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The University of the Philippines Diliman (also called UPD; Filipino: Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman), also referred to as UP Diliman or simply University of the Philippines (UP), is a public, coeducational, research university located in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
Applicants must specify two campuses in order of preference from the U.P. System's seven constituent universities, one autonomous college (Tacloban College), and one satellite campus (Extension Program in Pampanga under UP Diliman). For each campus chosen, two degree programs must also be specified (but applicants may select up to four).
On June 18, 1908, the University of the Philippines was established through an act of the First Philippine Legislature. Act No. 1870, otherwise known as the "University Act", specified the function of the university, which is to provide advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, and to administer professional and technical training.
The University of the Philippines Diliman - College of Arts and Letters is a degree-grating unit of the University of the Philippines Diliman specializing in the humanities, with a special focus on arts studies, English and Filipino languages and literature, European languages, speech communication, and theater arts.
On March 12, 1918, there was a protest by Freshmen, who petitioned to Board of Regents to extend their scholarship. On July 17, 1918, students led by Carlos P. Romulo and Jose Romero held a rally from UP to Sta Cruz Bridge at The Manila Times office to protest the editorial of the newspaper criticizing UP President Ignacio Villamor.
Emmanuel F. Esguerra, former Deputy Director-General of NEDA and a UP Professor of Economics. Salvador Carlota, former dean of the University of the Philippines College of Law. Nelson A. Navarro, leading biographer and author. Luis V. Teodoro, former dean of the UP College of Mass Communication, writer and author, founding chairman of Altermidya.
The college also holds extension classes at the Bonifacio Global City campus of UP Diliman in Taguig [7] and the Iloilo City campus of UP Visayas. [8] UP Law is noted for having produced the largest number of bar topnotchers [broken anchor] and maintaining one of the highest bar passing rates [broken anchor] among law schools in the Philippines ...
The University of the Philippines - National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP - NCPAG), a degree-granting unit of the University of the Philippines Diliman, is the first school of public administration and public policy in Asia and the top educational institution in the said academic field and practice in the Philippines.