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Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman (Filipino) | |
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Motto | Honor, Excellence, Service |
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Type | National state university, research university |
Established | February 12, 1949 (transfer of main campus to Diliman) |
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Chancellor | Edgardo Carlo Vistan II[1] |
President | Angelo Jimenez |
Academic staff | 3,078 (2023)[2] |
Students | 26,349 (2023)[2] |
Undergraduates | 17,117 (2023)[2] |
Postgraduates | 9,232 (2023)[2] |
Location | Diliman, Quezon City , Philippines 14°39′17.73″N 121°3′53.46″E / 14.6549250°N 121.0648500°E |
Campus | Suburban |
Newspaper | Philippine Collegian |
Colors | UP Maroon ![]() |
Nickname | Fighting Maroons |
Sporting affiliations | University Athletic Association of the Philippines |
Website | upd |
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The University of the Philippines Diliman (also called UPD; Filipino: Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman), also referred to as UP Diliman or simply University of the Philippines (UP), is a public, coeducational, research university located in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. It was established on February 12, 1949, as the flagship campus and seat of administration of the University of the Philippines System, the national university of the Philippines.
As a member of the University of the Philippines System, it is the fourth oldest and is the largest constituent campus in terms of the number of degree-granting academic units, student population, faculty, and library resources.[3] There are 27 degree-granting units on campus, accounting for 26,349[2] students of which, 17,117 are undergraduates. UP Diliman had a complement of 1,620 regular faculty in 2023, of whom 499 have doctoral degrees.[2]
In addition to the units in the main campus, UP Diliman has extension programs in Angeles City, Pampanga (the Clark Freeport Zone area) and Olongapo, Zambales, as well as a marine laboratory in Bolinao, Pangasinan under the Marine Science Institute,[4] and an satellite campus at Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.[5] UP Diliman offers academic programs in 247 major fields.[6] There are 70 programs at the undergraduate level, 109 programs at the master's level and 68 at the doctoral level.[6]
The UP Diliman campus is also the site of the country's National Science Complex. Notable research units of UP Diliman centered at the National Science Complex include the Marine Science Institute (MSI), the National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS), the National Institute of Physics (NIP), the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (NIMBB), the National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED), and the Computational Science Research Center (CSRC) which are all pioneers of scientific research and development in the Philippines.[7] The Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, devoted to research on the intellectualization of the Filipino language, is also located in the campus.
Considered as the premiere institution of higher learning in the country, UP Diliman's alumni include a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, as well as several presidents, Supreme Court justices, national scientists, and national artists of the Philippines, the most of any university.[8] Taken as a single institution distinct from other UP System campuses, UP Diliman is considered as the top Philippine university, based on the reports published by the CWUR University Rankings and the U.S. News & World Report.[9][10]
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In the second semester of Academic Year 2012–13, UPD had a student population of 22,031 of whom 15.299 were enrolled in the undergraduate and 6,455 were in the graduate programs. In the same period, UPD offered 70 undergraduate, 109 masters, and 68 doctoral programs in its 27 degree-granting units. These academic programs are under the helm of 1,526 full-time faculty members...
Thirty-four of the country's 57 National Artists are either UP alumni or faculty members. Thirty-six of the 37 National Scientists are from UP.