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The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is one of the 11 degree-granting units of the University of the Philippines at Los Baños. It is the country's first veterinary school . Aside from teaching, CVM also undertakes research in various fields of veterinary medicine , including animal production and veterinary public health , and provides ...
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) is a state university located in the towns of Los Baños and Bay in the province of Laguna.It traces its roots to the UP College of Agriculture (UPCA), which was founded in 1909 by the American colonial government to promote agricultural education and research in the Philippines.
The University Graduate School was established by the UP Board of Regents on October 26, 1950 and is mandated to administer the graduate programs in the Los Baños unit through a sub-committee. The UPLB Graduate school was formally established on December 21, 1972 upon the establishment of the autonomous units of the university under the UP System.
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is one of the eleven degree-granting units of the University of the Philippines Los Baños.It is the largest college in University of the Philippines System which offers most of the general education subjects required of UPLB students, as well as the highest number of degree programs in the University.
UPLB is identified by the Commission on Higher Education as a Center of Excellence in Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Biology, Forestry, Information Technology, Environmental Science, Development Communication, Statistics and Veterinary Medicine, as well as a Center of Development in Chemical Engineering. [3]
Despite this, enrollment in the BS Agriculture program has been in decline, with 51% of UPLB students enrolled in the program in 1980 down to 43% in 1995. CAFS programs also have a substantially low no-show rate, with only 56% and 38% of qualifiers opting to enroll in the BS Agriculture and BS Agricultural Chemistry programs, respectively. [ 12 ]
The campus of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources, referred to as the "upper campus", is situated on the northeastern slope of Mount Makiling. [20] The campus contains academic buildings, dormitories, hosted institutions (such as the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity), [21] and the 4,347-hectare [22] Makiling Forest Reserve (MFR), which serves as an outdoor laboratory for forestry ...
During the booming years of the Philippine Sugar industry in 1920, The UPCA (now UPLB College of Agriculture and Food Science) offered a degree program in sugar technology aiming to train students in the cane production, sugar chemistry and sugar factory operations. With recent developments after the World War II, the sugar technology program ...