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The University of the Philippines Manila (UPM; Filipino: Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Maynila) is a public, coeducational, research university located in Ermita, Manila, Philippines. It is known for being the country's center of excellence in the health sciences, including health professional education, training, and research.
The Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, officially designated as Republic Act 10931, is a Philippine law that institutionalizes free tuition and exemption from other fees in state universities and colleges (SUCs), and local universities and colleges (LUCs) in the Philippines. The law also foresees subsidies for private higher ...
The Master of Economics (MEcon or MEc) [1] [2] [3] is a postgraduate master's degree in economics comprising training in economic theory, econometrics, and/or applied economics. The degree is also offered as an MS or MSc, MA or MCom in economics; variants are the Master in Economic Sciences (MEconSc), and the Master of Applied Economics.
The university offers nine undergraduate degree programs and five graduate program 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.
On November 22, 1966, the Board of Regents adopted a resolution specifying the Plan of Operations for the Extension Division which provided for the following: 1.) limitation of curricular offerings to undergraduate courses of the College of Arts and Sciences; and 2.) creation of an Academic Advisory Committee to oversee the program of courses ...
In collaboration with the Philippine Economic Society, the school publishes the Philippine Review of Economics, [2] a leading journal of economics-related research in the Philippines. The 9th and current dean of the School of Economics is Prof. Ma. Joy V. Abrenica, Ph.D. She was appointed in 2021 for a term for 3 years. [3]
The university has since seen applications for the UPCAT exceeding 100,000 annually since 2017, the first time that the first K+12 system graduates have taken the examinations. In 2019, with RA 10931 enforced, institutionalizing free tuition across state universities and colleges (SUCs), a record-high 90,426 applicants took the test. Of this ...
a four-year course in science and mathematics, a four-year course in the social sciences, and; a minimum of three other active and recognized professional courses leading to government licensures; and; at least two graduate-level courses leading to doctoral degrees. Local universities have less stringent requirements than private HEIs.