The Office of the Chancellor is the top executive office of UP Manila. It supervises campus operations through the related offices of the Vice Chancellors.
The chancellor has a term of three years without prejudice for a second term following a democratic selection process. The chancellor is the chair of the University Council and ex officio member of the University Assembly of UP Manila, a body stipulated under the 1988 Reorganization of UP Manila that was supposed to complement the UC. Implemented for some years starting in 1988 until the early 2000, the University Assembly is now a defunct structure.
Assisting the chancellor in the above functions are the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Vice Chancellor for Administration, Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development, and Vice Chancellor for Research, the deans of colleges/academic units and the directors of the academic support offices. Depending upon the strategies of the incumbent administration, Special Assistants (SA) to the Chancellor may be appointed on specific fields as deemed important (i.e. SA for Information Technology, SA for Special Projects, etc.)
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IPPAO undertakes information dissemination, data-banking, publication, and public information activities through the production of information materials, such as newsletter, books, brochures, manuals, audio-visual productions that are printed and published online.
IPPAO handles the content in the University's website, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube accounts.
IPPAO also conducts symposia and fora as well as provides technical assistance in the conduct of university and college/unit events, programs, and activities.
Vision
Well informed and enlightened internal and external publics on the roles, functions, and contributions of UP Manila to national development especially in the fields of health and medicine.
Mission
Support UP Manila in producing materials and undertaking promotional activities that can enhance UP Manila’s positive image among its constituents and its outside publics.
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Philippine General Hospital Taft Avenue, Manila 1000, Philippines upm-ippao@up.edu.ph
VISION
To deliver world-class support and service to University of the Philippines Manila by providing optimal efficiency and effective advice, and pro-active in the identification of management legal and regulatory risks and opportunities.
MISSION
1. Provide clear, accurate, concise, timely and facilitative legal services, advice and counselling for the attainment of UP Manila’s corporate vision and mission.
2. Standardize commonly used contracts, agreements, forms.
3. To create a working and effective system of communication for the provision of timely and facilitative legal services to all of the offices, units, institutes and colleges of UP Manila.
4. Conduct basic informative and preventive trainings on rights, duties and obligations of UP Manila’s constituents and contracted third party services to promote respect for the individuals and university officials - available on request from concerned offices, units, colleges and institutes.
5. To provide legal services in relation to due process in investigating and hearing administrative, disciplinary and sexual harassment cases involving UP Manila employees, students and third parties.
6. To provide legal services for civil, criminal and administrative cases against employees of UP Manila as may be necessary.
7. Train the legal counsel and staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to be knowledgeable of UP Manila’s vision and mission and focus on how these are to be attained through UPM-LS’s vision and mission including formulation of guidelines and benchmarks for confidentiality and personal data privacy and ethical conduct within the office.
8. To provide timely, accurate and clear legal services and advice in various committees in UP Manila.
To view and download Legal Forms: http://legal.upm.edu.ph/legal-forms
To contact the UPM Legal Office, please fill up the form here: http://legal.upm.edu.ph/contact/contact_us
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VISION
The leading health sciences center committed to the education and training of health professionals, scientists, and researchers imbued with the values of excellence, integrity, and nationalism.
MISSION
To lead UP Manila in its pursuit of academic excellence and relevance in the health, behavioral and social sciences, arts and humanities through the effective and efficient performance of its role as the highest executive office in charge of developing, implementing, and updating academic policies, programs, and services.
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The office promotes the welfare of students through the following: systematic planning and implementation of its guidance and counseling services; supervision and regulation of student organizations and activities; administration of the Student Disciplinary Tribunal, the Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP), other scholarship and financial programs; and coordination of student-related activities.
UP Manila 2018 Student Handbook: http://osa.upm.edu.ph/node/326
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VISION
A responsive public service unit of UP Manila for student's, alumni and the general public through a systematic and computerized academic and administrative records management system.
MISSION
An academic and administrative support unit of UPM committed to providing excellent and responsive service to students, alumni, and the public related to admissions, registration, graduation and other pertinent activities by a corps of competent, highly efficient and honest staff who are able to safeguard the confidentiality of the student records and documents and the integrity of the Office.
Open from Tuesdays to Fridays, except holidays, 9:00am to 3:00 pm
(Current schedule due to the pandemic. Manned by a skeleton staff.)
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The University Library (UL) and its nine college-based units compose the campus's library network which has been a member of the Department of Science and Technology-Engineering. Science and Education (DOST_ESEP) Library Network Project in 1995. Through the network,UL now offers a fully-integrated online library management system with e-mail capability and Internet access.
As of October 2000, it has a total collection of 189,874 volumes(124,161 books and bound periodicals; 47,951 special collections; 15,478 audio-visual materials; 2,127 serial titles) which includes social computerized databases,international databases on CD-ROM, and a collection of multimedia also in CD format.
It has also set up the Electronic Medical Research Library System(EMERALDS) at the Medical Library, a client/server system that provides simultaneous searching of the MEDLINE bibliographic database journals which is linked to 30 full-text biomedical journals in electronics format.
It has made accessible online the updated electronic bibliographic databases of Filipiniana materials, namely,Theses & Dissertations, Students' Research Papers & Reports, Professional Chair Lectures, Philippine Index Medicus, and Union List of Periodicals.
The UL continues the computerization of library procedures and services through the establishment of an electronically linked network of libraries.Two main projects that carried out this thrust were the On-line Public Access Catalog (OPAC) which is now accessible in the Main UL, the Medical Library, and the CAS Library,and the putting up of cybernooks in various unit libraries.
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The National Graduate Office for the Health Sciences (NGOHS) was formally established in June 1995 to coordinate the implementation of all graduate programs in UP Manila. As an institutional coordinating unit and catalyzing agent, the NGOHS aims "to promote and enhance the development of new graduate programs that are innovative and responsive to the current thrusts of the University and relevant to national needs."
Such a goal includes the development of multidisciplinary degree programs and the foundation of appropriate learning approaches.
Mission
The National Graduate Office for the Health Sciences (NGOHS), in consonance with the goals of UP Manila and in coordination with the different degree-granting units, shall strive to:
Riding high on the crest of academic excellence, the UP Manila NGOHS shall continue to pursue growth points responsive to the demands for excellence and leadership in the health science professions with the ardent synergistic strengths of humanities, arts and social sciences. It envisions to create a ripple effect as it expands its globally competitive role in teaching, research, extension and production of technology that can improve the quality of life.
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The Sentro ng Wikang Filipino-Manila (SWF Manila) is one of the university's systemwide coordinating arms that monitor, facilitate, and conduct university policy and programs on language. It was established in October 1994 under the office of the Chancellor.
The center aims to intellectualize the Filipino language by propagating its use in the center's teaching/learning activities, dissemination and communication. The center builds up partnership with the different academic units to attain its aims, and thus, espouses bilateral consultation, coordination, and collaboration.
At present, the SWF-Manila has translated the following materials: "Intestinal Parasite Control Program," Allergy to House Dust Mites," "Larvitrap Surveillance Guide," "The Impact of the Algorithm for the Diagnosis & Tratment of Cases of Acute Renal Failure Secondary to Leptospirosis," "Handbuk para sa Pagpapayo sa mga Pasyente sa Wastong Paggamit ng mga Gamot na may Reseta," "Questionnaire mula sa PGH," "Mga Modelo sa Pamamahala sa Suplay ng Tubig para sa Maliit na Bayan," and "Paglunsod na Alkantarilyado at Sanitasyon."
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The UP Manila Learning Resource Center (UPM-LRC),established in 1997, is tasked to supplement,complement, and coordinate existing learning assistance programs, its three programs- Enrichment Assistance Program(EAP), Life Skills Development Program (MEP)--help it to achieve its specific goals: to upgrade the capability of the student to meet the demands of UP education, particularly in Communication (English/Filipino), Science, and Mathematics; to provide assistance to students regarding their psychosocial development by giving training, workshops, and seminars in leadership, personallity development, values education and others; to coordinate with other offices/units and organizations in the university regarding student progress and welfare; and, to determine the effectiveness of the learning assistance programs through a student trucking and evaluation system.
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The UP Manila Interactive Learning Center was established in 2004 as part of a system-wide initiative by then UP President Francisco Nemenzo to revitalize the General Education program through the infusion of educational technology.
OBJECTIVES:
1. To support the interactive learning process through the development and production of multimedia learning materials primarily for the undergraduate programs, including General Education courses
2. To develop faculty expertise in the production and development of multimedia learning materials
3. To enforce the standard of quality in keeping with the academic practice of peer review
4. To implement policies and guidelines for the development and production of interactive learning materials, including the University’s policy on intellectual property rights.
FUNCTIONS:
1. Produce multimedia materials
2. Mentor and evaluate applications for and outcomes of instructional multimedia projects
3. Ensure the accessibility of materials to students and faculty
4. Organize training sessions on instructional technologies
5. Maintain and upgrade equipment and facilities
6. Enforce policies that ensure the quality of the materials
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The Office of Alumni Relations (OAR) is the link of the UP Manila (UPM) to its alumni in order to uphold the alumni's interests, welfare and needs.
Objectives:
1. To link up with the alumni by information dissemination
2. To establish a comprehensive and updated alumni database
3. To establish a bureau of alumni as mentors, resource persons, and speakers
4. To identify and expand the benefits of the alumni
5. To develop programs which will attract alumni participation to the activities of UP Manila in the form of:
- Technical, professional, academic assistance
- Financial and material donations
- Scholarship grants
- Job placements for our new graduates
- Other support
6. To institutionalize a mechanism for alumni recognition
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The Center for Gender and Women Studies (CGWS) in UP Manila started from the Women's Health and Development Program developed in 1997 under the term of Chancellor Perla Santos Ocampo and headed by the group of Dr. Susy Pineda Mercado. In 1998, the Board of Regents approved the establishment of the CGWS. It aims to institutionalize a gender-sensitive perspective and framework in the curriculum, as well as in teaching and training programs for students, faculty and employees of UP Manila. It also aims to develop and institutionalize gender-responsive health services in all health sector units, specifically clinical and public health education programs for health professionals, and to develop a gender-responsive health policy, research paradigms, and information systems under a systematic and strategic plan of action through health science education, research and training.
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The UP Manila Office of International Linkages (UPM-OIL) was created in 2016 to develop and implement programs that will improve understanding of the value of internationalization, increase interaction with the international community, and enhance student skills needed in a globalized and multi-cultured society. It is under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
The UPM-OIL integrates global and intercultural dimensions in teaching, learning, research and public service and engages in mutually beneficial collaborations with international partners, for the development of well-rounded and highly competent individuals who can contribute to national and global transformation in health and related fields.
It covers local and international linkage activities within universities, such as student and faculty exchanges, research and development collaborations, post graduate trainings, program service providers, partnership conferences, and other academic activities.
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HISTORY
In 1988, U.P. Manila was reorganized in response to a clamor for a more democratic governance. The 1988 U.P. Organizational Chart shows the University Council as the policy governing body for Academic matters. Directly under the Chancellor are the Staff Offices and the Administrative Service Offices.
In 2003, The proposed reorganization of U.P. Manila, including the Central Administration, was presented to the Board of Regents (BOR) by the former U.P. Manila Chancellor Marita V.T. Reyes. It was an updating of the last reorganization structure that was approved by the BOR in 1988.
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration was renamed as the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance (OVCAF) on March 25, 2021 as per approval of the Board of Regents in its 1359th Meeting. It formalized the supervisory responsibility of the Vice Chancellor over the Finance offices, namely, Accounting, Budget and Cash Office.
The following are the Primary Supervised Offices by the VCAF (per 1359th BOR Meeting on March 25, 2021):
MISSION
To lead the University of the Philippines Manila in its pursuit of excellence and relevance through effective and efficient performance of its mandate as the highest executive office in charge of the development, implementation, evaluation, and updating of administrative policies, programs, and services through policy formulation
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1. Assists the chancellor in the preparation and update of the development plan for UP Manila;
2. Conducts studies to assess the physical, manpower (ex.-job-audit), financial (ex. heads the fiscal and finance committee) and organization/ management requirements for implementing development plans (ex. community-based program of the various units) and projects of the university.
3. Represents the UP Manila Chancellor in committees and groups outside the university (ex. Metro Manila Health Science Community) and represents UP Manila in university committees where Vice Chancellors for Planning and Development are members;
4. Reviews and evaluates various proposals to the University from outside institutions/groups on all aspects of University functions;
5. Performs other functions as may be assigned by the Chancellor.
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VISION
To contribute to society through the pursuit of health research at the highest international levels of excellence
MISSION
To promote research in various fields of specialization in the health sciences by providing an environment for the conduct of integrative and collaborative basic, applied, and clinical research and development, contributing to the dissemination and application of knowledge and shaping national health policies
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VISION
The leading technology transfer office in the Philippines that secures and translates health innovations towards nation building, in collaboration with local and international universities and industries.
MISSION
To proactively and competently secure and translate proprietary ideas and research outputs into scalable products and services that will impact health through effective partnerships.
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