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The University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Agriculture and Food Science (also referred to as UPLB CAFS), formerly named University of the Philippines College of Agriculture or UPLB CA, is one of the 11 degree-granting units of the University of the Philippines Los Baños. [4]
The 1,098 ha (2,710-acre) Los Baños campus houses UPLB's academic facilities, as well as experimental farms for agriculture and biotechnology research. [5] The more prominent buildings in the Los Baños campus, such as the Dioscoro L. Umali Hall, Main Library, and Student Union were designed by National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin. [40]
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 ...
The laboratory implements and maintains a high quality system based on ISO 17025 guidelines for laboratory competence. CASL is accredited/recognized by the Environmental Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Bureau of Food and Drugs, Department of Health, and Bureau of Animal Industry.
The Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB) is a research institute of the University of the Philippines Los Baños.It is the national biotechnology research center and repository for all crops other than rice, which is handled by the Philippine Rice Research Institute.
Equipment and facilities are estimated to be worth ₱10.6 billion (US$245 million) [4] according to UPLB's financial statement for 2009. [needs update] [5] The university manages eight student dormitories inside the campus, which housed 2,170 of the 11,980 students enrolled in 2008. [6] [7]
The graduate school started in 1913 when the UP College of Agriculture (now UP College of Agriculture and Food Science) offered graduate programs of Master of Science in Agricultural Chemistry. 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 ...
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.