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A Century's Worth
Toward the UP System: A Brief History of UP
By Monica Wong
June 18,1908
- passage of Act No. 1870 or U.P. Charter
- College of Fine Arts, College of Liberal Arts and College of Medicine and Surgery and a School of Agriculture in Los Baños, Laguna were established
1928
- From the original 67, student population rose to 7,849
1939
- Board of Regents (BOR) sought funding to acquire a 493-hectare lot in Diliman
- Construction was initiated
1946
- University was left with damages after World War II
- UP President Bienvenido Gonzales sought a P13 million grant from the US-Philippines War Damage Commission for rehabilitation of UP
- College of Engineering, the Women’s Residence (Kamia Residence Hall), the Conservatory of Music, the President’s Residence and the Administration were constructed
February 1949
- 40th anniversary celebration of UP
- Oblation was transferred from Manila to UP Diliman campus
- First general commencement exercises at the new campus
- Supervision of UP’s regional units in Manila, Los Baños, Baguio, and Cebu as well as the administrative operations were moved to UP Diliman
- UP President Vicente Sinco created a University College
1952
- Institute of Public Administration
1953
1954
1955
1961
- College of Home Economics
- Institute of Library Science
Carlos P. Romulo’s term as UP President (1963-1968)
- Population Institute, the Law Center and the Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry Training Center, the Institute of Mass Communications, the College of Business Administration, and the Institute of Planning, the Computer Center, the Institute of Small-Scale Industries, the Institute of Social Work and Community Development and the Asian Center
Salvador P. Lopez’ term as UP President(1969-1975)
- UP was reorganized into the UP System
- UP’s Infrastructure Development Program
- College of Business Administration, the Institute of Small-Scale Industries and Transport Training Center, housing for low-income employees, Kalayaan Residence Hall
November 1972
- UP Los Baños was declared first as an autonomous unit
Onofre Corpuz' Term as UP President (1975-1979)
- UP Manila and UP Visayas were declared as autonomous units
1973
- Institute of Islamic Studies
1976
- UP Film Center and the National Center for Transportation Studies
1977
- Third World Studies Center
1978
- Creative Writing Center, National Engineering Center
1979
- Extension Program in San Fernando, Pampangga
1983
- UP celebrated its 7th Anniversary
Edgardo Angara’s term as UP President (1981-1987)
March 13, 1983
- UP was declared an autonomous unit
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