University of the Philippines Los Baños (About UPLB, Admissions, Contacts)

The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), a coeducational, publicly funded academic, research and extension institution, is one of the six constituent universities of the University of the Philippines System. It started out as a College of Agriculture in 1909; and became a full-fledged university in 1972. It has emerged as a leading academic institution in Southeast Asia. UPLB is dedicated to advancing knowledge and educating students in science, technology, agriculture, forestry, veterinary medicine and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the Filipinos and the humanity in the 21st century. Its outstanding achievements in the basic and applied sciences are testaments to the great strides it has made for the past ninety years. The alumni continue to be the prime movers in academe, in government and in business.

UPLB is organized into nine colleges — Agriculture, Arts and Sciences, Development Communication, Economics and Management, Engineering and Agro-industrial Technology, Forestry and Natural Resources, Human Ecology, Public Affairs, and Veterinary Medicine — and two schools — Environmental Science and Management, and The Graduate School. Within these are degree-granting institutes, departments, programs, and divisions. In addition, a great deal of teaching, research and extension take place in interdisciplinary programs, laboratories, and centers whose works extend beyond traditional departmental boundaries. The UPLB Faculty and Administration consist of leaders in higher education, business and industry, science, engineering and other professions.

ADMISSIONS
No student shall be denied admission to the University System by reason of age, sex, nationality, religious belief or political affiliation.

Every applicant for admission shall undergo a thorough health examination. No person shall be admitted to this University if he is found by the University Health Service to be suffering from a dangerous, communicable or infectious disease or is physically unfit to take courses in any college of the University.

Every student shall, upon admission, sign the following pledge:

In consideration of my admission to the University of the Philippines Los Baños and of the privileges of a student in this institution, I hereby promise and pledge to abide by and comply with all the rules and regulations laid down by competent authority in the University and in the college or school in which I am enrolled.

Refusal to take this pledge or violation of its terms shall be sufficient cause for summary dismissal or denial of admission.

No person who has not duly matriculated may be admitted to the classes. In exceptional cases, the Registrar may, on the recommendation of the Dean concerned, authorize the admission of a visitor to a class for not more than five sessions.

Contacts:

Office of Public Relations
T/F: (049) 536-3604
opr@uplb.edu.ph

OPR Director: Prof. Ma. Stella C. Tirol, msctirol@devcom.edu.ph
OPR Unit web content manager: Mervin John C. de Roma, opaa_upb@yahoo.com

Office of University Registrar
(049) 536-2553
registrar@uplb.edu.ph

University Registrar: Dr. Myrna G. Carandang

{Details from www.uplb.edu.ph}

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