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University of the Philippines Mindanao

Public university in Davao City, Philippines

Field	Value
name	University of the Philippines Mindanao
native_name	fil
image	Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Mindanao.png
image_size	210px
caption	Shaping minds that shape the nation
motto	Honor, Excellence, Service
established	{{plainlist
type	Public, research coeducational higher education institution
chancellor	Lyre Anni E. Murao
students	1,355 (AY 2021–2022)
undergrad	1,194 (AY 2021-2022)
postgrad	161 (AY 2021-2022)
faculty	102 (AY 2020–2021)
city	Davao City
province	Davao del Sur
country	Philippines
coor
pushpin_map	Mindanao mainland#Philippines
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Mindanao##Location in the Philippines
campus	Rural
204 ha
nickname	Fighting Maroons
free_label	Hymn
free	"U.P. Naming Mahal"
("U.P. Beloved")
academic_affiliations	APRU, ASAIHL, AUN, AEUN, DACUN
colors	Maroon [[File:UP colors.svg	15px	border]] Forest Green
website
logo	UP logotype.svg
logo_size	250px

February 20, 1995 (campus)
March 22, 1995 (as constituent university) 204 ha ("U.P. Beloved")

The University of the Philippines Mindanao (also referred to as UPMin or UP Mindanao) is a public research university, serving as the sixth constituent unit of the University of the Philippines System. UP Mindanao is the only constituent university of the UP System that was created through legislative action.

The university offers 12 undergraduate degree programs (1 associate, 11 bachelor) and 11 graduate programs (10 master, 1 doctorate) heavily inclined in research through its two colleges and one school. The university is the one of its kind in the Philippines to have a discipline in Agribusiness Economics (ABE), and is one of the three worldwide to have such a degree program.

History

Republic Act 7889, entitled, "An Act Creating the University of the Philippines Mindanao," was enacted into law on February 20, 1995, by President Fidel V. Ramos, after decades of lobbying from Mindanaoan UP alumni for the creation of a “UP in Mindanao". On March 22 of the same year, the Board of Regents passed a resolution officially creating the University of the Philippines Mindanao. To emphasize the importance of RA 7889 to the Mindanaoans, a re-enactment of the signing was held at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, with President Ramos himself in attendance. In that same year, Rogelio V. Cuyno was appointed as UP Mindanao's first dean.

The Lee Business Center in Juan Luna Street corner J. de la Cruz Street, and the Casa Mercado Building in Matina served as UP Mindanao's home from March to September 1995 and from September 1995 to January 1996 respectively, until it finally found its home at Ladislawa Avenue. In 1997, the Elias B. Lopez Residential Hall was constructed. It was initially envisioned to be a dormitory for female students, as the existing structures used by UP Mindanao inside the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) building was a male-only dormitory.

Organization

Lyre Anni E. Murao, 2022–present

Administration

UP Mindanao is governed by the 11-member Board of Regents composed of the UP President, the Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the chairpersons of the Committee of Higher Education of the Senate and the House of Representatives, four regents representing the student, faculty, alumni and staff sectors, and three regents who are appointed by the President of the Philippines.

The President of the university is an ex officio member of the University Council of each constituent university and presides over its meetings whenever present.

Colleges

UP Mindanao is composed of three academic units:

College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS)
College of Science and Mathematics (CSM)
School of Management (SOM)

Campus

With the establishment of UPMin in Mintal, there became a university town within Davao City, with businesses and establishments built around the university accommodating to the needs of the students and faculty. Furthermore, the UP Mindanao Land Use and Master Development Plan aims to create UP Mindanao a "Green University Town", being a "garden" campus with emphasis on the Mindanaoan culture, with each building reflecting each ethnolinguistic group in Mindanao

References

(May 14, 2024). "UP president Angelo Jimenez unveils university's new motto: 'Honor. Excellence. Service'". [[The Philippine Star]].
Iskomunidad. (n.d.). "University of the Philippines System".
"Prof. Lyre Anni E. Murao named 6th Chancellor of UP Mindanao". UP Mindanao Public Relations Office.
"State of the University Address AY 2021–2022". UP Mindanao Office of the Chancellor.
"20 Years and Counting". University of the Philippines Mindanao.
"UP Mindanao". University of the Philippines Mindanao.
"Republic Act 9500: An Act to Strengthen the University of the Philippines as the National University". University of the Philippines Website.
"University of the Philippines Mindanao University Council".
(2009). "BOR UP Mindanao Land Use Approval". UP Mindanao.

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