VISIT UP MANILA
To take a tour of the University of the Philippines Manila campus is to partake of historical and cultural legacy.
Landmarks UP Manila is the original site of UP when it
An institutional landmark is the arch gateway
came into existence with the passage of Act
affirming the University’s role as the Health
No. 1870 on June 18, 1908.
Science Center (HSC) of the Philippines. Through Executive Order No. 519 dated January 24, 1979,
Established in Ermita Manila, the campus and
the HSC became an autonomous unit of the UP
its buildings are situated at the streets of Taft
System and was eventually renamed UP Manila
Avenue, Pedro Gil, and Padre Faura. Both new
in 1983. Since then, UP Manila has become
and old heritage buildings house the different
the country’s center of excellent and relevant
colleges and units of UP Manila.
programs in health education, training, research, and public service.
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UP Manila Oblation The Oblation is the signature landmark of UP which symbolizes the University’s commitment to serve the people.
The original UP oblation was a concrete statue by Filipino artist Guillermo E. Tolentino conceived during the presidency of Rafael Palma who requested that the statue be based on the second verse of Rizal’s Mi Ultimo Adios.
This was dedicated on March 1939 at the UP Manila campus where it stayed until February 1949, when the main administrative offices of the university moved to the new Diliman campus in Quezon City. The transfer of the Oblation to its new home served as the highlight of the move from Manila, which is historically referred to as the Exodus. The original sculpture is being kept at the Main Library (Gonzalez Hall), the former site of the U.P. College of Fine Arts.
The UP Manila Oblation was inaugurated on June 18, 2008 during the celebration of the 100 years of UP. The UP Manila Oblation stands on the pedestal of academic excellence, symbolized by the flowing fabric of scholarship interspersed with leaves reminiscent of the nature and symbols of the colleges and units of UP Manila.
The UP Manila oblation is the interactive work of Guillermo Estrella Tolentino, the first Philippine National Artist for Sculpture, and UP Open University professor Grace Javier Alfonzo.
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Philippine General Hospital The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) was
Today, PGH serves as the teaching hospital of UP
envisioned in 1907 and opened its doors to the
Manila. It is considered the biggest modern tertiary
public on September 1, 1910. It formally became
hospital in the country that serves more than half a
part of the University of the Philippines in 1947
million patients a year through expertise in various
through Executive Order No. 94 issued by
specialties and subspecialties, trains thousands
Philippine President Manuel Roxas.
of health students and workers, and serves as a referral and training center for other government hospitals and facilities.
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College of Medicine Located in Pedro Gil Street, Ermita, Manila, the Fernando Calderon Hall is the main building of the UP College of Medicine (the others being Salcedo Hall, Alvior Hall, Paz Mendoza Hall, and Basic Sciences Lecture Rooms). Named after the first Filipino dean of the college, it opened in 1910, after the creation of the Philippine Medical School in 1905 (the forerunner of UPCM).
The College of Medicine’s commitment to excellence and leadership in medical education and research, and its community orientation in service underlie its tradition. UPCM is a Center of Excellence in Medical Education by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). It is also the first medical school with the highest Level 4 accreditation by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PAASCU).
Fronting the College of Medicine building is a white statue of a naked long-haired woman holding a torch and standing on top of a skull – “The Triumph of Science over Death” copied from Jose Rizal’s clay sculpture.
A sculpture named “A Celebration of Life” by National Artist Napoleon Abueva stands beside the College of Medicine. Erected in 2005 as part of the UPCM Centennial Celebration, the sculptural tableau displays seven figures of naked men and women in various states of celebration paying tribute to good health.
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College of Arts and Sciences Located in Padre Faura Street, Ermita, Manila, the Rizal Hall was built in the 1920s. The Rizal Hall is one of three buildings of the original UP campus which survived World War II and one of two structures that honor the national hero, Jose Rizal. Rizal Hall now houses the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), the largest college at UP Manila in terms of student population. Among the various colleges of UP Manila, the College of Arts and Sciences is unique in being
a multidisciplinary college. It
UP Manila Student Center. This
provides the liberal arts and basic
three-story student center has
sciences foundation to all UP
offices and areas for student
Manila students. Being a provider
organizations and venues for
of a general curriculum aimed at
cultural and educational activities.
producing holistic individuals, it
The UP Manila Theater, formerly
had always emphasized teaching,
“Little Theater,” is the venue for
with research and extension as
gala performances, public forums,
secondary functions.
lectures, as well as student
Located beside Rizal Hall is the
activities.
College of Public Health The College of Public Health located in Pedro Gil Street, Ermita, Manila, was named after National Scientist Dr. Hilario D.G. Lara, the “Father of Modern Public Health in the Philippines” and first dean and founder of the College. Lara Hall was built by the Rockefeller Foundation in 1932. In 1971, the CPH became
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the Institute of Public Health and
(SEAMEO)-TROPMED Regional
in 1986, it was elevated into a
Centre for Public Health, Hospital
College. CPH is the Southeast Asian
Administration, Environmental
Ministers of Education Organization
Health, and Occupational Health.
College of Allied Medical Professions When the College of Allied Medical Professions (formerly School of Allied Medical Professions) opened in November 1962, UP became the 1st University in the country and in Asia to offer a bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy. After being housed at the National Orthopedic Hospital for almost a decade, the college moved to the Damian Hall in Padre Faura street in May 2010, it transferred to its current home at the academic site of UP Manila along Pedro Gil Street.
College of Pharmacy The College of Pharmacy (CP) was founded in 1914, but the Pharmacy program has been part of UP since 1911. CP provides a highly demanding education for an effective and competent pharmacy practice required in modern health care. It is the only institution in the country offering the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Pharmacy degree program. The College has been a member of the American Association of the Colleges of Pharmacy since 1917 (AACP, formerly known as the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties).
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College of Nursing The UP College of Nursing (UPCN) was conceived through a thesis presented to the Division of Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, by Ms. Julita V. Sotejo. The proposal was approved by the Board of Regents on April 9, 1948. It is the first and only designated World Health Organization Collaborating Center (WHOCC)
for Leadership in Nursing
The UPCN is a Center of
Development in the country and
Excellence for Nursing
the first in the Western Pacific
Education, a designation given
Region.
by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) since 1997.
National Institutes of Health This building’s early incarnations were the Bureau of Government Laboratories in 1901 and the Bureau of Science in 1905. In 1996, it became the home of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including its administrative offices and component institutes and study groups. Because its laboratories
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handled all the scientific work
Close collaborations with the
needed by the Philippine
University of the Philippines
Government as well as housed
and the Philippine General
its expansive central scientific
Hospital resulted in valuable
library, it was an active center
contributions to public health.
for instruction and research.
College of Dentistry The College of Dentistry (CD) was established in 1915 to provide high quality education for the practice of dentistry as a health service profession. It is the first dental school to have a Department of Community Dentistry that promotes awareness of the profession’s fundamental, ethical, and legal responsibilities to the health of the community and the nation as a whole.
The College correlates its teaching and service functions at the Dental Clinic of the Philippine General Hospital Out-Patient Department which falls under its academic supervision.
National Teacher Training Center for the Health Professions The National Teachers Training Center for the Health Professions (NTTCHP), with the University Registrar and National Graduate Office for the Health Sciences, is located at Padre Faura Street, Ermita Manila. The NTTCHP was established by the UP Board of Regents on January 30, 1975 in answer to a recognized need to enhance the instructional skills
Regional Development Center in the Western
of the teacher in the health professions. It is the
Pacific Region. It has helped develop similar
only school of its kind in the Philippines. In 2012, it
health professions education centers in
was designated as the World Health Organization
Cambodia, and Laos.
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School of Health Sciences The UP Institute of Health Sciences, the School’s
its Certificate in Community Health Work (CHW), a
former name, was established on June 28, 1976
community nurse through its Bachelor of Science
in Tacloban City, Leyte to increase the availability
in Nursing, and a community doctor through its
of competent health workers in remote and
Doctor of Medicine program.
underserved provinces.
In 1981, the campus moved to its present location
The School’s mission is to develop outstanding
in the town of Palo on a 4,083 square meter lot
and committed health professionals who will stay
donated by the municipality of Palo. SHS now has
and serve in the communities. The School offers a
two extension campuses, one in Baler, Aurora and
radical and innovative step-ladder curriculum that
another in Koronadal City, South Cotobato. The
enables a student to become a midwife through
SHS Baler Aurora was inaugurated in 2008 while the SHS Koronadal City was opened in 2011.
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Museum of a History of Ideas The UP Manila Museum of a History of Ideas was inaugurated on 22 October 2014. This facility, the first of its kind in the country, chronicles the first few decades of the University and its vital role in shaping Philippine history, including the pioneering developments in medicine, health and social sciences, arts, and humanities.
It occupies a heritage building that was formerly occupied by the College of Dentistry. Opened in 1931, this building served as the University Infirmary. During World War II, it doubled as the emergency headquarters of the administrative offices.
Restoration of the building into its original lines as well as for adaptive reuse began in 2009 with the original faรงade retained under the leadership of globally renowned Architect Ed Calma.
The Museum also serves as a venue for academic, social, and cultural events.
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