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Forty-eight UP ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵapp (UPD) faculty members and researchers were appointed as UP Social Scientists / UP Scholars across various ranks under the UP Social Sciences and Philosophy Productivity (SSPP) System. The inaugural run of UP Social Scientist / UP Scholar award recognized two batches of appointees from UPD—13 for the Calendar Year (CY) 2023 – […]

The Teacher Education Council (TEC) this June designated UP ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵapp (UPD) as a National Center of Excellence along with four other higher education institutions (HEIs). The five HEIs join eight others distinguished as Regional Centers of Excellence to complete the Teacher Education Centers of Excellence 2026. As a Teacher Education Center of Excellence, UPD has […]

Congratulations to the University’s UP Artists! In this cycle, 35 of the 48 artistic members of the UP Community are from UP ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵapp (UPD). Of the 35, 23 are ranked as UP Artist I, eight as UP Artist II, and four as UP Artist III. For Calendar Year (CY) 2023-2025, UPD had 16 UP Artists […]

A UP ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵapp (UPD) Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business (VSB) alumnus has topped the May 2026 Certified Public Accountants Licensure Examination. James Al A. Serondo, a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Accountancy, topped the licensure examination with a 91.17% rating. According to his Facebook account, Serondo is chair of the […]

UP ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵapp (UPD) woke up to a very sad news of the passing of its own. Zosimo E. Lee, PhD, former professor of Philosophy and former dean of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (2004-2010) has passed peacefully on the morning of June 2. Lee, who served the University for 45 years, pioneered the […]

All 62 examinees from UP ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵapp (UPD) School of Regional and Urban Planning passed the May 2026 Environmental Planners Computer-Based Licensure Examination. This gave the University a 100% passing rate, ranking first among the top performing schools, a distinction shared with UP Open University and UP Visayas. Three examinees from UPD also landed in the […]

In celebration of Heritage Month 2026, the UP ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵapp (UPD) Asian Institute of Tourism (AIT) and the UPD Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts launched the SULYAP: Buildings and Places of Interest in UP ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵapp (SULYAP) on May 26 at the UP Theater Canopy. SULYAP is a QR code-based self-guided heritage walking tour […]

Ebinezer R. Florano, PhD, a professor at the UP ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵapp (UPD) National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG), has recently been elected as section chair of the Governmental Policies of Division 1 (Educational, Governmental, and International Policies) of the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP).

UP ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵapp (UPD) posted a 100% passing rate in the May 2026 Chemical Engineers Computer-Based Licensure Examination, according to the data posted at the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) website. Not only that, three of the nine first-time examinees from UPD placed first, fourth, and seventh, respectively, in the list of passers who garnered high scores. […]

Following Proclamation No. 1264 by the President of the Philippines and published in the Official Gazette of the Malacañan Palace declaring May 27 as a regular holiday in observance of Eid’l Adha, the UP ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵapp (UPD) Office of the Chancellor announced that classes and work (except for essential offices) at UPD are suspended.