The program is a graduate course for physical therapists who aspire to advance their competencies as practicing clinicians and to develop specialized practice. The program highlights the use of advanced concepts in the clinics, including critical analyses of theories that underpin practice in physical therapy, a more comprehensive study of the physiological bases of physical therapy, careful integration of research evidence and ethics in decision making, conduct of clinical research, efficient and deeper application of clinical reasoning, and an enhanced appreciation of issues affecting contemporary and emergent practice.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Allied Medical Professions (CAMP)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1259th meeting 27 August 2010 (original BOR approval)
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1259th meeting, 27 August 2010 (original BOR approval)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

The program is a professional degree of advanced studies in the specialized yet multidisciplinary field of rehabilitation sciences that will develop the rehabilitation professional?s role in actualizing the societal integration (i.e. societal participation) of persons with and those at-risk for disability. The program integrates ethical practice, critical and independent thinking, and collaborative practice.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Allied Medical Professions (CAMP)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1127th meeting 18 December 1998 (original BOR approval)
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1127th meeting, 18 December 1998 (original BOR approval)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

The program aims to enhance the clinical skills of practicing Filipino speech pathologists as well as to widen their professional perspective through coursework in topics relevant to all rehabilitation science disciplines.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Allied Medical Professions (CAMP)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1110th meeting 26 June 1997 (original BOR approval)
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1110th meeting, 26 June 1997 (original BOR approval)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

This is a two-year entry level graduate program that integrates basic theoretical knowledge and its clinical applications in the prevention and management of hearing impairments. The program covers the areas of audiologic evaluation, audiologic habilitation, hearing conservation, and the development of audiology service delivery programs.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Allied Medical Professions (CAMP) and College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1131st meeting 27 May 1999 (original BOR approval)
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1131st meeting, 27 May 1999 (BOR approval)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

Management graduates are needed in the public and private sectors as well as in non-government organizations and people's organization to craft and supervise activities to advance programs at the macro and micro levels.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1999
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1131st meeting, 27 May 1999 (program adoption)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

Management graduates are needed in the public and private sectors as well as in non-government organizations and people's organization to craft and supervise activities to advance programs at the macro and micro levels.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1999
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1131st meeting, 27 May 1999 (BOR approved program adoption)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

Management graduates are needed in the public and private sectors as well as in non-government organizations and people's organization to craft and supervise activities to advance programs at the macro and micro levels.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1999
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1131st meeting, 27 May 1999 (BOR approved program adoption)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

The MS Health Informatics focuses on the structuring of biomedical data and knowledge to support data analysis and decision making in health care through the application of informatics concepts, skills and principles for the efficient solution of biomedical problems. It has two tracks: bioinformatics (handled by the Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences) and medical informatics (handled by Medical Informatics Unit, College of Medicine).
Category: Graduate
College: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 2005 (25 Mar 2994, 180th OUR record)
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1182nd meeting, 27 May 2004 (BOR approved institution)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

N/A
Category: Graduate
College: College of Dentistry (CD)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: Summer 1989
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 22 Sep 1988; 2005 (OUR record)
Remarks: Approved September 22, 1988

N/A
Category: Graduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1999
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1329th meeting, 27 July 2017 (BOR suspension)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

This two (2) year program aims to provide access to higher education, providing oppurtunities to acquire knowledge, to be trained not only as a clinical specialiast but also as an educator, a research expert, and a community/ hospital / program / project health manager within the realm of medical oncology. This graduate degree course will develop medical internist into medical oncology specialist as well as health managers with broader knowledge and extensive skills.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 2002; 1164TH BOR Meeting
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 2002; 1164TH BOR Meeting
Remarks: OUR record

N/A
Category: Graduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 2011
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1269th meeting, 1 Apr 2011 (BOR approved proposal of institution)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

A two year program with emphasis on higher basic sciences and on special and controversial topics in Orthopaedics. The program provides an introduction to the sciece of research and to the foundation of teaching and learning. The graduate is expected to be proficient orthopaedic clinician with a solid basic sciece background.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1999; BOR
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1999; BOR
Remarks: OUR record

The objective of the program is to provide an in-depth knowledge of biochemistry and to cultivate the proper attitudes and adequate skills for tertiary teaching, advanced research and specialty service
Category: Graduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1990 (1998, OUR record)
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1034th meeting, 30 Aug 1990 (BOR approved institution) (1998, OUR record)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

A two-year program, proposed jointly by the Department of Philosophy, CSSP, UP Diliman and the College of Medicine, UP Manila. It is geared towards developing competence in research and instruction in the ethical and technical aspects of health care, medicine, the biological sciences, and biotechnology. As distinguished from the Diploma Program, it is oriented towards research and is intended to provide students with the capability to make original contributions to the field of bioethics.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 2004; BOR
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 2004; BOR
Remarks: OUR record

The program aims to provide access to higher education, providing oppurtunities to acquire knowledge, to be trained not only as a clinical specialiast but also as an educator, a research expert, and a community/ hospital / program / project health manager within the realm of medical oncology. This graduate degree course will develop medical oncology specialist with in-depth knowledge, adequate skills, proper values and skills in diagnosis, medical treatment and prevention of neoplastic disease, research in cancer medicine, community and tertiary level teaching of cancer medicine and implementation of quality management and organization development to achieve total quality care for cancer patients.This program requires completion of a masteral thesis.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1991
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1991; 1998; 2002; BOR
Remarks: OUR record

This program aims to equip health professionals with the skills to effectively use, synthesize, lead a research team to conduct health research and to report results towrds effective kowledge translation such as policy formulation.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1992; BOR
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1992; BOR
Remarks: OUR record

The objective of the program is to assist clinical/ medical geneticists in diagnosing and managing patients with various medical conditions and to address the implications of the diagnosis both medically and psychosocially to the patient and members of their families.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 2011
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1266th meeting, 27 Jan 2011 (BOR approved institution)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

The MS Health Informatics focuses on the structuring of biomedical data and knowledge to support data analysis and decision making in health care through the application of informatics concepts, skills and principles for the efficient solution of biomedical problems. It has two tracks: bioinformatics (handled by the Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences) and medical informatics (handled by Medical Informatics Unit, College of Medicine).
Category: Graduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 2005 (2004 OUR record)
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1182nd meeting, 27 May 2004 (BOR approved institution); 2005, 1182nd BOR meeting (OUR record)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette (CAS & CM?) Under CM as per Mr. Gestopa of NGOHS (29 Nov 2021)

The main objective of this program is to train a corps of medical anthropologists who can contribute to health care by adopting a multi-level understanding of health and medical care as they relate to culture, society, politics, economics and ecology.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 2011
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1269th meeting, 1 Apr 2011 (BOR approved proposal of institution)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

The MS Pharmacology program is leading the way for graduates with advanced knowledge and research skills, a desire for lifelong learning, discovery and innovation in the multidisciplinary and specialized fields of pharmacology and toxicology.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1961; BOR
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1961; BOR
Remarks: OUR record

Program designed fo students intrested in gaining higher proficiency in the science and techniques involving bodily function. It is a 3 year program constructed to provide outcome based education preparatory to an academic or a professional career and to support individualize investigative training in the pursuit of research goals. The program faculty includes experts and specialists from diverse medical fields lending a multidisciplinary appraoch to the study of normal mechanisms and activities in life. The curriculum is enriched with the hands on experimental courses that provides the students with a variety of models for future scientific research in the the discipline. The program can also be fine- tuned to serve the needs of the non-health professinals. such as engineers, physicists and computer scientist, who may wish to find their niche in the biomedical sciences.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1998; BOR
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1998; BOR
Remarks: OUR record

The Master of Science in Pharmacy has three majors (Hospital Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and Industrial Pharmacy), and addresses the current competencies required of pharmacists in the areas of industrial, institutional and research-oriented practice.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Pharmacy (CP)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1930 (June 2005, OUR record)
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: revised in 2005 ; was approved at the OVPAA level; (June 2005, OUR record)
Remarks: already in archives, exact date of BOR approval - not searchable in OSU website

The Master of Hospltal Administration (MHA) program provides the students with the basic knowledge, concepts and principles in the field of health care administration with emphasis on hospltaVhealth care organizations. It also aims to develop proper attitudes and skills to manage a hospital efficiently and effectively.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Public Health (CPH)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started:
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version:
Remarks: N/A

The Master of Occupational Health (MOH) program is intended to prepare students for careers or responsibilities dealing with health and safety problems in the workplace. It is designed for professionals with diverse academic backgrounds. Emphasis is on principles and methods of occupational health and safety and their application in the provision of health care to workers in all occupations or workplaces. The curriculum is also designed to provide in-depth knowledge and skills in specific areas of work in occupational health and public health relevant to the student's career goals.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Public Health (CPH)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1974 (1976-1977, OUR record)
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 2000 (1976-1977, OUR record)
Remarks: N/A

The Master of Public Health (MPH) program is designed to equip students with a broad range of skills, knowledge and attitudes derived from various disciplines to enable them to critically assess and deal effectively with the broad spectrum of public health problems and issues at the local, national and international levels. The curriculum is also designed to provide knowledge and develop skills in specific areas within public health relevant to the student's career goals.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Public Health (CPH)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1945
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: August 25, 2003 (MPH) April 30, 2007 MPH (TropMed) (1993, OUR record)
Remarks: N/A

The Master of Science in Epidemiology (Public Health) program is a two-year program designed to equip health professionals with the skills in the application of epidemiologic concepts, theories and principles to the solution of public health problems.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Public Health (CPH)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1989 (1993, OUR record)
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1993-1994
Remarks: N/A

The MSPH (Biostatistics) program provides the requisite collaborative blending of the life sciences with statistics. | Graduates of the MSPH (Environmental Health) program are expected to make substantive contribution to new knowledge that is relevant to the environmental health needs of developing countries. | The MSPH (Medical Microbiology) program is intended to prepare students and professionals for various careers and opportunities in the different fields of microbiology. Candidates are free to choose any of the available areas of specialization in Microbiology (Bacteriology, Virology, and Mycology). | The MSPH (Nutrition) Curriculum is designed to prepare professionals for more advanced work in nutrition in public health agencies, research institutions, schools, and hospitals.
Category: Graduate
College: College of Public Health (CPH)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1958
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1999-2000 (for MSPH (Environmental Health))
Remarks: formerly Master of Science in Hygiene

is a professional track masters program, designed to improve the theoretical and practical competencies of health professions educators in the performance of their varied roles as facilitators of learning, curriculum and instructional designers, student evaluators, administrators and educational leaders, and researchers.
Category: Graduate
College: National Teacher Training Center for the Health Professions (NTTCHP)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started:
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 17 September 2020 (UPM UC)
Remarks: The ladder-type curriculum from the Basic Course to the Diploma to the Master in Health Professions Education has already been abolished. Effective September 17 2020, NTTCHP's curriculum has been revised into two master's degree programs namely the MHPEd (Professional Track) and the Master of Arts in HPEd (MAHPEd): Academic Track

is an academic track masters program, which prepares graduates for application, generation, and production of new knowledge for the advancement of Health Professions Education.
Category: Graduate
College: National Teacher Training Center for the Health Professions (NTTCHP)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started:
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 17 September 2020 (UPM UC)
Remarks: The ladder-type curriculum from the Basic Course to the Diploma to the Master in Health Professions Education has already been abolished. Effective September 17 2020, NTTCHP's curriculum has been revised into two master's degree programs namely the MHPEd (Professional Track) and the Master of Arts in HPEd (MAHPEd): Academic Track

A five (5) year program (including 4 years of medicine and 1 year of internship) aimed at producing highly competent doctors using an organ system integrated curriculum which uses organ systems as foci for learning. It utilizes a biopsychosocial approach to understanding disease, introduces early clinical exposure and revisits the basic sciences in the clinical years. This program accepts students who have completed a baccalaureate degree and enter as lateral entrants in the third year of the INTARMED program.
Category: Post-Baccalaureate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1982
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 951st meeting, 26 Apr 1982 (BOR approval)
Remarks: Part of the CM INTARMED program; classified as PQF Level VII which is equivalent to a post-baccalaureate program under CHED definitions (CMO-No.-18-Series-of-2016-Policies-Standards-and-Guidelines-for-Doctor-of-Medicine-M.D.-Program)

The medicine program is the last ladder of the curriculum. This program requires another twenty quarters of alternate didactic, clinical and community practicum. Students are expected to acquire knowledge, skills and attitude of a Municipal health Officer.
Category: Post-Baccalaureate
College: School of Health Sciences (Palo) - Ladderized Program)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1976
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 871st meeting, 29 April 1976 (BOR approval) Approved revision at UC level: Special UC Meeting, 12 July 2018
Remarks: Part of the SHS Ladderized Program OSU, The Gazette

N/A
Category: Undergraduate
College: All Colleges
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 2019
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1341st meeting, 4 Feb 2019 (BOR approved proposal of establishment)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

N/A
Category: Undergraduate
College: All Colleges
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 2017
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1325th meeting, 23 Feb 2017 (BOR approved institution)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

The program aims to develop graduates who possess a high standard of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will allow them to effectively enable people to participate in day-to-day activities that are meaningful to them. The program also aims to prepare its graduates to take on various professional roles in response to local practice needs and be more adequately prepared to meet health care demands in global contexts.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Allied Medical Professions (CAMP)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 695th meeting 13 Apr 1962 (original BOR approval)
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 14 April 2009 (UPM University Council Approval) 17 June 2009 (UP President approval) Approved revision at UC level: 105th Regular UC Meeting, 13 June 2018
Remarks: Approval letter from President Emerlinda Roman through University Secretary Lourdes Abadingo OSU, The Gazette

The program is designed to equip graduates with entry-level competencies enabling them to provide high quality physical therapy care in different practice settings and responsibly assume different physical therapy practitioner roles. Graduates will be imbued with strong professional behaviors, capacity for critical thinking and self-directed learning, leadership, and sense of patriotism and social responsibility.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Allied Medical Professions (CAMP)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 695th meeting 13 Apr 1962 (original BOR approval)
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 24 July 2014 (UP Manila University Council approval) 18 August 2014 (UP President approval) Approved revision at UC level: 105th Regular UC Meeting, 13 June 2018
Remarks: Approval letter from President Alfredo Pascual through University Secretary Lilian de las Llagas OSU, The Gazette

The program was designed to develop practitioners who can competently respond to the needs of Filipinos with communication disorders and related conditions and who are globally competitive as well as socially and morally responsible. The program aims to develop the necessary skills, knowledge, and attitudes of its graduates to successfully evaluate possible communication disorders and related conditions, as well as to formulate and carry out intervention programs for individuals with communication disorders within the multi-lingual context and the resource conditions that currently prevail in the Philippines.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Allied Medical Professions (CAMP)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 897th meeting26 January 1978(original BOR approval)
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 24 July 2014 (UP Manila University Council approval)18 August 2014 (UP President approval)Approved revision at UC level: 105th Regular UC Meeting, 13 June 2018
Remarks: Approval letter from President Alfredo Pascual through University Secretary Lilian de las Llagas OSU, The Gazette

The degree deals primarily with human action and often seeks to generalize about human behavior in society from anthropological, sociological and psychological perspectives.</p>
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1999
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: "1130th meeting, 27 May 1999 (BOR approved institution) Approved revision at UC level: 105th Regular UC Meeting, 13 June 2018"
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

This program is a multi-disciplinary field of study that includes an understanding of the economic, political, social, technological, and cultural aspects of social change, especially in underdeveloped and developing countries.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1980 (1999, OUR record)
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 28 February 1980; 924th BOR Meeting Approved revision at UC level: Special UC Meeting, 12 July 2018
Remarks: N/A

Through a broad-ranging curriculum, the BA OrCom program trains students to manage the communication function of organizations of any size or shape.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: between 1985-1987
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 967th meeting, 24 Apr 1984 (BOR approved revisions and curricular changes) Approved revision at UC level: Special UC Meeting, 12 July 2018
Remarks: N/A

The program is a pioneering curriculum in cultural heritage and arts management in the country which focuses on the context of culture and the strengthening of national unity and social transformation through the arts.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1988
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1007th meeting, 21 Dec 1987 (BOR approved proposed curriculum) Approved revision at UC level: Special UC Meeting, 12 July 2018
Remarks: revised with CAS entry

This program is multi-disciplinary in approach and in framework that covers the traditional study of politics, emerging issues on health social sciences, Islamic and other religious movements, peace and conflict resolution, human rights, gender studies, sustainable development and organizing, ethics, to people?s diplomacy, from the statistical approach to the civil society approach
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1970
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: Approved revision at UC level: Special UC Meeting, 12 July 2018
Remarks: N/A

This is multi- and trans-disciplinary program that studies specific geographic and cultural areas, in particular the Philippines and Asia, utilizing the different social science disciplines of history, politics, economics, geography, anthropology, and sociology.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1970
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: Approved revision at UC level: Special UC Meeting, 12 July 2018
Remarks: N/A

This is a 4-year undergraduate program science curriculum with emphasis on the fundamental concepts and principles of physics and their applications in health and medicine.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 2011
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1255th meeting, 27 May 2010 & 2 June 2010 (BOR approved proposal of institution) Approved revision at UC level: 105th Regular UC Meeting, 13 June 2018
Remarks: start year from CAS website ; OSU, The Gazette

The BS Biochemistry is a four-year undergraduate program that aims to develop human resources competent in theoretical and practical aspects of biochemistry by providing students understanding of physiological processes at the molecular level.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1996
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1093rd meeting, 15 Dec 1995 (BOR approved institution) Approved revision at UC level: 105th Regular UC Meeting, 13 June 2018
Remarks: start year from CAS website ; OSU, The Gazette

The program allows for a diversified exposure to different aspects of biological organization -- biochemical, cellular, physiological, and ecological that provides the avenue to explore the nature of life; to explain life?s complex processes; to develop ways and means to improve the quality of life; and to conduct significant studies whose ouctomes can be translated into meaningful and useful products that could respond to the ever-changing needs of the society.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1973
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 2004-2005 (revised curriculum) Approved revision at UC level: Special UC Meeting, 12 July 2018
Remarks: N/A

The BS Computer Science is a four-year program that provides a solid technical background and experience in real systems to enable the students to handle various aspects of systems development, data management, scientific computing and geared towards development of software packages for the needs of the health sciences.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1996
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1096th Meeting, 23 April 1996 Approved revision at UC level: 105th Regular UC Meeting, 13 June 2018
Remarks: N/A

The program aims to develop competencies in the health policy process which involves policy formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation as well as advocacy.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1998
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1999-2000
Remarks: Under CAS as per Mr. Gestopa of NGOHS (29 Nov 2021)

The program aims to graduate dentists who will be able to manage patients competently while maintaining professional and ethical conduct; promote oral and systemic health care toward community and national development; conduct technically and ethically sound research for improvement of oral health; advocate for improvement of dental health in the country.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Dentistry (CD)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 8 Feb 1915
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1949 (revised curriculum); 2005 (OUR record)Approved revision at UC level: 105th Regular UC Meeting, 13 June 2018
Remarks: Approved October 21, 1948, 6 year curriculum, RA 417

The Integrated Liberal Arts and Medicine (INTARMED) program is a seven (7) year program which shortens medical education by two (2) years. It consists of 2 years of general education and pre-medical courses, four (4) years of medical courses and one (1) year of internship. The baccalaureate degree in Basic Medicine is awarded to students who have satifactorily completed the first four years of this 7-year program. The program accepts 40 students (20 male and 20 female) direct from high school who are called direct entrants.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1982
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 951st meeting, 26 Apr 1982 (BOR approval)
Remarks: Revisions: UPM UC (26 May 1987), UP System GE (17 Apr 1986), Revitalized GE (2002), UPM UC (21 Apr 2003, implemented AY 2008-2009) (UPM Catalogue of Information 2014), most recent revision incorporating outcome based GE courses was approved by Office of the President in May 28, 2019 Approved revision at UC level: Special UC Meeting, 12 July 2018

As part of its mission/objectives on human resource development, the UP College of Medicine offers a postgraduate degree training course which aims to train aspiring physician-scientists for careers dedicated to the advancement of health through biomedical research. Graduates of the course will have the necessary expertise in conducting biomedical researches envisioned to upgrade the delivery of health services in the Philippines. This eight (8) year program aims to train medical doctor scientists with a strong background in medical research applications and to produce scientists, trainors/educators and practitioners in molecular medicine. Students are expected to complete coursework leading to the Doctor of Medicine degree as well as PhD coursework and the completion of a dissertation.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1999
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1130th meeting, 15 Apr 1999 (BOR approved institution)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette; first batch of students only accepted in 2010

The objective of the program is to encourage the development of Biochemistry in the Philippines through the production of highly trained biochemists whose research works contribute to the development of new knowledge
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Medicine (CM)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1984
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 967th meeting, 24 Apr 1984 (BOR approved institution)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

The Nursing Program is the second ladder in the curriculum which requires another eight quarters of training consisting of alternate didactic, clinical and community practicum. After finishing the course they are expected to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitude of a Public Health Nurse and earn the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Nursing (CN)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1948
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: Approved revision at UC level: 105th Regular UC Meeting, 13 June 2018; Approved by the President for implementation on 2 July 2018
Remarks: Memorandum Order PDLC 18-27

The PhD Nursing program aims to produce nurse scientists who are prepared to assume leadership roles in academic and healthcare sectors as advanced practitioners, academics, and researchers.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Nursing (CN)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1979
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 918th meeting, 27 September 1979 (BOR approval)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

The MS Nursing program is a 2-year degree program with a strong focus on advanced practice nursing and where students can acquire expert knowledge base, complex decision-making skills, and clinical competencies for expanded practice. It has 6 tracks: Adult Health Nursing, Women's Health Nursing, Child Health Nursing, Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, Public Health Nursing, and Nursing Administration.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Nursing (CN)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1955
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1094th meeting, 26 Jan 1996 (BOR approved revisions)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

The five-year Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSPS) program is designed to equip the students with the fundamental principles of pharmaceutical sciences, grounded in sound principles from different broad and different fields such as biology, chemistry, and mathematics
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Pharmacy (CP)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 43313
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: August 2018 Approved revision at UC level: Special UC Meeting, 12 July 2018
Remarks: revised curriculum, replaced BS Industrial Pharmacy curriculum, doesn?t require BOR approval

The revised Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy program is an outcomes-based five year-program which is directed towards a patient-centered pharmacy education with emphasis on more Clinical Pharmacy subjects, Pharmacotherapeutics, and Introductory and Advanced Practice Experiences in different pharmacy settings.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Pharmacy (CP)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1930
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: August 2018 (revised curriculum); revised 2005 (OUR record)Approved revision at UC level: Special UC Meeting, 12 July 2018
Remarks: revised curriculum, doesn?t require BOR approval

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Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Public Health
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1999
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1130th meeting, 15 Apr 1999 (BOR approved institution)
Remarks: Under CPH as per Mr. Gestopa of NGOHS (29 Nov 2021)

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Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Public Health (CPH)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1951 (1949-1950, OUR record)
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1974-1975Approved revision at UC level: Special UC Meeting, 12 July 2018
Remarks: revised BSPH curriculum still with BOR

The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) program is primarily oriented to prepare professionals who will occupy key positions in teaching, research, and administration in the health sciences. The graduates of this program are expected to make substantive contribution to new knowledge that is relevant to the needs of developing countries. The major areas of specialization under this program are: Epidemiology, Health Promotion and Education, Medical Microbiology, Nutrition, and Parasitology.
Category: Undergraduate
College: College of Public Health (CPH)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1979
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1979-1980
Remarks: N/A

Following a reconstructionist philisophy, the program provides expanded opportunities to explore individual professional, instructional, and organizational contexts as health professions educators.and aims to develop critical thinking, self-reflection, and innovative thinking through presentation of real issues and challenges.
Category: Undergraduate
College: National Teacher Training Center for the Health Professions (NTTCHP)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started:
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 1352nd BOR Meeting, 30 July 2020
Remarks: N/A

is a professional track masters program, designed to improve the theoretical and practical competencies of health professions educators in the performance of their varied roles as facilitators of learning, curriculum and instructional designers, student evaluators, administrators and educational leaders, and researchers.
Category: Undergraduate
College: National Teacher Training Center for the Health Professions (NTTCHP)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1981
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 941st meeting, 28 May 1981 (BOR approved institution) (2004, OUR record)
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette

It is a 4-year outcome-based and community-oriented degree program that aims to produce nurses with beginning competencies as practitioners, researchers, leaders and managers in any care setting.
Category: Undergraduate
College: School of Health Sciences (Palo) - Ladderized Program)
Brochure: Array
Date Degree Program Started: 1976
Date of BOR Approval of Latest Version: 871st meeting, 29 April 1976 (BOR approval)Approved revision at UC level: Special UC Meeting, 12 July 2018
Remarks: OSU, The Gazette