge, Executive House)

Diolicio Dela Cruz (Executive House), Sherwin R.
Cura (U.P. System SPMO), Lomelle Karl David (U.P.
System SPMO), Janne Paule Rivera (U.P. System
SPMO), Julius Mar Dela Cruz (U.P. System SPMO),
Ernie Canlas (Executive House), Kenneth Isaac
Dela Cruz (U.P. System SPMO), Gina C. Barbuela
(Executive House), Doris L. Mendiola (Cash Office),
Herbert M. Lopez (Executive House), Manolito G.
Alvarez (Cash Office), John-Zel Y. Abrajano (Cash
Office), Adela S. Malubay (Executive House)

U.P. System Offices
for Planning and Finance
Leopoldo M. Lobrico Jr. (Administrative Officer
III), Prof. Joselito G. Florendo (Vice President for
Planning and Finance), Prof. Daniel Vincent H. Borja
(System Investment Officer)

Jonabelle C. Montillana (Records Assistant, Non-U.P.
Contractual), Noreen P. Escultura (Director, System
Budget Office), Susan C. Sanchez (Director, System
Accounting Office), Donna Sheryl L. Mampusti
(Executive Assistant IV)
Office of the Vice President for Office of the Vice President for Development
Development 1st row: Jonalene L. Victorio, Lydia L. Taganguin, Elvira A.
Seated: VP Elvira Zamora Zamora (VP for Development), Paulo Noel G. Paje, Allen C.
Victor D. Imbuido, Garry F. Pascua, Bienvenido L. Norpe
Moreto, Richmon M. Pancho, Carlos N. Forteza, 2nd Row: Noel Benedict C. Ramos, Arianne A. Gozon, Noel
Jennifer B. Penano Gratus P. Feria
3rd Row: Arnel C. Peñano, Ernesto N. Bercilla, Jr., Gabriel F.
Villorente, Garry F. Pascua, Rhiegie S. Badion
Office of Design and 8.Arch. Vincent Jerome Jamir

Planning Initiatives 9.Arvieleen Ventenilla
Office of Design and Planning 10. Idr. Jesica Ramirez
Initiatives 11. Engr. Bianca Mae Adalem
1. Elvira A. Zamora ( VP for 12. Arch. Alexander Brian Fria
Development) 13. Samuel Revilla
2. Cristopher Stonewall P. 14. Arch. Jeff Russell Sonza
Espina (AVP for Development/ 15. Jes-Alif Desuasido
ODPI Director) 16. L. Arch. Christel Hannah Cruz
3. Arch. Dorothy Grace Lee 17. Engr. Joel Harold Hernandez
4. Engr. Renanne S.M. 18. Arch. Mark Abraham Goduco
Lafrades 19. Arch. Paul Letana
5. Danice Sherlean Mampusti 20. L. Arch. Layu Constantino
6. Hussein S. Lidasan (Deputy 21. Engr. Dyke Jetrie Concepcion
Director, ODPI)
7. Arch. Michael Angelo
Ygnacio

Padayon Office
Left to Right:
Franz Velasco, Mimi
Barretto, Jessica
Claridad, Charles
Ramos, Director
Nelson Cainghog,
Aaron Belen, Patricia
Liganor, Teresa Aquino,
and Marielle Antonio.
OVPLA Admin Staff OVPLA Legal Staff

Seated (Left to Right): Seated (Left to Right):
Luciana C. Cinco, Vilma V. Docena Atty. Ricardo B. Lapesura (Deputy General
(Executive Assistant), Atty. Hector Counsel for Judicial Affairs), Jr., Atty. Hector
Danny Uy (VP for Legal Affairs), Danny Uy (VP), Atty. Eunice B.S.A. Saño
Ruth H. Mercado (Deputy General Counsel for Corporate
Affairs)
John Henry C. Baluyut, Emma Standing (Left to Right):
B. Culibao, Francess T. Salazar, (University Legal Counsel) Atty. Ricardo M.
Roberto U. Deriquito, Timmy S. Ribo, Atty. Venepi R. Canta, Atty. Marsel
Relox, Jonathan C. Nepomuceno Lincoln A. Meneses, Atty. Hannibal A.B. Bobis
eUP
Top Row (Left to Right):
Jason R. Balais, Deputy Team Leader for Infrastructure;
OVPLA Admin and Legal Staff Vincent P. Teodosio, Team Leader for HRIS; Michael P.
Lagaya, Project Development Associate for HRIS; Ariel
Seated (Left to Right): S. Betan, Co-Team Leader for HRIS; Hyacinth Q. Sison,
Vilma V. Docena, Atty. Ricardo B. Lapesura Jr., Atty. Hector Deputy Team Leader, Quality Assurance; Rafaela Anne
Danny Uy (VP for Legal Affairs), Atty. Eunice B.S.A. Saño, Ruth H. P. Rivera, Deputy Team Leader, Communications and
Mercado, Francess T. Salazar Content Development; Francis Alfred Viray, Systems
Analyst, Student Academic Information System
Bottom Row (Left to Right):
Atty. Venepi R. Canta, Atty. Ricardo M. Ribo, John Henry C. Winson Rei D. Gasis, Deputy Team Leader, HRIS; Paul
Baluyut, Luciana C. Cinco, Timmy S. Relox, Atty. Marsel Lincoln A. Jason V. Perez, Deputy Team Leader, FMIS; Rommel
Meneses, Emma B. Culibao, Jonathan C. Nepomuceno, Roberto P. Feria, Team Leader, Infrastructure; Leah Ligaya
U. Deriquito, Atty. Hannibal A.B. Bobis Figueroa, Team Leader, Helpdesk; Rowena C. Solamo,
Team Leader, Quality Assurance; Dr. Annette Lagman,
Team Leader, EIS; Dr. Jaime D. L. Caro, Project Director;
Sarah R. Salvio, Team Leader, Communications and
Content Development; Arnulfo G. Inocencio, Team Leader,
Administrative and Training Support; Karen B. Pajarito,
Team Leader, Mobile and User Interface Development

Office of the Vice President for Public Office of the Vice President for Public Affairs
Affairs Officials Officials and Staff
Left to Right: Left to Right:
Ranjit S. Rye (Assistant Vice President), Nelson G. Nelson G. Cainghog (Padayon Public Service Office Director),
Cainghog (Padayon Public Service Office Director), Prof. Ranjit S. Rye (Assistant Vice President), Francis Fatima M.
Edna Estifania A. Co, DPA (Vice President for Public Cabana (System Information Office Deputy Director), Jose
Affairs), Francis Fatima M. Cabana (System Information Wendell P. Capili (Office of Alumni Relations Director), Amor
Office Deputy Director), Jose Wendell P. Capili (Office of Manalang, Jerry Valdez
Alumni Relations Director) Not in photo: VP for Public Affairs Prof. Edna Estifania A. Co,
DPA
System Information Office

Front Row (Left to Right): Office of Alumni Relations
Nena Barcebal, Flora Cabangis, Alicia Abear, Cristy
Salvador, Frances Fatima Cabana, Arlyn Romualdo, Front Row (Left to Right):
Celeste Ann Llaneta, Anna Marie Stephanie Cabigao Jovita R. Ronquillo, Jay C. Amorato, Dr. Jose Wendell P.
Capili, Jennifer A. Duarte, Lyzete C. Balinhawang, Pedro R.
Back Row (Left to Right): Ponce
Tomas Maglaya, Mai Andre Encarnacion, Misael Bacani,
Khalil Ismael Michael Quilinguing, Roberto Eugenio, Back Row (Left to Right):
Jo Florendo Lontoc, Abraham Arboleda, Jan Mikhail Michelle L. Pollier, Carlo Vince W. Fernando, Evan Jay A.
Solitario, Jonathan Madrid, Frederick Marcel Dabu Villacorte, Nelson E. Carandang

Former Members
U.P. Board of Regents
At large
Hon. Gizela M. Gonzalez-Montinola 4 January 2013 to 13 November 2016
Hon. Georgina Reyes Encanto 18 March 2015 to October 2016
Hon. Magdaleno G. Albarracin October 2010 to February 2012 / June 2012 to
September 2016
Hon. Reynato S. Puno October 2010 to March 2012 / October 2012 to
June 2014
Hon. Evelina B. Guevara-Escudero 6 February 2012 to September 2012
Hon. Elizabeth Rose C. Orteza Siguion-Reyna 16 November 2010 to 5 March 2012
Ex-officio
Hon. Pia S. Cayetano July 2013 to 30 June 2016
Hon. Roman T. Romulo August 2013 to 30 June 2016
Hon. Edgardo J. Angara July 2010 to July 2013
Hon. Juan Edgardo M. Angara July 2010 to July 2013
Alumni Regents
Hon. Ponciano E. Rivera, Jr. July 2012 to June 2015
Hon. Gladys S.J. Tiongco September 2010 to June 2012
Faculty Regents
Hon. Philip Ian P. Padilla January 2015 to December 2016
Hon. Lourdes E. Abadingo January 2013 to December 2014
Hon. Ida F. Dalmacio January 2011 to December 2012
Staff Regents
Hon. Anna Razel L. Ramirez June 2013 to May 2015
Hon. Jossel I. Ebesate May 2011 to May 2013
Hon. Clodualdo Cabrera May 2009 to April 2011
Student Regents
Hon. Miguel Enrico A. Pangalangan June 2015 to May 2016
Hon. Neil John G. Macuha June 2014 to June 2015
Hon. Krista Iris V. Melgarejo June 2013 to May 2014
Hon. Cleve Kevin Robert V. Arguelles June 2012 to May 2013
Hon. Maria Kristina Conti June 2011 to May 2012
Hon. Jacqueline Joy J. Eroles November 2010 to May 2011

System Officials of the
Pascual Administration
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Vice President for Academic Affairs Gisela P. Concepcion 2011-2017
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs (Internationalization) Rhodora V. Azanza 2013-2017
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs (Research) Carla B. Dimalanta 2011-2017
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs (Curriculum) Alyssa Peleo-Alampay 2011-2017
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs (R&D Resource Management) Mary Delia G. Tomacruz 2015-2017
Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Richard Philip A. Gonzalo 2015-2017
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs Marilou G. Nicolas 2011-2014
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs Antoinette Bass-Hernandez 2011-2013
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF PLANNING AND FINANCE

Vice President for Planning and Finance Joselito G. Florendo 2014-2017
Lisa Grace S. Bersales 2011-2014
Assistant Vice President for Planning and Finance Noreen P. Escultura 2011-2016
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION

Vice President for Administration Maragtas S.V. Amante 2011-2017
Assistant Vice President for Administration Nestor O. Rañeses 2012-2017
Anastacia Alvarez 2011
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT

Vice President for Development Elvira A. Zamora 2011-2017
Assistant Vice President for Development Cristopher S.P. Espina 2011-2017
Assistant Vice President for Development Jaime D.L. Caro 2011-2017
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Vice President for Public Affairs Edna Estifania A. Co 2016-2017
J. Prospero E. de Vera III 2011-2016
Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs Jose Wendell P. Capili 2011-2017
Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs Ranjit S. Rye 2011-2017
Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs Danilo A. Arao 2011-2014
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS

Vice President for Legal Affairs Hector Danny D. Uy 2011-2017
Danilo L. Concepcion 2011
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS

Secretary of the University and of the Board of Regents Lilian A. de las Llagas 2011-2017
Assistant Secretary of the University and of the Board of Regents Virginia R. Ocampo 2011-2017
Teresita C. Mendoza 2011
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Special Assistant to the President Lourdes M. Portus 2013-2017
Executive Director, UP Bonifacio Global City Campus (UP-BGC) Danilo L. Concepcion 2016-2017
Executive Director, Philippine Genome Center Baltazar D. Aguda 2016-2017
Carmencita D. Padilla 2011-2016
CHANCELLORS
U.P. Diliman Michael L. Tan 2014-2017
Caesar A. Saloma 2011-2014
U.P. Los Baños Fernando C. Sanchez, Jr. 2014-2017
Rex Victor O. Cruz 2011-2014
Luis Rey I. Velasco 2008-2011
U.P. Manila Carmencita D. Padilla 2014-2017
Manuel B. Agulto 2011-2014
U.P. Visayas Rommel A. Espinosa 2011-2017
Minda J. Formacion 2008-2011
U.P. Mindanao Sylvia Concepcion 2013-2019
Gilda Rivero 2010-2013
U.P. Open University Melinda D.P. Bandalaria 2016-2019
Grace J. Alfonso 2007-2016
U.P. Baguio Raymundo D. Rovillos 2012-2018
Priscilla Supnet- Macansantos 2002-2012
U.P. Cebu Liza D. Corro 2012-2018
Enrique M. Avila 2006-2012
Director, Philippine General Hospital Gerardo D. Legaspi 2016-2018

Jose Gonzales 2010-2015

ABOUT THE COVER
"One U.P." is the Pascual administration's call to U.P.'s constituent
units -- big or small, old or new -- for unified action in pursuit of
a common standard for academic and operational excellence.
One U.P. stands for harmonized policies, integrated systems, and
the working together to provide high quality of education for the
youth.
Much like the weaving of the separate threads of the Sablay, One
U.P. represents the binding of diverse strengths of the different
units of the University into one fabric. The Sablay, the official
academic costume worn by every graduate of the University,
symbolizes the value of unity in diversity.
"Shaping Minds that Shape the Nation" was adopted as a tagline

to remind the U.P. constituents of the University's mandate to
produce future leaders.
The U.P. President’s End-of-Term Report is published by the Office of the President
of the University of the Philippines in February 2017.
To obtain a copy, contact:

U.P. System Information Office
Quezon Hall, U.P. Diliman
1101 Quezon City, Philippines
Email: upsio@up.edu.ph

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02 The University of the Philippines 48 OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

12 Breaking Barriers through Research 60 ONE U.P.

38 Promoting Sports Development

44 Serving the Nation

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The U.P. System is composed of eight

Through its academic programs that

Our Charter Lead in setting

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The U.P. Community

U.P. has produced:

100% 7/15 Presidents of the Philippines

passing rate in most 13 Chief Justices of the Supreme Court

36/60 National Artists

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RESEARCH EDUCATION PUBLIC

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STRATEGIC THRUST 2: OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

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We continued to reach out to other institutions for international

As I come to the end of my term as U.P. President, my fervent belief

We have journeyed the path to greatness with the passion to serve in

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E M It represents the nation's hope

A D graduates, you were taught to

A C long-held beliefs, and to provide

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To further strengthen our research capability, we

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Building World-Class Research Facilities Funding for U.P. Faculty Research

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₧1B is in the process of commercializing the Biotek-M Dengue kit

₧200M During the past three years (2013-2015), it has received

Architect's Perspective of the

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In 2011, we finalized U.P.’s Intellectual Property

To increase our patent filings, we introduced

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