Association of Pacific Rim Univerisity (APRU)
APRU was established in 1997 by the presidents of California Institute of Technology (Thomas Everhart), University of California, Berkeley (Chang-Lin Tien), University of California, Los Angeles (Charles Young) and University of Southern California (Steven B. Sample).
Seeing the rapid economic integration of the region and the formation of APEC, the founding presidents' vision was to establish a premier alliance of research universities as an advisory body to international organisations, governments and business on the development of science and innovation as well as on the broader development of higher education. The vision now encompasses focusing new knowledge on the global challenges affecting the region.
University of the Philippines (UP)
The University of the Philippines (UP) is the country’s national university. This premier institution of higher learning was established in 1908 and is now a university system composed of seven constituent universities and one autonomous college spread throughout 15 campuses in the archipelago. As of 2012, the UP System’s student population is at least 57,000.
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In 2012, the Commission on Higher Education declared 24 units of the university as Centers of Excellence while 6 units have been declared as Centers of Development. Link: http://www.up.edu.ph/about-up/
University of the Philippines Cebu (UP Cebu)
The University of the Philippines Cebu (UP Cebu) is an autonomous college of the UP System and the oldest among the UP campuses outside of Luzon.
UP Cebu was established in 1918 as a satellite unit of UP Diliman. It offers a diverse array of undergraduate courses and graduate studies which have produced alumni who have been recognized as leaders in the arts, journalism, management, politics and governance, human resource development, industrial relations, and development work. Currently, UP Cebu is expanding and strengthening its graduate programs through the opening of the UP Professional Schools located at the heart of development in Cebu City, the South Road Properties.
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UP Cebu envisions to significantly contribute to the development of the Central Visayas region through a constant produce of researches, higher education instruction and technical assistance.
UP Cebu hosts the Regional Center of Expertise in sustainable education by the United Nations. It is also a recipient of the Center of Excellence in Information Technology Education award by the Philippine government’s Commission on Higher Education (CHED) given in 2007 through its Department of Computer Science.