University Of The Philippines Cebu College
The University of the Philippines Cebu (Cebuano: Unibersidad ng Pilipinas sa Sugbo, Tagalog: Unibersidad ng Pilpinas sa Cebu, (also U.P. Cebu, U.P.C., or U.P.C.C.) is an autonomous unit of the University of the Philippines System located in Cebu City, the capital city of Cebu in the Philippines. It was founded on May 3, 1918, ten years after the founding of U.P. in 1908.
U.P. Cebu was formerly under the administrative supervision of U.P. Visayas, along with three other sattelite campuses, namely U.P. Miag-ao, U.P. Iloilo and U.P. Tacloban. On September 24, 2010, the U.P. Board of Regents elevated the status of U.P. Cebu to that of an autonomous unit, in preparation for its elevation to the status of a Constituent University of the U.P. System in around five to seven years.
The campus is located in Gorordo Avenue, Brgy. Camputhaw, Lahug District, Cebu City. It occupies a 12-hectare site which was donated by the Cebu Provincial Government in 1929. although a fraction of the land is occupied by informal settlers. The campus is within parts of three barangays: Barangay Lahug, Barangay Camputhaw and Barangay Kamagong. The U.P. Oblation marks the political boundary between Barangay Lahug and Camputhaw.
In 2007, the Philippines' Commission on Higher Education (CHED) recognized U.P. Cebu as a National Center of Excellence (COE) on Information Technology.
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