Polytechnic University Of The Philippines College Of Cooperatives And Social Development
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) is a coeducational, research state university located in Manila, Philippines. It was founded on October 19, 1904, as the Manila Business School, then the city's business school. The university operates on three campuses located throughout Manila. Furthermore, the university has 21 satellite campuses located throughout Luzon. PUP is the largest university of the Philippines in terms of student population with 61,253 enrollees. The university is also notable for charging the lowest tuition among all universities in the Philippines at 12 pesos (US$0.29) per academic unit, a rate that has unchanged since 1979.
The university is composed of several autonomous colleges, schools and institutes, each conferring undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate degrees, and the basic education units. Several degrees have been accredited by the Commission on Higher Education as Centers of Development. The athletic team is the Mighty Maroons, a member of the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) and National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (NAASCU).
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