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UP launches online portal for first-year applicants for AY 2021-2022 Applicants for first-year admission at the University of the Philippines (UP) for Academic Year (AY) 2021-2022 can now access the online portal upadmissionsonline.up.edu.ph to submit their applications. Before accessing the UP online admissions portal, applicants are enjoined to visit upcollegeadmissions.up.edu.ph for preparatory information and instructions as well as the latest announcements. After the applicants have read the pertinent information on this website, they will be directed to the online application portal. Online submission of applications For safety reasons and in compliance with the IATF’s community quarantine guidelines, the UP Office of Admissions [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) is offering the newly approved Master of Research and Development & Management (MR&DM) program in the First Semester of AY 2021-2022. Applications for admission are now being accepted.  For inquiries or questions about the online program, visit https://fmds.upou.edu.ph/academics/post-bac/master-of-research-and-development-management/ or message us at http://facebook.com/UPOUDRDM/. The MR&DM is a 36-unit fully online graduate program designed to develop knowledge and skills in effective leadership of government and private R&D organizations and research funding institutions. The UP Board of Regents (BOR) approved the MR&DM program proposal at its 1356th BOR Meeting held on 26 November 2020. [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) conducted its second session of the Virtual Round Table Discussion Series on the University of the Future entitled “Articulating the Disciplinal Dimension of the University of the Future”. Led and organized by the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS), the event was held on 03 December 2020 via Zoom Meeting.  Professor and Dean of FICS, Dr. Alexander G. Flor, opened the discussion by deconstructing and reframing the term “university of the future”. He asserted that if we want to define the “university of the future”, we have to first determine what [...]

The University of the Philippines System – Office of Alumni Relations (UPS – OAR) released the fourth issue of UP Carillon Magazine, the official publication of the University of the Philippines alumni.  The issue boasts of an Augmented Reality (AR)-ready front cover of the UP Manila’s Celebration of Life statue by National Artist Napoleon Abueva. With 2020 forever remembered as the Year of COVID-19, this year’s issue highlights UP Manila, with a Cover Story on the National Institutes of Health and a Spotlight article on the UP Philippine General Hospital (PGH). It also includes stories about alumni in the Philippines [...]

UP Open University’s (UPOU) Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) concluded the Let’s Talk It Over Series (LTiO) for the year with the webinar hosted by the Diploma in Land Use Planning (DLUP) Program titled “Amplifying the Role of Public Spaces in Times of Pandemic” during 18 December 2020 via UPOU Networks.  Esteemed speakers from various fields were invited to share their insights on public spaces in different contexts through the partnership with the Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners Laguna Chapter; Department of Community and Environmental Resource Planning of the College of Human Ecology, UP Los Baños; and UP School [...]

With UP Open University’s 24th Commencement Exercises and its 1st ever Virtual Graduation, 412 were conferred their degrees and are new Alumni of the university. On 5 December 2020, during the occasion of the Commencement Ceremony, Faculty Recognition Fellowships were also held wherein part of the program was the election of new Chapter Officers for the UPOU Alumni Foundation, Inc. (UPOUAFI). These are the new set of UPOUAFI Chapter Officers who will be working with the Main UPOUAFI Officers until 2021 or until a new set has been elected: UPOUAFI - Faculty of Education (FED) Chapter Officers 2020-2021: President: Joey [...]