University of the Philippines Visayas – Miag-ao

The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) is a constituent unit of the UP System. It boasts of three campuses located in Miagao, Iloilo City, and Tacloban City, with the main campus situated in Miagao, which houses the central administration offices.

Given its strategic location, UPV holds a unique position as the university with the most far-reaching influence in Regions 6 and 7. UPV consists of four colleges and a school, namely, the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS), the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), the College of Management (CM), the School of Technology (SoTech), and the UPV Tacloban College (UPVTC).

UPV offers academic programs that maintain its standard of academic excellence. The university provides courses in various areas, including fisheries, communication and media studies, political science, history, literature, psychology, sociology, community development, mathematics, sciences, economics, accountancy, management, marketing, food technology, and chemical engineering.

UP Visayas seeks to develop excellence and leadership in the field of fisheries and marine sciences, positioning itself as the center of fisheries education, research, and extension in the country. Its mission is to contribute to the development of the region by offering relevant instruction, research, and extension programs. The faculty and research staff have implemented research projects in various disciplines, supported by national agencies and implemented by different colleges and units. The university also provides training programs in aquaculture, fish processing technology, marine fisheries, aquatic biology, social sciences, arts and culture, and coastal resource management.

UPV is home to the regional research center (RRC), which has different sections for microbiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, instrumentation, software development, and other fields. The RRC aims to address the lack of facilities that limit the potentials of UPV’s researchers. While primarily designed to support the research activities of UPV’s faculty members, researchers, and students, the RRC also functions as a service laboratory catering to the needs of researchers in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.

New Administration Building, Universtity of the Philippines Visayas, Miagao, Iloilo, Philippines 5023

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Leah Cioco
Leah Cioco
01:05 19 Sep 22
Great place. Great people. Great food.
Brainerd George Totica
Brainerd George Totica
02:01 29 Dec 20
Quality education, Christian atmosphere, high tech library, and wonderful university campus.
Ricky Cruz
Ricky Cruz
07:24 20 Mar 20
The Spanish Augustinians were the first Christian missionaries of any religious order to enter the Philippines and begin its conversion to Catholicism. Later after the revolution, Spanish Augustinian friars were removed from 194 parishes and left the Philippines in 1899, eventually turning over their churches and mission stations to secular clergy. The Order retained only a few parishes, including their main foundations in Cebu, Manila, and Iloilo, with American friars taking over them.On July 15, 1904, the university was founded by American Augustinian priests along with a few Filipino and Spanish friars from Spain belonging to the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus of the Philippines with assistance from their confreres from the Augustinian U.S. Province of St. Thomas of Villanova. It began as a preparatory school for boys during the American colonial period. On December 12, 1912, it was granted government recognition for its various course offerings. Later on 5 February 1917, it was formally incorporated under the name Colegio de San Agustín de Iloilo. In 1928, one of the country's oldest campus publications, The Augustinian Mirror, was established, producing some of the country's well-known writers. The 1930s saw rapid growth with the opening of three colleges in quick succession: College of Liberal Arts in 1935, College of Commerce in 1936 and College of Law in 1937. In 1940, the college began admitting female students.During the Second World War (1941–45), the college was temporarily closed as the Philippines fought a guerrilla war against the Japanese. The war led to the destruction of all the buildings, except for Urdaneta Hall, which at present houses the university theatre and the College of Pharmacy and Medical Technology. With almost the entire college in ruins, some friars advocated closing the school altogether while others pushed for its immediate rehabilitation. American Augustinians came on loan after the War to help the Order run the University of San Agustin for a couple of years while young friars from Spain of the Philippine Province were studying their master's degrees and learning English in the United States or Australia.It was eventually reopened in 1945, followed by a decade of expansion that ushered in both the College of Pharmacy and the College of Technology (1945), the Normal (Teacher's) College (1947), the Graduate School (1950), and the College of Dentistry (1953). The school was granted university status on 1 March 1953, a year before its 50th anniversary, making it the first university in Western Visayas.
Edgar Chu
Edgar Chu
08:46 05 Apr 18
Its nice that they have a football field already. Clean & cool campus. Affordable dorms & a chance to work as a student assistant to help students needing extra allowance.
Ey Ron
Ey Ron
23:31 09 Jan 18
Impressive display of culture and excellence in education.
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