University of the Philippines, Los Baños
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The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), situated at the foot of Mount Makiling in Los Baños, Laguna, was the first autonomous campus of the University of the Philippines system. It was founded by American botanist and agriculturist Edwin Copeland on March 6, 1909 as the College of Agriculture, one of the first two units of the University of the Philippines. UPLB also has one of the largest campus of any university in the Philippines, having a total land area of 36 km².
Since the transformation of UPLB into an autonomous campus of the University of the Philippines System during the 1970s, the University became a center for multi-disciplinary studies, with focus in Agriculture, Forestry, Veterinary Medicine and the Sciences. UPLB also became a center for excellence in Biology, Chemistry, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, Forestry, Engineering, Agriculture, Communications, Computer Science and Information Technology, Agricultural Economics, Development Economics, Agribusiness Management, and Veterinary Medicine.
At present, the University is composed of the College of Agriculture, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Development Communications, College of Economics and Management, College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, College of Human Ecology, and the College of Veterinary Medicine that offer courses ranging from Bachelor of Arts in Agriculture to Doctor in Veterinary Medicine. It also has a Graduate School plus the College of Public Affairs and the School of Environmental Sciences and Management which offer Master of Arts, Master of Science and Ph. D degree courses.
UPLB is also a research center in the fields of science and agriculture and is site of two international research centers, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and SEAMEO-SEARCA and Philippine-based research institutions such as the National Crop Protection Center (NCPC), the National Institute for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (BIOTECH), the Los Baños offices of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (Philrice) and Philippine Carabao Center, the Institute of Plant Breeding and the Dairy Training and Research Institute (DTRI).
Degree-Granting Units
- College of Agriculture
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Development Communication
- College of Economics and Management
- College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology
- College of Forestry and Natural Resources
- College of Human Ecology
- College of Public Affairs
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- School of Environmental Science and Management
- Graduate School
Secondary Education
Noted Professors and Alumni
- Eliezer Albacea: a doctor in computer science who won numerous awards worldwide.
- Edwin Copeland: founder of the agricultural college (now U.P. Los Baños) and its first dean
- Salvador Escudero: former Member of the Philippine House of Representatives and Agriculture Secretary and the father of opposition politician Francis Escudero
- Bienvenido M. Gonzalez: president of the University of the Philippines from 1939 to 1951 and responsible for the opening of the U.P. campus in Quezon City ( now U.P. Diliman)
- Emil Javier: President of the University of the Philippines from 1993 to 1999 and a professor of the U.P. College of Agriculture
- Emerlinda Roman: current President of the University of the Philippines (took her Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics degree in U.P. Los Baños)
- Juan Miguel Zubiri: Member of the Philippine House of Representatives
- Milagrosa R. Martinez-Goss: botanist
- Salvador Oliveros: sugar technologist, UPCA Distinguished Alumni
- Gelia Castillo: noted rural sociologist, National Scientist (1999)
See also
External links
- [University of the Philippines Los Baños]
- [University of the Philippines System]
- [yUPeLBi - Kalayaan Para sa Ating Lahat! (Online Community for eLBizens)]
- [The former UPLB forums archive]
- [Institute of Development Management and Governance]
- [UP SIBOL UPLB]
- [Community Development Ideas]
- [http://www.makilingchallenge.tk] - Makiling Challenge, the longest running competitive foot race in the province of Laguna, organized by students
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