Polytechnic University of The Philippines - Academics, Administration, and Ranking

Academics, Administration, and Ranking

See also: Polytechnic University of the Philippines College Entrance Test

PUP rankings
QS Asian University Rankings (2012)	401
PRC Top Universities (2009)	15
PRC Top Accounancy Schools (2010)	3
CHED Top Law Schools (2009)	17

The university is composed of 16 colleges. It has largest student body in the Philippines with a population of 61,253 students. Aside from its degree-granting units, PUP also has a distance education unit, a graduate school, and a laboratory high school.

In 2009, PUP was ranked fifteenth by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), placing in as one of the top 20 higher learning institutions in the Philippines. The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, which rank universities according to web presence, visibility, and access placed the university at 10,610 (worldwide) and 48 (national), respectively. According to the QS Asian University Rankings, PUP ranked at 401 out of 424 Asian institutions.

Admission in PUP requires passing the university's entrance test, an enrollee whose general weighted average in high school is 82% and above, and the enrollee's good moral character. A graduate of PUP Laboratory High School is exempted to take the entrance test, unless they opt to take it for scholarship purposes. Also exempted from taking the test are entrance scholars (e.g. valedictorian, salutatorian, journalist, athlete, etc.). Of an estimated 50,000 annual entrance test examinees, only 8,000 will be accepted due to the university's limited budget.

PUP charges the lowest tuition fees for undergraduates among all the universities in the Philippines at ₱12.00 ($0.29) per academic unit (which it has been charging this rate since 1979) although the tuition fees for the Institute of Technology, graduate school and the Open University are higher and the cost of tuition fee per unit is subject to change.

PUP's academic programs operate on a semester calendar beginning in late June and ending in late March. Graduating students with a final grade of 1.19-1.00 are awarded degrees summa cum laude, students graduating with a final grade of 1.44-1.20 are awarded magna cum laude, and the students graduating with a grade of 1.75-1.45 are awarded cum laude.

PUP employs a total of 2,190 faculty members, with 1,483 serving as full-time and part-time with a few of the full-time faculty holding administrative positions. There are 707 casual and regular administrative employees serving the university.