Toward the UP System: A Brief History of UP

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 Banos, Laguna were established 1928 From the original 67, student population rose to 7849 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 Statistical Center 1954 Labor Education Center 1955 Asian Studies Institute 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 UP Extension Program in San Fernando 1983 UP celebrated its 75th anniversary Edgardo Angara’s term as UP President (1981-1987) Diamond Jubilee project March 23, 1983 UP was declared an autonomous unit